CELEX: 31974R0946
Language: en
Date: 1974-04-20 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 946/74 of the Commission of 19 April 1974 fixing the export levies on starch products

20 . 4 . 74                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 107/ 53
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 946/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 19 April 1974
                                          fixing the export levies on starch products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       is fixed and the average of the levies applicable on the
COMMUNITIES,                                                         seven days preceding the day it comes into force ;
                                                                     whereas this difference must then be multiplied for
                                                                     the products mentioned in Article 1 by the coeffi­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                cients relating to these products shown in column 4
Economic Community ;                                                 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68 (7), as
                                                                     last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 881 /73 (8) ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/
67/EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­              Whereas      the production       refund on    maize    and
lation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2) ;                                        common       wheat  intended     for    the manufacture   of
                                                                     starch and quellmehl is defined in Article 1 of Regula­
                                                                     tion No 371 / 67/ EEC ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 371 /
67/EEC (3) fixing production refunds on starches and
quellmehl , as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (a) of Regulation (EEC)
1 79/73 (4), and in particular the last sentence of                  No 1604/ 71 for the new Member States the amounts
Article 2 (2) thereof ;
                                                                     to be considered respectively as import levy and
                                                                     production refund in accordance with the preceding
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                         Articles shall be the levy and the production refund
Committee ;                                                          for the product in question respectively, minus the
                                                                     applicable compensatory amount ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of Regulation No
371 /67/ EEC, an export levy may be introduced for
                                                                     Whereas the export levy must be fixed once a week ;
products falling within subheadings Nos 11.08 A I,                   whereas it is altered only if application of Article 2 (2)
III, IV and V, 11 .09 , 17.02 B II, 17.05 B and 23.03 A I
of the Common Customs Tariff when world market
                                                                     (a) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1604/71 entails an
                                                                     increase or a reduction of more than 0-08 unit of
prices for maize or common wheat exceed 6-80 units
of account ;
                                                                     account/ 100 kg of basic product ;
Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 1604/71 (5) of 26                    Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
July 1971 , as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                        levies should be calculated on the following basis :
347/73 (6), the Commission laid down detailed rules
for the application of the export levy on starch
                                                                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
products ; whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regulation
provides that a levy is introduced when it is found                       relation to each other, at any given moment,
that the import levy is at least 0-30 unit of                             within a band of 2-25 % , at a rate of exchange
account/ 100 kg less than the amount of the produc­                       based on their effective parity ;
tion refund valid in the current month and that the
average of the levies in the immediately following fort­             — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
night is at least 0-30 unit of account/ 100 kg less than                  arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
the average of the production refund valid in that fort­                  of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
night ;                                                                   relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                          in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas the export levy must be equal, per 100 kg of
basic product, to the difference between the produc­                 Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions
tion refund valid on the day on which this export levy               to the world market price of maize and common
                                                                     wheat and to the import levies that an export levy
(>) OJ   No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/67.                         should be introduced for the products listed in the
(2) OJ   No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973, p. 8 .                            Annex,
(3) OJ   No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 40 .
(4) OJ   No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973 , p. 6.
(5) OJ   No L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p. 11 .                            (7) OJ No L 179, 25. 7. 1968, p. 8 .
(«) OJ   No L 38 , 10 . 2. 1973 , p. 17 .                             8) OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p. 30 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                                         Article 2
                             Article 1                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 April
                                                                             1974 .
The export levies provided for in Article 2 (2) of Regu­
lation No 371 /67/ EEC are hereby fixed as shown in                          It shall apply from 20 April 1974 for starch products
the Table annexed to this Regulation for the products                        derived from maize and from 22 April 1974 for starch
listed therein .                                                             products derived from soft wheat.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 19 April 1974.
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                         P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
                                                                     ANNEX
                                                                                                         Export levies in u. a. / 100 kg
         CCT
     heading No                           Nomenclature in simplified wording                                                        Other Member
                                                                                                 Ireland      United Kingdom             States
11.08 A I                      Maize starch                                                       5-561             5-561                5,606
11.08 AHI                      Wheat starch                                                      11-739            11-739               11,739
11.08 AIV                      Potato starch                                                       5-561            5-561                5,606
11.08 A V                      Starches other than        maize,     rice , wheat or
                               potato starch                                                      5-561             5-561                5,606
11.09 A                        Dried wheat gluten                                                21-344            21-344               21,344
1 1.09 B                       Whear gluten , other than dried                                   21-344            21-344               21,344
17.02 B II a )                 Glucose other than glucose containing, in the
                               dry state , 99 % or more by weight of the pure
                               product, in the form of white crystalline pow­
                               der, whether or not agglomerated (')                                7-253            7-253                 7,312
 17.02 B II b )                Glucose and glucose syrup not containing, in
                               the dry state, 99 °/o or more by weight of the
                               pure product, other than glucose in the form
                               of white crystalline powder, whether or not
                               agglomerated (')                                                   5-561             5-561                5,606
 17.05 B I                     Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of
                               white crystalline powder, whether or not
                               agglomerated                                                        7-253            7-253                 7,312
 17.05 B II                    Flavoured or coloured glucose svrup , other
                               than in the form of white crystalline powder,
                               whether or nor agglomerated                                        5-561             5-561                5,606
23.03 A I                      Residues from the manufacture of starch from
                               maize (excluding concentrated steeping liquors ),
                               of a protein content , calculated on the drv
                               product exceeding 40 0/i> by weight                                 6-908            6-908                 6,964
{ ) Pursuant to Regulation No 189/66/ EKC , the product falling within subheading No 17.02 B 1 is subject to the same levy as products falling
    within subheading No 17.02 B II .