CELEX: 31985R1795
Language: en
Date: 1985-06-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1795/85 of 28 June 1985 1 July 1985 fixing the countervailing charges on seeds

No L 169 / 50                         Official Journal of the European Communities                             29 . 6. 85
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1795/85
                                                     of 28 June 1985
                                        fixing countervailing charges on seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  which they are made are to be disregarded for the
COMMUNITIES,                                                    purpose of calculating these prices ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
Economic Community,                                             No 1665/72, an adjustment must be made in the case
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    of price information relating to a stage other than free­
2358/71 of 26 October 1971 on the common organi­                at-Community-frontier ; whereas, pursuant to Article 4
zation of the market in seeds ('), as last amended by           (2) of that Regulation, the countervailing charge must
Regulation (EEC) No 1581 /83 (2), and in particular             be amended where a significant variation in the free­
Article 6 (5) thereof,                                          at-frontier offer price is recorded ;
Whereas Article 6 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2358 /71           Whereas, as a result of the application of the afore­
provides that where the free-at-frontier offer price, plus      mentioned provisions to the information currently
customs duties, for a type of hybrid maize for sowing           available to the Commission, the countervailing charge
and coming from a non-member country, is lower                  in respect of certain types of hybrid is to be fixed at
than the corresponding reference price, a countervail­          the amounts indicated in the Annex to this Regula­
                                                                tion ;
ing charge shall be levied on imports of the hybrid
from that country, subject to obligations resulting from        Whereas, consequently, Commission Regulation (EEC)
binding under GATT ; whereas the countervailing                 No 1864/84 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
charge is equal to the difference between the reference         No 1143/85 (6), which fixed the countervailing charges
price and the free-at-frontier price plus customs               for the preceding period, should be repealed ;
duties ;
                                                                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Whereas the reference prices for the 1985/86 market­            are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
ing year for hybrid maize for sowing were fixed in              Committee for Seeds,
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1800/85 (3) ;
Whereas the free-at-frontier offer prices for each              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
country of provenance are determined using all
available relevant information ; whereas such relevant                                  Article 1
information is defined in Article 1 ( 1 ), (2) and (3) of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 665/72 (4);                    The countervailing charges on seeds are fixed as
                                                                shown in the Annex hereto .
whereas Article 3 of the same ,Regulation provides that
the free-at-frontier offer prices for each country of
provenance shall be determined from the most favour­                                    Article 2
able purchasing opportunities for the products in               Regulation (EEC) No 1864/84 is hereby repealed.
question calculated in accordance with Articles 1 and
2 of the Regulation ; whereas information on offers                                     Article 3
which have no economic effect on the market in
particular because of the insignificant quantities for          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1985.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 28 June 1985 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                              Vice-President
(') OJ No L 246, 5 . 11 . 1971 , p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 163, 22. 6. 1983, p. 23 .
(3) See page 61 of this Official Journal.                        0 OJ No L 172, 30 . 6. 1984, p. 69 .
(4) OJ No L 175, 2. 8 . 1972, p. 49 .                            (6) OJ No L 119, 3. 5. 1985, p. 21 .
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                                                           ANNEX
                                 Countervailing charge on hybrid maize for sowing
                                                                                              (ECU/100 kg)
                 CCT                                                    Amount of
                heading                      Description               countervailing  Country of origin
                  No                                                     charge (')
           ex 10.05        Maize :
                           A. Hybrid for sowing :
                                 I. Double hybrids       and top cross
                                    hybrids                                  7,5      Hungary
                         I                                                  36,2      Romania
                                                                            36,2      Other countries (2)
                                II. Three cross hybrids                    20,0       Romania
                         I                                                  22,2      Yugoslavia
                         I                                                 22,9       Hungary
                                                                           22,9       Other countries (3)
                               III. Single hybrids                         37,3       Hungary
                                                                           37,3       Other countries (4)
           (') The countervailing charge may not exceed 4 % of the customs value.
           (2) With the exception of Spain, USA, Canada, Yugoslavia and Austria.
           (3) With the exception of Canada, Spain, USA, Chile, Japan and Austria.
           (4) With the exception of the USA, Bulgaria, Canada, Yugoslavia, Romania and Spain.