CELEX: 31974R2963
Language: en
Date: 1974-11-23 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2963/74 of the Commission of 22 November 1974 altering the export levies on cereals

No L 312/ 26                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 23 . 11 . 74
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 2963/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 22 November 1974
                                                 altering the export levies on cereals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         (EEC) No 1427/74 (5 ) of 4 June 1974 and amended by
COMMUNITIES,                                                           Regulation (EEC) No 251 8 /74 (6) ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  Whereas Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1968 /73
Economic Community ;                                                   specifies that when the export levy is being fixed
                                                                       account must be taken of the existing situation and
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                            the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities
67/ EEC ( 1 ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                  of cereals on the Community market on the one hand
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­                and prices for cereals and cereal products on the
lation ( EEC) No 1 996/74 (2) ;                                        world market on the other ; whereas the same article
                                                                       provides that it is also important to ensure equili­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           brium and the natural development of prices and
1968/73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules                  trade on cereal markets and furthermore, to take into
to be applied in the event of the cereals market being                 account the economic aspect of the proposed exports
disturbed, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                      and the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu­
676/74 (4) and in particular Article 4 (3) thereof ;                   nity market ;
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/67/ EEC                        Whereas for the products, other than starches, listed
provides that the necessary measure may be taken if                    in Article 1 (c) and (d) of Regulation No 120/ 67/ EEC
the cif price of one or more products is appreciably                   the specific factors set out in Article 3 (2) of Regula­
higher than the threshold price and if that situation is               tion ( EEC) No 1968 /73 must also be taken into
likely to continue thereby disturbing or threatening to                account ;
disturb the Community market ;
                                                                       Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1968 /73 specifies that                    market situation or the specific requirements of
the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher                    certain markets make this necessary ;
that the threshold price when it exceeds it by at least
2 % ; whereas this excess may be regarded as being                     Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined
likely to continue where an imbalance between supply                   above to the present situation on the market in
and demand is established and where this imbalance
                                                                       cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for
is likely to persist having regard to foreseeable produc­              these products within the Community and on the
tion and market price trends ;                                         world market, that the export levies, fixed by Regula­
                                                                       tion (EEC) No 2935/74 (7), should be altered as shown
Whereas the high level of prices in international trade                in the Annex to this Regulation ,
could impede importation of common wheat, barley,
oats, maize, millet and sorghum into the Community
or provoke exportation from the Community ;
                                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the situation described above can be said to
exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies
in the Community an export levy should be intro­                                                    Article 1
duced for common wheat, barley, oats, maize, millet
and sorghum ;                                                          The export levies referred to in the first indent of
                                                                       Article 2(1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1968 /73 are
Whereas, in view of the relationship between the basic                  hereby altered, in respect of the products listed in the
 product and the products processed from it and given                  Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2935/74, to the
 the market situation for certain processed products, an                amounts shown therein .
export levy for certain of these products must also be
 fixed ;
                                                                                                    Article 2
Whereas the threshold prices for the 1974/75
 marketing year were fixed by Council Regulation                       This     Regulation      shall   enter into  force    on   23
                                                                        November 1974 .
(»)  OJ  No   117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269 / 67.
(2 ) OJ  No  L 209 , 31 . 7 . 1974, p. 1 .                             (5) OJ No L 151 , 8 . 6 . 1974, p. 1 .
(3 ) OJ  No  L 201 , 21 . 7 . 1973 , p. 10 .                            (b) OJ No L 270 , 5 . 10 . 1974, p. 1 .
  4  OJ  No  L 83 , 28 . 3 . 1974, p. 3 .                               ( 7) OJ No L 31 1 , 22 . 11 . 1974, p. 15 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels , 22 November 1974 .
