CELEX: 31974R0869
Language: en
Date: 1974-04-11 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 869/74 of the Commission of 10 April 1974 fixing the export levies on starch products

No L 101 /36                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                   11 . 4 . 74
                              REGULATION ( EEC) No 869/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 10 April 1974
                                          fixing the export levies on starch products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       is fixed and the average of the levies applicable on the
COMMUNITIES ,                                                        seven days preceding the day it comes into force ;
                                                                     whereas this difference must then be multiplied for
                                                                     the products mentioned in Article 1 by the coeffi­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                cients relating to these products shown in column 4
Economic Community ;                                                 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1052/ 68 (7), as
                                                                     last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 881 /73 (8) ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/
67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­              Whereas      the   production       refund    on ■ maize    and
lation (EEC) No 1 346/ 73 (2) ;                                      common       wheat   intended      for    the manufacture     of
                                                                     starch and quellmehl is defined in Article 1 of Regula­
                                                                     tion No 371 / 67/ EEC ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 371 /
67/ EEC (3 ) fixing production refunds on starches and
quellmehl , as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
179/73 (4), and in particular the last sentence of                   Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (a) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     No 1604/ 71 for the new Member States the amounts
Article 2 (2) thereof ;
                                                                     to be considered respectively as import levy and
                                                                     production refund in accordance with the preceding
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                         Articles shall be the levy and the production refund
Committee ;                                                          for the product in question respectively, minus the
                                                                     applicable compensatory amount ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of Regulation No
371 /67/ EEC, an export levy may be introduced for
                                                                     Whereas the export levy must be fixed once a week ;
products falling within subheadings Nos 11.08 A I,
III , IV and V , 11.09 , 17.02 B II , 17.05 B and 23.03 A I
                                                                     whereas it is altered only if application of Article 2 (2)
of the Common Customs Tariff when world market                       (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1604/71 entails an
                                                                     increase or a reduction of more than 0.08 unit of
prices for maize or common wheat exceed 6.80 units
of account ;
                                                                     account/ 100 kg of basic product ;
Whereas, by Regulation ( EEC) No 1604/71 (5 ) of 26                  Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
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 starch
                                                                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
products ; whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regulation
provides that a levy is introduced when it is found                       relation to each other, at any given moment,
that the import levy is at least 0.30 unit of                             within a band of 2.25 % , at a rate of exchange
account/ 100 kg less than the amount of the produc­                       based on their effective parity ;
tion refund valid in the current month and that the
average of the levies in the immediately following fort­             — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
night is at least 0.30 unit of account/ 100 kg less than                  arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
the average of the production refund valid in that fort­                  of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
night ;                                                                   relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                          in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas the export levy must be equal , per 100 kg of
basic product, to the difference between the produc­                 Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions
tion refund valid on the day on which this export levy               to the world market price of maize and common
                                                                     wheat and to the import levies that an export levy
{') OJ No 117 , 19 . 6 . 1967 , p. 2269 / 67 .                       should be introduced for the products listed in the
(-) O J No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p. 8 .                            Annex ,
(3 ) 0"| No 174 , 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 40 .
(4 ) O J No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973 , p. 6 .
( 5 ) OJ No L 168 , 27 . 7 . 1971 , p. 1 1 .                         ( 7) OJ No L 179 , 25 . 7 . 1968 , p. 8 .
( 6) OJ No L 38 , 10 . 2 . 1973 , p. 17 .                            (s) O J No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973, p. 30 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                                           Article 2
                             Article 1                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 April
                                                                            1974 .
The export levies provided for in Article 2 (2) of Regu­
lation No 37,1 / 67/ EEC are hereby fixed as shown in                       It shall apply from 13 April 1974 for starch products
the Table annexed to this Regulation for the products                       derived from maize and from 1 5 April 1 974 for starch
listed therein .                                                            products derived from soft wheat.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 10 April 1974 .
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                        P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
                                                                    ANNEX
                                                                                                           Export levies in u.a. / 100 kg
          CCT
      heading No                         Nomenclature in simplified wording                                                          Other Member
                                                                                                   Ireland      United Kingdom            States
 11.08 A I                     Maize starch                                                          5.561            5.561                5,606
 11.08 A III                   Wheat starch                                                        11.739            11.739               11,739
 11.08 A IV                    Potato starch                                                         5.561            5.561                5,606
 11.08 A V                     Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or
                               potato starch                                                         5.561            5.561                5,606
 11.09 A                       Dried wheat gluten                                                  21.344            21.344               21,344
 11.09 B                       Wheat gluten , other than dried                                     21.344            21.344               21,344
 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 (')                                  7.253            7.253                7,312
 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 (')                                                     5.561            5.561                5,606
 17.05 B I                      Flavoured or coloured glucose , in the form of
                                white crystalline powder, whether or not
                                agglomerated                                                         7.253            7.253                7,312
 17.05 B II                     Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup , other
                                than in the form of white crystalline powder,
                               whether or not agglomerated                                           5.561            5.561                5,606
 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                                     6.908            6.908                6,964
 (') 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 tailing
     within subheading No 17.02 B IF .