CELEX: 31974R1948
Language: en
Date: 1974-07-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1948/74 of the Commission of 25 July 1974 fixing the export levies on cereals

26 . 7 . 74                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 204/ 13
                             REGULATION ( EEC) No 1948 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 25 July 1974
                                               fixing the export levies on cereals
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     the market situation for certain processed products, an
 COMMUNITIES,                                                       export levy for certain of these products must also be
                                                                    fixed ;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Economic Community ;
                                                                    Whereas the threshold prices for the 1973 /74
  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 1 964/73 (5 ) of 17 July 1973 ;
 tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­
 lation (EEC) No 1346/73 (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
  1968 /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 amended by Regulation ( EEC) No                      of cereals on the Community market on the one hand
 2632/73 (4) and in particular Article 4 (2) 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
 Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/67/ EEC                    and the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu­
 provides that the necessary measure may be taken if                nity market ;
 the cif price of one or more products is appreciably
 higher than the threshold price and if that situation is
 likely to continue thereby disturbing or threatening to
                                                                    Whereas for the products, other than starches, listed
 disturb the Community market ;
                                                                    in Article 1 (c) and (d) of Regulation No 120/67/ EEC
                                                                    the specific factors set out in Article 3 (2) of Regula­
 Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 1968 /73 specifies that               tion ( EEC) No 1968 /73 must also be taken into
 the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher                account ;
 than the threshold price when it exceeds it by at least
 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                Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
 is likely to persist having regard to foreseeable produc­          market situation or the specific requirements of
 tion and market price trends ;                                     certain markets make this necessary ;
Whereas the high level of prices in international trade
 could impede importation of common wheat and rice                 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the
 into the Community or provoke exportation from the                 following should be used to calculate the levies :
 Community ;
                                                                   — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
Whereas the situation described above can be said to                    kept at any given moment within a band of
exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies                  2-25 % , at a conversion rate based on their actual
 in the Community an export levy should be intro­                       parity ;
ducted for common wheat and rice pellets ;
                                                                   — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the
Whereas, in view of the relationship between the basic                  arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each
product and the products processed from it and given                    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.                                specified period ;
I2) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5. 1973, p. 8 .
(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 26 July
ment Committee for Cereals,                                 1974 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 25 July 1974.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                       P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                 Member of the Commission
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                                                               ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 25 July 1974 fixing the export levy in the cereal sector
  CCT heading                                                                                              u.a./metrlc ton
       No                                                      Description
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 (1)
ex 10.04               Oats, excluding officially certified seeds (x)
   10.05 B             Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing
   10.07 C             Grain sorghum
ex 11.01 A             Wheat flour                                                                               7-00
   11.02 A I a)        Durum wheat groats and meal
   11.02 A lb)         Common wheat groats and meal                                                              7-00
   11.01               Flour of cereals :
                       C. Barley flour
                       D. Oat flour
                       E. Maize flour :
                            I. Of a fat content not exceeding 1*5 % 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 % 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 . ». /metric con
11.02                 V. Maize :
(confd)
                           a) Of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 °/o 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
                               bb ) Other :
                                    ( 11 ) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 % by weight (2)
                                    (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)
                 II . Other cereals :
                       a ) Wheat (2)
                       b) Rye («)
                       c) Maize (2)
                       d) Grain sorghum (*)
              C. Pearled grains :
                      I. Wheat (3)
                     II . Rye (3 )
                   III . Barley :
                          a) Of an ash content (without talc) not exceeding 1 % by weight
                              1st category (3)
                          b) Other (»)
                   IV. Oats (3)
                     V. Maize (3)
                  VII. Millet (3)
                 VIII . Grain sorghum (•)
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  CCT heading
      No                                                   Descrintion              | u.a./metrii: ton
                                                                                    i
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) Mai /.e '
                          d ) Grain sorghum
              F. 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
       No                                               Description                                 u . a . /metric ton
! 1 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
2U)2           Bran, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling or working
               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 content does not exceed 28 9/o 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 °/o or.
                             more by weight
                        b ) Other
               Sweetened forage, other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding :
               B. Other, containing starch, glucose or glucose syrup falling within subheading
                   Nos 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 % by weight
                            and of cereal products (4) content by weight :
                            — Exceeding 5 % but not exceeding 15 %
                            — Exceeding 15 % but not exceeding 30 %>
                            — Exceeding 30°/o but not exceeding 50 °/o
                            — Exceeding 50 °/o but not exceeding 65 •/#
                            — Exceeding 65 */r
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(') Officially certified seeds ate 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 COT 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 No 11.02 G) o'
     the Common Customs Tariff.