# L_2004329EN.01001101.xml

| 4.11.2004 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 329/11 |
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4.11.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 329/11

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1919/2004

of 3 November 2004

correcting the import duties in the cereals sector

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 1888/2004 (3). |
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(1)

The import duties in the cereals sector are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1888/2004 (3).

| (2) | A calculation error has been discovered in the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1888/2004. The Regulation in question should therefore be corrected, |
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(2)

A calculation error has been discovered in the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1888/2004. The Regulation in question should therefore be corrected,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1888/2004 are hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 November 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 November 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Director-General of Agriculture

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(1)  
  OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78.

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(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).

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(3)  
  OJ L 328, 30.10.2004, p. 9.

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ANNEX I

Import duties for the products covered by Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 applicable from 4 November 2004

| CN code | Description | Import duty (1)

  (EUR/tonne) |
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| 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 | Common high quality wheat other than for sowing | 0,00 |
| 1002 00 00 | Rye | 35,14 |
| 1005 10 90 | Maize seed other than hybrid | 50,70 |
| 1005 90 00 | Maize other than seed (2) | 50,70 |
| 1007 00 90 | Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing | 35,14 |

CN code

Description

Import duty (1)

(EUR/tonne)

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

Common high quality wheat other than for sowing

0,00

1002 00 00

Rye

35,14

1005 10 90

Maize seed other than hybrid

50,70

1005 90 00

Maize other than seed (2)

50,70

1007 00 90

Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing

35,14

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(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/t, where the port of unloading is on the Mediterranean Sea, or |
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EUR 3/t, where the port of unloading is on the Mediterranean Sea, or

| — | EUR 2/t, 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. |
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EUR 2/t, 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/t, where the conditions laid down in Article 2(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 are met.

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ANNEX II

Factors for calculating duties

period from 15.10.2004-28.10.2004

1.

| Exchange quotations | Minneapolis | Chicago | Minneapolis | Minneapolis | Minneapolis | Minneapolis |
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| Product (% proteins at 12 % humidity) | HRS2 (14 %) | YC3 | HAD2 | Medium quality (*1) | Low quality (*2) | US barley 2 |
| Quotation (EUR/t) | 120,71  (*3) | 64,05 | 154,91  (*4) | 144,91  (*4) | 124,91  (*4) | 83,30  (*4) |
| Gulf premium (EUR/t) | — | 12,43 | — | | | — |
| Great Lakes premium (EUR/t) | 15,32 | — | — | | | — |

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)

120,71  (*3)

64,05

154,91  (*4)

144,91  (*4)

124,91  (*4)

83,30  (*4)

Gulf premium (EUR/t)

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12,43

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Great Lakes premium (EUR/t)

15,32

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2.

Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico–Rotterdam: 30,56 EUR/t; Great Lakes–Rotterdam: 39,31 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). |
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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).

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(*1)  A discount of 10 EUR/t (Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).

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(*2)  A discount of 30 EUR/t (Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).

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(*3)  Premium of 14 EUR/t incorporated (Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).

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(*4)  Fob Duluth.

*4

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