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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 240/2013 of 15 March 2013 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable            from 16 March 2013         

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# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 240/2013                     

# of 15 March 2013

# fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 March 2013

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 (EU) No 642/2010 of 20 July 2010 laying down detailed rules for the application of                           Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 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 covered by CN codes 1001 19 00, 1001                              11 00, ex 1001 91 20 (common wheat seed), ex 1001 99 00 (high quality common wheat other than for sowing), 1002 10 00, 1002                              90 00, 1005 10 90, 1005 90 00, 1007 10 90 and 1007 90 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.

(2)Article 136(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 lays down that, in order to calculate 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 (EU) No 642/2010, the price to be used for the calculation of the import duty on products                              covered by CN codes 1001 19 00, 1001 11 00, ex 1001 91 20 (common wheat seed), ex 1001 99 00 (high quality common wheat other                              than for sowing), 1002 10 00, 1002 90 00, 1005 10 90, 1005 90 00, 1007 10 90 and 1007 90 00 is the daily cif representative                              import price determined as specified in Article 5 of that Regulation.

(4)Import duties should be fixed for the period from 16 March 2013 and should apply until new import duties are fixed and enter                              into force.

(5)Given the need to ensure that this measure applies as soon as possible after the updated data have been made available, this                              Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

# Article 1U.K.

From 16 March 2013, 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 2U.K.

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, 15 March 2013.

*For the Commission, On behalf of the President,*                            

José Manuel Silva Rodríguez                            

*Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development*                            

## ANNEX IU.K.

### **Import duties on the products referred to in Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 applicable from 16 March 2013**

## ANNEX IIU.K.

### **Factors for calculating the duties laid down in Annex I**1.3.2013-14.3.2013U.K.

#### 1.Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010:U.K.

#### 2.Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010:U.K.

1

OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.                           

2

OJ L 187, 21.7.2010, p. 5.