31992R1688
30 . 6. 92 No L 176/38 Official Journal of the European Communities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1688/92
of 29 June 1992
fixing countervailing charges on seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Regulation ; whereas information on offers which have no economic Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European effect on the market in particular because of the Economic Community, insignificant quantities for which they are made are to be disregarded for the purpose of calculating these prices ; Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 information relating to a stage other than free-at of 26 October 1971 on the common organization of the Community-frontier ; whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (2) of market in seeds ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) that Regulation, the countervailing charge must be No 1740/91 (2), and in particular Article 6 (5) thereof, amended where a significant variation in the free-at frontier offer price is recorded ; Whereas Article 6 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 provides that where the free-at-frontier offer price, plus Whereas, as a result of the application of the aforemen customs duties, for a type of hybrid maize and hybrid tioned provisions to the information currently available to sorgum for sowing and coming from a non-member the Commission, the countervailing charge in respect of country, is lower than the corresponding reference price, a certain types of hybrid is to be fixed at the amounts countervailing charge on hybrid maize and hybrid indicated in the Annex to this Regulation ; sorghum shall be levied on imports of the hybrid from Whereas, consequently, Commission Regulation (EEC) that country, subject to obligations resulting from binding No 1902/91 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No under GATT ; whereas the countervailing charge is equal 813/92 Q, which fixed the countervailing charges for the to the difference between the reference price and the preceding period, should be repealed ; free-at-frontier price plus customs duties ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are Whereas the reference prices for the 1992/ 1993 market in accordance with the opinion of the Management ing year for hybrid maize and hybrid sorgum for sowing Committee for Seeds, were fixed in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1655/92 (3); HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the free-at-frontier offer prices for each Article 1 country of provenance are determined using all The countervailing charges on seeds are fixed as shown in available relevant information ; whereas such relevant the Annexes hereto. information is defined in Article 1 (1 ), (2) and (3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1665/72 (4), amended Article 2 by Regulation (EEC) No 281 1 /86 (*) ; whereas Article 3 of the same Regulation provides that the free-at-frontier Regulation (EEC) No 813/92 is hereby repealed. offer prices for each country of provenance shall be Article 3 determined from the most favourable purchasing opportunities for the products in question calculated in This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1992.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 June 1992.
For the Commission
Ray MAC SHARRY
Member of the Commission
(■) OJ No L 246, 5. 11 . 1971 , p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 163, 26. 6. 1991 , p. 39 . (3) OJ No L 172, 27. 6. 1992, p. 49 . (4) OJ No L 175, 2. 8. 1972, p. 49. (*) OJ No L 169, 29. 6. 1991 , p. 38 . 0 OJ No L 260, 12. 9 . 1986, p. 8. O OJ No L 86, 1 . 4. 1992, p. 76.
30 . 6 . 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 176/39
ANNEX I
Countervailing charge on hybrid maize for sowing
(ECU/100 kg)
Amount of Country of CN code countervailing origin (2) charge (')
1005 10 11 1,8 512 4,3 064 13.8 404 25,2 066 34.9 068 37,2 056 37,2 1 1005 10 13 3,2 048 7,1 064 8,6 528 16,5 066 21.7 062 27.1 068 41.8 388 41,8 2 1005 10 15 11,1 400 24.2 066 29,4 048 32.1 404 37.2 052 37.3 038 48.4 512 53.0 346 76.1 064 78,28 388 116,3 528 116,3 3
(') The countervailing charge may not exceed 4 % of the customs value. In the case of Spain it may not exceed the rate obtained by alignment on the Common Customs Tariff in accordance with the timetable specified in the Act of Accession.
2) Origin identification : 1 Other countries with the exception of Austria, Argentina, the United States and Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and the Yugoslav Republics of Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia 2 Other countries with the exception of Japan, Austria, Turkey, Chile, the United States and Canada 3 Other countries with the exception of Bulgaria and New Zealand 038 Austria 048 Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and the Yugoslav Republics of Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia 052 Turkey 062 The Czech and Slovak Federal Republic 064 Hungary 066 Romania 068 Bulgaria 346 Kenya 388 South Africa 400 the United States 404 Canada 512 Chile 528 Argentina 056 Armenia, Azerbaijan , Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan , Kirghizstan , Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan 053 Estonia 054 Latvia 055 Lithuania
No L 176/40 Official Journal of the European Communities 30 . 6 . 92
ANNEX II
Countervailing charge on hybrid sorghum for sowing
(ECU/100 kg)
Amount of CN code Country of countervailing origin (') charge
1007 00 10 19,7 064
9,2 400
(') Origin identification : 064 Hungary 400 United States of America