CELEX: 31973R3170
Language: en
Date: 1973-11-23 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3170/73 of the Commission of 22 November 1973 fixing the export levies on cereals

No L 322/28                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             23 . 11 . 73
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 3170/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 22 November 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 does not necessitate at this moment
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                    the fixing of an export levy ;
pean Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                        Whereas the threshold prices for the 1973/73 marke­
EEC ( x ) 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
                                                                       into account the economic aspect of the proposed
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC                        exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the
provides that the necessary measure may be taken                      Community market ;
if the cif price of one or more products is apprecia­
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                  Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
being likely to continue where an imbalance between                   market situation or the specific requirements of cer­
supply and demand is established and where this                        tain markets make this necessary ;
imbalance is likely to persist having regard to
foreseeable production and market price trends ;
                                                                       Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
Whereas the high level of prices in international trade                the following should be used to calculate the levies :
could impede importation of common wheat and
maize into the Community or provoke exportation
from the Community ;                                                   — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
                                                                           kept at any given moment within a band of
Whereas the situation described above can be said                          2-25 %>, a conversion rate based on their actual
to exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure sup­                      parity ;
plies in the Community an export levy should be
introducted for these products ;                                       — for other currencies a conversion rate based on
Whereas, in view of the relationship between the                           the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for
basic product and the products processed from it                           each of these currencies against the Community
and given the market situation for certain processed                       currencies referred to in the preceding paragraph
                                                                           over a specified period ;
(*) OJ  No   117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
(■) OJ  No   L 141 , 28. 5 . 1973, p. 8 .
(») OJ  No   L 201 , 21. 7. 1973, p. 10.
(4) 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 shoulld 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 .
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 Novem­
ment Committee for Cereals,                                          ber 1973 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 22 November 1973 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                            Member of the Commission
                                                            ANNEX
                         to the Commission Regulation of 22 November 1973 fixing the export levies on cereals
                      CCT heading No                           Description of goods                      u.a. /ton
                10.01 A (*)                   Common wheat and meslin, excluding officially
                                              certified seeds (x)                                         40-00
                 10.05 B                      Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing
                                                                                                            5-00
             ex 11.01 A                       Wheat flour
                                                                                                           5-00
                 11.02 Alb )                  Common wheat groats and meal
                                                                                                           5-00
                 11.02 B II a )              Hulled (shelled or husked) wheat, whether or
                                             not sliced or kibbled                                        39-90
                 11 .02 CI                   Pearled wheat
                                                                                                          42-00
                 11 . 02 D I                 Wheat not otherwise worked than kibbled
                                                                                                          30-60
                 11 .02 E II a)              Rolled or flaked wheat
                                                                                                          42-00
                 11.02 FI                    Wheat pellets
                                                                                                          30-60
                 11.02 F VI                  Wheat germ, whole, rolled, flaked or ground
                                                                                                        153-00
                 11.02 G I                   Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, in the
                                             form of flour                                                 7-50
                 11.07 Ala)                  Rice pellets
                                                                                                         53-40
                 11.07 A lb )                Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, other
                                             than in the form of flour                                   39-90
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                     CCT heading No                                      Description of goods                               u. a. /ton
                     02 Ala )                        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                                                                    2-40
                         Alb) 1                     Brans, sharps and other residues derived from
                                                    the sifting, milling or working of maize or
                                                    rice, with a starch content exceeding 35 % 6ut
                                                    not exceeding 45 % by weight, and having
                                                     undergone a denaturing process                                            2-40
                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 °/o by weight, not having
                                                     undergone a denaturing process, or with a
                                                     starch content exceeding 45 °/o by weight                                 2-40
                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
                                                    duct, of 1·5 % or more by weight                                           2-40
                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)                                                   2-40
           (') 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 an j the United Kingdom (OJ No L 106, 20. 4. 1973 , p. 12).