CELEX: 31974R1653
Language: en
Date: 1974-06-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1653/74 of the Commission of 28 June 1974 fixing the export levies on starch products

No L 175/ 22                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                 29 . 6 . 74
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 1653/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 28 June 1974
                                           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
                                                                     Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (a) of Regulation ( EEC)
  1 79/73 (4), and in particular the last sentence of                 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 Articlc 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                  account/ 100 kg of basic product ;
 of account ;
 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
 (')  OJ  No  117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.                         should be introduced for the products listed in the
*(2)  OJ  No  L 141 , 28 . 5. 1973, p. 8 .                           Annex ,
 (3)  OJ  No  174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 40 .
 (")  OJ  No  L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973, p. 6.
 (5)  OJ  No  L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p. 11 .                          ( 7) OJ No L 179 , 25 . 7 . 1968 , p. 8 .
 (6)  OJ  No  L 38 , 10 . 2. 1973, p. 17.                            (8) OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p. 30 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                                          Article 2
                             Article 1                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 June
                                                                           1974.
The export levies provided for in Article 2 (2) of Regu­
lation No 371 /67/ EEC are hereby fixed as shown in                        It shall apply from 29 June 1974 for starch products
the Table annexed to this Regulation for the products                      derived from maize and from 1 July 1974 for starch
listed therein .                                                           products derived from soft wheat.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 28 June 1974.
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                         P.J. LARDINOIS        ,
                                                                                 Member of the Commission
                                                                  ANNEX
                                                                                                Expon levies in u .a./ 100 kg
       ccij:
   heading No                  Nomenclature in simplified wording                                                              Other Member
                                                                                Denmark          Ireland      United Kingdom       States
11.08 A I           Maize starch                                              ■  . 6,302         6-213             6-213           6,302
11,Ù8 A III         Wheat , starch                                                12.210         12-210            12-210         12,210
11.08 A IV           Potato starch                                                 6,302         6-213             6-213           6,302
11.08 A· V           Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or
                     potato starch                                                 6,302         6-213             6-213           6,302
11.09 A              Dried wheat gluten                                          22,200          22-200            22-200 ■       22,200
11.09 B              Wheat gluten , other than dried                             22,200          22-200            22-200         22,200
17.02 B I ! 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 (')                          8,219          8-104            8-104           8,219
L7.02 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 H                                                6,302          6-213            6-213           6,302
17,05 B I            Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of
                     white crystalline powder, whether or not
                     agglomerated                                                  8,219          8-104             8-104          8,219
17.05 B II           Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other
                     than in the form of white crystalline powder,
                     whether or not agglomerated                                   6,302          6-213             6-213          6,302
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 °/n by weight                            7,828          7-718             7-718          7,828
(•) Pursuant to Regulation No 189'66/EF.C , the product falling within subheading No 17.02 R I is subject to the same levy as nrodncts 'tiling
    within subheading No 17.02 B II .