CELEX: 31973R3229
Language: en
Date: 1973-11-30 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3229/73 of the Commission of 29 November 1973 fixing the export levies on cereals

No L 330/22                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             30 . 11 . 73
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 3229/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 29 November 1973
                                                  fixing the export levies on cereals
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       products, an export levy for these products must also
   COMMUNITIES,                                                         be fixed ; however the situation for products pro­
                                                                       cessed from maize does not necessitate at this moment
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                   the fixing of an export levy ;
   pean Economic Community ;
   Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/
                                                                        Whereas the threshold prices for the 1973/73 marke­
   EEC H of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                        ting year were fixed by Council Regulation (EEC)
                                                                        No 1964/73 (5) of 17 July 1973 ;
   tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by
   Regulation ( EEC) No 1346/73 (2) ;
                                                                        Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73
  Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No                       speaifies that when the export levy is being fixed
   1968/73 (8) of 19 July 1973 laying down general                      account must be taken of the existing situation and
   rules to be applied in the event of the cereals market              the future trend with regard to prices and availabili­
  being disturbed, as amended by Regulation (EEC)                      ties of cereals on the Community market on the one
  No 2632/73 (4 ), and in particular Article 4 ( 2)                    hand and prices for cereals and cereal products on
  thereof ;                                                            the world market on the other ; whereas the same
                                                                        article provides that it is also important to ensure
  Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Com­                    equilibrium and the natural development of prices
  mittee ;                                                             and trade on cereal markets and furthermore, to take
                                                                       into account the economic aspect of the proposed
  Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC                       exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the
  provides that the necessary measure may be taken                     Community market ;
  if the cif price of one or more products is apprecia­
  bly higher than the threshold price and if that
  situation is likely to continue thereby disturbing or                Whereas for the products, other than starches, listed
  threatening to disturb the Community market ;                        in Article 1 ( c) and (d) of Regulation No 120/67/
                                                                       EEC the specific factors set out in Article 3 (2) of
  Whereas Regulation (EEC ) No 1968/73 specifies that                  Regulation ( EEC) No 1968/73 must also be taken
  the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher                  into account ;
  that the threshold price when it exceeds it by at
  least 2 °/o ; whereas' this excess may be regarded as                Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
  being likely to continue where an imbalance between                  market situation or the specific requirements of cer­
  supply and demand is established and where this                      tain markets make this necessary ;
  imbalance is likely to persist having regard to
  foreseeable production and market price trends ;
                                                                       Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
 "Whereas the high level of prices in international trade              the following should be used to calculate the levies :
could impede importation of common wheat and
maize into the Community or provoke exportation
 from the Community ;                                                  — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
                                                                            kept at any given moment within a band of
 "Whereas the situation described above can be said                         2-25 °/o, a conversion rate based on their actual
 to exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure sup­                      parity ;
 plies in the Community an export levy should be
 introducted for these products ;                                     — for other currencies a conversion rate based on
 Whereas, in view of the relationship between the                           the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for
basic product and the products processed from it                            each of these currencies against the Community
and given the market situation for certain processed                        currencies referred to in the preceding paragraph
                                                                            over a specified period ;
(*)   OJ  No   117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
(■)   OJ  No  L 141 , 28. 5 . 1973, p. 8.
(»)   OJ  No  L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973, p. 10.
(«)   OJ  No  L 272, 29. 9. 1973, p. 18 .                             (•) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973, p. 3 .
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Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
above to the present situation on the market in
cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for                             Article 1
these products within the Community and on the              The export levy referred to in the first indent of
world market, that the export levies should be fixed        Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1968/73 is
as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;                  hereby fixed as shown in the Annex for the products
                                                            listed therein .
                                                                                   Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­           This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 Novem­
ment Committee for Cereals,                                 ber 1973 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 29 November 1973 .
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                        P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                  Member of the Commission
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                                                                     ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 29 November 1973 fixing the export levies on cereals
                     CCT heading No                                      Description of goods                            u . a . / ton
                 10.01 A                               Common wheat and meslin , excluding officially                     55-00
                                                       certified seeds (*)
                 10.05 B                                Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing                           10-00
           ex 11.01 A                                  Wheat flour                                                         10-00
                 11.02 Alb )                           Common wheat groats and meal                                        10-00
                 11.02 B II a )                        Hulled ( shelled or husked ) wheat, whether or                     53-20
                                                       not sliced or kibbled
                 11.02 CI                              Pearled wheat                                                      56-00
                 11.02 D1                              Wheat not otherwise worked than kibbled                            40-80
                 11.02 E II a )                        Rolled or flaked wheat                                             56-00
                 11.02 FI                              Wheat pellets                                                      40-80
                 11.02 F VI                            Wheat germ , whole, rolled, flaked or ground                      153-00
                 11.02 G I                             Unroasted malt , obtained from wheat , in the                       10-00
                                                       form of flour
                 11.07 A I a )                         Rice pellets                                                       71-20
                 11.07 A I b )                         Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, other                         53-20
                                                       than in the form of flour
                23.02 A I a )                          Brans, sharps and other residues derived from                         3-20
                                                       the sifting, milling or working of maize or rice,
                                                       with a starch content not exceeding 35 % by
                                                       weight
                23.02 A I b ) 1                       Brans, sharps and other residues derived from                          3-20
                                                      the sifting, milling or working of maize or
                                                      rice, with a starch content exceeding 35 % But
                                                      not exceeding 45 °/o by weight , and having
                                                      undergone a denaturing process
                23.02 A I b ) 2                       Brans, sharps and other residues derived from                          3-20
                                                       the sifting, milling or working of maize or
                                                      rice , with a starch content exceeding 35 % but
                                                       not exceeding 45 °/o by weight, not having
                                                       undergone a denaturing process , or with a
                                                       starch content exceeding 45 %> by weight
                23.02 A II a )                        Brans, sharps and other residues derived from                          3-20
                                                      the sifting, milling or working of cereals other
                                                      than maize or rice, of which the starch content
                                                      does not exceed 28 % by weight, and of which
                                                      the percentage which passes through a sieve
                                                      with an aperture of 0-2 mm does not exceed
                                                      10 % by weight or of which the sieved product
                                                      has an ash content, calculated on the dry pro­
                                                      duct, of 1-5 % or more by weight
                23.02 A II b )                        Brans, sharps and other residues derived from                         3-20
                                                      the sifting, milling or working of cereals other
                                                      than maize or rice, not falling within sub­
                                                      heading No 23.02 A II a )
          (l) Officially certified seeds are understood to be those seeds contained in the packages officially sealed and
              officially labelled as ' basic seed ', ' certified seed , first generation ', 'certified seed, second generation ' con­
              forming to the provisions of the Council Directive of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed ( OJ No
              125 , 11 . 7 . 1966 , p. 2309 66) and of the Council Decision of 26 March 1973 on the equivalence of seed produced
              in Denmark , Ireland anj the United Kingdom ( OJ No L 106 , 20 . 4 . 1973 , p. 12).