Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/310 of 1 March 2018 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 2 March 2018
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/310of 1 March 2018fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 2 March 2018 THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671., and in particular Article 183 thereof,Whereas:(1)Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 642/2010Commission Regulation (EU) No 642/2010 of 20 July 2010 on rules of application (cereal sector import duties) for Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 187, 21.7.2010, p. 5). states that the import duty on products covered by CN codes 10011100, 10011900, ex10019120 (common wheat seed), ex10019900 (high quality common wheat other than for sowing), 10021000, 10029000, 10051090, 10059000, 10071090 and 10079000 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 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010 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 referred to in that paragraph.(3)Under Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010, the import price to be used for the calculation of the import duty on products referred to in Article 1(1) of that Regulation is the daily CIF representative import price determined as specified in Article 5 of that Regulation.(4)From 21 September 2017 the import duty on products originating in Canada covered by CN codes 10011100, 10011900, ex10019900 (high quality common wheat other than for sowing), 10021000 and 10029000 is to be calculated in accordance with Article 2(5) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010.(5)Import duties should be fixed for the period from 2 March 2018 and should apply until new import duties are fixed and enter into force.(6)Under Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1From 2 March 2018, the import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010 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 the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 1 March 2018.For the Commission,On behalf of the President,Jerzy PlewaDirector-GeneralDirectorate-General for Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentANNEX I
The importer may benefit, under Article 2(4) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010, from a reduction in the duty of:EUR 3/tonne, where the port of unloading is located on the Mediterranean Sea (beyond the Strait of Gibraltar) or on the Black Sea, for goods arriving in the Union via the Atlantic Ocean or the Suez Canal,EUR 2/tonne, where the port of unloading is located in Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland, Sweden, the United Kingdom or on the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula, for goods arriving in the Union via the Atlantic Ocean.For products originating in Canada covered by CN codes 10011100, 10011900, ex10019900 (high quality common wheat other than for sowing), 10021000 and 10029000, the duty is calculated in accordance with Article 2(5) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010.The importer may benefit from a flat-rate reduction of EUR 24/tonne where the conditions laid down in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010 are met.
Import duties on the products referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010 applicable from 2 March 2018
CN codeDescriptionImport duties(EUR/tonne)
10011100Durum wheat seed0,00
10011900High quality durum wheat, other than for sowing0,00
Medium quality, other than for sowing0,00
Low quality, other than for sowing0,00
ex10019120Common wheat seed0,00
ex10019900High quality common wheat, other than for sowing0,00
10021000Rye seed0,56
10029000Rye, other than for sowing0,56
10051090Maize seed, other than hybrid0,56
10059000Maize, other than for sowing0,56
10071090Grain sorghum, other than hybrids for sowing0,56
10079000Grain sorghum, other than for sowing0,56
ANNEX IIFACTORS FOR CALCULATING THE DUTIES LAID DOWN IN ANNEX I1.Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010:
Premium of EUR 14/t incorporated (Article 5(3) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010).
(EUR/tonne)
Common wheatMaize
ExchangeMinneapolisChicago
Quotation193,300117,450
Gulf of Mexico premium84,90221,549
Great Lakes premium——
2.Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010:
Freight costs: Gulf of Mexico-Rotterdam:17,471 EUR/tonne
Freight costs: Great Lakes-Rotterdam:— EUR/tonne