31989R1925

No L 187/24 1 . 7 . 89 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1925/89 of 30 June 1989 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 1239/89 (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 2310/88 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No sorghum shall be levied on imports of the hybrid from 1520/89 (*), 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countervailing charges for the that country, subject to obligations resulting from binding preceding period, should be repealed ; under GATT ; whereas the countervailing charge is equal to the difference between the reference price and the Whereas the measures provided for in this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 1989/90 marketing year for hybrid maize and hybrid sorgum for sowing were fixed in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1950/89 (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 2310/88 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 1989.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 June 1989 . For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 246, 5. 11 . 1971 , p. 1 . O OJ No L 128 , 11 . 5. 1989, p. 35. (3) See page 96 of this Official Journal . 0 OJ No L 201 , 27. 7. 1988, p. 77. (<) OJ No L 175, 2. 8. 1972, p. 49. (•) OJ No L 148, 1 . 6. 1989, p. 56.

1 . 7. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 187/25

ANNEX I

Countervailing charge on hybrid maize for sowing

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

1005 10 11 9,3 048 13,6 064 13,8 404 41,4 400 41,4 1 1005 10 13 21,7 062 25,5 064 26,0 068 40,5 066 40,5 2 ! 100510 15 14,1 404 16,1 064 16,3 038 24,1 048 38,0 066 38,0 3

ANNEX II

Countervailing charge on hybrid sorghum for sowing

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

1007 00 10 15,3 400

(') The countervailing charge may not exceed 4 % of the customs valuer 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, Austria and Chile 2 Other countries with the exception of Canada, Chile, Japan, Austria, Argentina, the United States and Yugoslavia 3 Other countries with the exception of Bulgaria, Austria, the United States, Chile, Argentina and South Africa 038 Austria 048 Yugoslavia 062 Czechoslovakia 064 Hungary 066 Romania 068 Bulgaria 400 the United States 404 Canada.