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                Member of the Commission
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                                                              ANNEX
                 to the Commission Regulation of 22 November 1974 altering the export levies in the cereals
                                                               sector
  OCT heading                                                      .  .                                                 .
        jsj0                                                  Description                                   u .*./metric tori
ex 10.01 A            Common wheat and meslin, excluding officially certified seeds (*)                           75-00
ex 10.02              Rye, excluding officially certified seeds (*)
ex 10.03              Barley, excluding officially certified seeds (*}                                           55-00
ex 10.04              Oats, excluding officially certified seeds (')                                             30-00
   10.05 B            Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing                                                   60-00
    10.07 B           Millet                                                                                     30-00
   10.07 C            Grain sorghum                                                                              45-00
ex 11.01 A            Wheat flour                                                                                42-00
   11.02 A I a )      Durum wheat groats and meal
   11.02 A lb)        Common wheat groats and meal                                                               42-00
   11.01              Flour of cereals :
                      C. Barley flour                                                                              7-50
                      D. Oat flour                                                                                 4-50
                      E. Maize flour :
                           I. Of a fat content not exceeding 1*5 °/o by weight                                     9 - 00
                          II . Other                                                                             36-00
                      H. Millet flour                                                                            18-00
                      K. Grain sorghum flour                                                                     27-00
   11 . 02            Cereal groats and cereal meal ; other worked cereal grains (for example, rolled,
                      flaked, polished , pearled or kibbled , but not further prepared), except husked,
                      glazed, polished or broken rice ; germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground :
                      A. Cereal groats and cereal meal :
                              II . Rye
                             III. Barley :
                                   a) Of an ash content not exceeding 1 % by weight                                7-50
                                   b) Barley groats and meal not included under No 11.02 A III a)                30-00
                             IV. Oats :
                                   a) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 °/« by weight                            4-50
                                   b) Oat groats and meal not included under No 11.02 A IV a )                   18-00
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  CCT heading                                             „    . .                                      ,
      fj0                                                 Description                             u .«. /metric to*
11.02                V. Maize :
fcont'd)
                           a) Of a fat content not exceeding 1*5 °A> by weight :
                                1 . For the brewing industry                                               9-00
                                2 . Other                                                                  9-00
                          b) Other                                                                        36-00
                 VIII . Millet                                                                            18-00
                    IX . Grain sorghum                                                                    ?7 - nn
              B. Hulled grains (shelled or husked), whether or not sliced or kibbled :
                  I. Barley, oats, buckwheat and millet :
                        a) hulled (shelled or husked) :
                            1 . Barley («)                                                                30-00
                            2 . Oats :
                                 aa) Clipped oats                                                         18-00
                                 bb) Other :
                                     ( 11 ) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 °/o by weight (*.           4-50
                                     (22) Other (2)                                                       18-00
                            4. Millet                                                                     18-00
                        b) Hulled and sliced or kibbled ('Griitze or grutten') :
                            1 . Barley (»)                                                                30-00
                           2 . Oats :
                                 aa) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 % by weight (*)                    4-50
                                 bb) Other («)                                                            18-00
                           4. Millet (*)                                                                  18-00
                 II . Other cereals :
                        a) Wheat (J)                                                                      45-00
                       b) Rye (2)
                       c) Maize (l)                                                                       36-00
                       d) Grain sorghum (®)                                                               27-00
              C. Pearled grains :
                      I. Wheat (8)                                                                        4 ^- nn
                     II. Rye (s)
                    III. Barley :
                          a) Of an ash content (without talc) not exceeding 1 °/o by weight
                                1st category (3)                                                            7-50
                          b) Other (®)                                                                    30-00
                    IV. Oats (s)                                                                          18-00
                     V. Maize (8)                                                                        36-00
                   VII. Millet (»)                                                                        18-00
                 VIII. Grain *orehu«i (•)                                                                27-00
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  CCT heading                                           _    . .                         ,
