CELEX: 31975R2550
Language: en
Date: 1975-10-10 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2550/75 of the Commission of 9 October 1975 fixing the export levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal

10 . 10 . 75                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 262/ 1
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                                                 (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 2550/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 9 October 1975
               fixing the export levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas the high level of prices in international trade
COMMUNITIES,                                                           could impede importation of common wheat, rye
                                                                       flour, barley, rye, oats, maize, durum wheat groats and
                                                                       meal into the Community or provoke exportation
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  from the Community ;
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                            Whereas the situation described above can be said to
67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                    exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­                in the Community an export levy should be intro­
lation ( EEC) No 665/75 (2) ;                                          duced for common wheat, rye flour, barley, rye, oats,
                                                                       maize, durum wheat groats and meal ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1 968/73 (3 ) of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules
to be applied in the event of the cereals market being                 Whereas the threshold prices for the 1975/76
disturbed , as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                     marketing year were fixed by Council Regulation
86/75 (4) and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;                    ( EEC) No 1173/75 (5) of 28 April 1975 ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                           Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1968 /73
Committee ;                                                            specifies that when the export levy is being fixed
                                                                       account must be taken of the existing situation and
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/67/ EEC                        the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities
provides that measures may be taken when the quota­                    of cereals on the Community market on the one hand
tions or prices on the world market for one or more                    and prices for cereals and cereal products on the word
                                                                       market on      the other ; whereas the same article
products reach the level of Community prices ;
whereas that situation is likely to continue and to dete­              provides that it is also important to ensure equili­
riorate, thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb                  brium and the natural development of prices and
                                                                       trade on cereal markets and furthermore, to take into
the Community market ;
                                                                       account the economic aspect of the proposed exports
                                                                       and the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu­
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 specifies that                     nity market ;
the quotations or prices on the world market shall be
regarded as having reached the level of Community
prices when they approach or exceed the threshold                      Whereas for the products listed in Article 1 (c) of
price ; whereas the continuation and the deterioration                  Regulation No 120/67/ EEC the specific factors set out
of that situation may be regarded as being likely to                    in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968 /73 must
continue where an imbalance between supply and                          also be taken into account ;
demand is established and where this imbalance is
 likely to persist, having regard to foreseeable produc­
tion and market price trends ;                                         Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
                                                                        market situation or the specific requirements of
(')  OJ  No  117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/ 67 .
(2 ) OJ  No  L 72, 20 . 3 . 1975, p. 14.                                certain markets make this necessary ;
(3)  OJ  No  L 201 , 21 . 7. 197.3 , p. 10 .
(■») OJ  No  L 1 1 , 16 . 1 . 1975, p . 2.                             (5 ) OJ No L 117, 7 . 5 . 1975, p. 6.
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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
following should be used to calculate the levies :           are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                              ment Committee for Cereals,
— for currencies the exchange rates for which are
    kept at any given moment within a band of
    2-25 % , at a conversion rate based on their actual       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    parity ;
— for other currencies a conversion rate based on the                               Article 1
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each
    of these currencies against the Community curren­        The export levies referred to in the first indent of
    cies referred to in the preceding paragraph over a       Article 2(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 are
    specified period ;                                       hereby fixed at the amounts shown in the Annex, for
                                                             the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regu­
Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined          lation No 120/67/ EEC.
above to the present situation on the market in
cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for                              Article 2
these products within the Community and on the
world market, that the export levies, should be fixed        This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 October
as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;                    1975 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 9 October 1975.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                        P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                   Member of the Commission
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                                                                      ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 9 October 1975 fixing the export levies on cereals and
                                                      on wheat or rye flour groats and meal
   CCT heading                                                                                                                      u. a. /metric ton
        No                                                            Description
ex 10.01 A                  Common wheat and meslin, excluding officially certified seeds (')                                               7-00
ex 10.02                    Rye, excluding officially certified seeds (l)                                                                    0
ex 10.03                    Barley, excluding officially certified seeds (')                                                               10-00
ex 10.04                    Oats, excluding officially certified seeds (*)                                                                   0
     10.05 B                Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing                                                                       10-00
     10.07 B                Millet                                                                                                          —
     10.07 C                Grain sorghum                                                                                                   —
ex 11.01 A                  Wheat flour                                                                                                     —
     11.01 B                Rye flour                                                                                                        0
     11.02 A la)            Durum wheat groats and meal                                                                                      0
     11.02 A lb )           Common wheat groats and meal                                                                                     0
                      •
(') 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' conforming 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).