Commission Regulation (EC) No 2348/2003 of 30 December 2003 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
Date: 2003-12-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cereals, customs duties, import

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2348/2003

of 30 December 2003

fixing 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 1104/
2003 (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
1110/2003 (4), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 provides that
the rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff are to
be charged on import of the products referred to in
Article 1 of that Regulation. However, in the case of the
products referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, the
import duty 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.

Pursuant to Article 10(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/
92, the cif import prices are calculated on the basis of
the representative prices for the product in question on
the world market.

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 lays down detailed rules for
the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
as regards import duties in the cereals sector.

The import duties are applicable until new duties are
fixed and enter into force. They also remain in force in
cases where no quotation is available for the reference
exchange referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No
1249/96 during the two weeks preceding the next peri-
odical fixing.

In order to allow the import duty system to function
normally,
recorded
representative market
during a reference period should be used for calculating
the duties.

rates

the

Application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 results in
import duties being fixed as set out in the Annex to this
Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article
10(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be those fixed in
Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information
given in Annex II.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2004.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 30 December 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 158, 27.6.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 125.
(4) OJ L 158, 27.6.2003, p. 12.

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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

1001 10 00

Durum wheat high quality

medium quality

low quality

1001 90 91

Common wheat seed

ex 1001 90 99

Common high quality wheat other than for sowing

1002 00 00

Rye

1005 10 90

Maize seed other than hybrid

1005 90 00

Maize other than seed (2)

1007 00 90

Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing

Import duty (1)
(EUR/tonne)

0,00

0,00

0,00

0,00

0,00

4,76

42,14

42,14

4,76

(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 reduc-

tion 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) 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 15 December to 29 December 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)

130,36 (****)

Gulf premium (EUR/t)

Great Lakes premium (EUR/t)

—

16,49

78,39

15,01

—

165,58 (***)

155,58 (***)

135,58 (***)

119,86 (***)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(*)
A discount of 10 EUR/t (Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).
(**) A discount of 30 EUR/t (Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).
(***)
(****) Premium of 14 EUR/t incorporated (Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).

Fob Duluth.

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

Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico–Rotterdam: 25,82 EUR/t; Great Lakes–Rotterdam: 36,74 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).