CELEX: 31974R2055
Language: en
Date: 1974-08-03 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2055/74 of the Commission of 2 August 1974 fixing the export levies on starch products

3. 8 . 74                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 213/5
                           REGULATION (EEC) No 2055/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 2 August 1974
                                      fixing the export levies on starch products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   seven days preceding the day it comes into force ;
COMMUNITIES,                                                    whereas this difference must then be multiplied for
                                                                 the products mentioned in Article 1 by the coeffi­
                                                                cients relating to these products shown in column 4
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68 (5), as
Economic Community ;                                             last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 881 /73 (6) ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/
                                                                 Whereas the production refund on maize, common
67/EEC ( 1) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­              wheat and broken rice intended for the manufacture
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1996/74 (2);
                                                                 of starch is defined in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                 No 1132/74 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1 1 32/74 (3) of 29 April 1 974 on production refunds in        Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
the cereals and rice sectors, and in particular Article 7        No 1981 /74 for the new Member States the amounts
(2) thereof ;                                                    to be considered respectively as import levy and
                                                                 production refund shall be the levy and the produc­
                                                                 tion refund for the product in question respectively,
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                     minus the applicable compensatory amount ;
Committee :
Whereas, pursuant to Article 7 (2) of Regulation (EEC)           Whereas the export levy must be fixed once a week ;
No 1132/74, an export levy may be introduced for                 whereas it is altered only if application of Article 2 (2)
products falling within subheadings 11.08 A, 11.09,              (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1981 /74 entails an
                                                                 increase or a reduction of more than 0-08 unit of
17.02 B II, 17.05 B and 23.03 A I of the Common
Customs Tariff when world market prices for maize                account/ 100 kg of basic product ;
and common wheat on the one hand, and for broken
rice on the other hand exceed respectively 8*20 and
10-20 units of account ;                                         Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
                                                                 levies should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 1 98 1 /74 (4), the
Commission laid down detailed rules for the applica­                  in the case of currencies which are maintained in
tion of the export levy on . starch products ; whereas                relation to each other, at any given moment,
Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regulation provides that a levy is           within a band of 2-25 % , at a rate of exchange
introduced when it is found that the import levy is at               based on their effective parity ;
least 0-30 unit of account/ 100 kg less than the
amount of the production refund valid in the current                  for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
month and that the average of the levies in the                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
immediately following fortnight is at least 0-30 unit of             of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
account/ 100 kg less than the average of the produc­                  relation to the Community currencies referred to
tion refund valid in that fortnight ;                                 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
is fixed and the average of the levies applicable on the         wheat and to the import levies that an export levy
                                                                 should be introduced for the products listed in the
                                                                 Annex,
(') OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
(2) OJ No L 209, 31 . 7. 1974, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 128 , 10. 5. 1974, p. 24.                            (5) OJ No L 179, 25. 7. 1968, p. 8 .
b) OJ No L 207, 29. 7. 1974, p. 9.                               (b) 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 3 August
                                                                            1974 .
The export levies provided for in Article 7 (2) of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1132/74 are hereby fixed as shown in                       It shall apply from 3 August 1974 for starch products
the Table annexed to this Regulation for the products                      derived from maize and from 5 August 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, 2 August 1974.
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                           P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
                                                                    ANNEX
                                                                             1                      Export levies in u .a./100 kg
        CCT
     heading No                  Nomenclature in simplified wording          |                       Ireland     j Unired Kingdom   Other Member
                                                                                   Denmark                                              States
11.08 A I             Maize starch                                                  3,961      I      3-961              3-961    j     3,961
11.08 A III           Wheat starch                                                  8.140             8-140       !      8-140          8,140
11.08 A IV            Potato starch                                                 3,961             3-961              3-961          3,961
11.08 A V             Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or
                      potato starch                                                 3,961       ;     3-961              3-961          3,961
 11.09 A              Dried wheat gluren                                           14,800           14-800             14-800          14.800
 11.09 B              Wheat gluten, other than dried                               14,800           14-800              14-800         14,800
 17.02 B II a)        Glucose other than glucose containing, in the
                      dry state, 99 °/o or more by weight of the pure
                      product, in the form of white crystalline pow­
                      der, whether or not agglomerated (')                          5,166         !   5-166              5-166          5,166
 17.02 B II 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 (*)                                             3,961             3-961              3-961          3,961
 17.05 B I              Flavoured or coloured glucose, m the form of
                        white crystalline powder, whether or not
                        agglomerated                                                 5,166             5.166              5-166         5.166
 17.05 B 11             Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup , other
                        than in the form of white crystalline powder,
                      • whether or not agglomerated                                  3,961             3-961              3-961          3,961
 23.03 A i              Residues from the manufacture . ol starch from
                        maize ( excluding concentrated Meeping liquors ),
                        of a protein content, calculated on i he drv
                        product exceeding 40 %> by weight                            4,920             4-920              4-920          4,920
  (*) Pursuant to Regulation No 189 66/EfcX , the product falling within subheading No 1"\02 B I \s subject to the same levy AS omducw 'filing
      within subheading No 17.02 B H.