Commission Regulation (EC) No 264/2009 of 31 March 2009 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 April 2009
Date: 2009-03-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, import, maize, rye, sorghum, wheat








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1.4.2009   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 89/3








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 264/2009
of 31 March 2009
         
fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 April 2009
         


THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural 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 applicable to the consignment in question. However, that duty may not exceed the rate of duty in the Common Customs Tariff.












(2)


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, representative cif import prices are to be established on a regular basis for the products in question.












(3)


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 1 April 2009 and should apply until new import duties are fixed and enter into force,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
From 1 April 2009, 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.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 2009.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 31 March 2009.


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.




ANNEX I
Import duties on the products referred to in Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 applicable from 1 April 2009







CN code


Description


Import duties (1)

(EUR/t)




1001 10 00 


Durum wheat, high quality


0,00 




medium quality


0,00 




low quality


0,00 




1001 90 91 


Common wheat seed


0,00 




ex 1001 90 99 


High quality common wheat, other than for sowing


0,00 




1002 00 00 


Rye


28,10 




1005 10 90 


Maize seed other than hybrid


18,54 




1005 90 00 


Maize, other than seed (2)



18,54 




1007 00 90 


Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing


28,10 






(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.





ANNEX II
Factors for calculating the duties laid down in Annex I

                  17.3.2009-30.3.2009
               








1.


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











(EUR/t)




 


Common wheat (1)



Maize


Durum wheat, high quality


Durum wheat, medium quality (2)



Durum wheat, low quality (3)



Barley




Exchange


Minnéapolis


Chicago


—


—


—


—




Quotation


185,15 


114,96 


—


—


—


—




Fob price USA


—


—


194,56 


184,56 


164,56 


117,13 




Gulf of Mexico premium


51,84 


11,72 


—


—


—


—




Great Lakes premium


—


—


—


—


—


—
















2.


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






Freight costs: Gulf of Mexico–Rotterdam:


16,08  EUR/t




Freight costs: Great Lakes–Rotterdam:


16,45  EUR/t










(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).