CELEX: 31973R2219
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-15 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2219/73 of the Commission of 14 August 1973 fixing the export levies on cereals

15 . 8 . 73                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                   No L 227/ 19
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 2219/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 14 August 1973
                                                  fixing the export levies on cereals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas the threshold prices for the 1973/74 mar­
COMMUNITIES ,                                                          keting year were fixed by Council Regulation (EEC)
                                                                       No 1964/73 (4) of 17 July 1973 ;
Having regard tojhe Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                                   Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices
                                                                       used to determine the levies, the Commission must
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                         take into account the factors indicated in Regulation
EEC ( 1 ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                      No 156/67/EEC (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by                      No 1607/71 (6), and in particular the most favourable
Regulation ( EEC) No 1346/73 (2) ;                                     purchasing opportunities on the world market
                                                                       among those which are most representative of the
                                                                       real trend of the market, account being taken in
Having regard to Council Regulation . (EEC) No
                                                                       particular of the need to prevent sudden variations
1968/73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules
                                                                       likely to cause abnormal disturbances on the Com­
to be applied in the event of the cereals market being
                                                                       munity market ; whereas the quality of the goods
disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;                   offered must also be taken into account, whether
                                                                       this quality corresponds to the standard quality fixed
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Com­                      in Regulations ( EEC) No 786/69 ( 7) and (EEC ) No
mittee ;
                                                                       1397/69 (8), or whether adjustments need to be made
                                                                       by applying the coefficients of equivalence provided
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC                         for in Regulation ( EEC) No 158/67/EEC (9 ), as last
provides that the necessary measures may be taken                      amended by the Act ( 10) on the Conditions of Acces­
if the cif price of one or more products is appreciably                sion and the Adjustments to the treaties and by
higher than the threshold price and if that situation                  Regulation No 159 /67/EEC ( u ) ;
is likely to continue thereby disturbing or threatening
to disturb the Community market ;
                                                                       Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam
                                                                       on the basis of the abovementioned factors, offers
Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 1968 /73 specifies that
the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher                    for other ports being adjusted, account being taken
                                                                       of the corrections necessitated by the differences in
than the threshold price when it exceeds it by at
                                                                       transport charges in relation to Rotterdam ;
least 2 % ; whereas this excess may be regarded as
being likely to continue where an imbalance between
supply and demand is established and where this                        Whereas the factors set out in Article 3 ( 1 ) of Re­
imbalance is likely to persist having regard to fore­                  gulation ( EEC) No 1968 /73 must also be taken into
 seeable production and market price trends ;                          account when the export levy is being fixed ;
Whereas the high level of prices in international trade                Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
could impede importation of common wheat, barley                       the following should be used to calculate the levies :
and maize into the Community or provoke exporta­
                                                                       — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
 tion from the Community ;
                                                                              kept at any given moment within a band of
Whereas the situation described above can be said                             2-25 % , a conversion rate based on their actual
                                                                              parity ;
to exist for 14 August 1973 ; whereas to ensure sup­
plies in the Community an export levy should be                        — for other currencies, a conversion rate based on
introduced for this product ;                                          the arithmetric mean of the spot market rates for
Whereas the export levy for the products listed in
Article 1 ( a ) and ( b ) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC                  (4 ) OJ   No    L 201 , 21 . 7 . 1973 , p . 3 .
must be based on the difference between the cif price                  (5 ) O J  No    128 , 27.. 6 . 1967, p . 2533 /67.
                                                                       («) OJ    No    1. 168 , 27 . 7 . 1971 , p . 16 .
and the threshold price ;                                              (7) OJ    No    L 100, 28 . 4. 1969, p. 8 .
                                                                       ( 8) OJ   No    L 179 , 21 . 7 . 1969 , p . 6 .
H OJ No 117 , 19 . 6 . 1967 , p . 2269/67 .                            (9) OJ    No    128 , 27 . 6 . 1967, p . 2536/67 .
( 2) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 8 .                             ( 1U ) OJ No    L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p . 14 .
(3) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973 , p . 10.                               (") OJ    No    128 , 27 . 6 . 1967, p . 2542/67 .
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    each of these currencies against the Community                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    currencies referred to in the preceding paragraph
    over a specified period ;                                                               Article 1
                                                                    The export levy referred to in the first indent of
                                                                    Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968 /73 is
                                                                    hereby fixed as shown in the Annex for the products
Whereas it follows from applying these rules to                     listed therein .
the situation on the cereals market and in particular
                                                                                             Article 2
to prices in international trade that the export levies
should be fixed as shown in the Annex to this                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 August
Regulation ;                                                        1973 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
              Done at Brussels, 14 August 1973 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                  The President
                                                                             François-Xavier ORTOLI
                                                           ANNEX
                        to the Commission Regulation of 14 August 1973 fixing export levies on cereals
               CCT heading
                     No                               Description of goods                             u . a . / ton
              10.01 A             Common wheat, and meslin                                              38.00
              10.03               Barley                                                                18.00
              10.05 B             Maize, other than hybrid
                                  maize for sowing                                                      18.00