Commission Regulation (EC) No 1919/2004 of 3 November 2004 correcting the import duties in the cereals sector
Date: 2004-11-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, common wheat, durum wheat, import, maize, rye, sorghum

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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,

Whereas:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

(1)

(2)

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

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

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29
September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 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,

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

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78.
(2) OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 125. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1110/2003 (OJ L 158, 27.6.2003, p. 12).

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

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

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

35,14

50,70

50,70

35,14

(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
— 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. Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96:

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)

Gulf premium (EUR/t)

Great Lakes premium (EUR/t)

120,71 (***)

—

15,32

64,05

12,43

—

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.

154,91 (****)

144,91 (****)

124,91 (****)

83,30 (****)

—

—

—

—

2. Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96:
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).