Commission Regulation (EC) No 1255/2008 of 15 December 2008 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 December 2008
Date: 2008-12-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, cereals, import, maize, rye, sorghum, wheat

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1255/2008

of 15 December 2008

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri­
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri­
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (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 in respect of import
duties in the cereals sector (2), and in particular Article 2(1)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 states
that the import duty on products falling within CN codes
1001 10 00, 1001 90 91, ex 1001 90 99 (high quality
common wheat), 1002, ex 1005 other
than hybrid
seed, and ex 1007 other than hybrids for sowing, is to
be equal to the intervention price valid for such products
on importation increased by 55 %, minus the cif import
price
in question.
However, that duty may not exceed the rate of duty in
the Common Customs Tariff.

consignment

applicable

to the

(2)

(3)

Article 136(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 lays
down that, for the purposes of calculating the import
duty referred to in paragraph 1 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.

(4)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

From 16 December 2008,
the import duties in the cereals
sector referred to in Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1234/2007 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 16 December 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 15 December 2008.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 125.

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ANNEX I

Import duties on the products referred to in Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 applicable from
16 December 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

44,57

33,31

33,31

44,57

(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

1.12.2008-12.12.2008

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

Common
wheat (1)

Maize

Durum wheat,
high quality

Durum wheat,
medium
quality (2)

Durum wheat,
low quality (3)

Barley

Minnéapolis

Chicago

179,80

104,63

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(EUR/t)

—

—

—

10,13

—

233,65

223,65

203,65

105,29

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Exchange

Quotation

Fob price USA

Gulf of Mexico premium

Great Lakes premium

26,95

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

10,39 EUR/t

8,59 EUR/t