# Commission Regulation (EC) No 898/2008 of 16 September 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 896/2008 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 September 2008

EU Regulation No 898/2008 · adopted 16 September 2008

Commission Regulation (EC) No 898/2008 of 16 September 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 896/2008 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 September 2008

## Introductory text

Commission Regulation (EC) No 898/2008
of 16 September 2008
amending Regulation (EC) No 896/2008 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 September 2008
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),
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, and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
The import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 September 2008 were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 896/2008.
(2)
As the average of the import duties calculated differs by more than EUR 5/tonne from that fixed, a corresponding adjustment must be made to the import duties fixed by Regulation (EC) No 896/2008.
(3)
Regulation (EC) No 896/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## 1 

Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 896/2008 are hereby replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

## 2 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 17 September 2008.

## Signature

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 16 September 2008.
For the Commission
Jean-Luc Demarty
Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

## Annex I 

Import duties on the products referred to in Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 applicable from 17 September 2008
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.
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 608/2008, application of this duty is suspended.
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 duties(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
4,57
1005 10 90
Maize seed other than hybrid
0,0
1005 90 00
Maize, other than seed
0,0
1007 00 90
Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing
9,56

### Division Factors for calculating the duties laid down in An: 15 September 2008

## 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 wheat
Maize
Durum wheat, high quality
Durum wheat, medium quality
Durum wheat, low quality
Barley
Exchange
Minnéapolis
Chicago
—
—
—
—
Quotation
223,83
152,19
—
—
—
—
Fob price USA
—
—
305,61
295,61
275,61
124,55
Gulf of Mexico premium
—
13,93
—
—
—
—
Great Lakes premium
4,68
—
—
—
—
—

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

Freight costs: Gulf of Mexico–Rotterdam:
32,68 EUR/t
Freight costs: Great Lakes–Rotterdam:
27,91 EUR/t

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/898 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-898
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