CELEX: 31973R2649
Language: en
Date: 1973-09-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2649/73 of the Commission of 28 September 1973 fixing the export levies on starch products

No L 273/38                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                  29 . 9 . 73
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 2649/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 28 September 1973
                                            fixing the export levies on starch products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        is fixed and the average of the levies applicable on the
COMMUNITIES,                                                         seven days preceding the day it comes into force ;
                                                                     whereas this difference must then be multiplied for
                                                                      the products mentioned in Article 1 by the coeffi­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 cients relating to these products shown in column 4
Economic Community ;                                                  of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68 (7), as
                                                                      last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 88 1 /73 (8) ;
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 the production             refund on     maize and
lation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2) ;                                         common         wheat  intended    for     the manufacture    of
                                                                      starch and quellmehl is defined in Article 1 of Regula­
                                                                      tion No 371 / 67/ EEC :
Having regard to Council Regulation No 371 /
67/EEC (3) fixing production refunds on starches and
quellmehl, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
179/73 (4), and in particular the last sentence of                    Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (a) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                      No 1604/71 for the new Member States the amounts
Article 2 (2) thereof ;
                                                                      to be considered respectively as import levy and
                                                                       production refund in accordance wjth the preceding
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                          Articles shall be the levy and the production refund
Committee ;                                                           for the product in question respectively, minus the
                                                                      applicable compensatory amount ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of Regulation No
371 /67/EEC, an export levy may be introduced for
                                                                      Whereas the export levy must be fixed once a week ;
products falling within subheadings Nos 11.08 A I,                    whereas it is altered only if application of Article 2 (2)
III, IV and V, 1 1.09, 17.02 B II, 17.05 B and 23.03 A I
of the Common Customs Tariff when world market                        (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1604/71 entails an
                                                                       increase or a reduction of more than 0 08 unit of
prices for maize or common wheat exceed 6-80 units                     account/ 100 kg of basic product ;
of account :
Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 1604/71 (5 ) of 26                     Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
July 1971 , as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                          levies should be calculated on the following basis :
347/73 (6), the Commission laid down detailed rules
for the application of the export levy on starch
                                                                       — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 products ; whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regulation
 provides that a levy is introduced when it is found                        relation to each other, at any given moment,
 that the import levy is at least 0-30 unit of                              within a band of 2-25 % , at a rate of exchange
account/ 100 kg less than the amount of the produc­                         based on their effective parity ;
tion refund valid in the current month and that the
average of the levies in the immediately following fort­               — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 night is at least 0-30 unit of account/ 100 kg less than                   arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
the average of the production refund valid in that fort­                    of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
 night ;                                                                     relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                             in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas the export levy must be equal , per 100 kg of
basic product, to the difference between the produc­                   Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions
tion refund valid on the day on which this export levy                 to the world market price of maize and common
                                                                       wheat and to the import levies that an export levy
(')  OJ  No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269 / 67 .                        should be introduced for the products listed in the
(>)  OJ  No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 8 .                            Annex ;
(3)  OJ  No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p . 40 .
(•») OJ  No L 25 , 30 . I. 1973 , p . 6 .
(5)  OJ  No L 168, 27. 7. 1971 , p. 11 .                               ( 7) OJ No L 179, 25. 7. 1968 , p. 8 .
(<•) OJ  No L 38 , 10 . 2 . 1973 , p . 17.                             (s) OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p . 30 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                                       Article 2
                              Article 1
                                                                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 29
The export levies provided for in Article 2 (2) of Regu­                 September 1973. It shall apply from 29 September
lation No 371 /67/ EEC are hereby fixed as shown in                       1973 for starch products derived from maize and from
the Table annexed to this Regulation for the products                     1 October 1973 for starch products derived from soft
listed therein .                                                         wheat.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 28 September 1973 .
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                         The President
                                                                                   Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
                                                                    ANNEX
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                                                                                                Export levies in u. a. /100 kg
 CCT heading N.                  Nomenclature in simplified wording                                     United                    Other
                                                                                   Ireland                                     Member States
                                                                                                      Kingdom
 11.08 A I             Maize starch                                                 3-830               3-830                     3,975
 11.08 All !           Wheat starch                                                10-091              10-091                    10,091
 11.08 AIV             Potato starch                                                 3-830              3-830                     3,975
 11.08 A V             Starches other than inaize, rice, wheat or
                       potato starch                                                 3-830               3-830                    3,975
  11.09 A              Dried wheat gluten                                          10-091              10-091                    10,091
  11.09 B              Wheat gluten, other than dried                              10-091              10-091                    10,091
  17.02 B II a )       Glucose other than glucose containing, in the
                       dry state, 99 % or more by weight of the pure
                       product, in the form of white crystalline pow­
                       der, whether or not agglomerated (')                          4-996               4-996                    5,185
  17.02 B II h )       Glucose and glucose syrup not containing, in
                       the dry state, 99 % or more by weight or the
                       pure product, other than glucose in the form
                       of white crystalline powder, whether or not
                       agglomerated (')                                              3-830               3-830                    3,975
  17.05 B I            Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of
                       white crystalline powder, whether or not
                       agglomerated                                                  4-996               4-996                    5,185
  17.05 B II           Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other
                        than in the form of white crystalline powder,
                       whether or not agglomerated                                   3-830               3-830                    3,975
  23.03 A I            Residues from the manufacture of starch from
                       maize (excluding concentrated steeping liquors),
                       of a protein content, calculated on the dry
                       product exceeding 40 % by weight                              4-758               4-758                    4,938
   f1) Pursuant to Regulation No 189/66/EEC, the product falling within subheading No 17.02 B I is subject to the same levy as products falling
       within subheading No 17.02 B II .