CELEX: 31967R0371
Language: en
Date: 1967-07-25 00:00:00
Title: Regulation No 371/67/EEC of the Council of 25 July 1967 fixing production refunds on starches and quellmehl

Official Journal of the European Communities                                      219
 No 174/40                      OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                        31.7.67
                                 REGULATION No 371 /67/EEC OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 25 July 1967
                                   fixing production refunds on starches and quellmehl
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                        amount that the price of this product is brought
                                                                  down- to 8-30 units of account per 100 kilogrammes ;
                                                                  however, in the event of appreciable and persistent
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­               variations in world prices of maize and common
 pean Economic Community;                                         wheat and in view of the current state of the world
                                                               . market in broken rice, the refunds should be limited,
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                   so long as world market prices remain high, in such a
 EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common organisation                  way as to deter imports at prices below the world
of the market in cereals, and in particular Article              market level and to prevent the financial burden of
 11 (3 ) thereof;                                                production refunds from becoming excessive ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/                  Whereas, on account of the connection between the
EEC2 of 25 July 1967 on the common organisation of                production prices of the raw materials used in the
the market in rice, and in particular Article 9 (2 )              manufacture of cereal and potato starches and of the
thereof;                                                         interchangeability of these two products, a balanced
                                                                 relationship should be maintained between the prices
                                                                 of these products ; whereas the refund granted should
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;             therefore be the same in both cases ; the refund paid
                                                                 to producers of potato starch should be such as to as­
Whereas, because of the special situation on the mar­            sure Community potato producers of a price allow­
ket in starches and, in particular, the need for that in­        ing them a fair income, while the market conditions
dustry to keep starch prices competitive with those              for cereals used in starch manufacture and the com­
 for substitute products, Regulations Nos 120/67/EEC             mon market organisations governing them are suf­
and 359/67/EEC have provided for the granting of a               ficient to ensure that their price is in fact held at the
production refund in order that the basic products re­           level of the threshold price ; provision should, there­
quired for use by that industry may be made avail­               fore, be made to ensure that potato producers
able at a lower price than that which would result               eventually benefit from the refund paid to producers
from the application of the system of levies and com­            of potato starch ;
mon prices ;
                                                                 Whereas the above-mentioned measures ought not to
Whereas a precise assessment of the situation result­            disturb the markets in third countries ; whereas, there­
ing from the level of common prices and from the                 fore, in case of an appreciable and persistent increase
competition between on the one hand maize starch,                in prices on these markets provision should be made
rice starch and potato starch and on the other hand              for compensatory measures, consisting of the charg­
the substitute chemical products indicates that the re­          ing of a levy on exported products with a view to re­
fund should be fixed at such an amount that the
                                                                 ducing the advantages of Community manufacturers
price of maize used in starch manufacture is brought             to an appropriate level ;                    *
down to 6-80 units of account per 100 kilogrammes
whereas this price of 6-80 units of account for com­
                                                                 Whereas the transition from the system of discretion­
mon wheat ensures a proper balance between the use
                                                                 ary national refunds provided in Regulation No 142/
of this product and the use of maize ; whereas, in or­
der to obtain the same balance in the use of rice, the
                                                                 64/EEC3 to the system of obligatory Community re­
refund for broken rice should be fixed at such an                funds established by Regulations Nos 120/67/EEC
                                                                and 359/67/EEC should be effected as smoothly as
                                                                possible ;
1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2269/67.
2 OJ No 174, 31.7.1967, p . 1 .                                 8 OJ No 169, 27.10.1964, p . 2673/64 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                 Regulation No 120/67/EEC and in Article 26 of Regu­
                                                              lation No 359/67/EEC.
                          Article 1
1 . From 1 July 1967 Member States shall grant a                                      Article 3
production refund on maize and common wheat for
the manufacture of starch and quellmehl equal to the          1.      The price to be paid to the producer at the de­
difference per 100 kilogrammes between the thresh­            livered-to-factory stage for the quantity of potatoes
old price of each of these products and - 6-80 units of       required to manufacture 100 kilogrammes of potato
account .
                                                              starch shall be equal to the amount of the production
                                                              refund mentioned in Article 1 (2), increased by an
The production refund on maize for the manufacture            amount not less than 8-18 units of account.
of starch shall be increased in Italy by 0-30 units of
account per 100 kilogrammes of maize .
                                                              2.     The production refund shall be calculated on
This increase shall not, however, apply if recourse is        the basis of the quantity of potatoes delivered to
had to the provisions of Article 23 ( 2 ) of Regulation       starch manufacturers, account being • taken of the
No 120/67/EEC .                                               starch content of the potatoes at the time of delivery .
2.      From 1 July 1967 Member States shall grant a          It shall be paid in full to the starch manufacturer if
production refund per 100 kilogrammes of potato               he furnishes proof:
starch, calculated at a flat rate in accordance with the
provisions of Articles 3 and 5 , which shall be equal to      — of the quantity of potatoes delivered to him and
the average amount of the refund granted during the                their starch content at the time of delivery ;
same marketing year per 161 kilogrammes of maize
for starch manufacture .
                                                              — of payment to the producer of an amount not less
3.     From 1 September 1967 Member States shall
                                                                   than the price fixed in paragraph 1 , account being
                                                                   taken of the starch content of the potatoes.
grant a production refund on broken rice for the
manufacture of starch and quellmehl equal to the
difference per 100 kilogrammes between the thresh­            Where the price paid to the producer is less than the
old price for broken rice and 8-30 units of account.          minimum referred to in the second indent of the pre­
                                                              ceding paragraph, the refund paid to the starch manu­
                                                              facturer shall be reduced by the difference in ques­
If the c.i.f. price is higher than 8-30 units of account',    tion .
the production refund to be granted shall be equal to
the difference between the threshold price and the
c.i.f. price for broken rice.
                                                                                       Article 4
                                                              Member States shall inform the Commission not later
                          Article 2                           than four months after the end of the marketing year
                                                              of the quantity of products for which production re­
1 . If prices of the basic products mentioned in              funds have been paid.
Article 1 show appreciable and persistent variations
on the world market in relation to the amounts speci­
fied in that Article of 6*80 units of account for maize
                                                                                       Article 5
and common wheat and 8-30 units of account for
broken rice, these amounts may be altered by the
Council, acting in accordance with the voting pro­            Detailed rules , for the application of this Regulation
cedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty on a         shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure
proposal from the Commission.                                 laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No 120/67/
                                                              EEC and Article 26 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC, in
2.     If world market prices for the basic products          particular as regards :
appreciably and persistently exceed the amounts
which have been fixed, an export levy to offset the           ( a) the calculation, in accordance with a scale drawn
difference between prices within the Community and                  up in terms of the starch content of the product,
on the world market may be introduced in accord­                    of the quantity of potatoes required to manufac­
ance with the procedure provided in Article 26 of                   ture 100 kilogrammes of starch ;
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(b) the conditions under which potatoes are accepted       The provisions in respect of broken rice, however,
    and paid for and the conditions under which the        shall apply from 1 September 1967.
    proof mentioned in Article 3 (2) must be fur -r
    nished.
                      Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August         Regulation No 178/67/EEC1 is hereby repealed with
1967.                                                      effect from 1 August 1967.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 25 July 1967
                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                 The President
                                                                                H. HOECHERL
                                                           1 OJ No 130, 28.6.1967, p . 2617/67.