CELEX: 31974R1492
Language: en
Date: 1974-06-15 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1492/74 of the Commission of 14 June 1974 fixing the export levies on starch products

No L 158 / 10                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              15 . 6 . 74
                                 REGULATION ( EEC) No 1492/ 74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                             of 14 June 1974
                                             fixing the export levies on starch products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          is fixed and the average of the levies applicable on the
COMMUNITIES,                                                            seven days preceding the day it comes into force ;
                                                                       whereas this difference must then be multiplied for
                                                                        the products mentioned in Article 1 by the coeffi­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  cients relating to these products shown in column 4
 Economic Community ;                                                   of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1052/ 68 ( 7), as
                                                                        last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 881 /73 (8);
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/
 67/ EECC ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­
 tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­               Whereas the production              refund on maize and
 lation ( EEC) No 1346/73 (2);                                         common        wheat intended       for the manufacture of
                                                                       starch and quellmehl is defined in Article 1 of Regula­
                                                                        tion No 371 / 67/ EEC ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 371 /
 67/ EEC (3) fixing production refunds on starches and
quellmehl , as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 1 79/73 (4), and in particular the last sentence of                   Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (a) of Regulation ( EEC)
                                                                        No 1604/ 71 for the new Member States the amounts
Article 2 (2) thereof ;
                                                                        to be considered respectively as import levy and
                                                                        production refund in accordance with the preceding
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                          Articles shall be the levy and the production refund
 Committee ;                                                            for the product in question respectively, minus the
                                                                       applicable compensatory amount ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of Regulation No
 371 /67/ EEC, an export levy may be introduced for
                                                                       Whereas the export levy must be fixed once a week ;
 products falling within subheadings Nos 11.08 A I ,
 III , IV and V, 1 1.09 , 17.02 B II , 17.05 B and 23.03 A I
                                                                       whereas it is altered only if application of Article 2 (2)
of the Common Customs Tariff when world market
                                                                       (a) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1604/71            entails an
                                                                        increase or a reduction of more than 008 unit of
 prices for maize or common wheat exceed 6 80 units
of account ;
                                                                        account/ 100 kg of basic product ;
Whereas, by Regulation ( EEC) No 1604/71 (5) of 26                      Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
July 1971 , as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                          levies should be calculated on the following basis.:
347/73 (6), the Commission laid down detailed rules
 for the application of the export levy on starch
                                                                       :— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 products ; whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regulation
 provides that a levy is introduced when it is found                         relation to each other, at any given moment,
that the import levy is at least 030 unit of                                 within a band of 2 25 % , at a rate of exchange
account/ 100 kg less than the amount of the produc­                          based on their effective parity ;
tion refund valid in the current month and that the
average of the levies in the immediately following fort­               — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 night is at least 0-30 unit of account/ 100 kg less than                    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 the average of the production refund valid in that fort­                   of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
 night ;                                                                     relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                             in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas the export levy must be equal , per 100 kg of
basic product, to the difference between the produc­                   Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions
tion refund valid on the day on which this export levy                 to the world market price of maize and common
                                                                       wheat and to the import levies that an export levy
(■)   OJ No   117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.                            should be introduced for the products listed in the
(2 )  OJ No   L 141 , 28 . 5. 1973, p. 8 .                             Annex ,
(3)   OJ No   174, }). 7. 1967, p. 40 .
(«)   OJ ' No L 25 , 30 . 1 . 1 973 , p. 6 .
(5)   OJ No   L 168 , 27 . 7. 1971 , p. 11 .                           ( 7) OJ No L 179 , 25 . 7 . 1968 , p. 8 .
(<>)  OJ No   L .38 , 10. 2. 1973, p. 17.                              (*) OJ No L 86 , 31 . .1 1973 , p. 30 .
 ---pagebreak---  15. 6. 74                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                        No L 158/ 11
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                                       Article 2
                              Article 1                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 June
                                                                         1974.
 The export levies provided for in Article 2 (2) of Regu­
 lation No 371 /67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in                      It shall apply from 15 June 1974 for starch products
 the Table annexed to this Regulation for the products                   derived from maize and from 17 June 1974 for starch
 listed therein .                                                        products derived from soft wheat.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                  Done at Brussels, 14 June 1974.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                       P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                               Member of the Commission
                                                                   ANNEX
                                                                                               Export levies in i^.a ./100 kg
       CCT
    heading No                  Nomenclature in simplified wording                                                             •Other Member
                                                                               Denmark          Ireland      United Kingdom         States
11.08 A I            Maize starch                                                6,168            6-029             6-029 .         6,168
11.08 A III          Wheat starch1                                              11,935         11-935             11-935           11,935
11.08 A IV           Potato starch                                               6,168           6-029              6-029           6,168
11.08 A V            Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or
                     potato starch                                               6,168           6-029              6-029           6,168
11.09 A              Dried wheat gluten                                        21,700          21-700           N 21-700           21,700
11.09 B              Wheat gluten, other than dried                            21,700          21-700             21-700           21,700
17.02 B II a)        Glucose other than glucose containing* in thf
                     dry state, 99 % or more by weight of tnt puff
                     product, in the form of white crystallina pow­
                     der, whether or not agglomerated (1)                        8,045           7-865              7-865           8,045
17.02 B II b)        Glucose and glucose syrup not containing, in
                     the dry state, 99% or more by weight of the
                     pure product, other than glucose in the form
                     of white crystalline powder, whether or not
                     agglomerated H                                 x            6,168           6-029              6-029           6,168
17.05 B I            Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of
                     white crystalline powder, whether or not
                     agglomerated                                                8,045 , -       7-865              7-865           8,045
17.05 B II           Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other
                     than in the form of white crystalline powder,
                     whether or not agglomerated                                 6,168           6-029              6-029           6,168
23:03 AI             Residues from the manufacture of starch from
                     maize (excluding concentrated steeping liquors),
                     of a protein content, calculated on the dry
                     product exceeding 40 °/o by weight                          7,662           7-490             7-490            7,662
(*) Pursuant to Regulation No 189/66/EEC, the product falling within subheading No 17.02 B I is subject to the same levy as oroducts falling
    within subheading No 17.02 B II .