Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 870/2011 of 31 August 2011 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 September 2011
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 870/2011of 31 August 2011fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 September 2011 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)OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.,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 sectorOJ L 187, 21.7.2010, p. 5., and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,Whereas:(1)Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 states that the import duty on products falling within CN codes 10011000, 10019091, ex10019099 (high quality common wheat), 1002, ex1005 other than hybrid seed, and ex1007 other than hybrids for sowing, is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation increased by 55 %, minus the cif import price applicable to the consignment in question. However, that duty may not exceed the rate of duty in the Common Customs Tariff.(2)Article 136(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 lays down that, for the purposes of calculating the import duty referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article, representative cif import prices are to be established on a regular basis for the products in question.(3)Pursuant to Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010, the price to be used for the calculation of the import duty on products of CN codes 10011000, 10019091, ex10019099 (high quality common wheat), 100200, 10051090, 10059000 and 10070090 is the daily cif representative import price determined as specified in Article 5 of that Regulation.(4)Import duties should be fixed for the period from 1 September 2011 and should apply until new import duties are fixed and enter into force,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1From 1 September 2011, the import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 shall be those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information contained in Annex II.
Article 2This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 31 August 2011.For the Commission, On behalf of the President,José Manuel Silva RodríguezDirector-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 1 September 2011For goods arriving in the Union via the Atlantic Ocean or via the Suez Canal the importer may benefit, persuant to 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 on 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 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
 ANNEX II Factors for calculating the duties laid down in Annex I 17.8.2011-30.8.2011 1. Averages 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 wheat Maize Durum wheat, high quality Durum wheat, medium quality Durum wheat, low quality
Exchange Minnéapolis Chicago — — —
Quotation 252,73 199,46 — — —
Fob price USA — — 320,44 310,44 290,44
Gulf of Mexico premium — 17,97 — — —
Great Lakes premium 28,64 — — — —
2. Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010:
Freight costs: Gulf of Mexico–Rotterdam: 17,85 EUR/t
Freight costs: Great Lakes–Rotterdam: 47,90 EUR/t