CELEX: 31975R0220
Language: en
Date: 1975-01-31
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 220/75 of the Commission of 30 January 1975 fixing the export levies on cereals

31 . 1 . 75                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 24/ 5
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 220/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 30 January 1975
                                               fixing the export levies on cereals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas the situation described above can be said to
COMMUNITIES,                                                       exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies
                                                                   in the Community an export levy should be intro­
                                                                   duced for common wheat, barley, rye, oats, maize,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              millet and sorghum ;
Economic Community ;
                                                                   Whereas, in view of the relationship between the basic
                                                                   product and the products processed from it and given
                                                                   the market situation for certain processed products, an
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/
67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­
                                                                   export levy for certain of these products must also be
                                                                   fixed ;
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 85/75(2);                                          Whereas the threshold prices for the 1974/75
                                                                   marketing year were fixed by Council Regulation
                                                                   (EEC) No 1427/74 (5 ) of 4 June 1974, as amended by
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       Regulation (EEC) No 2518 /74 (6) ;
1968 /73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules
to be applied in the event of the cereals market being             Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1968 /73
disturbed, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No                 specifies that when the export levy is being fixed
86/75 (4) and in particular Article 4(2) thereof ;                 account must be taken of the existing situation and
                                                                   the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities
                                                                   of cereals on the Community market on the one hand
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                       and prices for cereals and cereal products on the word
Committee ;                                                         market on        the other ; whereas the    same article
                                                                    provides that it is also important to ensure equili­
                                                                   brium and the natural development of prices and
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/67/ EEC                     trade on cereal markets and furthermore, to take into
provides that measures may be taken when the quota­                 account the economic aspect of the proposed exports
tions or prices on the world market for one or more                 and the need to avoid disturbances oh the Commu­
products reach the level of Community prices ;                      nity market ;
whereas that situation is likely to continue and to dete­
riorate, thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb              Whereas for the products, other than starches, listed
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 Regula­
                                                                    tion (EEC) No 1968 /73 must also be taken into
                                                                    account ;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1968 /73 specifies that
the quotations or prices on the world market shall be
regarded as having reached the level of Community                   Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
prices when they approach or exceed the threshold                   market situation or the specific requirements of
price ; whereas the continuation and the deterioration              certain markets make this necessary ";
of that situation may be regarded as being likely to
                                                                    Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the
continue where an imbalance between supply and
demand is established and where this imbalance is                   following should be used to calculate the levies :
likely to persist, having regard to foreseeable produc­             — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
tion and market price trends ;                                            kept at any given moment within a band of
                                                                          2-25 % , at a conversion rate based on their actual
                                                                          parity ;
Whereas the high level of prices in international trade             — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the
could impede importation of common wheat, barley,
rye, oats, maize, millet and sorghum into the Commu­                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each
nity or provoke exportation from the Community ;                          of these currencies against the Community curren­
                                                                          cies referred to in the preceding paragraph over a
(') OJ   No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.                                specified period ;
(2) OJ   No L 11 , 16 . 1 . 1975, p. 1 .
(3) OJ   No L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973, p. 10.                            (5 ) OJ No L 151 , 8 . 6 . 1974, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No L 11 , 16. 1 . 1975, p. 2.                              (b) OJ No L 270 , 5 . 10 . 1974, p. 1 .
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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                                   Article 1
cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for
these products within the Community and on the              The export levies referred to in the first indent of
world market, that the export levies, should he fixed       Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968 /73 are
as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;                  hereby fixed at the amounts shown in the Annex.
                                                                                  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 1 February
ment Committee for Cereals,                                 1975 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 30 January 1975.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                       P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                   Member of the Commission
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                                                                 ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 30 January 1975 fixing the export levies in the cereals
                                                                  sector
 CCT heading
       No                                                       Description                                   u . a . /metric ton
ex 10.01 A               Common wheat and meslin, excluding officially certified seeds (*)
ex 10.02                 Rye, excluding officially certified seeds (x)
ex 10.03                 Barley, excluding officially certified seeds ( 1)
ex 10.04                 Oats, excluding officially certified seeds (*)
    10.05 B              Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing
    10.07 B              Millet
    10.07 C              Grain sorghum
ex 11.01 A               Wheat flour
    11.02 A I a )        Durum wheat groats and meal
    11.02 A lb )         Common wheat groats and meal
    11.01                Flour of cereals :
                         C. Barley flour
                         D. Oat flour
                         F. . Maize flour :
                               I. Of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 % by weight
                              II. Other
                         H. Millet flour
                         K. Grain sorghum flour
    11.02                Cereal groats and cereal meal ; other worked cereal grains (for example, rolled,
                         flaked, polished, pearled or kibbled, but not further prepared), except husked,
                         glazed, polished or broken rice ; germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground :
                         A. Cereal groats and cereal meal :
                                  II. Rye
                                 III. Barley :
                                      a) Of an ash content not exceeding 1 °/o by weight
                                      b) Barley groats and meal not included under No 11.02 A III a)
                                IV. Oats :