                                                        Description              u . a . /metric tp ,
11.02         D. Grains not otherwise worked than kibbled :
'cont'd)                I. Wheat                                                          45-00
                       II . Rye
                      III . Barley                                                        30-00
                      IV . Oats                                                            18-00
                        V. Maize                                                           36-00
                     VII . Millet                                                          18-00
                   VIII . Grain sorghum                                                    27-00
              li. Rolled grains ; flaked grains :
                    I. Barley, oats, buckwheat and millet ;
                         a ) Rolled :
                              1 . Barley                                                   30-00
                              2 . Oats                                                     18-00
                              4. Millet                                                    18-00
                          b) Flaked :
                              1 . Barley                                                    7-50
                              2 . Oats                                                      4-50
                              4 . Millet                                                   18-00
                   II . Other cercals :
                          a) Wheat                                                         45-00
                          b) Rye
                          c) Mai /.e                                                       36-00
                          d ) Grain sorghum                                                27-00
              I '. Pellets :
                         I. Wheat                                                          45-00
                        II . Rye
                       III . Barley                                                        30-00
                       IV. Oats                                                            18-00
                        V. Maize                                                           36-00
                    VIII . Millet                                                          18-00
                       IX. Grain sorghum                                                   27-00
              G. Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground
                    I. Wheat                                                               11-25
                   II . Other                                                               9-00
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  GCT heading                                                                                         ,
                                                        Description                               u.a./metnc to*
  I 07        Malt, roasted or not •.
              A. Unroasted :
                    I. Obtained from wheat :
                        a) In the form of flour                                                         11-25
                        b ) Other                                                                       11-25
                   II . Other :
                        a) In the form of flour                                                          8-25
                        b ) Other                                                                        8-25
              li . Roasted                                                                               8-25
21.02         Bran, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling or working ot
              cereals or of leguminous vegetables :
              A. Of cereals
                    I. Of maize :
                        a ) With a starch content not exceeding 35 % by weight                          22-20
                        b) Other :
                             1 . With a starch content exceeding 35% but not exceeding 45% by
                                 weight, and having undergone a denaturing process                      22-20
                            2 . Other                                                                   22-20
                   II . Of other cereals :
                        a ) Of which the starch content does not exceed 28 % by weight, and of
                            which the percentage which passes through a sieve with an aperture of
                            0-2 mm does not exceed 10 % by weight or of which the sieved pro­
                            duct has an ash content, calculated on the dry product, of 1-5% or
                            more by weight                                                             22-20
                        b) Other                                                                       22-20
 13.D7        Sweetened forage, other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding :
              B. Other, containing starch, gluco>se or glucose syrup falling wiithin subheading
                   Nos 17.02 B and 17.05 B, or milk products, mixed with other products too :
                   ex I. Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding, covered by Regulation
                            (EEC) No 968/68, of a milk powder content of less than 50% by weight
                            and of cereal products (4) content by weight :
                            — Exceeding 5 % but not exceeding 15 %                                       2-40
                            — Exceeding 15 % but not exceeding 30 %                                      6-00
                            — Exceeding 30% but not exceeding 50 %                                       9-60
                           — Exceeding 50 % but not exceeding 65 %                                     14-40
                            — Exceeding 65 '/»                                                         18-00
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(■) Officially certified seeds are understood to be those seeds contained in the packages officially sealed and officially labelled as ' basic seed',
     'certified seed , first generation ', 'certified seed , second generation ' conforming to the provisions of the Council Directive of 14 June 1966
     on the marketing of cereal seed (OJ No 125 , 11 . 7. 1966 , p. 2309/66) and of the Council Decision of 26 March 1973 on the equivalence of
     seed produced in Denmark , Ireland and the United Kingdom (OJ No L 106, 20. 4. 1973, p. 12).
(') Hulled grains are grajns corresponding to the definition given in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 821/68 (OJ No L 149, 29. 6. 1968 , p. 46).
(*) Pearled grains are grains corresponding to the definition given in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 821/68 (OJ No L 149, 29. 6. 1968, p. 46).
(') ' Cereals products' means the products falling within Chapter 10 and heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 (excluding subheading No 11.02 G ) of
    the Common Customs Tariff.