Document ID: 32014R1206
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>8.11.2014&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>L 325/14</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1206/2014
of 7 November 2014
fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 8 November 2014
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 ( 1 ) , and in particular Article 183 thereof,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 642/2010<a>&#160;(<span>2</span>)</a> states that the import duty on products covered by CN codes 1001&#160;11&#160;00, 1001&#160;19&#160;00, ex&#160;1001&#160;91&#160;20 [common wheat seed], ex&#160;1001&#160;99&#160;00 (high quality common wheat other than for sowing), 1002&#160;10&#160;00, 1002&#160;90&#160;00, 1005&#160;10&#160;90, 1005&#160;90&#160;00, 1007&#160;10&#160;90 and 1007&#160;90&#160;00 is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and 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.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010 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 referred to in that paragraph.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>Under Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010, the import price to be used for the calculation of the import duty on products referred to in Article 1(1) of that Regulation is the daily CIF representative import price determined as specified in Article 5 of that Regulation.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(4)</p></td><td><p>Import duties should be fixed for the period from 8 November 2014 and should apply until new import duties are fixed and enter into force.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(5)</p></td><td><p>Under Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
From 8 November 2014, the import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010 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 the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 November 2014.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Jerzy PLEWA
Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
( 1 ) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671 .
( 2 ) Commission Regulation (EU) No 642/2010 of 20 July 2010 on rules of application (cereal sector import duties) for Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 ( OJ L 187, 21.7.2010, p. 5 ).
ANNEX I
Import duties on the products referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010 applicable from 8 November 2014
<table><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>CN code</p></td><td><p>Description</p></td><td><p>Import duties<a>&#160;(<span>1</span>)</a></p><p>(EUR/t)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1001&#160;11&#160;00</p></td><td><p>Durum wheat seed</p></td><td><p>0,00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1001&#160;19&#160;00</p></td><td><p>High quality durum wheat, other than for sowing</p></td><td><p>0,00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medium quality, other than for sowing</p></td><td><p>0,00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Low quality, other than for sowing</p></td><td><p>0,00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ex&#160;1001&#160;91&#160;20</p></td><td><p>Common wheat seed</p></td><td><p>0,00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ex&#160;1001&#160;99&#160;00</p></td><td><p>High quality common wheat, other than for sowing</p></td><td><p>0,00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1002&#160;10&#160;00</p></td><td><p>Rye seed</p></td><td><p>0,00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1002&#160;90&#160;00</p></td><td><p>Rye, other than for sowing</p></td><td><p>0,00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1005&#160;10&#160;90</p></td><td><p>Maize seed, other than hybrid</p></td><td><p>0,00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1005&#160;90&#160;00</p></td><td><p>Maize, other than for sowing<a>&#160;(<span>2</span>)</a></p></td><td><p>0,00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1007&#160;10&#160;90</p></td><td><p>Grain sorghum, other than hybrids for sowing</p></td><td><p>0,00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1007&#160;90&#160;00</p></td><td><p>Grain sorghum, other than for sowing</p></td><td><p>0,00</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
( 1 ) The importer may benefit, under Article 2(4) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010, from a reduction in the duty of:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8212;</p></td><td><p>EUR 3/tonne, where the port of unloading is located on the Mediterranean Sea (beyond the Strait of Gibraltar) or on the Black Sea, for goods arriving in the Union via the Atlantic Ocean or the Suez Canal,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8212;</p></td><td><p>EUR 2/tonne, where the port of unloading is located in Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland, Sweden, the United Kingdom or on the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula, for goods arriving in the Union via the Atlantic Ocean.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
( 2 ) The importer may benefit from a flat-rate reduction of EUR 24/tonne where the conditions laid down in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010 are met.
ANNEX II
Factors for calculating the duties laid down in Annex I
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>1.</p></td><td><p>Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010:</p><table><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(EUR/t)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>Common wheat<a>&#160;(<span>1</span>)</a></p></td><td><p>Maize</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exchange</p></td><td><p>Minneapolis</p></td><td><p>Chicago</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Quotation</p></td><td><p>180,57</p></td><td><p>115,23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gulf of Mexico premium</p></td><td><p>&#8212;</p></td><td><p>28,18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Lakes premium</p></td><td><p>71,30</p></td><td><p>&#8212;</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>2.</p></td><td><p>Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010:</p><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>Freight costs: Gulf of Mexico-Rotterdam</p></td><td><p>14,53 EUR/t</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Freight costs: Great Lakes-Rotterdam</p></td><td><p>47,16 EUR/t</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>
<note>
( 1 ) Premium of EUR 14/t incorporated (Article 5(3) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010).
</note>