AI-assisted research summary: This regulation updates the import duties for certain cereals and says it starts on 2 July 2004.
2.7.2004 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 233/12 ---|---|---|--- * * * COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1228/2004 of 1 July 2004 amending the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 2 July 2004 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (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 as regards import duties in the cereals sector (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof, Whereas: (1) | The import duties in the cereals sector are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1221/2004 (3). ---|--- (2) | Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 provides that if during the period of application, the average import duty calculated differs by EUR 5 per tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is to be made. Such a difference has arisen. It is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed in Regulation (EC) No 1221/2004, ---|--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1221/2004 are hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 July 2004. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 1 July 2004. For the Commission J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ Agriculture Director-General * * * (1) OJ L 270, 29.9.2003, p. 78. (2) OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 125. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1110/2003 (OJ L 158, 27.6.2003, p. 12). (3) OJ L 232, 1.7.2004, p. 37. * * * ANNEX I Import duties for the products covered by Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 applicable from 2 July 2004 CN code | Description | Import duty (1) (EUR/tonne) ---|---|--- 1001 10 00 | Durum wheat high quality | 0,00 medium quality | 0,00 low quality | 8,50 1001 90 91 | Common wheat seed | 0,00 ex 1001 90 99 | Common high quality wheat other than for sowing | 0,00 1002 00 00 | Rye | 27,25 1005 10 90 | Maize seed other than hybrid | 55,64 1005 90 00 | Maize other than seed (2) | 55,64 1007 00 90 | Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing | 37,34 * * * (1) For goods arriving in the Community via the Atlantic Ocean or via the Suez Canal (Article 2(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96), the importer may benefit from a reduction in the duty of: — | EUR 3 per tonne, where the port of unloading is on the Mediterranean Sea, or ---|--- — | EUR 2 per tonne, where the port of unloading is in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland, Sweden or the Atlantic coasts of the Iberian peninsula. ---|--- (2) The importer may benefit from a flat-rate 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 duties (for 30.6.2004) 1\. Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: Exchange quotations | Minneapolis | Chicago | Minneapolis | Minneapolis | Minneapolis | Minneapolis ---|---|---|---|---|---|--- Product (% proteins at 12 % humidity) | HRS2 (14 %) | YC3 | HAD2 | Medium quality (*1) | Low quality (*2) | US barley 2 Quotation (EUR/t) | 136,16 (*3) | 83,41 | 153,64 (*4) | 143,64 (*4) | 123,64 (*4) | 104,90 (*4) Gulf premium (EUR/t) | — | 8,75 | — | | | — Great Lakes premium (EUR/t) | 8,74 | — | — | | | — 2\. Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico–Rotterdam: 19,33 EUR/t; Great Lakes–Rotterdam: 24,89 EUR/t. 3\. Subsidy within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: | 0,00 EUR/t (HRW2) 0,00 EUR/t (SRW2). ---|--- * * * (*1) A discount of 10 EUR/t (Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96). (*2) A discount of 30 EUR/t (Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96). (*3) Premium of 14 EUR/t incorporated (Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96). (*4) Fob Duluth. * * *