CELEX: 31999R0810
Language: en
Date: 1999-04-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 810/1999 of 16 April 1999 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

L 102/74             EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                               17. 4. 1999
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 810/1999
                                                    of 16 April 1999
                                  amending the import duties in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      Whereas Article 2, (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96
                                                                 provides that if during the period of application, the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            average import duty calculated differs by EUR 5 per
Community,                                                       tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is
                                                                 to be made; whereas such a difference has arisen; whereas
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92             it is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                in Regulation (EC) No 780/1999,
market in cereals (1), 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 the
                                                                                          Article 1
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as
regards import duties in the cereals sector (3), as last         Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 780/1999 are
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2519/98 (4), and in                hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.
particular Article 2 (1) thereof,
                                                                                          Article 2
Whereas the import duties in the cereals sector are fixed
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 780/1999 (5);                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 April 1999.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 16 April 1999.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24.5.1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 125.
(4) OJ L 315, 25.11.1998, p. 7.
(5) OJ L 101, 16.4.1999, p. 48.
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                                                                         ANNEX I
                       Import duties for the products covered by 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                     (EUR/tonne)
                                                                                           Baltic Sea ports (EUR/tonne)
     1001 10 00         Durum wheat high quality                                                       46,89                               36,89
                        medium quality (1)                                                             56,89                               46,89
     1001 90 91         Common wheat seed                                                              58,77                               48,77
     1001 90 99         Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)                            58,77                               48,77
                        medium quality                                                                 82,84                               72,84
                        low quality                                                                    99,27                               89,27
     1002 00 00         Rye                                                                           107,20                               97,20
     1003 00 10         Barley, seed                                                                  107,20                               97,20
     1003 00 90         Barley, other (3)                                                             107,20                               97,20
     1005 10 90         Maize seed other than hybrid                                                  105,43                               95,43
     1005 90 00         Maize other than seed (3)                                                     105,43                               95,43
     1007 00 90         Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing                                   107,20                               97,20
(1) In the case of durum wheat not meeting the minimum quality requirements for durum wheat of medium quality, 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 1249/96), the importer may benefit
    from a reduction in the duty of:
     EUR 3 per tonne, where the port of unloading is on the Mediterranean Sea, or
     EUR 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 EUR 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
                                                                      (for 15 April 1999)
1. Averages over the two-week period preceding the day of fixing:
                    Exchange quotations                Minneapolis     Kansas-City     Chicago Chicago   Minneapolis  Minneapolis  Minneapolis
   Product (% proteins at 12 % humidity)              HRS2. 14 % HRW2. 11,5 %          SRW2     YC3         HAD2        Medium     US barley 2
                                                                                                                       quality (*)
   Quotation (EUR/tonne)                                 113,59          101,19         91,97   79,69     135,13 (**)  125,13 (**)  82,05 (**)
   Gulf premium (EUR/tonne)                                               9,12          1,90    8,02                                
   Great Lakes premium (EUR/tonne)                        18,19                                                                   
   (*) A discount of EUR 10 per tonne (Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).
   (**) Fob Duluth.
2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico  Rotterdam: 10,90 EUR/t; Great Lakes  Rotterdam: 22,02 EUR/t.
3. Subsidy within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 : 0,00 EUR/t (HRW2)
                                                                                                       : 0,00 EUR/t (SRW2).