CELEX: 31997R1226
Language: en
Date: 1997-06-30 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1226/97 of 30 June 1997 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector

1 . 7. 97             EN I                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 173 / 11
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1226/97
                                                           of 30 June 1997
                                          fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 lays down detailed
                                                                      rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector,
 Community,
                                                                      Whereas the import duties are applicable until new duties
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                 are fixed and enter into force; whereas they also remain in
 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                    force in cases where no quotation is available for the
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Commission                 reference exchange referred to in Annex II to Regulation
 Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2),                                       (EC) No 1249/96 during the two weeks preceding the
                                                                      next periodical fixing;
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No                       Whereas, in order to allow the import duty system to
 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for               function normally, the representative market rates
 the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92               recorded during a reference period should be used for
 as regards import duties in the cereals sector (3), as               calculating the duties;
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 641 /97 (4), and in parti­
 cular Article 2 ( 1 ) thereof,                                       Whereas application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96
                                                                      results in import duties being fixed as set out in the
 Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                    Annex to this Regulation,
 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs
 Tariff are to be charged on import of the products                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation; whereas,
 however, in the case of the products referred to in para­                                     Article 1
graph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to
 the intervention price valid for such products on importa­           The import duties in the cereals sector referred to in
 tion and increased by 55 % , minus the cif import price              Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be
 applicable to the consignment in question;                           those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of
                                                                      the information given in Annex II .
Whereas, pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
 No 1766/92, the cif import prices are calculated on the                                       Article 2
 basis of the representative prices for the product in ques­
tion on the world market;                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1997.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 30 June 1997.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                  Franz FISCHLER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(<)   OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
(2)   OJ No L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
 3    OJ No L 161 , 29. 6. 1996, p. 125.
(4)   OJ No L 98, 15. 4. 1997, p. 2.
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                                                                        ANNEX I
                       Import duties for the products listed in Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
                                                                                                    Import duty
                                                                                            by land inland waterway              Import duty by air or
                                                                                                    or sea from                    by sea from other
       CN code                                  Description                                       Mediterranean ,                         ports (J)
                                                                                                the Black Sea or                       (ECU /tonne)
                                                                                         Baltic Sea ports (ECU /tonne)
      1001 10 00         Durum wheat (')                                                                0,00                                0,00
      1001 90 91         Common wheat seed                                                             33,68                              23,68
      1001 90 99         Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                           33,68                              23,68
                        medium quality                                                                 56,46                              46,46
                        low quality                                                                    69,31                              59,31
      1002 00 00        Rye                                                                            69,65                              59,65
      1003 00 10        Barley, seed                                                                   69,65                              59,65
      1003 00 90        Barley, other (3)                                                              69,65                              59,65
      1005 10 90        Maize seed other than hybrid                                                   95,92                              85,92
      1005 90 00        Maize other than seed (3)                                                     95,92                               85,92
      1007 00 90        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                    81,59                              71,59
(') In the case of durum wheat not meeting the minimum quality requirements referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1249/96, the duty applicable is
    that fixed for low-quality common wheat.
(2) For goods arriving in the Community via the Atlantic Ocean or via the Suez Canal (Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1 249/96), the importer may benefit
    from a reduction in the duty of:
    — ECU 3 per tonne, where the port of unloading is on the Mediterranean Sea, or
    — ECU 2 per tonne, where the port of unloading is in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Finland or the Atlantic Coasts of the Iberian
        Peninsula .
(3) The importer may benefit from a flat-rate reduction of ECU 14 or 8 per tonne, where the conditions laid down in Article 2 (5) of Regulation (EC) No
    1249/ 96 are met.
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                                                                ANNEX II
                                                    Factors for calculating duties
                                             (period from 16 June 1997 to 27 June 1997)
1 . Averages over the two-week period preceding the day of fixing:
                     Exchange quotations           Minneapolis      Kansas City       Chicago      Chicago     Minneapolis   Minneapolis
    Product (% proteins at 12 % humidity)          HRS2 . 14%    HRW2. 11,5%          SRW2           YC3         HAD2       US barley 2
    Quotation (ECU/tonne)                            122,58            112,89         108,23         90,34      176,52 (')    103,32 0
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                            —
                                                                        12,95           4,76          7,98         —             —
    Great Lakes premium (ECU/tonne)                    16,72             —              —             —            —             —
    (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 12,44 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 21,76 per tonne.
3. Subsidy within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: ECU 0,00 per tonne (HRW2)
                                                                                                   : ECU 0,00 per tonne (SRW2).