CELEX: 31973R2235
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2235/73 of the Commission of 16 August 1973 fixing the export levies on cereals

No L 229/24                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                   17. 8 . 73
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 2235/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 16 August 1973
                                                  fixing the export levies on cereals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas the threshold prices for the 1973/74 mar­
COMMUNITIES,                                                           keting year were fixed by Council Regulation (EEC)
                                                                       No 1964/73 (4) of 17 July 1973 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                                   Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices
                                                                       used to determine the levies, the Commission must
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                         take into account the factors indicated in Regulation
EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                        No 156/67/EEC (5 ), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
tion of the market in cereals , as last amended by                     No 1607/71 (6), and in particular the most favourable
Regulation ( EEC) No 1346/73 (2) ;                                     purchasing opportunities on the world market
                                                                       among those which are most representative of the
                                                                       real trend of the market, account being taken in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           particular of the need to prevent sudden variations
1968/73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules                  likely to cause abnormal disturbances on the Com­
to be applied in the event of the cereals market being
                                                                       munity market ; whereas the quality of the goods
disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;                    offered must also be taken into account, whether
                                                                       this quality corresponds to the standard quality fixed
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Com­                      in Regulations (EEC) No 786/69 (7) and (EEC) No
mittee ;
                                                                        1397/69 ( 8), or whether adjustments need to be made
                                                                       by applying the coefficients of equivalence provided
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC                         for in Regulation (EEC) No 158 /67/EEC (9), as last
provides that the necessary measures may be taken                       amended by the Act ( 10) on the Conditions of Acces­
if the cif price of one or more products is appreciably                 sion and the Adjustments to the treaties and by
higher than the threshold price and if that situation                  Regulation No 159/67/EEC (") ;
 is likely to continue thereby disturbing or threatening
 to disturb the Community market ;
                                                                       Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam
                                                                        on the basis of the abovementioned factors, offers
Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 1968 /73 specifies that                    for other ports being adjusted, account being taken
the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher                     of the corrections necessitated by the differences in
 than the threshold price when it exceeds it by at                     transport charges in relation to Rotterdam ;
 least 2 % ; whereas this excess may be regarded as
 being likely to continue where an imbalance between
 supply and demand is established and where this                        Whereas the factors set out in Article 3 ( 1 ) of Re­
imbalance is likely to persist having regard to fore­                   gulation (EEC) No 1968/73 must also be taken into
 seeable production and market price trends ;                           account when the export levy is being fixed ;
Whereas the high level of prices in international trade                 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
 could impede importation of common wheat, barley                       the following should be used to calculate the levies :
 and maize into the Community or provoke exporta­                      — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
tion from the Community ;                                                     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 for 16 August 1973 ; whereas to ensure sup­
plies in the Community an export levy should be                        — for other currencies, a conversion rate based on
introduced for this product ;                                           the arithmetric mean of the spot market rates for
Whereas the export levy for the products listed in
Article 1 (a ) and ( b ) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC                   ( 4 ) OJ  No    L. 201 , 21 . 7. 1973 , p . 3 .
must be based on the difference between the cif price                  ( 5) OJ   No    128 , 27. 6 . 1967, p . 2533/67.
                                                                       (6) OJ    No    L 168 , 27. 7 . 1971 , p . 16.
and the threshold price ;                                              ( 7) OJ   No    L 100, 28 . 4 . 1969, p. 8 .
                                                                       (8) OJ    No    I. 179, 21 . 7. 1969, p . 6.
(») OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/67.                             ( 9) OJ   No    128 , 27 . 6 . 1967, p . 2536/67 .
(2 ) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 8 .                             ( 10 ) OJ No    L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14 .
(3) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973 , p. 10.                                (») OJ    No    128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2542/67.
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    each of these currencies against the Community                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    currencies referred to in the preceding paragraph
    over a specified period ;                                                             Article 1
Whereas it follows from applying these rules to                   The export levy referred to in the first indent of
the situation on the cereals market and in particular             Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968 /73 is
to prices in international trade that the export levies           hereby fixed as shown in the Annex for the products
should be fixed as shown in the Annex to this                     listed therein .
Regulation ;
                                                                                          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 17 August
ment Committee for Cereals ;                                      1973 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
              Done at Brussels, 16 August 1973 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                               The President
                                                                          Francois-Xavier ORTOL1
                                                        ANNEX
                   to the Commission Regulation of 16 August 1973 fixing export levies on cereals
              CCT heading
                    No                             Description of goods                             u. a. / ton
             10.01 A           Common wheat, and mesiin                                              36-00
             10.03             Barley                                                                18-00
             10.05 B           Maize, other than hybrid
                               maize for sowing                                                      18-00