Commission Regulation (EC) No 554/2007 of 22 May 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 535/2007 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 May 2007
Date: 2007-05-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, United States, cereals, import, maize, rye, sorghum, wheat

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 554/2007

of 22 May 2007

amending Regulation (EC) No 535/2007 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable
from 16 May 2007

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

As the average of the import duties calculated differs by
more than EUR 5 a tonne from that fixed, a corre-
sponding adjustment must be made to the import
duties fixed by Regulation (EC) No 535/2007.

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

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 535/2007 should therefore be
amended accordingly,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of
28 June 1996 on rules of application (cereal sector import
duties) for Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (2), and in
particular Article 2(1) thereof,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 535/2007 are hereby
replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

(1)

The import duties in the cereals sector applicable from
16 May 2007 were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 535/2007 (3).

This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 May 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 22 May 2007.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 270, 29.9.2003, p. 78. Regulation as amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ L 187, 19.7.2005, p. 11).
(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 128, 16.5.2007, p. 3.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Import duties on the products

referred to in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003

CN code

1001 10 00

applicable from 23 May 2007

Description

Durum wheat, high quality

medium quality

low quality

1001 90 91

Common wheat seed

ex 1001 90 99

High quality common wheat, other than for sowing

1002 00 00

1005 10 90

1005 90 00

1007 00 90

Rye

Maize seed other than hybrid

Maize, other than seed (2)

Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing

Import duties (1)
(EUR/t)

0,00

0,00

0,00

0,00

0,00

0,00

4,12

4,12

0,00

(1) For goods arriving in the Community via the Atlantic Ocean or via the Suez Canal the importer may benefit, under Article 2(4) of

Regulation (EC) No 1249/96, from a reduction in the duty of:
— 3 EUR/t, where the port of unloading is on the Mediterranean Sea, or
— 2 EUR/t, where the port of unloading is in Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland, Sweden, the United

Kingdom or the Atlantic coast of the Iberian peninsula.

(2) The importer may benefit from a flatrate 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 the duties laid down in Annex I

15.5.-21.5.2007

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

Common
wheat (*)

Maize

Durum wheat,
high quality

Durum wheat,
medium
quality (**)

Durum wheat,
low
quality (***)

Minneapolis

Chicago

156,40

109,35

—

—

—

—

—

—

EUR/t

Barley

—

—

—

—

—

10,61

—

177,62

167,62

147,62

132,40

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Exchange

Quotation

Fob price USA

Gulf of Mexico premium

Great Lakes premium

12,35

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

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

Freight costs: Gulf of Mexico–Rotterdam:
Freight costs: Great Lakes–Rotterdam:

37,94 EUR/tonne
37,67 EUR/tonne’