Commission Regulation (EC) No 992/2008 of 9 October 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 959/2008 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 October 2008

of 9 October 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 959/2008 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 October 2008

Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

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 October 2008 were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 959/2008 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 (EC) No 959/2008.

(3) Regulation (EC) No 959/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 959/2008 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 10 October 2008.

Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 9 October 2008. For the Commission 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 262, 1.10.2008, p. 3 .

Import duties on the products referred to in Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 applicable from 10 October 2008

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

— 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 In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 608/2008, application of this duty is suspended.

³ 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.

Factors for calculating the duties laid down in Annex I

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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).

Footnotes

1. Premium of 14 EUR/t incorporated (Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96). ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵

2. Discount of 10 EUR/t (Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96). ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹

3. Discount of 30 EUR/t (Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96). ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