CELEX: 31974R1799
Language: en
Date: 1974-07-12 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1799/74 of the Commission of 11 July 1974 fixing the export levies on cereals

No L 188/ 10                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              12. 7. 74
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 1799/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                            of 11 July 1974
                                                  fixing the export levies on cereals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         in the Community an export levy should be intro­
COMMUNITIES,                                                           ducted for common wheat and rice pellets ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                                   Whereas the threshold prices for the 1973/74
                                                                       marketing year were fixed by Council Regulation
                                                                       (EEC) No 1964/73(5 ) of 17 July 1973 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/
67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­                Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1 968/73
lation ( EEC) No 1346/73 (2);                                          specifies that when the export levy is being fixed
                                                                       account must be taken of the existing situation and
                                                                       the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           of cereals on the Community market on the one hand
1968 /73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules                 and prices for cereals and cereal products on the word
to be applied in the event of the cereals market being                 market on        the other ; whereas the same article
disturbed, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                           provides that it is also important to ensure equili­
2632/73 (4) and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;                  brium and the natural development of prices and
                                                                       trade on cereal markets and furthermore, to take into
                                                                       account the economic aspect of the proposed exports
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                           and the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu­
Committee ;                                                            nity market ;
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/67/ EEC
provides that the necessary measure may be taken if                    Whereas for the products, other than starches, listed
the cif price of one or more products is appreciably                   in Article 1 (c) and (d) of Regulation No 120/67/ EEC
higher than the threshold price and if that situation is               the specific factors set out in Article 3 (2) of Regula­
likely to continue thereby disturbing or threatening to                tion (EEC) No 1968 /73 must also be taken into
                                                                       account ;
disturb the Community market ;
Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 1968 /73 specifies that                   Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher                    market situation or the specific requirements of
than the threshold price when it exceeds it by at least                certain markets make this necessary ;
2 % ; whereas this excess 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 and rice                            kept at any given moment within a band of
                                                                             2-25 % , at a conversion rate based on their actual
into the Community or provoke exportation from the
Community ;                                                                  parity ;
                                                                       — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the
Whereas the situation described above can be said to
                                                                             arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each
exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies                       of these currencies against the Community curren­
                                                                             cies referred to in the preceding paragraph over a
(!) OJ  No  117, 19 . 6 .  1967, p . 2269 /67 .
(2) OJ  No  L 141 , 28 .  5 . 1973,  p. 8 .                                  specified period ;
(3) OJ  No  L 201 , 21 .  7. 1973 ,  p. 10 .
(4) OJ  No  L 272, 29 .   9 . 1973 , p. 18 .                           (5 ) 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                                   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.
                                                                                  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 12 July
ment Committee for Cereals,                                 1974 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 11 July 1974.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                       P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                 Member of the Commission
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                                                             ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 11 July 1974 fixing the export levy in the cereal sector
  CCT heading                                                     . .                                           . . . _
                                                             Description                                  u . •./metric loa
ex 10.01 A           Common wheat and meslin, excluding officially certified seeds (*)                           30-00
ex 10.02             Rye, excluding officially certified seeds (*)
ex 10.03             Barley, excluding officially certified seeds (*)
ex 10.04             Oats, excluding officially certified seeds (*)
   10.05 B           Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing
   10.07 C           Grain sorghum
ex 11.01 A           Wheat flour
   11.02 A I a)      Durum wheat groats and meal
   11.02 A lb)       Common wheat groats and meal
   11.01             Flour of cereals :
                     C. Barley flour
                     D. Oat flour
                     E. Maize flour :
                          I. Of a fat content not exceeding 1*5 ®/o by weight
                         II . Other
                     H. Millet flour
                      K. Grain sorghum flour
    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
                             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
      No                                                 Description                           u . a . /metric ton
11.02                V. Maize :
(cont'd)
                         a) Of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 °A> 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. Oats :
                               aa) Clipped oats
                               bb) Other :
                                    ( 11 ) Of an ash content not exceeding 2*3 % by weight (*)
                                    (22) Other (2)
                          A. Millet
                       b) Hulled and sliced or kibbled ('Griitze or grutten') :
                          1 . Barley (*)
                          2 . Oats :
                               aa) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 °/o by weight (')
                               bb) Other (2)
                           4. Millet (»)
                 II . Other cereals :
                       a) Wheat (■)
                       b) Rye (")
                       c) Maize (*)
                       d) Grain sorghum (l)
              C. Pearled grains :
                      I. Wheat (»)
                     II. Rye (»)
                    III. Barley :
                          a) Of an ash content (without talc) not exceeding 1 % by weight —
                              1st category (*)
                          b) Other (•)
                   IV. Oats (»)
                     V. Maize (»)
                  VII. Millet (»)
                 VIII. Grain 9orehum (•)
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  CCT heading                                        ...                            .    .
                                                     Descriotion              u.a . /metric ron
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
              P. Pellets :
                       I. Wheat
                      II. Rye
                     III. Barley
                     IV. Oats
                      V. Maize
                     VI. Rice                                                      120-00
                 VIII. Millet
                    IX. Grain sorghum
              G. Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground'
                  I. Wheat
                 II. Other
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   CCT heading
       K«                                               Description                                 u. a. /metric ton
 U 07          Malt, roasted or not :
                A. Unroasted :
                     I. Obtained from wheat :
                         a) In the form of flour                                                            —
                         b) Other                                                                           —
                    II . Other :
                         a) In the form of flour                                                            —
                         b) Other                                                                           —
               B. Roasted                                                                                   —
2.9.02         Bran, sharp ; 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 exceeding 35 % by weight                              —
                         b) Other :
                             1 . With a starch content exceeding 35 % but not exceeding 45 % by
                                 weight, and having undergone a denaturing process
                             2 . Other                                                                      —
                   II . Of other cereals :
                         a) Of which the starch oontent 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 % 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
                         b) Other                                                                          —
23.f>7         Sweetened forage, other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding :
               B. Other, containing starch, glucose or glucose syrup falling wtithin subheading
                   Nos 17.02 B and 17.05 B, or milk products, mixed with other products too :            1
                  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% by weight
                            and of cereal products (4) content by weight :
                            — Exceeding 5 % but not exceeding 15 %                                         —
                           — Exceeding 15 % but not exceeding 30 %                                         —
                           — Exceeding 30% but not exceeding 50 %                                          —
                           — Exceeding 50 % but not exceeding 65 %                                         —
                           — Exceeding 65 ·/·                                                              —
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(') 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).
(') 'Cereals products' means the products falling within Chapter 10 and heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 (excluding subheading No 11.02 G) of
    the Common Customs Tariff.