ARCHIVESHISTORIQUES
DELACOMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEEDES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM(73)1573
Vol.1973/0272

Disclaimer
Conformément aurèglement(CEE,Euratom)n°354/83duConseildu1erfévrier1983
concernantl'ouvertureaupublicdesarchiveshistoriquesdelaCommunauté économique
européenne etdelaCommunauté européenne del'énergieatomique(JOL43du15.2.1983,
p.1),telquemodifiéparlerèglement(CE,Euratom)n°1700/2003du22septembre2003
(JOL243du27.9.2003,p.1),cedossierestouvertaupublic.Lecaséchéant,lesdocuments
classifiésprésentsdanscedossierontétédéclassifiés conformément àl'article5dudit
règlement.
Inaccordance withCouncilRegulation(EEC,Euratom)No354/83of1February1983
concerningtheopeningtothepublicofthehistoricalarchivesoftheEuropeanEconomic
Community andtheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity (OJL43,15.2.1983,p.1),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC,Euratom)No1700/2003of22September2003(OJL243,
27.9.2003,p.1),thisfileisopentothepublic.Wherenecessary,classifieddocuments inthis
filehavebeendeclassified inconformitywithArticle5oftheaforementioned regulation.
InÜbereinstimmung mitderVerordnung(EWG,Euratom)Nr.354/83desRatesvom1.
Februar1983überdieFreigabederhistorischen ArchivederEuropäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft undderEuropäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI.L43vom15.2.1983,
S.1),geändertdurchdieVerordnung (EG,Euratom)Nr.1700/2003vom22.September2003
(ABI.L243vom27.9.2003,S.1),istdieseDateiderÖffentlichkeit zugänglich.Soweit
erforderlich,wurdendieVerschlusssachen indieserDateiinÜbereinstimmung mitArtikel5
dergenanntenVerordnungfreigegeben.

COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73)1573final
Brussels,20September1973
PROPOSALFORA
\ .
REGULATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
amendingRegulation(EEC)Ho1968/73layingdowngeneralrulesto
"beappliedintheeventofthecerealsmarket "beingdisturbed
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
COM73)1573final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Article19ofRegulationNo120/67/feEClaysdownthatthenecessarymeasures
may"betakenwhenthecifpriceofoneormoreproductsisappreciablyhigher
thanthethresholdprice.Thecifpriceforthepurposesofthisprovision
isthatcalculatedinaccordancewiththerulesgoverningimportarrangements .
2.InRegulation(EEC)No1968/73theCouncillaiddownthegeneralrulestobe
appliedintheeventofthecerealsmarketbeingdisturbed.Theyincludemeasures
tobetakenifthecifprice,asdefinedabove,exceedsthethresholdpriceby
atleasttwopercent.Asthecifpriceisusedasabasisforcalculatingthe
importlevy,itisconsideredasoneofthecriteriaforapplyingthesemeasures.
3.OneofthemeasureslaiddownbyRegulation(EEC)No1968/73istheapplication
ofanexportlevy.UnderArticle3ofthatRegulation,thecifpriceisamong
thecriteriathathavetobetakenintoaccountwhenthislevyisbeingfixed.
Experiencehasshown,however,thatthecifprice,asdefinedintherules
governingimportarrangements isnotasuitablecriterionforfixingexport
levies.
Itwouldthereforebeadvisablenottoapplyanycriterionreferringtoany
situationotherthanthatreferredtoinRegulation(EEC)No1968/73»and
onlytoapplycriteriagoverningexportarrangements whenfixinganexport
levy.Inordertobringthisabout,therepealofArticle3(2)(a)of
Regulation (EEC)No1968/73hasbeenproposed.
4.TheproposaltorepealArticle3(2)(b)and(c)hasbeenmadebecausethe
presenttextlinkstheexportlevyfortransformedproductstoocloselyto
thoseforbasicproducts.Intheinterestsofmoreefficientadministration ,
thereisaneedformoreflexiblecriteriatotakeaccountofthecharacteristics
ofthesemarkets.