                                      a) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 % by weight
                                      b) Oat groats and meal not included under No 11.02 A IV a)
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  CCT heading                                                                                   u. a. /metric ton
       No                                                 Description
 11.02              V. Maize :
(cont'd)
                          a) Of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 °/« by weight :
                               1 . For the brewing industry                                              —
                               2. Other                                                                  —
                          b) Other                                                                       —
                 VIII. Millet                                                                            —
                   IX. Grain sorghum                                                                     —
              B. Hulled grains (shelled or husked), whether or not sliced or kibbled :          \
                  I. Barley, oats, buckwheat and millet :                                       I
                       a) hulled (shelled or husked) :
                           1 . Barley (')                                                                —
                          2 . Oats :
                                aa) Clipped oats (2)                                                     —
                               bb) Other :
                                     ( 11 ) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 % by weight (*)          —
                                     (22) Other {*)                                                      —
                          4. Millet                                                                      —
                       b) Hulled and sliced or kibbled ('Grütze or grutten') :
                           1 . Barley (l)                                                                —
                           2 . Oats :
                                aa) Of an ash content not exceeding 2.3 °/o by weight (*)                —
                               bb) Other (*)                                                           . —
                           4. Millet (2)                                                                 —
                 II. Other cereals :
                       a) Wheat (f)                                                                      —
                       b) Rye (')                                                                        —
                       c) Maize (*)                                                                      —
                       d) Grain sorghum (*)                                                              —
              C. Pearled grains :
                      I. Wheat (')                                                                       —
                     II. Rye (»)                                                                         —
                    III. Barley :
                          a) Of an ash content (without talc) not exceeding 1 % by weight —
                               1st category (3)                                                          —
                          b) Other (3)                                                                   —
                    IV. Oats (s)                                                                         —
                     V. Maize (3)                                                                        —
                   VII. Millet (8)                                                                       —
                 VIII. Grain sorghum (*)                                                                 —
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  CCT heading
       No                                               Description              u . a . /metric ton
 11.02         D. Grains not otherwise worked than kibbled :
(cont'd)
                        I. Wheat
                       II. Rye
                      III. Barley
                      IV. Oats
                       V. Maize
                     VII. Millet
                   VIII. Grain sorghum
               E. Rolled grains ; flaked grains :
                    I. Barley, oats, buckwheat and millet :
                         a ) Rolled :
                             1 . Barley
                             2 . Oats
                             4. Millet
                        b) Flaked :
                             1 . Barley
                             2. Oats
                             4. Millet
                   II. Other cereals :
                        a) Wheat
                        b) Rye
                        c) Maize
                        d) Grain sorghum
              F. Pellets :
                       I. Wheat
                      II. Rye
                     III. Barley
                     IV. Oats
                      V. Maize
                  VIII. Millet
                     IX. Grain sorghum
              G. Gern of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground
                   I. Wheat
                  II. Other
11.07         Malt, roasted or not :
              A. Unroasted :
                   I. Obtained from wheat :
                       a) In the form of flour
                       b) Other
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    CCT heading                                                             Description                                                   u. a. /metric ton
          No
11.07                             II. Other :
(cont'd)
                                       a) In the form of flour
                                       b) Other                                                                                                   —
                              B. Roasted                                                                                                          —
23.02                         Bran, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling or working of
                              cereals or of leguminous vegetables :
                               A. Of cereals :
                                   I. Of maize :
                                       a) With a starch content not exceeding 35 °/o by weight                                                    —
                                       b ) Other :
                                            1 . With a starch content exceeding 35 °/o but not exceeding 45 %> by
                                                weight, and having undergone a denaturing process                                                 —
                                            2 . Other                                                                                             —
                                  11. Of other cereals :
                                       a) 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 °/o by weight or of which the sieved pro­
                                            duct has an ash content, calculated on the dry product, of 1-5 °/o or
                                            more by weight
                                       b ) Other                                                                                                  —
 23.07                         Sweetened forage, other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding :
                               B. Other, containing starch, glucose or glucose syrup falling within subheadings
                                   17.02 B and 17.05 B, or milk products, mixed with other products too :
                                  ex I. Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding, covered by Regulation
                                            (EEC) No 968/68, of a milk powder content of less than 50 °/o by weight
                                            and of cereal products (4) content by weight :
                                            — Exceeding 5 % but not exceeding 15 %                                                                —
                                            — Exceeding 15 % but not exceeding 30 °/o                                                             —
                                            — Exceeding 30 °/o but not exceeding 50 °/o                                                           —
                                            — Exceeding 50 °/o but not exceeding 65 °/o                                                           —
                                            — Exceeding 65 °/o                                                                                    —
 (') 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 ' conforming 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 and the United Kingdom ( OJ No L 106 , 20 . 4 . 1973 , p. 12).
(*) Hulled grains are grains corresponding to the definition given in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 821 /68 (OJ No L 149 , 29 . 6 . 1968 , p. 46).
 (•) Pearled grains are grains corresponding to the definition given in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 821/68 (OJ No L 149, 29. 6. 1968, p. 46).
 (4) ' Cereals products ' means the products falling within Chapter 10 and heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 (excluding subheading 11.02 G) of the
      Common Customs Tariff.