Commission Regulation (EC) No 709/2006 of 8 May 2006 amending the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 9 May 2006

of 8 May 2006

amending the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 9 May 2006

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 665/2006 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 665/2006,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 665/2006 are hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 May 2006.

Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 8 May 2006. For the Commission J. L. DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

¹ OJ L 270, 29.9.2003, p. 78 . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1154/2005 ( OJ L 187, 19.7.2005, p. 11 ).

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 116, 29.4.2006, p. 41 . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 678/2006 ( OJ L 118, 3.5.2006, p. 5 ).

Import duties for the products covered by Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 applicable from 9 May 2006

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 YC3 HAD2 Medium quality Low quality US barley 2 Quotation (EUR/t) 138,64 74,97 149,34 139,34 119,34 87,13 Gulf premium (EUR/t) — 12,74 — — Great Lakes premium (EUR/t) 26,30 — — —

2. Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico–Rotterdam: 16,33 EUR/t; Great Lakes–Rotterdam: 20,37 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. . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 678/2006 (). ↩ ↩²