COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 570/2009

1.7.2009 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 171/3 ---|---|---|--- * * * COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 570/2009 of 30 June 2009 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 July 2009 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 in respect of import duties in the cereals sector (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof, Whereas: (1) | Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 states that the import duty on products falling within CN codes 1001 10 00 , 1001 90 91 , ex 1001 90 99 (high quality common wheat), 1002 , ex 1005 other than hybrid seed, and ex 1007 other than hybrids for sowing, is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation increased by 55 %, minus the cif import price applicable to the consignment in question. However, that duty may not exceed the rate of duty in the Common Customs Tariff. ---|--- (2) | Article 136(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 lays down that, for the purposes of calculating the import duty referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article, representative cif import prices are to be established on a regular basis for the products in question. ---|--- (3) | Under Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96, the price to be used for the calculation of the import duty on products of CN codes 1001 10 00 , 1001 90 91 , ex 1001 90 99 (high quality common wheat), 1002 00 , 1005 10 90 , 1005 90 00 and 1007 00 90 is the daily cif representative import price determined as specified in Article 4 of that Regulation. ---|--- (4) | Import duties should be fixed for the period from 1 July 2009 and should apply until new import duties are fixed and enter into force, ---|--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 From 1 July 2009, the import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 shall be those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information contained in Annex II. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2009. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 30 June 2009. For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development * * * (1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1. (2) OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 125. * * * ANNEX I Import duties on the products referred to in Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 applicable from 1 July 2009 CN code | Description | Import duties (1) (EUR/t) ---|---|--- 1001 10 00 | Durum wheat, high quality | 0,00 medium quality | 0,00 low quality | 0,00 1001 90 91 | Common wheat seed | 0,00 ex 1001 90 99 | High quality common wheat, other than for sowing | 0,00 1002 00 00 | Rye | 42,90 1005 10 90 | Maize seed other than hybrid | 17,34 1005 90 00 | Maize, other than seed (2) | 17,34 1007 00 90 | Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing | 47,89 * * * (1) For goods arriving in the Community via the Atlantic Ocean or via the Suez Canal the importer may benefit, under Article 2(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96, from a reduction in the duty of: — | 3 EUR/t, where the port of unloading is on the Mediterranean Sea, or ---|--- — | 2 EUR/t, where the port of unloading is in Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland, Sweden, the United Kingdom or the Atlantic coast of the Iberian peninsula. ---|--- (2) The importer may benefit from a flatrate reduction of EUR 24 per tonne where the conditions laid down in Article 2(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 are met. * * * ANNEX II Factors for calculating the duties laid down in Annex I 16.6.2009-29.6.2009 | 1. | Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: | (EUR/t) --- | Common wheat (1) | Maize | Durum wheat, high quality | Durum wheat, medium quality (2) | Durum wheat, low quality (3) | Barley Exchange | Minnéapolis | Chicago | — | — | — | — Quotation | 196,08 | 110,57 | — | — | — | — Fob price USA | — | — | 207,47 | 197,47 | 177,47 | 96,57 Gulf of Mexico premium | — | 13,57 | — | — | — | — Great Lakes premium | 8,67 | — | — | — | — | — | 2. | Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: | Freight costs: Gulf of Mexico–Rotterdam: | 20,53 EUR/t ---|--- Freight costs: Great Lakes–Rotterdam: | 17,56 EUR/t * * * (1) Premium of 14 EUR/t incorporated (Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96). (2) Discount of 10 EUR/t (Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96). (3) Discount of 30 EUR/t (Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96). * * *