Commission Regulation (EC) No 233/2008 of 14 March 2008 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 March 2008
Date: 2008-03-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, common wheat, durum wheat, import, maize, rye, sorghum

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 233/2008

of 14 March 2008

fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 March 2008

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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

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:

(1)

(2)

Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 states
that
the import duty on products falling within CN
codes 1001 10 00, 1001 90 91, ex 1001 90 99 (high
than
quality common wheat), 1002, ex 1005 other
for
hybrid seed, and ex 1007 other
sowing,
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.

than hybrids

Article 10(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 lays
down that, for the purposes of calculating the import
duty referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, represen-
tative cif import prices are to be established on a regular
basis for the products in question.

Under Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96, the
price to be used for the calculation of the import duty on
products
of CN codes 1001 10 00, 1001 90 91,
ex 1001 90 99 (high quality common wheat), 1002 00,
1005 10 90, 1005 90 00 and 1007 00 90 is the daily cif
representative import price determined as specified in
Article 4 of that Regulation.

Import duties should be fixed for
the period from
16 March 2008, and should apply until new import
duties are fixed and enter into force.

However, in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No
1/2008 of 20 December 2007 temporarily suspending
customs duties on imports of certain cereals for the
2007/08 marketing year (3), the application of certain
duties set by this Regulation is suspended,

(4)

(5)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

From 16 March 2008, the import duties in the cereals sector
referred to in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003
shall be those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis
of the information contained in Annex II.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 March 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 14 March 2008.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 735/2007 (OJ L 169, 29.6.2007, p. 6). Regulation
(EC) No 1784/2003 will be replaced by Regulation (EC) No
1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1) as from 1 July 2008.
(2) OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 125. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1816/2005 (OJ L 292, 8.11.2005, p. 5).

(3) OJ L 1, 4.1.2008, p. 1.

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ANNEX I

Import duties on the products referred to in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 applicable
from 16 March 2008

CN code

1001 10 00

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 (*)

0,00

0,00 (*)

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.

(*) In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1/2008, application of this duty is suspended.

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ANNEX II

Factors for calculating the duties laid down in Annex I

29.2.2008-13.3.2008

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 (***)

Exchange

Quotation

Fob price USA

Minnéapolis

Chicago

364,10

144,71

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

446,78

436,78

416,78

176,70

Gulf of Mexico premium

95,51

10,40

Great Lakes premium

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(*) 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:

43,76 EUR/t

36,26 EUR/t

(EUR/t)

Barley

—

—