CELEX: 31973R3351
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-13 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3351/73 of the Commission of 12 December 1973 altering the export levies on cereals

No L 342/24                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                13 . 12 . 73
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 3351/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 12 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   does   not   necessitate   at this
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                  moment 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 (*) 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 (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
amd 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                          eaoh 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                    to amended Regulation (EEC) No 3299/73 , are hereby
above to the present situation on the market in                        altered, in respect of the products listed in the Annex
cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for                 to this Regulation, to the amounts shown therein .
these products within the Community and on the
world market, that the export levies, fixed by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 3299/73 (*), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 3337/73 (2), should be altered
as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                                   Article 2
                           Article 1
The levies referred to in Article 2 ( 1 ) 1st indent of                This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 Decem­
Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 as fixed in the Annex                      ber 1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
             Done at Brussels, 12 December 1973 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                     P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                              Member of the Commission
(*) OJ No L 338, 7. 12 . 1973 , p . 25 .
(») OJ No L 341 , 12. 12. 1973 , p . 18 .
                                                             ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 12 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
                                               certified seeds (*)                                        75.00
             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                                                25.00
                 11.02 Alb )                   Common wheat groats and meal                               25.00
                 11.01 C                       Barley flour                                                 7.00
                 11.02 A III                   Barley groats and meal                                       7.00
                 11.02 B I a) 1                Hulled (shelled or husked) barley                            7.00
                 11.02 Bib ) 1                 Hulled and sliced or kibbled barley ('Grütze' or
                                               'Grutten')                                                   7.00
                 11.02 B II a)                 Hulled (shelled or husked) wheat, whether or
                                               not sliced or kibbled                                      53.20
                 11.02 C I                     Pearled wheat                                              56.00
                 11.02 C III                   Pearled barley                                               7.00
                 11.02 D I                     Wheat not otherwise worked than kibbled                    40.80
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                     CCT heading No                                       Description of goods                             u.a. / ton
                 11.02 D in                             Barley not otherwise worked than kibbled                            15.00
                 11.02 E I a) 1                         Rolled barley                                                       15.00
                 11.02 E l b) 1                         Flaked barley                                                         7.00
                 11.02 E II a )                         Rolled or flaked wheat                                              56.00
                 11.02 F I                              Wheat pellets                                                       40.80
                 11.02 F III                            Barley pellets                                                      15.00
                 11.02 F VI                             Rice pellets                                                      153.00
                 11.02 G I                             Wheat germ, whole, rolled, flaked or ground                          10.00
                 11.07 Ala)                             Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, in the                         71.20
                                                        form of flour
                 11.07 Alb)                             Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, other                          53.20
                                                        than in the form of flour
                                                        Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from                         8.90
                 11.07 A II a)                          wheat, in the form of flour
                                                        Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from                         6.65
                 11.07 A II b)                          wheat, other than in the form of flour
                                                        Roasted malt                                                          7.75
                 11.07 B
                23.02 A I a)
                                                        Brans, sharps and other residues derived from                         3.60
                                                        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                        3.60
                                                       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
                                                       Brans, sharps and other residues derived from                          3.60
                 23.02 A I b) 2                         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
                                                       Brans , sharps and other residues derived from                         3.60
                 23.02 A II a)                         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                         3.60
                                                       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 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 and the United Kingdom ( OJ No L 106, 20. 4. 1973 , p. 12).