31987R1854

No L 174/46 1 . 7 . 87 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1854/87 of 30 June 1987 fixing countervailing charges on seeds

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, insignificant quantities for which they are made are to be disregarded for the purpose of calculating these prices ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1665/72, an adjustment must be made in the case of price Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and information relating to a stage other than free-at- Portugal, Community-frontier ; whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (2) of that Regulation, the countervailing charge must be Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 amended where a significant variation in the free-atof 26 October 1971 on the common organization of the frontier offer price is recorded ; market in seeds ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1355/86 (2), and in particular Article 6 (5) thereof, Whereas, as a result of the application of the aforemen­ tioned provisions to the information currently available to Whereas Article 6 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 the Commission, the countervailing charge in respect of provides that where the free-at-frontier offer price, plus certain types of hybrid is to be fixed at the amounts customs duties, for a type of hybrid maize and hybrid indicated in the Annex to this Regulation ; sorgum for sowing and coming from a non-member country, is lower than the corresponding reference price, a Whereas, consequently, Commission Regulation (EEC) countervailing charge on hybrid maize and hybrid No 2025/86 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No sorghum shall be levied on imports of the hybrid from 1519/87 (6), which fixed the countervailing charges for the that country, subject to obligations resulting from binding preceding period, should be repealed ; under GAIT ; whereas the countervailing charge is equal to the difference between the reference price and the free- Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are at-frontier price plus customs duties ; in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Seeds, Whereas the reference prices for the 1987/88 marketing year for hybrid maize and hybrid sorgum for sowing were fixed in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1808/87 (3) ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas the free-at-frontier offer prices for each Article 1 country of provenance are determined using all available relevant information ; whereas such relevant The countervailing charges on seeds are fixed as shown in information is defined in Article 1 ( 1 ), (2) and (3) of the Annex hereto. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1665/72 (4); whereas Article 3 of the same Regulation provides that the free- Article 2 at-frontier offer prices for each country of provenance shall be determined from the most favourable purchasing Regulation (EEC) No 2025/86 is hereby repealed. opportunities for the products in question calculated in accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Regulation ; Article 3 whereas information on offers which have no economic effect on the market in particular because of the This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1987.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 June 1987. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 246, 5. 11 . 1971 , p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 118, 7. 5. 1986, p. 1 , 0 OJ No L 170, 30. 6. 1987, p. 21 . 0 OJ No L 173, 1 . 7. 1986, p. 38 . 0 OJ No L 175, 2. 8 . 1972, p. 49. («) OJ No L 142, 2. 6. 1987, p. 20 .

1 . 7. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 174/47

ANNEX I

Countervailing charge on hybrid maize for sowing

(ECU/100 kg) CCT Amount of heading Description countervailing Country of origin number charge (')

ex 10.05 Maize : I

A. Hybrid for sowing : \

I. Double hybrids and top cross 10,2 Austria hybrids 35,7 Romania \ 35,7 Other countries (2) ll II. Three cross hybrids 26,3 Yugoslavia 26,3 Other countries (3) l III. Single hybnJs 88,7 Austria 18,6 Romania II II 98,2 Hungary l II 76,1 Yugoslavia I 93,8 Canada 98,2 Other countries (4) I II

(') The countervailing charge may not exceed 4 % of the customs value. In the case of Spain and Portugal it may not exceed the rate obtained by alignment on the CCT in accordance with the timetable specified in the Act of Accession . (2) With the exception of Canada, Hungary, USA and Yugoslavia. (3) With the exception of Canada, USA, Chile, Japan, Austria, Romania, Argentina and Hungary. (4) With the exception of Bulgaria and USA.

ANNEX II

Countervailing charge on hybrid sorghum (or sowing

(ECU/100 kg) CCT Amoynt of heading Description countervailing Country of origin number charge

10.07 C I Hybrid sorghum for sowing 46,2 USA 46,2 Other countries I