CELEX: 31974R0317
Language: en
Date: 1974-02-07 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 317/74 of the Commission of 7 February 1974 fixing the export levies on cereals

No L 35 / 8                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                               8 . 2 . 74
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 317/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                            of 7 February 1974
                                                     fixing the export levies on cereals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                            and given the market situation for certain processed
COMMUNITIES,                                                              products, an export levy for these products must also
                                                                          be fixed ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community ;
                                                                          Whereas the threshold prices for the 1973 /74 marke­
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                            ting year were fixed by Council Regulation ( EEC)
EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                           No 1964/73 (5) of 17 July 1973 ;
tion of the market in cereals, as 'last amended by
Regulation ( EEC) No 1346/73 (2) ;
                                                                          Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No                             specifies that when the export levy is being fixed
1968/73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general                            account must be taken of the existing situation and
rules to be applied in the event of the cereals market                    the future trend with regard to prices and availabili­
being disturbed, as amended by Regulation ( EEC)                          ties of cereals on the Community market on the one
No 2632/73 (4) anid in particular Article 4 ( 2)                           hand and prices for cereals and cereal products on
thereof ;                                                                  the world market on the other ; whereas the same
                                                                           article provides that it is also important to ensure
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Com­                          equilibrium and the natural development of prices
 mittee ;                                                                  and trade on cereal markets and furthermore, to take
                                                                           into account the economic aspect of the proposed
 Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC
                                                                           exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the
 provides that the necessary measure may be taken                          Community market ;
 if the cif price of one or more products is apprecia­
 bly higher than the threshold price and if that
 situation is likely to continue thereby disturbing or                     Whereas for the products, other than starches, listed
 threatening to disturb 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
 Whereas Regulation ( EEC ) No 1968/73 specifies that                      Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 must also be taken
 the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher                        into account ;
 that the threshold price when it exceeds it by at
 least 2 °/o ; whereas this excess may be regarded as
 being likely to continue where an imbalance between                        Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
 supply and demand is established and where this                            market siituation or the specific requirements of cer­
 imbalance is likely to persist having regard to                            tain markets make this necessary ;
  foreseeable production and market price trends ;
 Whereas the high level of prices in international trade                    Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
 could impede importation of common wheat, maize,                           the following should be used to calculate the levies :
  rye, barley, sorghum and wheat groats and meal into
  the Community or provoke exportation from the                             — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
  Community ;                                                                    kept at any given moment within a band of
                                                                                 2-25 %>, a conversion rate based on their actual
  Whereas the situation described above can be said                              parity ;
  to exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure sup­
  plies in the Community an export levy should be
  introducted for these products ;                                          —■ for other currencies a conversion rate based on
                                                                                 the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for
  Whereas, in view of the relationship between the                               each of these currencies against the Community
  basic product and the products processed from it                               currencies referred to in the preceding paragraph
                                                                                 over a specified period ;
  H     OJ No  117, 19 . 6. 1967, p . 2269/67.
   (■). OJ No  L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973, p . 8 .
   (»)  OJ No  L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973 , p . 10.
   (<)  OJ No  L 272, 29 . 9 . 1973 , p. 18 .                                («) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973 , p. 3 .
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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
cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for                             Article 1
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 be fixed       Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 are
 as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;                 hereby fixed as shown in the Annex for the products
                                                            listed therein .
                                                                                   Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­
tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the              This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 February
Management Committee for Cereals,                            1974.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
              Done at Brussels, 7 February 1974.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                         P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                   Member of the Commission
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                                                               ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 7 February 1974 fixing the export levy in the cereal sector
  CCT heading
       No                                                      Description                                   u . a . /metric ton
ex 10.01 A             Common wheat and meslin, excluding officially certified seeds (*)                              85-00
ex 10.02               Rye, excluding officially certified seeds (*)                                                  10-00
ex 10.03               Barley, excluding officially certified seeds (*)                                               25-00
ex 10.04               Oats, excluding officially certified seeds (*)                                                 20-00
   10.05 B             Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing                                                       35-00
   10.07 C             Grain sorghum                                                                                  20-00
ex 11.01 A             Wheat flour                                                                                    50-00
   11.02 A I a)        Durum wheat groats and meal                                                                    50-00
   11.02 A lb)         Common wheat groats and meal                                                                   50-00
    11.01              Flour of cereals :
                        C. Barley flour                                                                                12-50
                        D. Oat flour                                                                                   10-00
                        E. Maize flour :
                             I. Of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 °/o by weight                                       17-50
                            II. Other                                                                                  35-00
                        H. Millet flour
                        K. Grain isorghum flour                                                                        20-00
    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                                                                                10-00
                               III . Barley :
                                     a) Of an ash content not exceeding 1 °/o by weight                                 12-50
                                     b) Barley groats and meal not included under No 11.02 A III a)                    25-00
                               IV. Oats :
                                     a) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 °/o by weight                               10-00
                                     b) Oat groats and meal not included under No 11.02 A IV a)                        20-00
