CELEX: 31973R2452
Language: en
Date: 1973-09-08
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2452/73 of the Commission of 7 September 1973 fixing the export levies on starch products

No L 252/ 10                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                  8 . 9 . 73
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 2452/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 7 September 1973
                                                fixing the export levies on starch products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                            auction refund valid on the day on which this
COMMUNITIES,                                                              export levy is fixed and the average of the levies
                                                                          applicable on the seven days preceding the day it
                                                                          comes into force , whereas this difference must then
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                        be multiplied for the products mentioned in Art­
pean Economic Community ;                                                 icle 1 by the coefficients relating to these products
                                                                          shown in column 4 of the Annex to Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67                             (EEC) No 1052/68 (7 ), as last amended by Regula­
EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                          tion (EEC) No 881 /73 (8) ;
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2) ;
                                                                           Whereas the production refund on maize and com­
                                                                          mon wheat intended for the manufacture of starch
Having regard to Council Regulation No 371 /67/                           and quellmehl is defined in Article 1 of Regulation
EEC (3) fixing production refunds on starches and                         No 371 /67/EEC ;
quellmehl, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No
179/73 (4), and in particular the last sentence of
Article 2 (2) thereof;                                                    Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (a) of Regulation
                                                                          ( EEC) No 1604/71 for the new Member States the
                                                                          amounts to be considered respectively as import
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                              levy and production refund in accordance with the
Committee ;                                                               preceding Articles shall be the levy and the pro­
                                                                          duction refund for the product in question respec­
                                                                          tively, minus the applicable compensatory amount ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2 ) of Regulation
No 371 /67/EEC, an export levy may be introduced
for products falling within subheadings Nos 11.08                         Whereas the export levy must be fixed once a
A I, III, IV and V, 11.09 , 17.02 B II, 17.05 B and 23.03                 week ; whereas it is altered only if application of
A I of the Common Customs Tariff when world mar­                          Article 2 (2) (a ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1604/71
ket prices for maize or common wheat exceed 6-80                          entails an increase or a reduction of more than
units of account ;                                                        0 08 unit of account/ 100 kg of basic product ;
Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 1604/71 (5 ) of                            Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
26 July 1971 , as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                          levies should be calculated on the following basis :
347/73 (6), the Commission laid down detailed
rules for the application of the export levy on                           — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
starch products ; whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regu­                       relation to each other, at any given moment,
lation provides that a levy is introduced when it is                           within a band of 2-25 % , at rate of exchange
found that the import levy is at least 0-30 unit of                            based on their effective parity ;
account/ 100 kg less than the amount of the produc­
tion refund valid in the current month and that the                       — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on
average of the levies in the immediately following                            the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of
fortnight is at least 0-30 unit of account/ 100 kg                            each of these currencies recorded for a given
less than the average of the production refund valid                          period, in relation to the Community currencies
in that fortnight;                                                            referred to in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas the export levy must be equal, per 100 kg                         Whereas it follows from applying all these provi­
of basic product, to the difference between the pro­                      sions to the world market price of maize and com­
                                                                          mon wheat and to the import levies that an export
                                                                          levy should be introduced for the products listed
(') OJ   No  117, 1 9.6. 1967, p. 1169167.                                in the Annex ;
(•) OJ   No  L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p. 8 .
(•) OJ   No  174 , 31 . 7. 1967, p. 40 .
(«) OI   No  L 25, 30. 1 . 1973, p. 6.
(•) OJ   No  L 168, 27. 7. 1971 , p . 11 .                                ,T) OI No L 179, 25 . 7. 1968, p. 8.
 •) OJ No L 38 , 10. 2 . 1973, p. 17.                                     (8) OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p . 30 .
 ---pagebreak--- 8 . 9. 73                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                         No L 252/ 11
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                                       Article 2
                             Article 1
                                                                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 Septem­
The export levies provided for in Article 2 (2) of                        ber 1973 . It shall apply from 8 September 1973 for
Regulation No 371/67/EEC are hereby fixed as                              starch products derived from maize and from 10 Sep­
shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation for                        tember 1973 for starch products derived from soft
the products listed therein .                                             wheat.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 7 September 1973 .
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                         The President
                                                                                  Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
                                                                   ANNEX
                                                                                               Export levies in u. a./100 kg
CCT heading N (                 Nomenclature in simplified wording                                     United                   Other
                                                                                  Ireland
                                                                                                     Kingdom                 Member States
11.08 AI             Maize starch                                                  3-676                3-676                   3,755
 11.08 Allí          Wheat starch                                                 10-091              10-091                   10,091
11.08 AIV            Potato starch                                                  3-676               3-676                   3,755
11.08 A V            Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or
                      potato starch                                                 3-676               3-676                   3,755
 11.09 A              Dried wheat gluten                                          18-348              18-348                   18,348
 11.09 B              Wheat gluten , other than dried                             18-348              18-348                   18,348
 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 (*)                          4-794               4-794                   4,897
 17.02 B II h )       Glucose and glucose syrup not containing, in
                      the dry state, 99 °/o or more by weight of the
                      pure product, other than glucose in the form
                      of white crystalline powder, whether or not
                       agglomerated (*)                                             3-676               3-676                   3,755
 17.05 B I            Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form oí
                      white crystalline powder, whether or not
                      agglomerated                                                  4-794               4-794                   4,897
 17.05 B 11            Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other
                       than in the form of white crystalline powder,
                       whether or not agglomerated                                  3-676               3-676                   3,755
 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                             4-566               4-566                   4,664
  («) 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 .