CELEX: 31973R3311
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-08 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3311/73 of the Commission of 7 December 1973 fixing the export levies on starch products

No L 339/ 8                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                  8 . 12. 73
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 3311 /73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 7 December 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 ihentioned 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 1052/68 (7), as
                                                                        last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 881 /73 (8) ;
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 (2) ;                                          common        wheat  intended      for    the manufacture   of
                                                                        starch and 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 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 1 79/73 (4), 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 lixed 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, 11.09 , 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 0-08 unit of
prices for maize or common wheat exceed 6-80 units                       account/ 100 kg of basic product ;
of account ;
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 030 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
(-') OJ  No  L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 8 .                             Annex,
(J)  OJ  No  174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p . 40 .
(■») OJ  No  L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973 , p . 6 .
(»)  OJ  No  L 168 , 27 . 7 . 1971 , p . 11 .                           ( 7) OJ No L 179 , 25 . 7 . 1968 , p. 8 .
(6)  OJ  No  L 38 , 10 . 2. 1973, p. 17.                                ( 8) OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973, p. 30 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                                          Article 2
                            Article I                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 December
                                                                            1973 .
The export levies provided for in Article 2 (2) of Regu­
lation No 371 / 67/ EEC are hereby fixed as shown in                        It shall apply from 8 December 1973 for starch
 the Table annexed to this Regulation for the products                      products derived from maize and from 10 December
listed therein .                                                            1973 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, 7 December 1973 .
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                          P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
                                                                    ANNEX
                                                                                                  Export levies m u.a. / lOO kg
       CCT
    heading No                 Nomenclature in simplified wording                                          United                  Other
                                                                                     Ire and                                    Member States
                                                                                                         Kingdom
 11.08 AI           Maize starch                                                      5-667                5-667                   5,667
 11.08 A III        Wheat starch                                                     10-798               10-798                  10,798
 11.08 AIV          Potato starch                                                     5-667                5-667                   5,667
11.08 A V            Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or
                     potato starch                                                    5-667                5-667                   5,667
 11.09 A            Dried wheat gluten                                               19-632              19-632                   19,632
 11.09 B            Wheat gluten, other than dried                                   19-632               19-632                  19,632
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 (')                             7-392                7-392                   7,392
17.02 B II b )       Glucose and glucose syrup not containing, in
                     the dry state, 99 °/o or more by weight of the
                     pure product, other than glucose in the form
                    of white crystalline powder, whether or not
                     agglomerated (')                                                 5-667                5-667                   5,667
 17.05 B I           Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of
                     white crystalline powder, whether or not
                    agglomerated                                                      7-392                7-392                   7,392
17.05 B II          Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other
                    than in the form of white crystalline powder,
                    whether or not agglomerated                                       5-667                5-667                   5,667
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                                 7-040                7-040                   7,040
(') Pursuant to Regulation No 189 /66 / EEC , the product tailing within subheading No 17.02 B I is subject to the same levy as products falling
    within subheading No 17.02 B II .