CELEX: 31974R2148
Language: en
Date: 1974-08-14 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2148/74 of the Commission of 13 August 1974 altering the export levies on cereals

14. 8 . 74                             Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 225/31
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2148/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 13 August 1974
                                            altering the export levies on cereals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73
COMMUNITIES,                                                      specifies that when the export levy is being fixed
                                                                  account must be taken of the existing situation and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities
Economic Community ;                                              of cereals on the Community market on the one hand
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                       and prices for cereals and cereal products on the
67/EEC ( 1 ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­              world market on the other ; whereas the same article
tion of the market in cereals?, as last amended by Regu­          provides that it is also important to ensure equili­
lation (EEC) No 1996/74 (2);                                      brium and the natural development of prices and
                                                                  trade on cereal markets and furthermore, to take into
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      account the economic aspect of the proposed exports
1968/73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules             and the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu­
to be applied in the event of the cereals market being            nity market ;
disturbed, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
676/74 (4) and in particular Article 4 (3) thereof ;
                                                                  Whereas for the products, other than starches, listed
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC                    in Article 1 (c) and (d) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC
provides that the necessary measure may be taken if               the specific factors set out in Article 3 (2) of Regula­
the cif price of one or more products is appreciably              tion (EEC) No 1968/73 must also be taken into
higher than the threshold price and if that situation is          account ;
likely to continue thereby disturbing or threatening to
disturb the Community market ;                                    Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 specifies that                market situation or the specific requirements of
the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher               certain markets make this necessary ;
that the threshold price when it exceeds it by at least
2 % ; whereas this excess may be regarded as being                Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined
likely to continue where an imbalance between supply              above to the present situation on the market in
and demand is established and where this imbalance                cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for
is likely to persist having regard to foreseeable produc­         these products within the Community and on the
tion and market price trends ;                                    world market, that the export levies, fixed by Regula­
                                                                  tion (EEC) No 2103/74 (6), should be altered as shown
Whereas the high level of prices in international trade           in the Annex to this Regulation,
could impede importation of common wheat, barley,
rye, oats, maize, millet, sorghum and rice into the
Community or provoke exportation from the Commu­
nity ;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the situation described above can be said to
exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies
in the Community an export levy should be intro­
duced for common wheat, barley, rye, oats, maize,                                            Article 1
 millet, sorghum and rice pellets ;
Whereas, in view of the relationship between the basic            The export levies referred to in the first indent of
 product and the products processed from it and given              Article 2(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 are
the market situation for certain processed products, an            hereby altered, in respect of the products listed in the
export levy for certain of these products must also be             Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2103/74, to the
 fixed ;                                                           amounts shown therein .
Whereas the threshold prices for the 1974/75
 marketing year were fixed by Council Regulation
(EEC) No 1427/74(5) Gf 4 june 1974 ;                                                          Article 2
(!) OJ   No  117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.                        This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 August
(2) OJ   No L 209, 31 . 7. 1974, p. 1 .                            1974 .
(3) OJ   No L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973, p. 10.
(4) OJ   No L 83, 28 . 3. 1974, p. 3.
(5) OJ No L 151 , 8'. 6. 1974, p. 1 .                              (6) OJ No L 218 , 9 . 8 . 1974, p. 37.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 13 August 1974.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                   P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                             Member of the Commission
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                                                                   ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 13 August 1974 amending the export levy in the cereal sector
  CCT heading
        No                                                         Description                                  u . a . /metric ton
ex 10.01 A               Common wheat and meslin, excluding officially certified seeds (*)                               50-00
ex 10.02                 Rye, excluding officially certified seeds (*)                                                     0
ex 10.03                 Barley, excluding officially certified seeds (M                                                 25-00
ex 10.04                  Oats, excluding officially certified seeds (*)                       ,                         12-00
   10.05 B                Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing                                                       40-00
    10.07 B               Millet                                                                                         10-00
    10.07 C               Grain sorghum                                                                                  25-00
ex 11.01 A                Wheat flour                                                                                    22-00
    11.02 A I a )         Durum wheat groats and meal
   11.02 A lb)            Common wheat groats and meal                                                                   22-00
    11.01                 Flour of cereals :
                          C. Barley flour                                                                                  0
                          D. Oat flour                                                                                     0
                          E. Maize flour :
                               I. Of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 ®/o by weight                                         0
                              II . Other
                          H. Millet flour
                          K. Grain sorghum flour
     II 02                Cereal groats and cereal meal ; other worked cereal grains ( for example, rolled,
                          flaked , polished, pearled or kibbled , but not further prepared), except husked,
                          glazed, polished or broken rice ; germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground :
                          A. Cereal groats and cereal meal :
                                   II . Rye
                                  III. Barley :
                                        a) Of an ash content not exceeding 1 %> by weight                                   0
                            "           b ) Barley groats and meal not included under No 11.02 A III a )
                                  IV . Oats :
                                        a) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 %> by weight                                 C
                                        b) Oat groats and meal not included under No 11.02 A IV a)
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   CCT heading
       No                                                 Description                              u . ». /metric ton
11.02                 V. Maize :
( cont'd)
