31993R1706

No L 159/72 1 . 7. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1706/93

of 30 June 1993

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 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 3695/92 (2), and in particular Article 6 (5) thereof, amended where a significant variation in the free-at­ Whereas Article 6 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 frontier offer price is recorded ; 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 that country, subject to obligations resulting from binding Whereas, consequently, Commission Regulation (EEC) under GATT ; whereas the countervailing charge is equal No 1688/92 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No to the difference between the reference price and the 615/93 Q, which fixed the countervailing charges for the free-at-frontier price plus customs duties ; preceding period, should be repealed ;

Whereas the reference prices for the 1993/ 1994 market­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are ing year for hybrid maize and hybrid sorgum for sowing in accordance with the opinion of the Management were fixed in Commission Regulation (EEC) No Committee for Seeds, 1720/93 (3) ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas the free-at-frontier offer prices for each country of provenance are determined using all available relevant information ; whereas such relevant Article 1 information is defined in Article 1 ( 1 ), (2) and (3) of The countervailing charges on seeds are fixed as shown in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 665/72 (4), amended the Annexes hereto . by Regulation (EEC) No 281 1 /86 (*) ; whereas Article 3 of the same Regulation provides that the free-at-frontier Article 2 offer prices for each country of provenance shall be determined from the most favourable purchasing Regulation (EEC) No 1688/92 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 1993.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 June 1993 .

For the Commission

Rene STEICHEN

Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 246, 5. 11 . 1971 , p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 374, 22. 12. 1992, p. 40 . (3) See page 107 of this Official Journal . (4) OJ No L 175, 2. 8 . 1972, p. 49. (6) OJ No L 176, 30. 6. 1992, p . 30. 4 OJ No L 260, 12. 9. 1986, p. 8 . Ç) OJ No L 66, 18 . 3 . 1993, p. 17.

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ANNEX I

Countervailing charge on hybrid maize for sowing

(ECU/100 kg)

Amount of r t f CN code countervailing oririnW charge (') 0 8 1 >

1005 10 11 13,8 404 20.4 066 33.5 400 34,9 068 34,9 1 1005 10 13 0,8 064 3 092 3,2 091 3,2 090 3,2 093 21,7 062 22,7 066 27,1 388 38 068 38 2 1005 10 15 0,4 038 7,2 062 22.6 093 29,4 090 29.4 091 50.5 064 61,1 512 80,9 066 95,9 388 140,7 524 140,7 3

(') The countervailing charge may not exceed 4 /« of the customs value. (2) Origin identification : 1 Other countries with the exception of Austria, Argentina, Bosnia­ Herzegovina, Croatia, Chile, Hungary, Slovenia and the territory of former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 2 Other countries with the exception of Japan, Austria, Argentina, Turkey, Chile, the United States and Canada 3 Other countries with the exception of Argentina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, the United States and Turkey 038 Austria 052 Turkey 062 The territory of the former Czech and Slovak Federal Republic 064 Hungary 066 Romania 068 Bulgaria 090 The territory of former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 091 Slovenia 092 Croatia 093 Bosnia-Herzegovina 388 South Africa 400 the United States 404 Canada 512 Chile 524 Uruguay 528 Argentina

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ANNEX II

Countervailing charge on hybrid sorghum for sowing

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

1007 00 10 19,0 400

(') Origin identification : 400 United States of America