CELEX: 31997R1902
Language: en
Date: 1997-09-30 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1902/97 of 30 September 1997 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector

1 . 10 . 97             1 EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 268/3
                                            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1902/97
                                                           of 30 September 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 f), 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 October 1997 .
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                      States .
                      Done at Brussels, 30 September 1997.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                     Franz FISCHLER
                                                                               Member of the Commission
(')  OJ   L 181 , 1 . 7 . 1992, p. 21 .
(2)  OJ   L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
O    OJ   L 161 , 29 . 6 . 1996 , p . 125 .
(4   OJ   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 (2)
                                                                                               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                                                             25,68                              15,68
      1001 90 99        Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                           25,68                              15,68
                        medium quality                                                                45,01                              35,01
                        low quality                                                                   53,95                              43,95
       1002 00 00       Rye                                                                           67,74                              57,74
       1003 00 10       Barley, seed                                                                  67,74                              57,74
       1003 00 90       Barley, other (3)                                                             67,74                              57,74
       1005 10 90       Maize seed other than hybrid                                                  78,85                              68,85
       1005 90 00       Maize other than seed (-1)                                                    78,85                              68,85
       1007 00 90       Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                   67,74                              57,74
(') In the case of durum wheat not meeting the minimum quality requirements referred to in Annex I to Regulation ( EC) No 1 249/ 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 1249/96), 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 .
(■') 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 September 1997 to 29 September 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)                            131,42          125,05          121,38        92,89       215,74 (')   105,12(1 )
    Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                            —
                                                                        11,37            6,10        9,70          —             —
    Great Lakes premium (ECU/tonne)                    15,76             —              —            —                           —
    (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 13,31 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 21,88 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).