CELEX: 51973PC1137
Language: en
Date: 1973-07-06
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL laying down general rules to be applied in the event of cereals market being disturbed (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                        COM(73)1137 final
                                                   Brussels , 6 July 1973
                                   PROPOSAL FOR A
                         ■ REGULATION ( EEC) OF THE COUNCIL
                 laying down general rules to "be applied in the
                      event of cereals market "being disturbed
                 ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
  COM(73 ) 1137 final
 ---pagebreak---                                  PROPOSAL FOR A
                      PEffiJLATIOTT ( ESC) OP 'PES COUNCIL
      laying down general rules to be applied in the event of cereals
                              market "being disturbed
TIE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COKIIUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community !
Having regard to Council Regulation No I20/67/EHC          of 13 June 19&7 °n "the
common organization of the market in cereals , as last amended by Regulation
(EEC ) No     /73 . , and in particular the second paragraph of Article 19
thereof 5
Having regard to the proposal from the • Commissions
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC provides that , when the cif
price of one or more of the products mentioned in Article 2 is appreciably
higher than the threshold price , and that" - situation is likely to continue ,
thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb the Community market , the
necessary measures may be takei-15
Whereas the general rules for applying these provisions , and in particular
the criteria for establishing that the cif price is appreciably higher than
the threshold price and for deciding whether the situation is likely to con­
tinue , should be laid downj
Whereas , to avoid disturbances on the Community market , it is necessary to
ensure an adequate supply of oerealsj whereas , to this end , levies could be
charged on exports and the import levies should be totally or partially
suspended^                        •       -
Whereas it is also necessary to establish criteria for calculatihg the export
levy , having regard to the economic situation !
                                                                        • • • • /
                                                                               / •« ••
  Z  OJ No     117 , 19 June 1967 , p. 2269/67 ?
     OJ No    –,               1973 , p.
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas Community obligations to supply food aid are such that exports of
products for that purpose should "be excluded from this Regulation ^
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                     Article 1 .
1 . The cif pnoe shall be regarded as appreciably higher than the threshold
     price within the meaning of Article 19 of Regulation No I20/67 /EEC when
     it exceeds it by at least two percent .
2 . This excess is likely to continue where an imbalance between supply and
   , demand is established and where this imbalance is likely to persist , having
     regard to foreseeable production and market price trends .
3 . The Community market is disturbed or threatened with disturbance , as a
     result of the situation specified in paragraphs 1 and 2 , where international
     trade prices are so high as to :
     – act a,s a barrier to importation of products mentioned in Article 2 of
        Regulation No I20/67 /GEC into the Communityj or
     - provoke exportation of such products from the Community , and thereby
        jeopardize supplies within the Community.
                                     article 2
1 . Where the conditions specified in Article 19 of Regulation No I2O/67 /EEC
     are met , in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 1 of this
     Regulation , the following measures may be taken :
     a ) application of an export levy, which may be fixed by a tendering procedure ;
     b ) application of additional measures , in particular :
         - the issue of export licenses after a period to be determined!
         - total or partial suspension of the issue of export licenses .
2. The measures provided for in paragraph 1 may be taken in respect of one
      or more of the products listed in Article 1 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC ,
     where this is made necessary by the market situation and the relationship
     between those products .
 ---pagebreak--- The following shall "be taken into account when the export levy is being
fixed •,
a ) situation and trends :
 - for cereal prices and availabilities       on the Community market 3
 - for cereal prices and for prices of products falling within the cereals
    sector on the world market 3
b ) the objectives of the common organization of the market in cereals ,
    namely to balance the market both as regards supplies and as regards
    trade 3 -
c ) the economic aspect of the exports .
In particular , the export levy :
a ) for products listed in Article 1 (a ) and (b ) of Regulation Ho I20/67 /EEC
    shall be fixed 011 the basis of the difference between the cif price and
    the threshold price ;
b ) for the products listed in Article 1 ( c ) of Regulation Ho 120/67/EEC ,
    shall be derived from that applicable to the basic cereal , having regard
    in particular to the quantity of that cereal necessary to manufacture
    the relevant products 3
c ) for the products mentioned in Article 1 (d) of Regulation Ho 120/67/2E!C ,
    faith the exception of products falling within subheadings Nos 11,08 A I ,
    III , IV and V , 11.09 , 17.02 B II , 17.05 3 and 23.03 A I of the Common
    Customs Tariff , shall be derived from that applicable to the basic
    cereals to which they relate by applying the coefficients set out in
    Annex II , Table A to Regulation No 968/68 /EEC    and in the Annex to
    Regulation No 1052/68 /EEC .>
Where the situation on the world market or the specific requirements of
ce-rtain markets so require , the export levy may be varied .
 ---pagebreak---                                      - 4 -
4 . The export levy to be charged shall be that in force on the day of exportation .
    However , the export levy in force on the day on which the licence is applied
    for nay , on application from interested party to be lodged at the sane tine
    as the application for a licence and before 1 p.m ., be applied to exports
    to be effected during the period of validity of that licence ,
5 . No export levy shall be applied to exports effected by way of food aid
    under Article 22 a of Regulation No 120/67/iSEC .
                                   Article 4
1 . Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation shall be adopted in
    accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No
    120/67 /feEC .
2 . The decision to introduce and to abolish the export levy for each of the
    products shall be taken and the amount of the levy shall be fixed in
    acoordance with the same procedure .
                                   Article 5
In an emergency the Commission may take the measures specified in Article 4 »
It shall notify its decision to the Member States and shall publish it on
the notice boards at its Headquarters .
The measures shall , by virtue of such a decision , be applied to the relevant
products from the date specified to this endj this day shall be subsequent
to that of notification .
Such a decision shall apply for not more than 5 days .
                   1               Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that Ox
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
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Done at Brussels ,                                    For the Council
                                                      The President