31981R0488

27 . 2 . 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 52/ 15

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 488 / 81 of 24 February 1981 amending for the third time Regulation (EEC) No 1682/80 fixing countervailing charges on seeds

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Regulation (EEC) No 1665/72 (5 ), requires that these COMMUNITIES , charges be amended ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Economic Community, are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Seeds, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358 /71 of 26 October 1971 on the common organiza­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : tion of the market in seeds ( J ), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular Article 6 (5) thereof, Article 1 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1682/ 80 is 1682/80 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No replaced by the Annex to this Regulation . 211 /81 (4), fixed countervailing charges on seeds in respect of a certain type of hybrid maize for sowing ; Article 2 Whereas, since that time, a significant variation has This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day been recorded in the free-at-frontier offer prices following its publication in the Official Journal of which, under the terms of Article 4 (2) of Commission the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 24 February 1981 . For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

(!) OJ No L 246, 5 . 11 . 1971 , p . 1 . (2) OJ No L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979 , p . 17 . P ) OJ No L 166, 1 . 7 . 1980, p . 43 . (") OJ No L 25, 29 . 1 . 1981 , p . 12. (5 ) OJ No L 175, 2. 8 . 1972, p . 49 .

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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 1-8 Hungary 3-6 Austria 41 Yugoslavia 5-6 USA 10-4 Romania 14-7 Canada 14-7 Other countries II . Three cross hybrids 11-2 Hungary 313 Romania 31-3 Other countries (2) III . Single hybrids 7-5 Canada 16-3 Hungary 16-3 Other countries (3 )

(') The countervailing charge may not exceed 4 % of the customs value. (2) With the exception of Austria, Canada, Yugoslavia and the USA. (3) With the exception of Austria, Romania, Spain , Yugoslavia and the USA.