PROPOSALFORA..
REGULATION(mc)OPTHECOUNCIL
amendingRegulation(EEC)Ho1968/73layingdowngeneralrulesto
beappliedintheeventofthecerealsmarketbeingdisturbed
TEECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN .COMMUNITIES,'-
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing .theEuropeanEconomicCommunity }
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo,120/67/fnEc\of13June1967onthe
commonorganization ofthemarketincereals,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1346/73,andinparticularArticle19,secondsubparagraph thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheComnission|
WhereasArticle19ofRegulationNo120/67/EEClaysdownthatthenecessary
measuresmaybetakenwhenthecifpriceofoneormoreproductsisappreciably
higherthanthethresholdprice?
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1968/73of19July1973,whichdefinesthe
generalrulestobeappliedinthecaseofthecerealsmarketbeingdisturbed,
laiddownmeasureswhichmaybetakenpursuanttotheaboveaentioned Article19|
whereasoneofthemeasureswhichmaybetakenistheapplication ofanexport
levy>
Whereasthecifpriceisamongthecriteriatobetakenintoconsideration
whenfixinganexportlevyforbasicproducts|whereasithasbecomeclear
thatthecifprice,asdefinedintheprovisionsgoverningimportarrangements ,
andasusedforthemeasuresoutlinedinRegulation (EEC)No1968/73,isnot
asuitablecriterionfordealingwithadeficitsituation!whereas,consequently ,
inordertocontinueanexportpolicywhichwillbeadequateinthissituation
andwillbeinaccordancewiththerequirements ofthemarket,itisnecessary
thatthelevyshouldbesubjectsolelytothecriteriagoverningexport
arrangements }
:OJNo11-7-,19June1967,p.2269/675\OJNoL'141,28May1973,p.8j
OJNoL201,21July1973,p.10.

WhereasRegulation (EEC)No1968/73forprocessedproductsderivedfromcereals
providesforanexportlevybasedonthelevyfor"basicproductsjwhereassuch
acriteriondoesnotfullytakeaccountoftherequirements andcharacteristics
ofthemarketfortheseproducts 5whereasitwouldbeadvisableforthecriteria
forfixingexportleviesfortheseproductstobemoreflexible ^
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :" ..
Article1
Article3(l)and(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1968/73arereplacedbythe
following:
"1.Thefollowingshallbetakenintoaccountwhenanexportlevyisbeing
introducedforproductsreferredtoinArticle1(a)and(b)ofRegulation
No120/67/tos
(a)situationandtrends:
-forcerealpricesandavailablequantities onthe.Communitymarkets
-forcerealpricesandforpricesofproductsfallingwithinthe
cerealssectorontheworldmarkets
(b)theobjectivesofthecommonorganizationofthemarketincereals,
.namelytobalancethatmarketbothasregardssuppliesandasregards
trades
(c)theneedtoavoiddisturbances ontheCommunitymarkets
(d)theeconomicaspectoftheexports.
2.Thecomponentsreferredtoinparagraph1(a),(b)and(c)shallapply
whenfixinganexportlevyfortheproductsfixedinArticle1(c)and
(d)ofRegulation120/67/feEC,exceptforproductswithintariffheadings
11.08AI,III,IVandV,11.09andsubheadings17.02BII,17.05Band
.23.03AIoftheCommonCustomsTariff.Besides,thefollowingspecific
factorsshallbetakenintoaccount:

-3-
(a)pricespaidforcerealsonvariousCommunitymarkets?
(t>)amountofcerealsrequiredtomanufacturetheseproducts,and,where
appropriate,thevalueofbyproducts;
(c)possibilities andconditionsofsaleontheworldmarketofthese
products".
Article2
Article4ofRegulation(EEC)ITo1968/73isreplacedbythefollowingt
Ml.DetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthisRegulationshallbeadoptedin
accordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle26ofRegulation No
120/67/ECC.
2.Ther.easu.rasreferredtoinArticle2shallbetakenandtheabolition
ofthemeasuresreferredtointhesecond,thirdandfourthindentsof
Article2(l)shalltakeplace,inaccordancewiththesaneprocedure
andforthesameproducts.
Theperiodicfixingoftheexportlevyshallalsofollowthesameprocedure
andapplytothesaneproducts.
3.Ifnecessary,theCommissionmayintroduce,abolishoramendtheexport
levy".
ThefirstsubparagraphofArticle5ofRegulation(EEC)Ho1968/73isreplaced
bythefollowing:
"InanemergencytheCommission maytakethemeasuresreferredtointhethird
andfourthindentsofArticle2(l).Itshallnotifyitsdecisiontothe
MemberStatesandshallpublishitonthenoticeboardsatitsHeadquarters",
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingitspublica­
tionintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,20September1973 FortheCouncil
ThePresident