NoL303/50 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities1.1!..73
REGULATION (EEC)No2979/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of31October1973
fixingtheexportleviesonstarchproducts
isfixedandtheaverageoftheleviesapplicableonthe
sevendaysprecedingthedayitcomesintoforce;
whereasthisdifference ,mustthenbemultipliedfor
theproductsmentionedinArticle1bythecoeffi­
cientsrelatingtotheseproducts.shownincolumn4
oftheAnnextoRegulation (EEC)No1052/68(7),as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No881/73(s);
Whereastheproductionrefundonmaizeand
commonwheatintendedforthemanufacture of
starcharidquellmehlisdefinedinArticle1ofRegula­
tionNo371/67/EEC;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES , *
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo120/
67/EEC(')of13June1967onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals,aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No1346/73(-);
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo371/
67/EEC(3)fixingproductionrefundsonstarchesand
quellmehl,asInstamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
179/73("'J,andinparticularthelastsentenceof
Article2(2)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle2(2)ofRegulationNo
371/67/EEC,anexportlevymaybeintroducedfor
productsfallingwithinsubheadingsNos11.08AI,
III,IVandV,11.09,17.02BII,17.05Band23.03AI
oftheCommonCustomsTariffwhenworldmarket
pricesformaizeorcommonwheatexceed6-80units
ofaccount;Whereas,pursuanttoArticle4(a)ofRegulation (EEC)
No1604/71forthenewMemberStatestheamounts
tobeconsideredrespectivelyasimportlevyand
productionrefundinaccordancewiththepreceding
Articlesshallbethelevyandtheproductionrefund
fortheproductinquestionrespectively ,minusthe
applicablecompensatory amount;
Whereasthe.exportlevymustbefixedonceaweek;
whereasitisalteredonlyifapplicationofArticle2(2)
(a)ofRegulation (EEC)No1604/71entailsan
increaseorareductionofmorethan008unitof
account/100kgofbasicproduct;
Whereas,byRegulation (EEC)No1604/71(5)of26
July1971,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
347/73(6),theCommission laiddown'detailedrules
fortheapplicationoftheexportlevyonstarch
products;whereasArticle2(1)ofthatRegulation
providesthatalevyisintroducedwhenitisfound
thattheimportlevyisatleast0-30unitof
account/100kglessthantheamountoftheproduc­
tionrefundvalidinthe.currentmonthandthatthe
averageoftheleviesintheimmediatelyfollowingfort­
nightisatleast0-30unitofaccount/100kglessthan
theaverageoftheproductionrefundvalidinthatfort­
night;
Whereastheexportlevymustbeequal,per100kgof
basicproduct,tothedifferencebetweentheproduc­
tionrefundvalidonthedayonwhichthisexportlevyWhereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintained in
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,atarateofexchange
basedontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingalltheseprovisions
totheworldmarketpriceofmaizeandcommon
wheatandtotheimportleviesthatanexportlevy
shouldbeintroducedfortheproductslistedinthe
Annex;(')OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
I2)OJNoL141,28.5.1973,p.8.
(3)OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.40.
(■♦)OJNoL25,30.1.1973,p.6.
(5)OJNoL168,27.7.1971,p.11.
(*)OJNoL38,10.2.1973,p.17.(7)OJNoL179,25.7.1968,p.8.
(S)OJNoL86,31.3.1973,p.30.

1.11.73, OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL303/51
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : Article2
Article1
TheexportleviesprovidedforinArticle2(2)ofRegu­
lationNo371/67/EECareherebyfixedasshownin
theTableannexedtothisRegulationfortheproducts
listedtherein.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon3November
1973.Itshallapplyfrom3November 1973forstarch
productsderivedfrommaizeandfrom.5November
1973forstarch'productsderivedfromsoftwheat.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31October1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
Exportleviesinu.a./100kg
CCTheadingN« Nomenclature insimplifiedwording
IrelandUnited
KingdomOther
MemberStates
11.08AIMaizestarch 3-508 3-508 3,740
11.08A111Wheatstarch 10-327 10-327 10,327
11.08AIVPotatostarch 3-508 3-508 3,740
11.08AVStarchesotherthantnaize,rice,wheator
potatostarch 3-508 3-508 3,740
11.09ADriedwheatgluten 18-776 18-776 18,776'
11.09BWheatgluten,otherthandried 18-776 18-776 18,776
17.02BIIa)Glucoseotherthanglucosecontaining,inthe
drystate,99%ormorebyweightofthepure
product,intheformofwhitecrystallinepow­
der,whetherornotagglomerated (1) 4-576 4-576 4,878
17.02BIIh)Glucoseandglucosesyrupnotcontaining,in
thedrystate,99%ormorebyweightofthe
pureproduct,otherthanglucoseintheform
ofwhitecrystallinepowder,whetherornot
agglomerated (*) 3-508 3-508 3,740
17.05BIFlavouredorcolouredglucose,intheformof
whitecrystallinepowder,whetherornot
agglomerated 4-576 4-576 4,878
17.05BIIFlavouredorcolouredglucosesyrup,other
thanintheformofwhitecrystallinepowder,
whetherornotagglomerated 3-508 3-508'3,740
23.03AIResiduesfromthemanufacture ofstarchfrom
maize(excludingconcentratedsteepingliquors),
ofaproteincontent,calculatedonthedry
productexceeding40%byweight 4-358 4-358 4,646
(*)PursuanttoRegulationNo189/66/EEC,theproductfallingwithinsubheadingNo17.02BIissubjecttothesamelevyasproductsftlliag
withinsubheadingNo17.02BII.