CELEX: 31973R3514
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3514/73 of the Commission of 28 December 1973 fixing the export levies on cereals

No L 360/ 10                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                             29 . 12 . 73
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 3514/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 28 December 1973
                                                     fixing the export levies on cereals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                            products, an export levy for these products must also
COMMUNITIES,                                                              be fixed ; however the situation for products pro­
                                                                          cessed from maize and sorghum does not necessitate
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                        at this moment the fixing of an export levy ;
pean Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                             Whereas the threshold prices for the 1973 74 marke­
EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                            ting year were fixed by Council Regulation ( EEC)
tion of the market in cereals, as ' last amended by                        No 1964/73 (5) of 17 July 1973 ;
Regulation ( EEC) No 1346/73 (2 ) ;
                                                                          Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                              specifies that when the export levy is being fixed
1968 /73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general                           account must be taken of the existing situation and
rules to be applied in the event of the cereals market                     the future trend with regard to prices and availabili­
being disturbed, as amended by Regulation ( EEC)                           ties of cereals on the Community market on the one
No 2632/73 (4 ), and in particular Article 4 ( 2)                          hand and prices for cereals and cereal products on
thereof ;                                                                  the world market on the other ; whereas the same
                                                                           article provides that it is also important to ensure
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Com­                          equilibrium and the natural development of prices
mittee ;
                                                                           and trade on cereal markets and furthermore, to take
 Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/67/ EEC                            into account the economic aspect of the proposed
 provides that the necessary measure may be taken                          exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the
 if the cif price of one or more products is apprecia­                     Community market ;
bly higher than the threshold price and if that
 situation is likely to continue thereby disturbing or                     Whereas for the products, other than starches, listed
threatening to disturb the Community market ;                               in Article 1 (c) and ( d ) of Regulation No 120/67/
                                                                            EEC the specific factors set out in Article 3 (2) of
 Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 1968/73 specifies that                        Regulation (EEC ) No 1968/73 must also be taken
 the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher                        into account ;
 that the threshold price when it exceeds it by at
 least 2 °/o ; whereas this excess may be regarded as
 being likely to continue where an imbalance between                        Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
 supply and demand is established and where this                            market situation or the specific requirements of cer­
  imbalance is likely to persist having regard to                           tain markets make this necessary ;
  foreseeable production and market price trends ;
 Whereas the high level of prices in international trade                     Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
 could impede importation of common wheat, maize,                           the following should be used to calculate the levies :
  barley, sorghum and wheat groats and meal into the
 Community or provoke exportation from the Com­                              — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
  munity ;                                                                       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
  introducted 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
  basic product and the products processed from it                               currencies referred to in the preceding paragraph
  and given the market situation for certain processed                           over a specified period ;
  (») OJ No    1 17, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/67 .
  (») 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
                                                                                                  Article 1
cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for
these products within the Community and on the                        The export levy referred to in the first indent of
world market, that the export levies should 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
                                                                      listed therein .
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­                                                 Article 2
tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the                        This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 Decem­
Management Committee for Cereals :                                    ber 1973 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 28 December 1973 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                     P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                              Member of the Commission
                                                              ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 28 December 1973 fixing the export levies on cereals
                      CCT heading No                              Description of goods                      u. a. /ton
                 10.01 A                        Common wheat and mesiin, excluding officially
                                                certified seeds (x)                                          80-00
             cx 10.03                           Barley, excluding officially certified seeds 0)              15-00
                 10.04                           Oats, excluding officially certified seeds ( J )            15-00
                 10.05 B                         Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing                    25-00
                 10.07 C                         Grain sorghum                                                 5-00
             ex 11.01 A                         Wheat flour                                                  30-00
                 11.02 AI a )                    Durum wheat goats and meal                                  30-00
                 11.02 Alb )                     Common wheat groats and meal                                30-00
                 11.01 C                         Barley flour                                                  7-00
                 11.01 D                         Oat flour                                                     7-00
                 11.02 A III                    Barley groats and meal                                         7-00
                 11.02 AIV                       Oat groats and meal                                           7-00
                 11.02 B I a) 1                  Hulled ( shelled or husked) barley                            7-00
                 11.02 B I a ) 2 aa )            Clipped oats                                                15-00
                 11.02 B I a ) 2 bb )            Hulled (shelled or husked ) oats other than clip­
                                                 ped oats                                                      7-00
                 11.02 B I b) 1                 .Hulled and sliced or kibbled barley ('Grütze' or
                                                 'Grutten')                                                    7-00
                 11.02 B I b ) 2                 Hulled and sliced or kibbled oats ('Grütze' or
                                                 ' Grutten ')                                                  7-00
                 11.02 B II a)                  Hulled (shelled or husked) wheat, whether or
                                                not sliced or kibbled                                        53-20
                 11.02 C I                      Pearled wheat                                                56-00
                 1 1.02 C III                    Pearled barley                                                7-00
                 11.02 C IV                      Pearled oats                                                  7-00
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                     CCT heading No                                       Description of goods                              u. a. / ton
                 11.02 D I                             Wheat not otherwise worked than kibbled                               40-80
                 11.02 D III                           Barley not otherwise worked than kibbled                               15-00
                 11.02 D IV                            Oats not otherwise worked than kibbled                                  15-00
                 11.02 E I a ) 1                       Rolled barley                                                          15-00
                 11.02 E La ) 2                        Rolled oats                                                             15-00
                 11.02 E I b) 1                        Flaked barley                                                            7-00
                 11.02 E I b ) 2                       Flaked oats                                                              7-00
                 11.02 E II a )                        Rolled or flaked wheat                                                 56-00
                 11.02 F I                             Wheat pellets                                                          40-80
                 11.02 F III                           Barley pellets                                                          15-00
                 11.02 F IV                            Oat pellets                                                           . 15-00'
                 11.02 F VI                            Rice pellets                                                         153-00
                 11.02 G I                             Wheat germ, whole, rolled, flaked or ground                             10-00
                 11.07 A I a)                          Unroasted malt , obtained from wheat, in the                            71-20
                                                       form of flour
                 11.07 A I b)                          Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, other                              53-20
                                                       than in the form of flour
                 11.07 Alia )                          Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from                             8-90
                                                       wheat, in the form of flour
                  11.07 A II b )                       Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from                             6-65
                                                       wheat, other than in the form of flour
                                                       Roasted malt                                                              7-75
                 11.07 B
                 23.02 A I a)                          Brans, sharps and other residues derived from                             3-60
                                                       the sifting, milling or working of maize or rice,
                                                       with a starch content not exceeding 35 % by
                                                       weight
                 23.02 A I b ) 1                   I   Brans, sharps and other residues derived from                             3-60
                                                   i   the sifting, milling or working of maize or
                                                       rice, with a starch content exceeding 35 % But
                                                       not exceeding 45 °/o by weight, and having
                                                        undergone a denaturing process
                                                       Brans, sharps and other residues derived from                             3-60
                  23.02 A I b ) 2                       the sifting, milling or working of maize or
                                                     i  rice, with a starch content exceeding 35 % but
                                                        not exceeding 45 °/o by weight, not having
                                                        undergone a denaturing process, or with a
                                                        starch content exceeding 45 °/o by weight
                                                        Brans, sharps and other residues derived from                             3-60
                  23.02 A II a )                        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
                                                        duct, of 1-5 % or more by weight
                  23.02 A II b )                        Brans, sharps and other residues derived from                             3-60
                                                        the sifting, milling or working of cereals other
                                                        than maize or rice, not falling within sub­
                                                        heading No 23.02 A II a )
             {') 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).