CELEX: 31973R3329
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-11 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3329/73 of the Commission of 10 December 1973 altering the export levies on cereals

No L 340/ 10                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                             11 . 12. 73
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 3329/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                            of 10 December 1973
                                                    altering 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 barley does not necessitate at
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                        this moment the fixing of an export levy ;
pean Economic Community ;
                                                                           Whereas the threshold prices for the 1973/73 marke­
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/
EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                           ting year were fixed by Council Regulation (EEC)
                                                                          No 1964/73 (5) of 17 July 1973 ;
tion of the market in cereals, as 'last amended by
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 1(4), and in particular Article 4 (3 )                          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 % ; 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, maize
 and barley into the Community or provoke ex­
 portation 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 °/o, 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.
  (*) 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          Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 as fixed in the Annex
above to the present situation on the market in              to Regulation (EEC) No 3299/73 (*), are hereby
cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for       altered, in respect of the products listed in the Annex
these products within the Community and on the               to this Regulation, to the amounts shown therein .
world market, that the export levies should be
altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                            Article 2
                        Article 1
                                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 Decem­
The levies referred to in Article 2 (1) 1st indent of        ber 1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 10 December 1973 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                         P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                    Member of the Commission
                                                              (*) OJ No L 33 8 , 7. 12 . 1973 , p . 25 .
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                                                                      ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 10 December 1973 altering the export levies on cereals
                       CCT heading No                                    Description of goods                              u.a. /ton ,
                  10.01 A                             Common wheat and meslin, excluding officially                         65.00
                                                      certified seeds (*)
             ex 10.03                                  Barley, excluding officially certified seeds (*)                     15.00
                  10.05 B                              Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing                             20.00
             ex 11.01 A                                Wheat flour                                                          15.00
                  11.02 A lb)                          Common wheat groats and meal                                         15.00
                  11.02 B II a)                       Hulled (shelled or husked) wheat, whether or                          53.20
                                                      not sliced or kibbled
                  11.02 C I                           Pearled wheat                                                         56.00
                  11.02 D I                           "Wheat not otherwise worked than kibbled                              40.80
                  11.02 E II a)                       Rolled or flaked wheat                                                56.00
                  11.02 F I                           Wheat pellets                                                         40.80
                  11.02 F VI                          "Wheat germ, whole, rolled, flaked or ground                         153.00
                  11.02 G I                           Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, in the                            10.00
                                                      form of flour
                  11.07 A I a)                         Rice pellets                                                         71.20
                  11.07 A lb )                        Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, other                            53.20
                                                      than in the form of flour
                  23.02 A I a)                        Brans, sharps and other residues derived from                           3.20
                                                      the sifting, milling or working of maize or rice,
                                                      with a starch content not exceeding 35 % by
                                                       weight
                  23.02 A I b ) 1                     Brans, sharps and other residues derived from                           3.20
                                                      the sifting, milling or working of maize or
                                                      rice, with a starch content exceeding 35 % But
                                                      not exceeding 45% by weight, and having
                                                      undergone a denaturing process
                  23.02 A I b ) 2                     Brans, sharps and other residues derived from                           3.20
                                                       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
                  23.02 A II a )                       Brans, sharps and other residues derived from                          3.20
                                                       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                          3.20
                                                       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 scaled 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).