CELEX: 31973R2979
Language: en
Date: 1973-11-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2979/73 of the Commission of 31 October 1973 fixing the export levies on starch products

No L 303 / 50                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                1 . 1 !.. 73
                                REGULATION ( EEC) No 2979/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 31 October 1973
                                             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 1 052/68 (7), as
                                                                        last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 881 /73 (s);
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/
67/ EEC (') 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 1 346/73 (-);                                         common        wheat  intended     for    the manufacture     of
                                                                       starch arid 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 Inst amended by Regulation ( EEC) No
 179/73 ("' J, 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 ,                    whereas it is altered only if application of Article 2 (2)
 III , IV and V, 1 1.09, 17.02 B II , 17.05 B and 23.03 A I
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 0-30 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
I2)   OJ No   L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p. 8 .                           Annex ;
(3)   OJ No   174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p . 40 .
(■♦)  OJ No   L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973 , 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.                             (S) OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p . 30 .
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  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                                     Article 2
                               Article 1
 The export levies provided for in Article 2 (2) of Regu­                This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 November
  lation No 371 /67/ EEC are hereby fixed as shown in                    1 973 . It shall apply from 3 November 1 973 for starch
 the Table annexed to this Regulation for the products                   products derived from maize and from .5 November
  listed therein .                                                       1 973 for starch' products derived from soft wheat .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                   Done at Brussels, 31 October 1973 .
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                        P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                Member of the Commission
                                                                   ANNEX
                                                                                               Export levies in u. a. / 100 kg
 CCT heading N«                 Nomenclature in simplified wording                                    United                      Other
                                                                                   Ireland
                                                                                                     Kingdom                   Member States
 11.08 AI             Maize starch                                                  3-508              3-508                       3,740
 11.08 A 111          Wheat starch                                                10-327             10-327                      10,327
 11.08 A IV           Potato starch                                                 3-508              3-508                      3,740
11.08 A V             Starches other than tnaize, rice, wheat or
                      potato starch                                                 3-508              3-508                      3,740
 11.09 A              Dried wheat gluten                                          18-776             18-776                      18,776 '
 11.09 B              Wheat gluten, other than dried                              18-776             18-776                      18,776
17.02 B II a )        Glucose other than glucose containing, in the
                      dry state, 99% or more by weight of the pure
                      product, in the form of white crystalline pow­
                      der, whether or not agglomerated (1)                          4-576              4-576                      4,878
17.02 B II h)         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 (*)                                             3-508              3-508                       3,740
17.05 B I             Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of
                      white crystalline powder, whether or not
                      agglomerated                                                 4-576              4-576                       4,878
17.05 B II            Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other
                      than in the form of white crystalline powder,
                      whether or not agglomerated                                  3-508              3-508     '                 3,740
23.03 A I             Residues from the manufacture of starch from
                      maize (excluding concentrated steeping liquors),
                      of a protein content, calculated on the dry
                      product exceeding 40 % by weight                             4-358              4-358                       4,646
(*) Pursuant to Regulation No 189/66/EEC, the product falling within subheading No 17.02 B I is subject to the same levy as products ftlliag
     within subheading No 17.02 B II .