                           a) Of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 °A» by weight :
                                1 . For the brewing industry                                                0
                               2. Other                                                                     0
                           b ) Other
                  VIII. Millet
                     IX. Grain sorghum
               B. Hulled grains (shelled or husked), whether or not sliced or kibbled :
                   I. Barley, oats, buckwheat and millet :
                        a) hulled (shelled or husked) :
                            1 . Barley (*)
                            2 . Oats :
                                 aa) Clipped oats
                                 bb) Other :
                                      ( 11 ) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 °/o by weight (*)           0
                                      ( 22 ) Other (2)
                            4 . Millet
                         b) Hulled and sliced or kibbled ('Griitze or grutten') :
                            1 . Barley (*)
                            2 . Oats :
                                 aa) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 °/o by weight (2)                   0
                                 bb) Other (2)
                            4. Millet (*)
                  II . Other cercals :
                        a) Wheat (f)
                        b) Rye (»)
                        c) Maize (*)
                        d ) Grain sorghum (*)
               C. Pearled grains :
                       I. Wheat {»)
                      II . Rye (3)
                     III. Barley :
                           a) Of an ash content (without talc) not exceeding 1 % by weight
                                1st category (s)                                                             0
                           b) Other (3)
                     IV. Oats (3)
                      V. Maize (»)
                    VII. Millet (•)
                  VIII . Grain sorghum
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  CCT heading
      No                                               Description              u. a. /metric ton
11.02         D. Grains not otherwise worked than kibbled :
(cont'd)              I. Wheat                                                          —
                     II . Rye                                                           —
                    III. Barley                                                         —
                    IV . Oats                                                           —
                     V. Maize                                                           —
                   VII . Millet                                                         —
                 VIII . Grain sorghum                                                   —
              E. Rolled grains ; flaked grains :
                  I. Barley, oats, buckwheat and millet :
                        a ) Rolled :
                            1 . Barley                                                  —
                            2 . Oats                                                    —
                            4 . Millet                                                  —
                        b ) Flaked :
                            1 . Barley                                                   0
                            2 . Oats                                                     0
                            4 . Millet                                                  —
                 II . Other cereals :
                        a ) Wheat                                                        —
                        b ) Rye                                                          —
                        c ) M ai /,e                                                     0
                        d ) Grain sorghum                                                —
              F. Pellets :
                       I. Wheat                                                          —
                      II . Rye                                                           —
                     III . Barley                                                        —
                     IV . Oats                                                           —
                      V. Maize                                                           —
                     VI . Rice                                                         120-00
                 VIII . Millet                                                           —
                     IX . Grain sorghum                                                  —
              G. Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or grounü ·
                  I. Wheat                                                               0
                 II . Other                                                              0
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  CCT heading
      No                                                Description                                  u. a. /metric ton
11 07           Malt, roasted or not ;
                A. Unroasted :
                     I. Obtained from wheat :
                         a) In the form of flour                                                             0
                         b) Other                                                                            0
                    II. Other :
                         a) In the form of flour                                                             0
              •
                         b) Other                                                                            0
                B. Roasted                                                                                    0
  /
H.02            Bran, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling or working of
                cereals or of leguminous vegetables :
                A. Of cereale :
                     I. Of maize or rice :
                         a) With a starch content not exceeding 35 % by weight                      ! '       0
                         b). Other :
                             1 . With a starch content exceeding 35 °/o but not exceeding 45 ®/o by
                                 weight, and having undergone a denaturing process                            o
                             2 . Other                                                                        o
                    11 . Of other cereals :
                         a) Of which the starch content does not exceed 28 °/o by weight, and of
                             which the percentage which passes through a sieve with an aperture of
                             0-2 mm does not exceed 10 fl/o by weight or of which the sieved pro­
                             duct has an ash content, calculated on the dry product, of 1*5 °/o or
                             more by weight                                                                  0
                         b) Other                                                                            0
2U>7            Sweetened forage, other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding :
                B. Other, containing starch, glucose or glucose syrup falling within subheading
                    Nos 17.02 B arid 17.05 B, or milk products, mixed with other products too :
                   ex I. Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding, covered by Regulation
                            ( EEC) No 968/68, of a milk powder content of less than 50 % by weight
                            and of cereal products (4) content by weight :
                            —    Exceeding 5 % but not exceeding 15 %                                        0
                            —    Exceeding 15 % but not exceeding 30 °/o                                     0
                            —    Exceeding 30% but not exceeding 50 %                                        0
                            —    Exceeding 50 ®/o but not exceeding 65 °/»                                   0
                            —    Exceeding 65 */r                                                            0
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(') 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 ' conforming to the provisions of the Council Directive of 14 June 1966
      on the marketing of cereal seed (OT No 125, 11 . 7. 1966, p. 2309/66) and of the Cduncil 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).
 (*) Hulled grains are grains corresponding to the definition given in the Annex to Regulation ( EEC) No 821 /68 ( OJ No L 149, 29 . 6 . 1968 , p. 46).
(•) Pearled grains are grains corresponding to the definition given in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 821 /68 ( OJ No L 149, 29. 6. 1968 , p. 46).
(4) ' Cereals products' means the products falling within Chapter 10 and heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 (excluding subheading No 11.02 G) of
     the Common Customs Tariff.