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17.3.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
70/31
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 259/2011
of 16 March 2011
amending Regulation (EU) No 642/2010 on rules of application (cereal sector import duties) for
Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
exchanges and reference varieties also for medium and
low quality common wheat. For sake of consistency, it is
appropriate to remove from that Annex quotations and
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
varieties for medium and low quality common wheat.
Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
(3) Regulation
(EU)
No
642/2010
should
therefore
be
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri
amended accordingly.
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) ( 1 ), and in particular
Article 143, in conjunction with Article 4, thereof,
(4)
The measures set out in this Regulation are in accordance
with the opinion of the Management Committee for the
Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
Whereas:
(1) Article
5
of
Commission
Regulation
(EU)
No
642/2010 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
of 20 July 2010 on rules of application (cereal sector
import duties) for Council Regulation (EC) No
1234/2007 ( 2 ) lays down the components determining
Article 1
the representative cif import prices referred to in
Article 136(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 for
Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 642/2010 is replaced by the
the cereals referred to in Article 2(1) of Regulation
text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
(EU) No 642/2010.
Article 2
(2) Although Articles 2(1) and 5(1) of Regulation (EU)
No 642/2010 refer to the common wheat of high
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
quality, Annex III to that Regulation includes quotation
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, 16 March 2011.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
( 1 ) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 187, 21.7.2010, p. 5.

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ANNEX
‘ANNEX III
Quotation exchanges and reference varieties
Product Common
wheat Durum
wheat Maize Other
feed
grains
Standard quality High
Reference variety (type/grade) Hard Red Spring Hard Amber Durum Yellow Corn No 3 US
Barley
No
2
for exchange quotation
No 2
No 2
Quotation exchange Minneapolis
Grain
Minneapolis Grain Chicago Board of Minneapolis Grain
Exchange
Exchange ( 1 )
Trade
Exchange ( 2 )
( 1 ) Where no quotation is available that can be used to calculate a representative cif import price, fob quotations publicly available in the
United States of America shall be used.
( 2 ) Where no quotation is available that can be used to calculate a representative cif import price, the most representative fob quotations
publicly available in the United States of America shall be used.’

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