CELEX: 31975R2635
Language: en
Date: 1975-10-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2635/75 of the Commission of 16 October 1975 fixing the export levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal

No L 268 / 30                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            17 . 10 . 75
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 2635 /75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 16 October 1975
                  fixing the export levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal
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, rye flour, barley, rye, oats,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              maize, durum wheat groats and meal ;
 Economic Community ;
                                                                    Whereas the threshold prices for the 1975/76
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                         marketing year were fixed by Council Regulation
 67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                (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
                                                                    specifies that when the export levy is being fixed
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     account must be taken of the existing situation and
 1 968 /73 (-') of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules
                                                                     the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities
 to be applied in the event of the cereals market being
                                                                     of cereals on the Community market on the one hand
disturbed , as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     and prices for cereals and cereal products on the word
 86/75 (4) and in particular Article 4(2) thereof ;                  market     on   the  other ; whereas   the same   article
                                                                     provides that it is also important to ensure equili­
                                                                     brium and the natural development of prices and
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                        trade on cereal markets and furthermore, to take into
 Committee ;
                                                                     account the economic aspect of the proposed exports
                                                                    and the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu­
                                                                     nity market ;
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/ 67/ EEC
 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 for the products listed in Article 1 (c) of
whereas that situation is likely to continue and to dete­            Regulation No 120/67/ EEC the specific factors set out
 riorate , thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb              in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968 /73 must
 the Community market ;                                              also be taken into account ;
Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 1 968/73 specifies that                 Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
 the quotations or prices on the world market shall be               market situation or the specific requirements of
 regarded as having reached the level of Community                   certain markets make this necessary ;
 prices when they approach or exceed the threshold
 price ; whereas the continuation and the deterioration
of that situation may be regarded as being likely to                Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the
continue where an imbalance between supply and                       following should be used to calculate the levies :
demand is established and where this imbalance is
 likely to persist, having regard to foreseeable produc­
tion and market price trends ;                                      — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
                                                                          kept at any given moment within a band of
                                                                          2-25 % , at a conversion rate based on their actual
Whereas the high level of prices in international trade                   parity ;
could impede importation of common wheat, rye
 flour, barley, rye , oats, maize , durum wheat groats and          — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the
 meal into the Community or provoke exportation                           arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each
 from the Community ;                                                     of these currencies against the Community curren­
                                                                          cies referred to in the preceding paragraph over a
(') O ) No 117 , 19 . 6 . 1967 , p . 2269 / 67 .                          specified period ;
(-) O") No 1 . 72, 20 . 3 . 1 975, p. 14.
( ;>) O'j No L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973, p. 10.
(4 ) OÌ No 1 . II , 16 . 1 . 1975, p . 2.                           (5 ) OJ No L 117, 7 . 5 . 1975 , p. 6 .
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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
                                                                                   Article 1
cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for
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 at the amounts shown in the Annex, for
                                                            the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regu­
                                                            lation No 120 / 67/ EEC .
                                                                                   Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­           This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 October
ment Committee for Cereals ,                                1 975 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels , 16 October 1975 .
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                        P.J. LXRDINOIS
                                                                    Member of the Commission
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                                                                         ANNEX
                    to the Commission Regulation of 16 October 1975 fixing the export levies on cereals and
                                                        on wheat or rye flour groats and meal
   CCT heading                                                                                                                        ii . a. / metric ton
          No                                                            Description
ex 10.01 A                   Common wheat and meslin, excluding officially certified seeds (')                                                   7-00
ex 10.01 B                   Durum wheat, excluding officially certified seeds (J )                                                              —
ex 10.02                     Rye, excluding officially certified seeds (*)                                                                        0
ex 10.03                     Barley, excluding officially certified seeds (')                                                                   10-00
 ex 10.04                    Oats, excluding officially certified seeds (J )                                                                      0
       10.05 B               Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing                                                                           10-00
      10.07 B                Millet                                                                                                              —
      10.07 C                Grain sorghum                                                                                                       —
ex 11.01 A                   Wheat flour                                                                                                         —
       11.01 B               Rye flour                                                                                                           —
       11.02 Ala )           Durum wheat groats and meal                                                                                         —
       11.02 A lb )          Common wheat groats and meal                                                                                        —
 (') 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
     teed produced in Denmark , Ireland and the United Kingdom ( OJ No L 106, 20. 4 . 1973 , p. 12).