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Commission Regulation (EU) No 740/2010 of 16 August 2010 amending Regulation (EU) No 735/2010 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 August 2010

EU Regulation No 740/2010 · Adopted 16 August 2010 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Commission Regulation (EU) No 740/2010

of 16 August 2010

amending Regulation (EU) No 735/2010 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 August 2010

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

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)f1,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EU) No 642/2010 of 20 July 2010 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of import duties in the cereals sectorf2, and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

The import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 August 2010 were fixed by Commission Regulation (EU) No 735/2010f3.

(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 (EU) No 735/2010.

(3)

Regulation (EU) No 735/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.

f2

OJ L 187, 21.7.2010, p. 5.

f3

OJ L 214, 14.8.2010, p. 10.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Annex IAnnex I
  5. Annex II
  6. 13.8.2010
  7. 1Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010:
  8. 2Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010:

1

Annexes I and II to Regulation (EU) No 735/2010 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 August 2010.

Signature

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

Done at Brussels, 16 August 2010.

For the Commission, On behalf of the President,

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 August 2010

For goods arriving in the Union via the Atlantic Ocean or via the Suez Canal the importer may benefit, under Article 2(4) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010, from a reduction in the duty of:

  • 3 EUR/t, where the port of unloading is on the Mediterranean Sea, or on the Black Sea,

  • 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 3 of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010 are met.
CN codeDescriptionImport dutiesf1(EUR/t)
1001 10 00Durum wheat, high quality0,0
medium quality0,0
low quality0,0
1001 90 91Common wheat seed0,0
ex 1001 90 99High quality common wheat, other than for sowing0,0
1002 00 00Rye11,51
1005 10 90Maize seed other than hybrid0,0
1005 90 00Maize, other than seedf2 0,0
1007 00 90Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing11,51

1Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010:

Premium of 14 EUR/t incorporated (Article 5(3) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010).

Discount of 10 EUR/t (Article 5(3) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010).

Discount of 30 EUR/t (Article 5(3) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010).
(EUR/t)
Common wheatf1 MaizeDurum wheat, high qualityDurum wheat, medium qualityf2 Durum wheat, low qualityf3 Barley
ExchangeMinnéapolisChicago————
Quotation215,07126,65————
Fob price USA——151,3141,3121,393,76
Gulf of Mexico premium—16,69————
Great Lakes premium11,84—————

2Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010:

Freight costs: Gulf of Mexico–Rotterdam:22,46 EUR/t
Freight costs: Great Lakes–Rotterdam:51,76 EUR/t