CELEX: 31973R2663
Language: en
Date: 1973-09-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2663/73 of the Commission of 28 September 1973 fixing the export levies on cereals

29 . 9 . 73                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 273 /85
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 2663/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                             of 28 September 1973
                                                      fixing the export levies on cereals
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                            port levy must also be fixed for all products pro­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                              cessed from common wheat and barley ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
 pean Economic Community ;                                                 Whereas the threshold prices for the 1973/73 marke­
                                                                          ting year were fixed by Council Regulation (EEC)
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                            No 1964/73 (5) of 17 July 1973 ;
 EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­
 tion of the market in cereals, as Hast amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 1346/73 (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
 1968/73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general                           the future trend with regard to prices and availabili­
 rules to be applied in the event of the cereals market                    ties of cereals on the Community market on the one
'being disturbed, as amended ' by Regulation ( EEC)                        hand and prices for cereals and cereal products on
 No 2632/73 (4), and in particular Article 4 (2)                           the world market on the other ; whereas the same
 thereof ;                                                                 article provides that it is also important to ensure
                                                                           equilibrium and the natural development of prices
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Com­                         and trade on cereal markets and furthermore, to take
 mittee ;                                                                  into account the economic aspect of the proposed
                                                                           exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the
 Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC                            Community market ;
 provides that the necessary measure may be taken
 if the cif price of one or more products is apprecia­                     Whereas for the products, other than starches, listed
 bly higher than the threshold price and if that                           in Article 1 (c) and (d) of Regulation No 120/67/
 situation is likely to continue thereby disturbing or                     EEC the specific factors set out in Article 3 (2) of
 threatening to disturb the Community market ;                             Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 must also be taken
                                                                           into account ;
 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 specifies that
 the cif price may , be regarded as appreciably higher
 that the threshold price when it exceeds it by at                         Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
 least 2 °/o ; whereas this excess may be regarded as                      market situation or the specific requirements of cer­
 being likely to continue where an imbalance between                       tain markets make this necessary ;
 supply and demand is established and where this
 imbalance is likely to persist having regard to
 foreseeable production and market price trends ;                          Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
                                                                           the following should be used to calculate the levies :
 Whereas the high level of prices in international trade
 could impede importation of common wheat and
 barley into the Community or provoke exportation                          — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
 from the Community ;                                                          kept at any given moment within >a band of
                                                                               2-25 °/o, 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
 introduced 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                              eaoh of these currencies against the Community
 basis cereal and products processed from it and gi­                           currencies referred to in the preceding paragraph
 ven the market situation for these products, an ex­                           over a specified period ;
(»)  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 levy referred to in the first indent of
world market, /that the export levies should be fixed        Article 2 (1 ) of Regulation (BBC) No 1968/73 is
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 Ma­          Thils Regulation shall enter into force on 30 Septem­
nagement Committee for Cereals,                              ber 1973 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and dlirectly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 28 September 1973 .
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                          The President
                                                                     Francois-Xavier ORTOL1
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                                                                   ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 28 September 1973 fixing the export levies on cereals
                                          Tariff No                                                     u. a. /ton
           ex 10.01 A (»)                                                                                 60-00
          ex 10.03 0)                                                                                       7-00
                11.01 C                                                                                     8-40
                11.02 A III                                                                                 8-40
                11.02 B I a) 1                                                                              8-40
                11.02 B I b ) 1                                                                             8-40
                11.02 B II a)                                                                             66-50
                11.02 C I                                                                                 70-00
                11.02 C III                                                                                8-40
                11.02 D I                                                                                 51-00
                11.02 D III                                                                                6-12
                11.02 E I a) 1                                                                             6-12
                11.02 E I b ) 1                                                                            8-40
                11.02 E II a)                                                                           70-00
                11.02 F I                                                                                51-00
                11.02 G I                                                                                 12-50
                11.07 A I a)                                                                             89-00
                11.07 A I b)                                                                             66-50
                11.07 A II a)                                                                            10-68
                11.07 A II b )                                                                             7-98
                11.07 B                                                                                    9-30
                23.02 A I a )                                                                              4-48
                23.02 A I b ) 1                                                                            4-48
                                                                                                           4-48
                23.02 A I b) 2
                23.02 A II a )                                                                             4-48
               23.02 A II b )                                                                              4-48
          (') 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 ' con­
              forming 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).