CELEX: 31973R2384
Language: en
Date: 1973-09-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2384/73 of the Commission of 31 August 1973 fixing the export levies on starch products

No L 245 /58                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                   1 . 9. 73
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 2384/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                            of 31 August 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 givert 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, 19.6. 1967, p. 2269/67.                                in the Annex ;
(•)  OJ No  L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 8 .
{•)  OJ No   174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 40.
( 4) OJ No  L 25, 30. 1 . 1973 , p. 6.
(•)  OJ No   L 168, 27. 7. 1971, p. 11 .                                 ! T ) O J 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.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                                        Article 2
                             Article 1
                                                                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 Septem­
The export levies provided for in Article 2 (2) of                       ber 1973 . It shall apply from 1 September 1973 for
Regulation No 371/67/EEC are hereby fixed as                             starch products derived from maize and from 3 Sep­
shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation for                        tember 1973 for starch products derived from soft
rhe products listed therein.                                             wheat.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 31 August 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                                    Member State*
                                                                                                     Kingdom
11.08 AI             Maize starch                                                 4-661               4-661                     4,688
11.08 AIII           Wheat starch                                                 9-856               9-856                     9,856
11.08 AIV            Potato starch                                                4-661               4-661                     4,688
11.08 A V            Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or
                     potato starch                                                4-661               4-661                     4,688
11.09 A              Dried wheat gluten                                          17-920              17-920                    17,920
11.09 B              Wheat gluten, other than dried                              17-920              17-920                    17,920
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 (*)                         6-080               6-080                     6,115
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 (*)                                             4-661               4-661                     4,688
17.05 B 1            Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of
                     white crystalline powder, whether or not
                     agglomerated                                                 6-080               6-080                     6,115
17.05 B 11           Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other
                     than in the form of white crystalline powder,
                     whether or not agglomerated                                  4-661               4-661                     4,688
23.0.1 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                             5-790               5-790                     5,824
 (') 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 .