CELEX: 31973R0396
Language: en
Date: 1973-02-15 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 396/73 of the Commission of 14 February 1973 fixing the export levies on starch products

No L 43 / 14                                Official Journal of the European Communities                            15 . 2 . 73
                                    REGULATION (EEC) No 396/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 14 February 1973
                                             fixing the export levies on starch products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         export levy is fixed and the average of the levies
COMMUNITIES ,                                                          applicable on the seven days preceding the day it
                                                                       comes into force ; whereas this difference must then
                                                                       be multiplied for the products mentioned in Art­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                     icle 1 by the coefficients relating to these products
pean Economic Community ;                                              shown in column 4 of the Annex to Regulation
                                                                       (EEC) No 1052/68 (8), as last amended by Regula­
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67                          tion (EEC) No 2728/71 (9) ;
EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by                      Whereas the production refund on maize and com­
the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession                 mon wheat intended for the manufacture of starch
of new Member States to the European Economic                          and quellmehl is defined in Article 1 of Regulation
Community and the European Atomic Energy Com­                          No 371/67/EEC ;
munity, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972 ;
                                                                       Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 ( a) of Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation No 371 /67/                        (EEC) No 1604/71 for the new Member States the
EEC (4) fixing production refunds on starches and
quellmehl, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                      amounts to be considered respectively as import
179 /73 /5) ? and} in particular the last sentence of                  levy and production refund in accordance with the
Article 2 (2) thereof;                                                 preceding Articles shall be the levy and the pro­
                                                                       duction refund for the product in question respec­
                                                                       tively, minus the applicable compensatory amount ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of Regulation
No .371/67/EEC, an export levy may be introduced
for products falling within subheadings Nos 11.08                      Whereas the export levy must be fixed once a
A I, III, IV and V, 11.09, 17.02 B II, 17.05 B and 23.03               week ; whereas it is altered only if application of
A I of the Common Customs Tariff- when world mar­                      Article 2 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1604/71
ket prices for maize or common wheat exceed 6·80                       entails an increase or a reduction of more than
units of account ;                                                     0 08 unit of account/ 100 kg of basic product;
Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 1604/71 (6) of                         Whereas it follows from applying all these provi­
26 July 1971 , as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                       sions to the world market price of maize and com­
347/73 (7), the        Commission laid down detailed                   mon wheat and to the import levies that an export
rules for the application of the export levy on                        levy should be introduced for the products listed
starch products ; whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regu­                in the Annex;
lation provides that a levy is introduced when it is
found that the import levy is at least 0·30 unit of
 account/100 kg less than the amount of the produc­                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
tion refund valid in the current month and that the
 average of the levies in the immediately following                                            Article 1
 fortnight is at least 0·30 unit of account/100 kg
 less than the average of the production refund valid                   The export levies provided for in Article 2 (2) of
 in that fortnight;                                                     Regulation No 371/67/EEC are hereby fixed as
                                                                        shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation for
 Whereas the export levy must be equal, per 100 kg                     the products listed therein.
 of basic product, to the difference between the pro­
 duction refund valid on the day on which this
                                                                                                Article 2
                                                                        This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 February
  *) OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.                                1973 .
  2) OJ No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.
  8) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
  *) OJ  No   174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 40.
  «) OJ  No   L 25, 30. 1 . 1973 , p . 6.
  6) OJ  No   L 168, 27. 7. 1971 , p. 11 .                              (8) OJ No L 179, 25.7.1968, p. 8 .
  7) OJ  No   L 38 , 10 . 2 . 1973 , p . 17.                            ( 9) OJ No L 282, ?J. 11. 1971 , p. 15.
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                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                Done at Brussels, 14 February 1973 .
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                         The President
                                                                                    François-Xavier ORTOLI
                                                                    ANNEX
                                                                                                          Export levies in
                                                                                                            u.a. /100 kg
             CCT heading No                      Nomenclature in simplified wording
                                                                                                    United              Other Member
                                                                                                   Kingdom                  States
        11.08 A I                     Maize starch                                                  1·201                  1·412
        11.08 A III                   Wheat starch                                                 3·021                  3·225
        11.08 A IV                    Potato starch                                                 1·201                  1·412
        11.08 A V                     Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or
                                      potato starch                                                 1·201                  1·412
        11.09 A                       Dried wheat gluten                                           5·492                  5·864
        11.09 B                       Wheat gluten, other than dried                               5·492                  5·864
        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 (*)                          1·567             '    1·842
        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 (')                                              1·201                 1·412
        17.05 B I                     Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of
                                      white crystalline powder, whether or not
                                      agglomerated                                                  1-567                 1·842
        17.05 B II                    Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other
                                      than in the form of white crystalline powder,
                                      whether or not agglomerated                                  1·201                  1·412
        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                             1·492                  1·754
       (') Pursuant to Regulation No 189/66/EEC , the product falling within subheading No 17.02 B I is subject to the same levy as
           products falling within subheading No 17.02 B II .