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
EU Regulation No 554/2007 · Adopted 22 May 2007 · Extends to United Kingdom
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,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cerealsf1,
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 1766/92f2, and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
The import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 May 2007 were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 535/2007f3.
(2)
As the average of the import duties calculated differs by more than EUR 5 a tonne from that fixed, a corresponding adjustment must be made to the import duties fixed by Regulation (EC) No 535/2007.
(3)
Regulation (EC) No 535/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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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).
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OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 125. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1110/2003 (OJ L 158, 27.6.2003, p. 12).
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Contents
1
Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 535/2007 are hereby replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 May 2007.
Signature
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
ANNEX I
Import duties on the products referred to in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 applicable from 23 May 2007
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.
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.
CN code Description Import dutiesf1(EUR/t) 1001 10 00 Durum wheat, high quality 0,0 medium quality 0,0 low quality 0,0 1001 90 91 Common wheat seed 0,0 ex 1001 90 99 High quality common wheat, other than for sowing 0,0 1002 00 00 Rye 0,0 1005 10 90 Maize seed other than hybrid 4,12 1005 90 00 Maize, other than seedf2 4,12 1007 00 90 Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing 0,0 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:
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).
EUR/t Common wheatf3 Maize Durum wheat, high quality Durum wheat, medium qualityf4 Durum wheat, low qualityf5 Barley Exchange Minneapolis Chicago — — — — Quotation 156,4 109,35 — — — — Fob price USA — — 177,62 167,62 147,62 132,4 Gulf of Mexico premium — 10,61 — — — — Great Lakes premium 12,35 — — — — — 2.
Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96:
Freight costs: Gulf of Mexico–Rotterdam: 37,94 EUR/tonne Freight costs: Great Lakes–Rotterdam: 37,67 EUR/tonne