Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/615 of 4 May 2020 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 5 May 2020

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/615 of 4 May 2020 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 5 May 2020 THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671. , and in particular Article 183 thereof, Whereas: (1) Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 642/2010 Commission Regulation (EU) No 642/2010 of 20 July 2010 on rules of application (cereal sector import duties) for Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 187, 21.7.2010, p. 5). states that the import duty on products falling within CN codes 10011100, 10011900, ex10019120 (common wheat seed), ex10019900 (high-quality common wheat other than seed), 10021000, 10029000, 10051090, 10059000, 10071090 and 10079000 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) Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010 lays down that, for the purposes of calculating the import duty referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article, representative cif import prices are to be established on a regular basis for the products referred to in that paragraph. (3) Under Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010, the import price to be used for the calculation of the import duty on products referred to in Article 1(1) of that Regulation is the daily cif representative import price determined using the method provided for in Article 5 of that Regulation. (4) From 21 September 2017 the import duty on products originating in Canada and falling within CN codes 10011100, 10011900, ex10019900 (high quality common wheat other than seed), 10021000 and 10029000 is to be calculated in accordance with Article 2(5) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010. (5) Import duties should be fixed for the period from 5 May 2020 and should apply until a new import duty is fixed and enters into force. (6) Under Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

From 5 May 2020, the import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010 shall be those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information contained in Annex II 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. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 4 May 2020. For the Commission

On behalf of the President, Wolfgang Burtscher Director-General Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

Annex

ANNEX I Import duties on the products referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010 applicable from 5 May 2020 The importer may benefit, under Article 2(4) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010, from a reduction in the duty of: EUR 3/tonne, where the port of unloading is located on the Mediterranean Sea (beyond the Strait of Gibraltar) or on the Black Sea and where the goods arrive in the Union via the Atlantic Ocean or the Suez Canal, EUR 2/tonne, where the port of unloading is located in Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland, Sweden, the United Kingdom or on the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula and where the goods arrive in the Union via the Atlantic Ocean. For products originating in Canada and falling within CN codes 10011100, 10011900, ex10019900 (high-quality common wheat other than seed), 10021000 and 10029000, the duty is calculated in accordance with Article 2(5) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010. The importer may benefit from a flat-rate reduction of EUR 24/tonne where the conditions laid down in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010 are met. CN codeDescription of goods Import duties (EUR/tonne) 10011100Durum wheat seed0,0010011900High-quality durum wheat, other than seed0.00Medium-quality, other than seed0,00Low-quality, other than seed0,00ex10019120Common wheat seed0,00ex10019900High-quality common wheat, other than seed0,0010021000Rye seed10,4010029000Rye, other than seed10,4010051090Maize seed, other than hybrid10,4010059000Maize, other than seed10,4010071090Grain sorghum, other than hybrids for sowing10,4010079000Grain sorghum, other than seed10,40

Annex

ANNEX II Factors for calculating the duties laid down in Annex I

1. Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010: Premium of 14 EUR/t incorporated (Article 5(3) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010). (EUR/tonne)Common wheat MaizeExchangeMinneapolisChicagoQuotation184,185113,614Gulf of Mexico premium-21,584Great Lakes premium41,446-
2. Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010: Freight costs: Gulf of Mexico-Rotterdam:11,434Freight costs: Great Lakes-Rotterdam:37,737