CELEX: 31973R1444
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1444/73 of the Commission of 30 May 1973 fixing the export levies on starch products

No L 144/52                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             31 . 5 . 73
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 1444/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 30 May 1973
                                           fixing the export levies on starch products
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      comes into force-, whereas this difference must then
  COMMUNITIES,                                                       be multiplied for the products mentioned in Art­
                                                                     icle 1 by the coefficients relating to these products
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                 shown in column 4 of the Annex to Regulation
 pean Economic Community;                                             (EEC) No 1052/68 (8), as last amended by Regula­
                                                                     tion (EEC) No 2728/71 (8) ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67
 EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                     Whereas the production refund on maize and com­
 tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by                   mon wheat intended for the manufacture of starch
 the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession              and quellmehl is defined in Article 1 of Regulation
 of new Member States to the European Economic                       No 371/67/EEC ;
 Community and the European Atomic Energy Com­
                                                                     Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (a) of Regulation
 munity, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972 ;                     (EEC) No 1604/71 for the new Member States the
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 371 /67/                     amounts to be considered respectively as import
 EEC (4) fixing production refunds on starches and                   levy and production refund in accordance with the
 quellmehl, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   preceding Articles shall be the levy and the pro­
 179 /73 /3) } and jn particular the last sentence of                duction refund for the product in question respec­
 Article 2 (2) thereof;                                              tively, minus the applicable compensatory amount ;
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                        Whereas the export levy must be fixed once a
 Committee ;                                                        week ; whereas it is altered only if application of
                                                                     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                   Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
A I, III, IV and V, 11.09, 17.02 B II, 17.05 B and 23.03             levies should be calculated on the basis of an
A I of the Common Customs Tariff when world mar­
                                                                     exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies
ket prices for maize or common wheat exceed 6·80                     which are floating or whose central rate differs from
units of account ;                                                   the official parity, on the effective rate or the
Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 1604/71 (6) of                       central rate of these currencies and, in the case of
26 July 1971 , as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                     the US dollar, on the change in parity announced
347/73 (7), the Commission laid down detailed                        on 13 February 1973 ;
rules for the application of the export levy on                     Whereas it follows from applying all these provi­
starch products ; whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regu­              sions to the world market price of maize and com­
lation provides that a levy is introduced when it is                mon wheat and to the import levies that an export
found that the import levy is at least 0·30 unit of                 levy should be introduced for the products listed
account/100 kg less than the amount of the produc­                  in the Annex;
tion refund valid in the current month and that the
average of the levies in the immediately following
fortnight is at least 0·30 unit of account/100 kg                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
less than the average of the production refund valid
                                                                                            Article 1
in that fortnight;
                                                                    The export levies provided for in Article 2 (2) of
Whereas the export levy must be equal, per 100 kg                   Regulation No 371/67/EEC are hereby fixed as
of basic product, to the difference between the pro­                shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation for
duction refund valid on the day on which this                       the products listed therein.
export levy is fixed and the average of the levies
applicable on the seven days preceding the day it                                           Article 2
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 June
(*) OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.                            1973 . It shall apply from 2 June 1973 for starch
(•) OJ No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.                                products derived from maize and from 4 June 1973
(•) OJ No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 5.
(4) OJ  No    174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 40.                            for starch products derived from soft wheat.
(•) OJ  No    L 25, 30. 1. 1973, p. 6.
(•) OJ  No    L 168, 27. 7. 1971, p. 11 .                          (8) OJ No L 179, 25. 7. 1968, p. 8.
(T) OJ  No    L 38, 10. 2. 1973, p. 17.                            (8) OJ No L 282, 23 . 12. 1971 , p. 15 .
 ---pagebreak--- 31 . 5 . 73                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                             No L 144/53
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 30 May 1973 .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                        The President
                                                                                  François-Xavier ORTOLI
                                                                 ANNEX
                                                                                                         Export levies in u.a. /100 kg
      CCT heading No                       Nomenclature in simplified wording                                      United              Other
                                                                                                 Ireland                          Member States
                                                                                                                 Kingdom
11.08 A I                        Maize starch                                                    3·623             3·623              3,697
11.08 A III                      Wheat starch                                                    5·885            5·784               5,885
11.08 A IV                       Potato starch                                                   3·623             3·623              3,697
11.08 A V                        Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or
                                 potato starch                                                   3·623            3·623               3,697
11.09 A                          Dried wheat gluten                                            10·700            10·516              10,700
11.09 B                          Wheat gluten, other than dried                                 10·700           10·516              10,700
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 (*)                           4·725             4·725              4,822
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 (*)                                               3·623             3·623              3,697
17.05 B I                         Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of
                                  white crystalline powder, whether or not
                                  agglomerated                                                   4·725             4·725              4,822
17.05 B II                        Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other
                                  than in the form of white crystalline powder,
                                  whether or not agglomerated                                    3·623             3·623               3,697
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 °/o by weight                              4·500            4·500              4,592
(*) 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 .