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Document 32001R0845

Commission Regulation (EC) No 845/2001 of 30 April 2001 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector

JO L 121, 1.5.2001, p. 8–10 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2001/845/oj

1.5.2001   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 121/8


COMMISSION REGULATION(EC) No 845/2001

of 30 April 2001

fixing the import duties in the cereals sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000 (2),

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 as regards import duties in the cereals sector (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2235/2000 (4), and in particular Article 2 (1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff are to be charged on import of the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation. However, in the case of the products referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and 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)

Pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, the cif import prices are calculated on the basis of the representative prices for the product in question on the world market.

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 lays down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector.

(4)

The import duties are applicable until new duties are fixed and enter into force. They also remain in force in cases where no quotation is available for the reference exchange referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 during the two weeks preceding the next periodical fixing.

(5)

In order to allow the import duty system to function normally, the representative market rates recorded during a reference period should be used for calculating the duties.

(6)

Application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 results in import duties being fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information given in Annex II.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 April 2001.

For the Commission

FranzFISCHLER

Member of the Commission


(1)   OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.

(2)   OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.

(3)   OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 125.

(4)   OJ L 256, 10.10.2000, p. 13.


ANNEX I

Import duties for the products covered by Article 10(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92

CN code

Description

Import duty by land inland waterway or sea from Mediterranean, the Black Sea or Baltic Sea ports (EUR/tonne)

Import duty by air or by sea from other ports (2)

(EUR/tonne)

1001 10 00

Durum wheat high quality

0,00

0,00

medium quality (1)

0,00

0,00

1001 90 91

Common wheat seed

3,53

0,00

1001 90 99

Common high quality wheat other than for sowing (3)

3,53

0,00

medium quality

22,23

12,23

low quality

56,06

46,06

1002 00 00

Rye

47,67

37,67

1003 00 10

Barley, seed

47,67

37,67

1003 00 90

Barley, other (3)

47,67

37,67

1005 10 90

Maize seed other than hybrid

73,86

63,86

1005 90 00

Maize other than seed (3)

73,86

63,86

1007 00 90

Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing

47,67

37,67


(1)  In the case of durum wheat not meeting the minimum quality requirements for durum wheat of medium quality, referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1249/96, the duty applicable is that fixed for low-quality common wheat.

(2)  For goods arriving in the Community via the Atlantic Ocean or via the Suez Canal (Article 2(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96), the importer may benefit from a reduction in the duty of:

EUR 3 per tonne, where the port of unloading is on the Mediterranean Sea, or

EUR 2 per tonne, where the port of unloading is in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Finland or the Atlantic Coasts of the Iberian Peninsula.

(3)  The importer may benefit from a flat-rate reduction of EUR 24 or 8 per tonne, where the conditions laid down in Article 2(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 are met.


ANNEX II

Factors for calculating duties

(period from 16 April to 27 April 2001)

1.   

Averages over the two-week period preceding the day of fixing:

Exchange quotations

Minneapolis

Kansas City

Chicago

Chicago

Minneapolis

Minneapolis

Minneapolis

Product (% proteins at 12 % humidity)

HRS2. 14 %

HRW2. 11,5 %

SRW2

YC3

HAD2

Medium quality

 (*1)

US barley 2

Quotation (EUR/t)

134,84

132,19

109,98

89,15

196,04

 (*2)

186,04

 (*2)

114,14

 (*2)

Gulf premium (EUR/t)

17,76

6,13

9,16

Great Lakes premium (EUR/t)

23,44

2.   

Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico — Rotterdam: 19,57 EUR/t; Great Lakes — Rotterdam: 29,93 EUR/t.

3.   

Subsidy within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96:

0,00 EUR/t (HRW2)

0,00 EUR/t (SRW2).


(*1)  A discount of 10 EUR/t (Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).

(*2)  Fob Duluth.


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