Commission Regulation (EC) No 612/2007 of 1 June 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 596/2007 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 June 2007
Commission Regulation (EC) No 612/2007of 1 June 2007amending Regulation (EC) No 596/2007 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 June 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 cerealsOJ 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).,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 1766/92OJ 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)., and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,Whereas:(1)The import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 June 2007 were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 596/2007OJ L 140, 1.6.2007, p. 24..(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 596/2007.(3)Regulation (EC) No 596/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 596/2007 are hereby replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 June 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 1 June 2007.For the CommissionJean-Luc DemartyDirector-General for Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentANNEX""ANNEX IIFactors for calculating the duties laid down in Annex I31 May 20071.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 wheatMaizeDurum wheat, high qualityDurum wheat, medium qualityDurum wheat, low qualityBarley
ExchangeMinneapolisChicago————
Quotation153,89114,21————
Fob price USA——179,70169,70149,70129,46
Gulf of Mexico premium—14,93————
Great Lakes premium10,58—————
2.Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96:
Freight costs: Gulf of Mexico–Rotterdam:36,61 EUR/tonne
Freight costs: Great Lakes–Rotterdam:37,17 EUR/tonne
ANNEX I
Import duties on the products referred to in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 applicable from 2 June 2007For 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, or2 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 codeDescriptionImport duties(EUR/t)
10011000Durum wheat, high quality0,00
medium quality0,00
low quality0,00
10019091Common wheat seed0,00
ex10019099High quality common wheat, other than for sowing0,00
10020000Rye0,00
10051090Maize seed other than hybrid0,00
10059000Maize, other than seed0,00
10070090Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing0,00