CELEX: 31973R0264
Language: en
Date: 1973-02-01
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 264/73 of the Commission of 31 January 1973 fixing the export levies on starch products

No L 30/48                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                              1 2. 73
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 264/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 31 January 1973
                                             fixing the export levies on starch products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         duction refund valid on the day on which this
COMMUNITIES ,                                                          export levy is fixed and the average of the levies
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                     applicable on the seven days preceding the day it
                                                                       comes into force ; whereas this difference must then
pean Economic Community;
                                                                       be multiplied for the products mentioned in Art­
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67                          icle 1 by the coefficients relating to these products
EEC ( x ) of 13 June 1.967 on the common organiza­                     shown in column 4 of the Annex to Regulation
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by                      (EEC) No 1052/68 (7), as last amended by Regula­
the Act (2 ) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession                tion ( EEC) No 2728/71 (8);
of new Member States to the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy Com­                          Whereas the production refund on maize and com­
munity, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972 ;                        mon wheat intended for the manufacture of starch
                                                                        and quellmehl is defined in Article 1 of Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation No 371 /67/                        No 371/67/EEC ;
EEC (4) fixing production refunds on starches and
quellmehl, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                      Whereas the export levy must be fixed once a
178/73 ( 5), and in particular the last sentence of                    week ; whereas it is altered only if application of
Article 2 (2) thereof;                                                 Article 2 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1604/71
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of Regulation                        entails an increase or a reduction of more than
No 371/67/EEC, an export levy may be introduced                        0-08 unit of account/ 100 kg of basic product;
for products falling within subheadings Nos 11.08
A I, III, IV and V, 11.09, 17.02 B II and 17.05 B of                   Whereas it follows from applying all these provi­
the Common Customs Tariff when world market                             sions to the world market price of maize and com­
prices for maize or common wheat exceed 6-80 units                      mon wheat and to the import levies that an export
of account;                                                            levy should be introduced for the products listed
                                                                       in the Annex;
Whereas, by Regulation ( EEC ) No 1604/71 (6 ) of
26 July 1971 , the Commission laid down detailed
rules for the application of the export levy on                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
starch products ; whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regu­
lation provides that a levy is introduced when it is                                             Article 1
found that the import levy is at least 0-30 unit of
account/100 kg less than the amount of the produc­                      The export levies provided for in Article 2 (2) of
tion refund valid in the current month and that the                     Regulation No 371/67/EEC are hereby fixed as
average of the levies in the immediately following                      shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation for
fortnight is at least 0-30 unit of account/100 kg                      the products listed therein.
less than the average of the production refund valid
                                                                                                 Article 2
in that fortnight ;
Whereas the export levy must be equal, per 100 kg                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
of basic product, to the difference between the pro­                    1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 31 January 1973 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
 (!) OJ  No  117, 19. 6 . 1967, p . 2269/67.
 (2) OJ  No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p . 14 .
 (3) OJ  No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p . 5 .
 (4) OJ  No  174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 40 .
 (5) OJ  No  L 25 , 30. 1 . 1973 , p . 5 .                              ( 7) OJ No L 179, 25 . 7. 1968, p . 8 .
 (6) OJ  No  L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p. 11 .                              (8) OJ No L 282, 23 . 12. 1971 , p. 15 .
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                                                                ANNEX
                                                                                                              (u.a./lOO kg)
                CCT heading No                       Nomenclature in simplified wording                 Export levies
           11.08 AI                       Maize starch                                                     2-093
           11.08 AHI                      Wheat starch                                                   • 4-600
           11.08 AIV                      Potato starch                                                    2-093
           11.08 A V                      Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or
                                         potato starch                                                     2-093
           11.09 A                        Dried wheat gluten                                               8-364
           11.09 B                        "Wheat gluten , other than dried                                 8-364
           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 ( x )                          2-730
           17.02 B II b )                 Glucose and glucose syrup not containing, in
                                          the dry state, 99 % or more by weight of the
                                         pure product, other than glucose in the form
                                          of white crystalline powder, whether or not
                                           agglomerated H                                                  2-093
           17.05 B I                      Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of
                                          white crystalline powder, whether or not
                                          agglomerated                                                     2-730
           17.05 B II                      Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other
                                           than in the form of white crystalline powder,
                                           whether or not agglomerated                                     2-093
           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                                2-600
           (*) Pursuant to Regulation No 189/66/EEC , the product falling within subheading No 17.02 B I is subject to the
               same levy as products falling within subheading No 17.02 B II .