CELEX: 31973R2719
Language: en
Date: 1973-10-06 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2719/73 of the Commission of 5 October 1973 fixing the export levies on starch products

No L 280/8                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                               6 . 10 . 73
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 2719/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 5 October 1973
                                            fixing the export levies on starch products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         is fixed and the average of the levies applicable on the
COMMUNITIES,                                                           seven days preceding the day it comes into force ;
                                                                       whereas this difference must then be multiplied for
                                                                       the products mentioned in Article 1 by the coeffi­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  cients relating to these products shown in column 4
Economic Community ;                                                   of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68 (7), as
                                                                       last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 881 /73 (8) ; ,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/
67/EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­                Whereas the production refund on              maize and
lation ( EEC) No 1 346/73 (2) ;                                        common        wheat intended      for the  manufacture    of
                                                                       starch and quellmehl is defined in Article 1 of Regula­
                                                                       tion No 371 / 67/ EEC ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 371 /
67/ EEC (3 ) fixing production refunds on starches and
quellmehl , as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
179/73 (4), and in particular the last sentence of
                                                                       Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (a) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                        No 1604/71 for the new Member States the amounts
Article 2 (2) thereof ;
                                                                        to be considered respectively as import levy and
                                                                        production refund in accordance with the preceding
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                            Articles shall be the levy and the production refund
Committee ;                                                             for the product in question respectively, minus the
                                                                       applicable compensatory amount ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of Regulation No
371 /67/ EEC, an export levy may be introduced for                      Whereas the export levy must be fixed once a week ;
products falling within subheadings Nos 11.08 A I,                     whereas it is altered only if application of Article 2 (2)
III , IV and V, 1 1.09 , 17.02 B II , 17.05 B and 23.03 A I
of the Common Customs Tariff when world market
                                                                       (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1604/71 entails an
                                                                        increase or a reduction of more than 0-08 unit of
 prices for maize or common wheat exceed 6-80 units
 of account ;
                                                                        account/ 100 kg of basic product ;
Whereas, by Regulation ( EEC) No 1604/71 (5 ) of 26                     Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
 July 1971 , as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                          levies should be calculated on the following basis :
 347/73 (6), the Commission laid down detailed rules
 for the application of the export levy on starch
                                                                        — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 products ; whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regulation
 provides that a levy is introduced when it is found                         relation to each other, at any given moment,
 that the import levy is at least 0-30 - unit of                             within a band of 2-25 % , at a rate of exchange
 account/ 100 kg less than the amount of the produc­                         based on their effective parity ;
 tion refund valid in the current month and that the
 average of the levies in the immediately following fort­               — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 night is at least 0-30 unit of account/ 100 kg less than                    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 the average of the production refund valid in that fort­                    of these currencies recorded for a given period , in
 night ;                                                                     relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                             in the previous subparagraph ;
 Whereas the export levy must be equal , per 100 kg of
 basic product, to the difference between the produc­                   Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions
 tion refund valid on the day on which this export levy                  to the world market price of maize and common
                                                                         wheat and to the import levies that an export levy
  (') O | No 117 , 19 . 6 . 1967 , p . 2269 / 67 .                       should be introduced for the products listed in the
  (-) O'l No L 141 , 28 . 5. 197.?, p. 8 .                               Annex ;
  (*) O") No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 40 .
  (■<) 0~| No L 25 . 30 . I. 1973 , p . 6 .
  (5 ) O J No L 168 . 27 . 7 . 1971 , p . 1 1 .                          O 0 | No L 179 , 25 . 7 . 1968 , p . 8 .
    <>) O") No L 38 , 10 . 2. 1973, p. 17 .                              C ) O'l No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973, p ! 30 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION .                                                                       Allien 2
                             Article /
The export levies provided for in Article 2 ( 2) ot Regu­                This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 October
lation No 371 / 67 / EEC are hereby fixed as shown in                    1973 . It shall apply from 6 October 1973 for starch
the Table annexed to this Regulation for the products                    products derived from maize and from X October
listed therein .                                                         1 973 for starch products derived from soft wheat .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels , 5 October 1 973 .
                                                                                    /-or the Commission
                                                                                        The President
                                                                                  Francois-Xavier ORTOL1
                                                                  ANNEX
                                                                                               Export levies in u.a. /lOO kg
CCT heading N<                 Nomenclature in simplified wording                                     United                     Other
                                                                                 Ireland
                                                                                                     Kingdom                 Member State*
11.08 A I           Maize starch                                                  3-201                3-201                     3,416
11.08 A 111         Wheat starch                                                 10-327              10-327                    10,327
11.08 A IV          Potato starch                                                 3-201                3-201                     3,416
11.08 A V           Starches other than        maize,     rice, wheat or
                    potato starch                                                 3-201                3-201                   . 3,416
 11.09 A            Dried wheat gluten                                           18-776              18-776                    18,776
11.09 B             Wheat gluten, other than dried                               18-776              18-776                    18,776
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 (J )                         4-175               4-175                      4,456
17.02 B H b )       Glucose and glucose syrup not containing, in
                    the dry state, 99 % or more by weight of the
                    pure product, other than glucose in the form
                    of white crystalline powder, whether or not
                     agglomerated (*)                                             3-201               3-201                      3,416
17.05 B 1           Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of
                    white crystalline powder, whether or not
                    agglomerated                                                  4;175               4-175                      4,456
17.05 B II          Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other
                    than in the form of white crystalline powder,
                    whether or not agglomerated                                   3-201               3-201                      3,416
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                              3-976               3-976                      4,244
{*) 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 .