Commission Regulation (EC) No 4/2005 of 3 January 2005 amending the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 4 January 2005

of 3 January 2005

amending the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 4 January 2005

Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals 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 as regards import duties in the cereals sector ² , and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The import duties in the cereals sector are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2280/2004 ³ .

(2) Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 provides that if during the period of application, the average import duty calculated differs by EUR 5 per tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is to be made. Such a difference has arisen. It is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed in Regulation (EC) No 2280/2004,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 2280/2004 are hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 January 2005.

Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 3 January 2005. For the Commission J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

¹ OJ L 270, 29.9.2003, p. 78 .

² OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 125 . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1110/2003 ( OJ L 158, 27.6.2003, p. 12 ).

³ OJ L 381, 31.12.2004, p. 42 .

Import duties for the products covered by Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 applicable from 4 January 2005

¹ 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/t, where the port of unloading is on the Mediterranean Sea, or

— EUR 2/t, where the port of unloading is in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland, Sweden or the Atlantic coasts of the Iberian peninsula.

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

1. Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: Exchange quotations Minneapolis Chicago Minneapolis Minneapolis Minneapolis Minneapolis Product (% proteins at 12 % humidity) HRS2 (14 %) YC3 HAD2 Medium quality Low quality US barley 2 Quotation (EUR/t) 108,75 60,16 131,41 121,41 101,41 89,93 Gulf premium (EUR/t) 39,75 12,46 — — Great Lakes premium (EUR/t) — — — —

2. Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico–Rotterdam: 29,18 EUR/t; Great Lakes–Rotterdam: — 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).

A discount of 10 EUR/t (Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).

A discount of 30 EUR/t (Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).

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

Footnotes

1. 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: ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

2. The importer may benefit from a flat-rate reduction of EUR 24/t, where the conditions laid down in Article 2(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 are met. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

3. . ↩ ↩²