NoL201/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 21.7.73
REGULATION (EEC)No1974/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of20July1973
fixingtheexportleviesonstarchproducts
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo120/67
EEC(*)of13June1967onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals,aslastamendedby
theAct(2)annexedtotheTreaty(3)ontheAccession
ofnewMemberStatestotheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCom­
munity,signedatBrusselson22January1972;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo371/67/
EEC(4)fixingproductionrefundsonstarchesand
quellmehl,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
I79/73aiK|jnparticularthelastsentenceof
Article2(2)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle2(2)ofRegulation
No371/67/EEC,anexportlevymaybeintroduced
forproductsfallingwithinsubheadingsNos11.08
AI,III,IVandV,11.09,17.02BII,17.05Band23.03
AIoftheCommonCustomsTariffwhenworldmar­
ketpricesformaizeorcommonwheatexceed6-80
unitsofaccount;
Whereas,byRegulation (EEC)No1604/71(6)of
26July1971,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
347/73(7),theCommission laiddowndetailed
rulesfortheapplicationoftheexportlevyor.
starchproducts;whereasArticle2(1)ofthatRegu­
lationprovidesthatalevyisintroducedwhenitis
foundthattheimportlevyisatleast0-30unitof
account/100kglessthantheamountoftheproduc­
tionrefundvalidinthecurrentmonthandthatthe
averageoftheleviesintheimmediatelyfollowing
fortnightisatleast0-30unitofaccount/100kg
lessthantheaverageoftheproductionrefundvalid
inthatfortnight;Whereastheexportlevymustbeequal,per100kg
ofbasicproduct,tothedifferencebetweenthepro­
ductionrefundvalidonthedayonwhichthis
exportlevyisfixedandtheaverageofthelevies
applicableonthesevendaysprecedingthedayit
comesintoforce,whereasthisdifferencemustthen
bemultipliedfortheproductsmentionedinArt­
icle1bythecoefficientsrelatingtotheseproducts
shownincolumn4oftheAnnextoRegulation
(EEC)No1052/68(8),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No881/73(B);
Whereastheproductionrefundonmaizeandcom­
monwheatintendedforthemanufacture ofstarch
andquellmehlisdefinedinArticle1ofRegulation
No371/67/EEC;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle4(a)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1604/71forthenewMemberStatesthe
amountstobeconsideredrespectivelyasimport
levyandproductionrefundinaccordancewiththe
precedingArticlesshallbethelevyandthepro­
ductionrefundfortheproductinquestionrespec­
tively,minustheapplicablecompensatory amount;
Whereastheexportlevymustbefixedoncea
week;whereasitisalteredonlyifapplicationof
Article2(2)(a)ofRegulation (EEC)No1604/71
entailsanincreaseorareductionofmorethan
0-08unitofaccount/100kgofbasicproduct;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,atrateofexchange
basedontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedon
thearithmeticmeanofthespotmarkerratesof
eachofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagiven
period,inrelationtotheCommunitycurrencies
referredtointheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingalltheseprovi­
sionstotheworldmarketpriceofmaizeandcom­
monwheatandtotheimportleviesthatanexport
levyshouldbeintroducedfortheproductslisted
intheAnnex;(')OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
(«)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(•)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.
(*)OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.40.
(•)OJNoL25,30.1.1973,p.6.
(•)OJNoL168,27.7.1971,p.11.
(')OJNoL38,10.2.1973,p.17.(8)OJNoL179,2.5.7.1968,p.8.
(•)OJNoL86,31.3.1973,p.30.

21.7.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL201/21
Article2 HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportleviesprovidedforinArticle2(2)of
RegulationNo371/67/EECareherebyfixedas
shownintheTableannexedtothisRegulationfor
theproductslistedtherein.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon21July
1973.Itshallapplyfrom21July1973forstarch
productsderivedfrommaizeandfrom23July1973
forstarchproductsderivedfromsoftwheat.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember •
States.
DoneatBrussels,20July1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
ANNEX
Exportleviesinu.a./100kg
CCTheadingNo Nomenclature insimplifiedwording
IrelandUnited
KingdomOther
MemberStates
11.08AI Maizestarch 3-645 3-645 3,848
11.08AIII Wheatstarch 5-775 5-702 5,775
11.08AIV Potatostarch 3-645 3-645 3,848
11.08AV Starchesotherthanmaize,rice,wheator
potatostarch 3-645 3-645 3,848
11.09A Driedwheatgluten 10-500 10-368 10,500
11.09B Wheatgluten,otherthandried 10-500 10-368 10,500
17.02BIIa) Glucoseotherthanglucosecontaining,inthe
drystate,99°/oormorebyweightofthepure
product,intheformofwhitecrystallinepow­
der,whetherornotagglomerated (*) 4-754 4-754 5,019
17.02BIIb) Glucoseandglucosesyrupnotcontaining,in
thedrystate,99%ormorebyweightofthe
pureproduct,otherthanglucoseintheform
ofwhitecrystallinepowder,whetherornot
.agglomeratedH 3-645 3-645 3,848
17.05BI Flavouredorcolouredglucose,intheformof
whitecrystallinepowder,whetherornot
agglomerated 4-754 4-754 5,019
17.05B11 Flavouredorcolouredglucosesyrup,other
thanintheformofwhitecrystallinepowder,
whetherornotagglomerated 3-645 3-645 3,848
23.03AI Residuesfromthemanufacture ofstarchfrom
maize(excludingconcentratedsteepingliquors),
ofaproteincontent,calculatedonthedry
productexceeding40°/obyweight 4-528 4-528 4,780
(MPursuanttoRegulationNo189/66/HEC,theproductfallingwithinsubheadingNo17.02BIissubjecttothesamelevyasproductsfalling
withinsubheadingNo17.02BII.