AI-assisted research summary: This regulation amends cereal import duties and allows importers to claim duty reductions in specified shipping and unloading situations.
5.1.2010 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 1/5 ---|---|---|--- * * * COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 3/2010 of 4 January 2010 amending Regulation (EU) No 1290/2009 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 January 2010 THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 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) | The import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 January 2010 were fixed by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1290/2009 (3). ---|--- (2) | As the average of the import duties calculated differs by more than EUR 5/tonne from that fixed, a corresponding adjustment must be made to the import duties fixed by Regulation (EU) No 1290/2009. ---|--- (3) | Regulation (EU) No 1290/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly, ---|--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Annexes I and II to Regulation (EU) No 1290/2009 are hereby replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 5 January 2010. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 4 January 2010. For the Commission, On behalf of the President, 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. (3) OJ L 347, 24.12.2009, p. 11. * * * ANNEX I Import duties on the products referred to in Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 applicable from 5 January 2010 CN code | Description | Import duties (1) (EUR/t) ---|---|--- 1001 10 00 | Durum wheat, high quality | 0,00 medium quality | 0,00 low quality | 2,44 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 | 38,56 1005 10 90 | Maize seed other than hybrid | 18,00 1005 90 00 | Maize, other than seed (2) | 18,00 1007 00 90 | Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing | 38,56 * * * (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 31.12.2009 | 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 | 150,20 | 109,83 | — | — | — | — Fob price USA | — | — | 135,93 | 125,93 | 105,93 | 98,22 Gulf of Mexico premium | — | 8,71 | — | — | — | — Great Lakes premium | 7,46 | — | — | — | — | — | 2. | Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: | Freight costs: Gulf of Mexico–Rotterdam: | 22,39 EUR/t ---|--- Freight costs: Great Lakes–Rotterdam: | — 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). * * *