CELEX: 31975R2907
Language: en
Date: 1975-11-07 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2907/75 of the Commission of 6 November 1975 fixing the export levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal

No L 289 / 12                          Official Journal of the European Communities                            7. 11 . 75
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 2907/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 6 November 1975
               fixing the export levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    in the Community an export levy should be intro­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      duced for common wheat, rye flour, barley, rye, oats,
                                                                   maize, durum wheat groats and meal ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community ;
                                                                   Whereas the threshold prices for the 1 975/76
                                                                   marketing year were fixed by Council Regulation
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     (EEC) No 2 756/75 0) of 29 October 1975 ;
 2727/75 (') of 29 October 1975 on the common organ­
 ization of the maiket in cereals ;
                                                                  Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2747/75
                                                                   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
 2747/75 (2) of 29 October 1975 laying down general                the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities
 rules to be applied in the event of the cereals market           of cereals on the Community market on the one hand
 being disturbed, 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
                                                                  and the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu­
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                 nity market ;
 provides that measures may be taken when the quota­
 tions or prices on the world market for one or more
 products reach the level of Community prices ;
whereas that situation is likely to continue and to dete­         Whereas for the products listed in Article 1 (c) of
 riorate, thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb            Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 the specific factors set
the Community market ;                                            out in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2747/75
                                                                  must also be taken into account ;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2747/75 specifies that
the quotations or prices on the world market shall be
regarded as having reached the level of Community                 Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
prices when they approach or exceed the threshold                 market situation or the specific requirements of
price ; whereas the continuation and the deterioration            certain markets make this necessary ;
of that situation may be regarded as being likely to
continue where an imbalance between supply and
demand is established and where this imbalance is                 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the
likely to persist, having regard to foreseeable produc­           following should be used to calculate the levies :
tion and market price trends ;
                                                                  — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
Whereas the high level of prices in international trade                kept at any given moment within a band of
could impede importation of common wheat, rye                          2-25 % , at a conversion rate based on their actual
flour, barley, rye, oats, maize, durum wheat groats and                parity ;
meal into the Community or provoke exportation
from the Community ;
                                                                  — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the
                                                                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each
Whereas the situation described above can be said to                   of these currencies against the Community curren­
exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies                 cies referred to in the preceding paragraph over a
                                                                       specified period ;
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 82.                           (3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 103.
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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 2747/75 are
as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;                  hereby fixed at the amounts shown in the Annex, for
                                                            the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regu­
                                                            lation (EEC) No 2727/75.
                                                                                   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 7 November
ment Committee for Cereals,                                 1975.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 6 November 1975.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                       P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                  Member of the Commission
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                                                                           ANNEX
                   to the Commission Regulation of 6 November 1975 fixing the export levies on cereals and
                                                          on wheat or rye flour groats and meal
   CCT heading                                                                                                                           u. a. /metric ton
         No                                                               Description
ex 10.01 A                   Common wheat and meslin, excluding officially certified seeds (')                                                   —
ex 10.01 B                   Durum wheat, excluding officially certified seeds (1)                                                               —
ex 10.02                     Rye, excluding officially certified seeds (1)                                                                       —
ex 10.03                     Barley, excluding officially certified seeds ( l)                                                                   —
ex 10.04                     Oats, excluding officially certified seeds (*)                                                                      —
      10.05 B                Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing                                                                            —
      10.07 B                Millet                                                                                                              —
      10.07 C                Grain sorghum                                                                                                       —
 ex 11.01 A                  Wheat flour                                                                                                         —
      11.01 B                Rye flour                                                                                                           —
      11.02 A I a )          Durum wheat groats and meal                                                                                         —
      11.02 A lb )           Common wheat groats and meal                                                                                        —
 (') 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
     teed produced in Denmark , Ireland and the United Kingdom (OJ No L 106 , 20. 4 . 1973 , p. 12).