CELEX: 31973R1097
Language: en
Date: 1973-04-28 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1097/73 of the Commission of 27 April 1973, fixing the export levies on starch products

No L 112/8                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               28 . 4. 73
                                     REGULATION (EEC) No 1097/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 27 April 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 (•) ;
   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
  I79/73 /      arilCj 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
                                                                        entails an increase or a reduction of more than
  Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of Regulation
  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 die 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
                                                                        central rate of these currencies and, in the case of
 Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 1604/71 (6) of
                                                                       the US dollar, on the change in parity announced
 26 July 1971 , as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 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
in that fortnight;                                                                            Article 1
Whereas the export levy must be equal, per 100 kg                     The export levies provided for in Article 2 (2) of
of basic product, to the difference between the pro­                 Regulation No 371/67/EEC are hereby fixed as
duction refund valid on the day on which this                        shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation for
export levy is fixed and the average of the levies                   the products listed therein .
applicable on the seven days preceding the day it
                                                                                              Article 2
(*) OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
(») OJ No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 April
(») OT No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5.                                 1973 .
(4)   OJ No   174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 40.
(5)   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.                           ( #) OJ No L 282, 23 . 12. 1971 , p. 15 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 27 April 1973 .
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                          The President
                                                                                   Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
                                                                ANNEX
                                                                                                         Export levies
                CCT heading No                         Nomenclature in simplified wording               in u.a. /100 kg
           11.08 AI                         Maize starch                                                      _
           11.08 AHI                        Wheat starch                                                    1-808
           11.08 AIV                        Potato starch                                                     —
           11.08 A V                        Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or
                                            potato starch
           11.09 A                          Dried wheat gluten                                              3-288
           11.09 B                          Wheat gluten, other than dried                                  3-288
           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 0)
           17.02 B II b)                    Glucose and glucose syrup not containing, in
                                            the dry state, 99 % or more by weight or the
                                            pure product, other than glucose in the form
                                            of white crystalline powder, whether or not
                                            agglomerated (')
           17.05 B I                        Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of
                                            white crystalline powder, whether or not
                                            agglomerated
           17.05 B II                       Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other
                                            than in the form of white crystalline powder,
                                            whether or not agglomerated
           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                                  —
           (') 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 .