CELEX: 31973R2773
Language: en
Date: 1973-10-12 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2773/73 of the Commission of 11 October 1973 fixing the export levies on cereals

12 . ID. 73                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 285 /31
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 2773/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                              of 11 October 1973
                                                      fixing the export levies on cereals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                             port levy must also be fixed for all products pro­
COMMUNITIES,                                                               cessed from common wheat and barley ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community ;                                                  Whereas the threshold prices for the 1973/73 marke­
                                                                           ting year were fixed by Council Regulation (EEC)
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                             No 1964/73 (5) of 17 July 1973 ;
EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals, as ilast amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2) ;                                          Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73
                                                                            specifies that when the export levy is being fixed
Halving regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                               account must be taken of the existing situation and
 1968/73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general                           the future trend with regard to prices and availabili­
rules to be applied in the event of the cereals market                     ties of cereals on the Community market on the one
being disturbed, as amended by Regulation (EEC)                            hand and prices for cereals and cereal products on
No 2632/73 (4 ), and in particular Article 4 (2)                           the world market on the other ; whereas the same
thereof ;                                                                   article provides that it is also important to ensure
                                                                           equilibrium arid the naturail development of prices
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Com­                           and trade on cereal markets and furthermore, to take
mittee ;                                                                    into account the economic aspect of the proposed
                                                                            exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the
"Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC                             Community market ;
provides that the necessary measure may be taken
if the cif price of one or more products is apprecia­                      Whereas for the products, other than starches, listed
 bly higher than the threshold price and if that                           in Article 1 (c) and ( d) of Regulation No 120/67/
 situation is likely to continue thereby disturbing or                      EEC the specific factors set out in Article 3 (2) of
 threatening to disturb the Community market ;                             Regulation ( EEC) No 1968/73 must also be taken
                                                                           into account ;
Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 1968/73 specifies that
the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher
 that the threshold price when it exceeds it by at                         Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
 least 2 °/o ; whereas this excess may be regarded as                       market situation or the specific requirements of cer­
 being likely to continue where an imbalance between                        tain markets maike this necessary ;
 supply and demand is established and where this
 imbalance is likely to persist having regard to
 foreseeable production and market price trends ;                          Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
                                                                            the following should be used to calculate the levies :
 Whereas the high level of prices in international trade
 could impede importation of common wheat and
 barley into the Community or provoke exportation                           — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
 from the Community ;                                                            kept at any given moment within a band of
                                                                                2-25 %>, a conversion rate based on their actual
 Whereas the situation described above can be said                               parity ;
 to exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure sup­
 plies in the Community an export levy should be
 introduced for these products ;                                            — for other currencies a conversion rate based on
                                                                                 the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for
 Whereas, in view of the relationship between the                                each of these currencies against the Community
 basis cereal and products processed from it and gi­                             currencies referred to in the preceding paragraph
 ven the market situation for these products , an ex­                            over a specified period ;
 I1)  OJ No   117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/67.
 (l ) OJ No   L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 8 .
 (•)  OJ No   L 201 , 21 . 7 . 1973 , p . 10 .
 («)  OJ No   L 272, 29 . 9 . 1973 , p . 18 .                               [*) 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
cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for                              Article 1
these products within the Community and on the               The export levy referred to in the first indent of
world market, /that the export levies shouild be fixed       Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 is
as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;                   hereby fixed as shown in the Annex for the products
                                                             lasted therein.
                                                                                   Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­
tion are in accordance with the Opinion 'of the Ma­          This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 October
nagement Committee for Cereals,                              1973 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and dlirectly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Bmissdls, 11 October 1973 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                         P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                   Member of the Commission
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                                                           ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 11 October 1973 fixing the export levies on cereals
                   CCT heading No                             Description of goods            u. a. /ton
            ex 10.01 A                      Common wheat and mesiin, excluding officially
                                            certified seeds ( x )                              60-00
            ex 10.03                        Barley, excluding officially certified seeds (*)     4-00
                11.01 C                     Barley flour                                         8-40
                11.02 A III                 Barley groats and meal                               8-40
               11.02 B I a) 1               Hulled (shelled or husked) barley                    8-40
                11.02 B I b) 1              Hulled and sliced or kibbled barley ('Grütze'
                                            or ' Grutten')                                       8-40
               11.02 B II a)                Hulled (shelled or husked) wheat, whether or
                                            not sliced or kibbled                              66-50
               11.02 C I                    Pearled wheat                                      70-00
               11.02 C III                  Pearled barley                                       8-40
               11.02 D I                    Wheat not otherwise worked than kibbled            51-00
               11.02 D III                  Barley not otherwise worked than kibbled             6-12
               11.02 E I a) 1               Rolled barley                                        6-12
               11.02 E I b ) 1              Flaked barley                                         8-40
               11.02 E II a)                Rolled or flaked wheat                             7Ò-00
                11.02 F I                   Wheat pellets                                      51-00
               11.02 F III                  Barley pellets                                       6-12
               11.02 G I                    Wheat germ, whole, rolled, flaked or ground        12-50
                11.07 A I a )               Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, in the
                                            form of flour                                      89-00
                11.07 A I b )               Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, other
                                            than in the form of flour                          66-50
                11.07 All a)                Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from
                                            wheat, in the form of flour                        10-68
                11.07 All b )               Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from
                                          - wheat, in the form of flour                          7-98
                11.07 B                     Roasted malt                                         9-30
                23.02 A I a)                Brans, sharps and other residues derived from
                                            the sifting, milling or working of maize or rice,
                                            with a starch content not exceeding 35 % by
                                            weight                                               4-48
                23.02 A I b) 1              Brans, sharps and other residues derived from
                                            the sifting, milling or working of maize or
                                            rice, with a starch content exceeding 35 % But
                                            not exceeding 45 % by weight, and having
                                            undergone a denaturing process                       4-48
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                     CCT heading No                                    Description of goods                             u.a. /ton
                 23.02 A I b) 2                     Brans, sharps and other residues derived from
                                                     the sifting, milling or working of maize or
                                                    rice, with a starch content exceeding 35 % but
                                                     not exceeding 45 % by weight, not having
                                                     undergone a denaturing process, or with a
                                                     starch content exceeding 45 % by weight                              4-48
                 23.02 A II a)                      Brans, sharps and other residues derived from
                                                    the sifting, milling or working of cereals other
                                                    than maize or rice, of which the starch content
                                                    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 product
                                                    has an ash content, calculated on the dry pro­                        4-48
                                                    duct, of 1-5 % or more by weight
                23.02 A II b )                      Brans, sharps and other residues derived from
                                                    the sifting, milling or working of cereals other
                                                    than maize or rice, not falling within sub­
                                                    heading No 23.02 A II a)                                              4-48
           (') 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' con­
               forming 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).