CELEX: 31970R2273
Language: en
Date: 1970-11-10 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2273/70 of the Council of 10 November 1970 amending Regulation No 371/67/EEC fixing production refunds on starches and quellmehl

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                                REGULATION (EEC) No 2273/70 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                   of 10 November 1970
                  amending Regulation No 371/67/EEC fixing production refunds on starches and
                                                         quellmehl
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                       Whereas starches falling within tariff sub-heading
                                                                 Nos 11.08 A I, III, IV and V are largely
                                                                 interchangeable and competitive products ; whereas it
                                                                 is therefore necessary to provide for the possibility of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                     fixing an export levy for all the products referred to ;
European Economic Community ;                                    whereas moreover the prices of the basic cereals
                                                                 listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 371 /67/EEC
Having regard to Council Regulation No                           form the basis for calculating the levies and export
120/67/EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common                        refunds for these products ;
 organisation of the market in cereals, as last amended
 by Regulation (EEC) No 1253/70,2 and in particular              Whereas, furthermore, gluten and glucose falling
 Article 11 (3 ) thereof;                                        within tariff heading and sub-heading Nos 11.09,
                                                                 17.02 B II and 17.05 B processed from starches
 Having regard to Council Regulation No                          qualify for production refunds ; whereas, therefore,
359/67/EEC3 of 25 July 1967 on the common                        these products should also be covered by the export
organisation of the market in rice, as last amended by           levy system ;
Regulation (EEC) No 1253 /70, and in particular
Article 9 (2) thereof;                                           Whereas the disturbances on third country markets,
                                                                 which the charging of an export levy to offset the
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;              difference between prices within the Community and
                                                                 on the world market would serve to avoid, would
                                                                 also arise in the case of an appreciable rise in world
                                                                 market prices for basic products ;
Whereas Article 1 of Council Regulation No
371 /67/EEC4 of 25 July 1967 fixing production
refunds on starches and quellmehl, as amended by
Regulation No 852/67/EEC,5 lays down by what                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
amouhts these refunds must reduce the prices at
which the industries concerned may obtain basic
products ; whereas Article 2 (2) of that Regulation                                       Article 1
provides that if world market prices for . basic
products appreciably and persistently exceed the
amounts fixed in Article 1 , an export levy may be               The following shall be substituted for Article 2 ( 2) of
introduced to offset the difference between prices               Regulation' No 371 /67/EEC :
within the Community and on the world market;                        '2. If world market prices for maize or
                                                                     common wheat appreciably exceed the sum of
                                                                     6-80 units of account and this tendency persists,
                                                                     an export levy to offset the difference between
                                                                     world market prices and the supply price within
1 OJ No   117, 19.6.1967, p. 2269/67.                                the Community of the basic products may be
2 OJ No   L 143 , 1.7.1970, p. 1 .                                   introduced for products falling within tariff
3 OJ No   174, 31.7.1967, p. 1.                                      heading and sub-heading Nos 11.08 A I, III, IV
4 OJ No   174, 31.7.1967, p. 40.                                      and V, 11.09, 17.02 B II and 17.05 B. The
5 OJ No   278, 17.11.1967, p. 1 .                                    Commission shall fix the export levy.'
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                        Article 2                                                   Article 3
To Article 5 of Regulation No 371/67/EEC shall be
added the following subparagraph ( c):                                                      .                   .. ,
                                                             . This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
   : '(c) concerning the export levy referred to in            day following its publication in the Official Journal
     Article 2 (2).'                                           of the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
              Done at Brussels, 10 November 1970 .
                                                                                   For the Council
                                                                                    The President
                                                                                   H.' D. GRIESAU