CELEX: 31975R2155
Language: en
Date: 1975-08-19 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2155/75 of the Commission of 18 August 1975 fixing the export levies on cereals

19 . 8 . 75                            Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 219/ 15
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 2155/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 18 August 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, durum wheat, barley, rye,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            oats, maize, durum wheat groats and meal ;
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                      Whereas the threshold prices for the 1975/76
67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­               marketing year were fixed by Council Regulation
                                                                 (EEC) No 1173/75(5) of 28 April 1975 ;
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 665/75 (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
1 968/73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules           account must be taken of the existing situation and
to be applied in the event of the cereals market being           the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities
disturbed, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                of cereals on the Community market on the one hand
86/75 (4) and in particular Article 4(3) thereof ;               and prices for cereals and cereal products on the word
                                                                  market on the other ; whereas the same article
                                                                  provides that it is also important to ensure equili­
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                     brium and the natural development of prices and
Committee ;                                                      trade on cereal markets and furthermore , to take into
                                                                 account the economic aspect of the proposed exports
                                                                 and the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu­
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/67/ EEC                   nity market ;
provides that measures may be taken when the quota­
tions or prices on the world market for one or more
products reach the level of Community prices ;
whereas that situation is likely to continue and to dete­        Whereas for the products, other than starches, listed
riorate, thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb             in Article 1 (c) and (d) of Regulation No 120/67/ EEC
the Community market ;                                            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
continue where an imbalance between supply and
demand is established and where this imbalance is
likely to persist, having regard to foreseeable produc­          Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the
tion and market price trends ;                                    following should be used to calculate the levies :
Whereas the high level of prices in international trade          — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
could impede importation of common wheat, durum                       kept at any given moment within a band of
                                                                      2-25 % , at a conversion rate based on their actual
wheat, barley, rye, oats, maize, durum wheat groats
and meal into the Community or provoke exportation                    parity ; 8
from the Community ;
                                                                 — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the
(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269 / 67.                           arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each
(2 ) OJ No L 72, 20 . 3 . 1975, p. 14.
(3) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7 . 1973 , p. 10 .
(4) OJ No L il , 16. 1 . 1975, p. 2.                             (5) OJ No L 1 1 7, 7 . 5 . 1 975, p. 6 .
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    of these currencies against the Community curren­         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    cies referred to in the preceding paragraph over a                              Article 1
    specified period ;
                                                             The export levies referred to in the first indent of
Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined          Article 2(1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1968/73 are
above to the present situation on the market in               hereby fixed at the amounts shown in the Annex.
cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for
                                                                                    Article 2
these products within the Community and on the
world market, that the export levies, should be fixed        This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 August
as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,                     1975 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 18 August 1975.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                         P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                    Member of the Commission
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                                                                  ANNEX
                   to the Commission Regulation of 18 August 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 (')                           10-00
ex 10.01 B                Durum wheat, excluding officially certified seeds (*)                                       10-00
ex 10.02                  Rye, excluding officially certified seeds (*)                                                 0
ex 10.03                  Barley, excluding officially certified seeds (*)                                            12-00
ex 10.04                  Oats, excluding officially certified seeds (*)                                              12-00
     10.05 B              Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing                                                    12-00
    10.07 B               Millet
     10.07 C              Grain sorghum
ex 1 1.01 A               Wheat flour
     11.02 A I a )        Durum wheat groats and meal                                                                 15-00
     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 °/o by weight
                              II . Other
                          H. Millet flour
                          K. Grain sorghum flour
      1.02.               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 :
                         a ) hulled (shelled or husked) :
                              1 . Barley (2)
                             2 . Oats :
                                   aa) Clipped oats (2)
                                   bb) Other :
                                        ( 11 ) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 % by weight (*)
                                       ( 22) Other (2)
                             4 . Millet
                          b) Hulled and sliced or kibbled ('Griitze or grutten') :
                              1 . Barley (2)
                             2 . Oats :
                                   aa) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 °/o by weight (2)
                                   bb) Other (2)
                             4 . Millet (2)
                  11 . Other cereals :
                         a ) Wheat (2)
                         b) Rye (2)
                         c) Maize (2)
                         d) Grain sorghum (*)
               C. Pearled grains :
                        I. Wheat (*)
                       II. Rye (s)
                      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 (s)
                    VII . Millet (»)
                  VIII. Grain sorghum (s)
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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
 1 1.07       Malt, roasted or not :
              A. Unroasted :
                  I. Obtained from wheat :
                        a) In the form of flour
                        b) Other
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   CCT heading
          No                                                                Description                                                   u.a. /metric ton
 11.07                            17. Other :
(cont'd )
                                       a) In the form of flour
                                       b ) Other
                              B. Roasted
 23.02                        Bran, sharps and o;her 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 % 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
                                  II . 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 °/o but not exceeding 30 %
                                           — Exceeding 30 °/o but not exceeding 50 %
                                           — Exceeding 50 % 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 .