
Article 1 
Regulation (EU) No 642/2010 is amended as follows:

((1)) Article 1 is replaced by the following:
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Article 1 

1. Notwithstanding the rates of import duty in the Common Customs Tariff, the import duty on products falling within CN codes 1001 11 00, 1001 19 00, ex 1001 91 20 (common wheat seed), ex 1001 99 00 (high-quality common wheat other than seed), 1002 10 00, 1002 90 00, 1005 10 90, 1005 90 00, 1007 10 90 and 1007 90 00 shall 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 conventional rate of duty as determined on the basis of the Combined Nomenclature.
2. For the purposes of calculating the import duty referred to in paragraph 1, representative cif import prices shall be established on a regular basis for the products referred to in that paragraph.
3. The Common Customs Tariff duty rates referred to in paragraph 1 shall be those applicable on the date stipulated under Article 112 of Regulation (EC) No 450/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council.';
((2)) Article 2 is amended as follows:

((a)) paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be replaced by the following:
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1. The import duty referred to in Article 1(1) shall be calculated daily by the Commission.The intervention price to be used for the calculation of import duty shall be EUR 101,31 per tonne.The import price to be used for the calculation of the import duty shall be the daily cif representative import price determined using the method provided for in Article 5 of this Regulation.
2. The import duty fixed by the Commission shall be equal to the average of the import duties calculated during the previous 10 working days.The Commission shall fix the import duty if the average of the import duties calculated during the previous 10 working days differs by more than EUR 5 per tonne compared to the duty fixed or if the average is once again nil.On the occasion of each fixing, the import duty and the factors used for their calculation shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.The import duty fixed shall apply from the date of publication.The import duty fixed under this Regulation shall apply until a new import duty is fixed and enters into force.';
((b)) paragraph 3 is deleted;
((3)) Article 5 is amended as follows:

((a)) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
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1. For high quality soft wheat and maize other than seed, as referred to in Article 1(1) of this Regulation, the components determining the representative cif import prices referred to in Article 1(2) shall be:
(a) the representative exchange quotation on the market of the United States of America;
(b) the known commercial premiums and discounts attached to that quotation in the United States of America market on the quotation day;
(c) sea freight and associated costs between the United States of America (Gulf of Mexico or Duluth) and the port of Rotterdam for a vessel of at least 25 000 tonnes.';
((b)) paragraphs 3 and 4 shall be replaced by the following:
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3. With a view to calculating the component referred to in paragraph 1(b) or the relevant fob quotation, a premium of EUR 14 per tonne of high quality soft wheat shall apply.
4. The representative cif import prices for high quality common wheat and maize other than seed shall be the sum of the components referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1.The representative cif import prices for high quality durum wheat, durum wheat seed and common wheat seed shall be the price calculated for high quality common wheat.The representative cif import price for medium quality durum wheat and low quality durum wheat shall be the price calculated for high quality common wheat, to which a discount of EUR 10 per tonne shall apply for medium quality durum wheat, and a discount of EUR 30 per tonne for low quality durum wheat.The representative cif import price for sorghum other than seed, sorghum seed falling within CN code 1007 10 90, rye other than seed, rye seed and maize seed falling within CN code 1005 10 90 shall be the price calculated for maize other than seed.';
((c)) paragraph 5 is deleted;
((4)) Annexes II and III shall be replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that 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, 14 March 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX


ANNEX II 
(on the basis of a moisture content of 12 % by weight or equivalent)

Product Common wheat and spelt excluding meslin Durum wheat Flint maize
CN code ex 1001 91 20andex 1001 99 00 1001 11 00and1001 19 00 ex 1005 90 00
Quality High Medium Low High Medium Low 
 1. Minimum protein percentage
 14,0 11,5 — — — — —
 2. Minimum specific weight kg/hl
 77,0 74,0 — 76,0 76,0 — 76,0
 3. Maximum impurity percentage (Schwarzbesatz)
 1,5 1,5 — 1,5 1,5 — —
 4. Minimum vitreous grain percentage
 — — — 75,0 62,0 — 95,0
 5. Maximum flotation index
 — — — — — — 25,0


Permitted tolerance Common/durum wheat Flint maize
Protein percentage -0,7 —
Minimum specific weight -0,5 -0,5
Maximum impurity percentage 0,5 —
Vitreous grain percentage -2,0 -3,0
Flotation index — 1,0
“—”not applicable.
ANNEX III 
Product Common wheat Maize
Standard quality High 
Reference variety (type/grade) for exchange quotation Hard Red Spring No 2 Yellow Corn No 3
Quotation exchange Minneapolis Grain Exchange Chicago Mercantile Exchange
