31988R2310

27 . 7 . 88 No L 201 /77 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2310/88 of 26 July 1988 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 1 665/72, 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 3997/87 (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 1854/87 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No sorghum shall be levied on imports of the hybrid from 1440/88 (6), which fixed the countervailing charges for the that country, subject to obligations resulting from binding preceding period, should be repealed ; under GATT ; whereas the countervailing charge is equal to the difference between the reference price and the Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are free-at-frontier price plus customs duties ; in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Seeds, Whereas the reference prices for the 1988/89 marketing year for hybrid maize and hybrid sorgum for sowing were fixed in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2203/88 (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 Annexes hereto. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 665/72 (4); whereas Article 3 of the same Regulation provides that the Article 2 free-at-frontier offer prices for each country of provenance shall be determined from the most favourable purchasing Regulation (EEC) No 1854/87 is hereby repealed. opportunities for the products in question calculated in accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Regulation ; Article J whereas information on offers which have no economic effect on the market in particular because of the This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 July 1988 .

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

Done at Brussels, 26 July 1988 . / For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(>) OJ No L 246, 5. 11 . 1971 , p. 1 . I1) OJ No L 377, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 36. I3) OJ No L 195, 23. 7. 1988, p. 55. 0 OJ No L 174, 1 . 7. 1988, p. 46. («) OJ No L 175, 2. 8. 1972, p. 49. b) OJ No L 131 , 27. 5. 1988, p. 71 .

No L 201 /78 Official Journal of the European Communities 27. 7 . 88

ANNEX I

Countervailing charge on hybrid maize for sowing

(ECU/100 kg) Amount of CN code Country of countervailing origin (J) charge (')

100510 11 13,8 404 14,7 038 * ' 15,4 064 15.4 400 53,1 048 53,1 1 1005 10 13 ' 5,6 048 7,3 400 16.7 062 20.5 064 21,0 068 41,0 066 41,0 2 1005 10 15 14.8 038 74.3 048 81.4 400 89 066 103,1 404 103,1 3

ANNEX II

Countervailing charge on hybrid sorghum for sowing

(ECU/100 kg) Amount of CN code Country of countervailing origin (2) charge

100700 10 44 400 44 4

(') 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) Origin identification : 1 Other countries with the exception of Romania and Chile 2 Other countries with the exception of Canada, Chile, Japan, Austria and Argentina ; 3 Other countries with the exception ' of Bulgaria and Hungary ; 4 Other countries 038 Austria ; 048 Yugoslavia ; 062 Czechoslovakia ; 064 Hungary ; 066 Romania ; 068 Bulgaria ; 400 USA ; 404 Canada.