CELEX: 31974R2443
Language: en
Date: 1974-09-28 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2443/74 of the Commission of 27 September 1974 fixing the export levies on starch products

28 . 9 . 74                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 26 2/ 5
                                  REGULATION ( EEC) No 2443/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 27 September 1974
                                              fixing the export levies on starch products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           Whereas the production return! on maize , common
COMMUNITIES,                                                             wheat and broken rice intended for the manufacture
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    of starch is defined in Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC)
Economic Community ;                                                     No 1132/ 74 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120 /
67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                      Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (3) of Regulation ( EEC)
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­                  No 1981 / 74 for the new Member States the amounts
lation ( EEC) No 1 996/74 (2) ;                                          to be considered respectively as import levy and
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                              production refund shall be the levy and the produc­
67/ EEC (-') of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                     tion refund for the product in question respectively,
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­                   minus the applicable compensatory amount ;
tion ( EEC) No 1 1 29/74 (4) ;
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                            Whereas the export levy must be fixed once a week ;
 1 1 32/ 74 (5 ) of 29 April 1974 on production refunds in               whereas it is altered only if application of Article 2 (2)
the cereals and rice sectors, and in particular Article 7                (a) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1981 /74 entails an
                                                                         increase or a reduction of more than 0-08 unit of
(2) thereof ;
                                                                         account/ 100 kg of basic product ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;
                                                                         Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 7 (2) of Regulation ( EEC)                  levies should be calculated on the following basis :
No 1132/ 74, an export levy may be introduced for
products falling within subheadings 11.08 A, 11.09 ,                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 1 7.02 B II , 17.05 B and 23.03 A I of the Common                             relation to each other, at any given moment,
Customs Tariff when world market prices for maize                              within a band of 2-25 % , at a rate of exchange
and common wheat on the one hand , and for broken                              based on their effective parity ;
rice on the other hand exceed respectively 8-20 and                      — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 10-20 units of account ;                                                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
Whereas, by Regulation ( EEC) No 1981 /74 (6), as                              of these currencies recorded for a given period , in
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2267/74 (7), the                                relation to the Community currencies referred to
Commission laid down detailed rules for the applica­                           in the previous subparagraph ;
tion of the export levy on starch products ; whereas
Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regulation provides that a levy is               Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions
introduced when it is found that the import levy for                     to the world market price of maize, common wheat
 maize , wheat or broken rice is at least 0-30 unit of                   and broken rice and to the import levies that an
account/ 100 kg less than the amount of the produc­                      export levy should be introduced for the products
tion refund valid in the current month and that the                      listed in the Annex,
average          of      the       levies       in     the    imme­
                                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
diately following fortnight is at least 0-30 unit of
account/ 100 kg less than the average of the produc­
tion refund valid in that fortnight ;                                                             Article 1
Whereas the export levy must be equal , per 100 kg of
basic product, to the difference between the produc­                     The export levies provided for in Article 7 (2) of Regu­
tion refund valid on the day on which this export levy                    lation (EEC) No 1 132/74 are hereby fixed as shown in
 is fixed and the average of the levies applicable on the                 the Table annexed to this Regulation for the products
seven days preceding the day it comes into force ;                        listed therein .
whereas this difference must then be multiplied for
the products mentioned in Article 1 by the coeffi­
                                                                                                  Article 2
cients relating to these products shown in column 4
of the Annex to Regulation ( EEC) No 1052/68 (8), as
last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 881 /73 (9) ;                       This Regulation       shall   enter  into  force   on   28
                                                                          September 1974.
(')   OJ  No    117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/67 .                         It shall apply from 28      September 1974 for starch
(2 )  OJ  No    L 209, 31 . 7 . 1974, p. 1 .
( 3)  OJ  No    174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .                                 products derived from       maize, from 30 September
(4)   OJ  No    L 128, 10 . 5. 1974, p. 20.                               1 974 for starch products  derived from soft wheat, and
(5)  OJ   No    L 128 , 10 . 5. 1974, p. 24.                              from 1 October 1974 for     starch products derived from
(")  OJ   No    L 207, 29 . 7. 1974, p. 9 .                               broken rice .
(7)  OJ   No    L 239 , 31 . 8 . 1974 , p. 53 .
(8)  OJ   No    L 179 , 25 . 7. 1968 , p. 8 .
(9)  OJ   No    L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p. 30 .
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                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 27 September 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
                                                                               Denmark            Ireland      United Kingdom        States
11.08 'A I           Maize starch                                                3-961             3-961             3-961           3-961
11.08 All            Rice starch                                                 5-563             5-563              5-563          5-563
11.08 A III          Wheat starch                                                8-382             8-382              8-382          8-382
11.08 A IV           Potato starch                                               3-961             3-961              3-961          3-961
11.08 A V            Starches other than maize, ricc, wheat or
                     potato starch                                               3-961             3-961              3-961          3-961
11.09 A              Dried wheat gluten                                         15-240           15-240             15-240          15-240
11.09 B              Wheat gluten , other than dried                            15-240           15-240             15-240          15-240
17.02 B II a)        Glucose other than glucose containing, in the
                     dry state, 99°/o or more by weight of the pure
                     product, in the form of white crystalline pow­
                     der, whether or not agglomerated (*)                        v 166             5 - 1 66           5· 16ft        5-166
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 (*)                                            3-961             3-961              3-961          3-961
17.05 B I            Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of
                     white crystalline powder, whether or not
                     agglomerated                                                5 - 1 66          5-166              5-166          5-166
17.05 B II           Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup , other
                     than in the form of white crystalline powder,
                     whether or not agglomerated                                 3-961             3-961              3-961          3-961
23.03 A I            Residues from the manufacture of starch from
                     maize (excluding concentrated steeping liquors ),
                     of a protein content, calculated on the dry
                     product exceeding 40 % by weight                            4-920             4-920              4-920          4-920
(') Pursuant to Regulation No 189/66/EEC , the product falling within subheading No 17.02 i I is subject to the same levy a products falling
    within subheading No 17.02 B II .