Commission Regulation (EU) No 399/2010

of 7 May 2010

amending Regulation (EU) No 374/2010 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 May 2010

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) [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 sector [2], and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 May 2010 were fixed by Commission Regulation (EU) No 374/2010 [3].

(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 (EU) No 374/2010.

(3) Regulation (EU) No 374/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annexes I and II to Regulation (EU) No 374/2010 are hereby replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 8 May 2010.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 May 2010.

For the Commission, On behalf of the President,

Jean-Luc Demarty

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

[1] OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.

[2] OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 125.

[3] OJ L 110, 1.5.2010, p. 26.

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ANNEX I

Import duties on the products referred to in Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 applicable from 8 May 2010

CN code | Description | Import duties [1] (EUR/t) |

10011000 | Durum wheat, high quality | 0,00 |

medium quality | 0,00 |

low quality | 0,00 |

10019091 | Common wheat seed | 0,00 |

ex10019099 | High quality common wheat, other than for sowing | 0,00 |

10020000 | Rye | 25,87 |

10051090 | Maize seed other than hybrid | 10,17 |

10059000 | Maize, other than seed [2] | 10,17 |

10070090 | Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing | 25,87 |

[1] For 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, 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 the Atlantic coast of the Iberian peninsula.

[2] 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.

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ANNEX II

Factors for calculating the duties laid down in Annex I

30.4.2010- 6.5.2010

1. Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96:

(EUR/t) |

| Common wheat [1] | Maize | Durum wheat, high quality | Durum wheat, medium quality [2] | Durum wheat, low quality [3] | Barley |

Exchange | Minnéapolis | Chicago | — | — | — | — |

Quotation | 157,20 | 111,53 | — | — | — | — |

Fob price USA | — | — | 133,24 | 123,24 | 103,24 | 76,82 |

Gulf of Mexico premium | — | 13,73 | — | — | — | — |

Great Lakes premium | 18,66 | — | — | — | — | — |

2. Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96:

Freight costs: Gulf of Mexico–Rotterdam: | 26,73 EUR/t |

Freight costs: Great Lakes–Rotterdam: | 59,34 EUR/t |

[1] Premium of 14 EUR/t incorporated (Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).

[2] Discount of 10 EUR/t (Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).

[3] Discount of 30 EUR/t (Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).

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