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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 % tby weight :
                                  1 . For the brewing industry                                        17-50
                                  2 . Other                                                           17-50
                            b) Other                                                                  35-00
                   VIII. Millet
                     IX. Grain sorghum                                                                20-00
              B. Hulled grains ( shelled or husked), whether or not sliced or kibbled
                   I. Barley, oats, buckwheat and millet :
                         a) hulled (shelled or husked) :
                             1 . Barley (2)                                                           25-00
                             2 . Oats :
                                   aa) Clipped oats                                                   20-00
                                   bb) Other (2)                                                      20-00
                             4. Millet
                         b ) Hulled and sliced or kibbled ('Griitze or grutten') :
                 t
                              1 . Barley (2)                                                          25-00
                             2 . Oats ( 2 )                                                            20-00
                             4 . Millet ( 2 )
                  II . Other cereals :
                         a ) Wheat ( 2 )                                                               90-00
                         b) Rye ( 2 )                                                                  10-00
                         c) Maize (2)                                                                  35-00
                         d ) Grain sorghum ( 2 )                                                       20-00
              C. Pearled grains :
                        I. Wheat (3 )                                                                  90-00
                       II . Rye (*)                                                                    10-00
                      III . Barley :
                             a) Of an ash content (without talc) not exceeding 1 % by weight
                                  1st category (3)                                                     12-50
                            b ) Other (3)                                                             25-00
                     IV. Oats i( 3)                                                                    20-00
                       V. Maize (3)                                                                   35-00
                    VII . Millet (»)
                  VIII. Grain sorghum (3)                                                             20-00
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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                                                            90-00
                    II. Rye                                                             10-00
                   III. Barley                                                          25-00
                   IV. Oats                                                             20-00
                     V. Maize                                                           35-00
                   VII . Millet
                VIII . Grain sorghum                                                    20-00
             E. Rolled grains ; flaked grains :
                 I. Barley, oats, buckwheat and millet :
                       a) Rolled :
                            1 . Barley                                                  25-00
                            2 . Oats                                                     20-00
                            4 . Millet
                       b ) Flaked :
                            1 . Barley                                                   12-50
                            2 . Oats                                                     10-00
                            4. Millet
                 II . Other cereals :
                        a ) Wheat                                                        90-00
                        b) Rye                                                           10-00
                        c) Maize                                                         35-00
                        d ) Grain sorghum                                                20-00
             F. Pellets :
                       I. Wheat                                                          90-00
                      II . Rye                                                            10-00
                     III . Barley                                                        25-00
                     IV . Oats                                                           20-00
                      V. Maize                                                           35-00
                     VI . Rice                                                          204-00
                  VIII . Millet
                     IX. Grain 9orghum                                                    20-00
              G. Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground
                   I. Wheat                                                               22-50
                  II . Other                                                               8-75
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   CCT heading
       No                                             Description                                   u . a . /metric ton
11.07          Malt, roasted or not ;
               A. Unroasted :
                   I. Obtained from wheat :
                        a) In the form of flour                                                              45-00
                        b) Other                                                                             45-00
                  II . Other :
                        a) In the form of flour                                                              12-50
                        b) Other                                                                             12-50
               B. Roasted                                                                                    12-50
2.3.02         Bran, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling or working of
               cereals or of leguminous vegetables :
               A. Of cereals
                    I. Of maize or rice :
                        a) With a starch content not exoeeding 35 °/o iby weight                             48-00
                        b) Other :
                            1 . With a starch content exceeding 35 %> but mot exceeding 45 °/o by
                                weight, and having undergone a denaturing process                            48-00
                           2. Other                                                                          48-00
                   II . Of other cereals :
                        a) Of which the starch content does not exceed 28 °/o by weight, and of
                            which the percentage which passes through a sieve widi 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 % or
                            more by weight                                                                   48-00
                        b) Other                                                                             48-00
23.07          Sweetened forage, other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding :
               B. Other, containing starch, glucose or glucose syrup falling within subheading
                   Nos 17.02 B and 17.05 B, or milk products, mixed with other products too :
                   I. Containing starch or glucose or glucose syrup :
                        a) Containing no starch or containing 10 °/o or less by weight of starch :
                           1 . Containing no milk products or containing less than 10 °/o by weight
                                of such products                                                             26-25
                           2. Containing not less than 50 % by weight of imilk products                      26-25
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   CCT heading                                                                                                                        u. a. /metric ton
          No                                                           Description
23.07                                b) Containing more than 10°/o but not more than 30% by weight of
(cont'd)                                starch :
                                        1 . Containing no milk products or containing dess than 10 % by weight
                                            of such products                                                                                 26-25
                                        2. Containing not less than 10 °/o but less than 50 °/o by weight of milk
                                            products                                                                                         26-25
                                    c) Containing more than 30 °/o by weight of milk products :
                                        1 . Containing no milk products or containing less than 10 °/o by weight
                                            of such products                                                                                 26-25
                                        2. Containing not less than 10 % but less than 50 % by weight of milk
                                            products                                                                                        26-25
(') 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 tne 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).