CELEX: 31996R1651
Language: en
Date: 1996-08-16
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1651/96 of 16 August 1996 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

17. 8 . 96              EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 207/ 19
                                            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1651/96
                                                            of 16 August 1996
                                           amending the import duties in the cereals sector
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           average import duty calculated differs by ECU 5 per
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is
                                                                        to be made; whereas such a difference has arisen ; whereas
  Community,
                                                                        it is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                  in Regulation (EC) No 1636/96,
  of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
  market in cereals ('), as last amended by Commission
  Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2),                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
  1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for
                                                                                                 Article 1
  the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
  as regards import duties in the cereals sector (3), and in
  particular Article 2 ( 1 ) thereof,                                   Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1636/96 are
                                                                        hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation .
 Whereas the import duties in the cereals sector are fixed
 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1 636/96 (4);
                                                                                                 Article 2
 Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96
 provides that if during the period of application, the                This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 August 1996.
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                     States .
                     Done at Brussels, 16 August 1996.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                 Martin BANGEMANN
                                                                             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.
(«) OJ   No  L 205,   15. 8 . 1996, p. 6.
 ---pagebreak---    No L 207/20            ( ENl                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                                      17 . 8 . 96
                                                                        .4AWEX /
                       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
                                                                                                   or sea from                      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 (')                                                                4,69                              0,00
      1001 90 91         Common wheat seed                                                            22,01                              12,01
      1001 90 99         Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                          22,01                              12,01
                         medium quality                                                               35,23                             25,23
                         low quality                                                                  48,79                             38,79
      1002 00 00         Rye                                                                          66,99                             56,99
      1003 00 10        Barley, seed                                                                  66,99                             56,99
      1003 00 90        Barley, other (3)                                                             66,99                             56,99
      1005 10 90        Maize seed other than hybrid                                                  41,89                             31,89
      1005 90 00        Maize other than seed (3)                                                     41,89                             31,89
      1007 00 90        Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                   81,10                             71,10
(') 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 Adantic 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 Adantic 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 14. 8 . 1996 to 15. 8 . 1996):
 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)                           133,80          136,84   129,70       1 1 5,70    172,36 (')   1 1 0,06 (')
     Gulf premium (ECU/tonne)                           —
                                                                      13,53     7,12         42,09        —              —
                                                                                                    \
     Great lake premium (ECU/tonne)                    21,24           —        —             —                          —
     (') Fob Duluth .
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: ECU 9,17 per tonne; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: ECU 17,70 per tonne.
3. Subsidy (third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: ECU 0,00 per tonne).