Commission Regulation (EC) No 1225/2008 of 9 December 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1186/2008 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 December 2008
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1225/2008of 9 December 2008amending Regulation (EC) No 1186/2008 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 December 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)OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 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 sectorOJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 125., and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,Whereas:(1)The import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 December 2008 were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1186/2008OJ L 319, 29.11.2008, p. 56..(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 1186/2008.(3)Regulation (EC) No 1186/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1186/2008 are hereby replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.It shall apply from 10 December 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 9 December 2008.For the CommissionJean-Luc DemartyDirector-General for Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentANNEX I
Import duties on the products referred to in Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 applicable from 10 December 2008For 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
10020000Rye40,45
10051090Maize seed other than hybrid32,93
10059000Maize, other than seed32,93
10070090Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing40,45
ANNEX IIFactors for calculating the duties laid down in Annex I28.11.2008-8.12.20081.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
ExchangeMinnéapolisChicago————
Quotation190,56105,00————
Fob price USA——241,10231,10211,10109,13
Gulf of Mexico premium—9,64————
Great Lakes premium27,27—————
2.Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96:
Freight costs: Gulf of Mexico–Rotterdam:10,90 EUR/t
Freight costs: Great Lakes–Rotterdam:8,87 EUR/t