Commission Regulation (EC) No 8/2003 of 3 January 2003 amending the import duties in the cereals sector
Date: 2003-01-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, United States, cereals, import, stock-exchange listing

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 8/2003

of 3 January 2003

amending 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 (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/
2000 (2),

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 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
597/2002 (4), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The import duties in the cereals sector are fixed by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2392/2002 (5).

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
is to be
the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment

made. Such a difference has arisen. It is therefore neces-
sary to adjust the import duties fixed in Regulation (EC)
No 2392/2002.

(3)

Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2378/2002 provides for
derogations from Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 regarding
import duties in the cereals sector. Accordingly,
the
Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 2392/2002 should be
amended to indicate the duties applicable where impor-
tation is not effected under a tariff quota,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 2392/2002 are hereby
replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 January 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 January 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 125.
(4) OJ L 91, 6.4.2002, p. 9.
(5) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 139.

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Import duties for the products covered by Article 10(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92

ANNEX I

CN code

Description

Import duty (1)
(EUR/tonne)

1001 10 00

Durum wheat high quality

medium quality

low quality

1001 90 91

Common wheat seed

1001 90 99

Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (2)

medium quality (3)

low quality (3)

1002 00 00

Rye

1003 00 10

Barley, seed

1003 00 90

Barley, other (4)

1005 10 90

Maize seed other than hybrid

1005 90 00

Maize other than seed (5)

1007 00 90

Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing

0,00

0,00

0,00

0,00

0,00

95,00

95,00

40,60

40,60

93,00

31,86

31,86

40,60

(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, Sweden, Finland or the Atlantic coasts of the Iberian peninsula.

(2) Importers are entitled to a flat-rate reduction of EUR 14 per tonne.
(3) Importers may take advantage of an import duty of EUR 12 per tonne under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002.
(4) Importers may take advantage of an import duty of EUR 8 per tonne under the tariff quota for malting barley opened by Regulation (EC) No 2377/2002 or an import

duty of EUR 16 per tonne under the tariff quota for barley opened by Regulation (EC) No 2376/2002.

(5) 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.

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ANNEX II

Factors for calculating duties

(period from 30 December 2002 to 2 January 2003)

1. Averages over the two-week period preceding the day of fixing:

Exchange quotations

Minneapolis

Chicago

Minneapolis

Minneapolis

Minneapolis

Minneapolis

Product (% proteins at 12 % humidity)

HRS2. 14 %

YC3

HAD2

Medium
quality (*)

Low
quality (**)

US barley 2

Quotation (EUR/t)

142,90

92,03

216,02 (***)

206,02 (***)

186,02 (***)

114,82 (***)

Gulf premium (EUR/t)

38,14

13,95

Great Lakes premium (EUR/t)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(*) A discount of 10 EUR/t (Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).
(**) A discount of 30 EUR/t (Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2378/2002).
(***) Fob Gulf.

2. Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico–Rotterdam: 14,69 EUR/t; Great Lakes–Rotterdam: 23,61 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).