CELEX: 31974R2301
Language: en
Date: 1974-09-07 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2301/74 of the Commission of 6 September 1974 fixing the export levies on starch products

7. 9 . 74                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 245/5
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 2301 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 6 September 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 (b), as
                                                                       last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 881 /73 (7) ;
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, common
lation (EEC) No 1 996/74 (2 ) ;                                        wheat and broken rice intended for the manufacture
                                                                       of starch is defined in Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC)
                                                                       No 1132/ 74 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1 1 32/74 (3 ) of 29 April 1974 on production refunds in
the cereals and rice sectors, and in particular Article 7
                                                                       Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (3) of Regulation ( EEC)
(2) thereof ;                                                          No 1981 / 74 for the new Member States the amounts
                                                                       to be considered respectively as import levy and
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                           production refund shall be the levy and the produc­
Committee ;                                                            tion refund for the product in question respectiveJy,
                                                                       minus the applicable compensatory amount ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 7 (2) of Regulation ( EEC)
No 1132/74, an export levy may be introduced for                       Whereas the export levy must be fixed once a week ;
products falling within subheadings 11.08 A, 1 1 .Q9 ,                 whereas it is altered only if application of Article 2 (2)
 17.02 B II , 17.05 B and 23.03 A I of the Common
                                                                       (a) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1981 /74 entails an
Customs Tariff when world market prices for maize                      increase or a reduction of more than 0-08 unit of
and common wheat on the one hand , and for broken
                                                                       account/ 100 kg of basic product ;
rice on the other hand exceed respectively 8-20 and
 10-20 units of account ;
                                                                       Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
Whereas, by Regulation ( EEC) No 1981 /74 (4), as                      levies should be calculated on the following basis :
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2267/ 74 (5), the
Commission laid down detailed rules for the applica­
                                                                       — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
tion of the export levy on starch products ; whereas
Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regulation provides that a levy is                    relation to each other, at any given moment,
introduced when it is found that the import levy for                         within a band of 2-25 % , at a rate of exchange
 maize , wheat or broken rice 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 the
average         of      the      levies        in    the   imme­              arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
diately following fortnight is at least 0-30 unit of                         of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
 account/ 100 kg less than the average of the produc­                         relation to the Community currencies referred to
 tion refund valid in that fortnight ;                                        in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas the export levy must be equal , per 100 kg of                   Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions
basic product, to the difference between the produc­                    to the world market price of maize, common wheat
tion refund valid on the day on which this export levy                  and broken rice and to the import levies that an
                                                                        export . levy should be introduced for the products
  ') OJ No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.                               listed in the Annex ,
  :) OJ No    L  209 , 31 . 7. 1974,  p.  I.
  3) OJ No    L  128 , 10 . 5. 1974,  p. 24 .
  4) OJ No    L  207,  29 . 7. 1974,  p. 9.                            (<>) OJ No L 179 , 25 . 7 . 1968 , p. 8 .
  5) OJ No    L  239 , 31 . 8. 1974,  p. .S3 .                          ( 7) OJ No L 86 , 31 . 3 . 1973 , p. 30 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                                         Allien 2
                              Article 1                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 September
                                                                          I 974 .
The export levies provided for in Article 7 ( 2) of Regu­
lation ( EEC) No 1 132/ 74 are hereby fixed as shown in                  It shall apply from 7 September 1974 for starch
the Table annexed to this Regulation for the products                    products derived from maize and from 9 September
 listed therein .                                                         1974 for starch products derived from soft wheat .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                  Done at Brussels, 6 September 1974.
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                         P.J. LAR DINOIS
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
                                                                   ANNEX
                                                                                                Export levies in u.a. / lOO kg
        CCT
    heading No                  Nomenclature in simplified wording                                                               Other Member
                                                                                  Denmark        Ireland       United Kingdom        States
 11.08 A I           Maize starch                                                  3-961         3-961              3-961      !    3-961
 11.08 A III         Wheat starch                                                  8-382          8-382             8-382            8-382
 11.08 A IV          Potato starch                                                 3-961         3-961              3-961           3-961
 11.08 A V           Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or
                     potato starch                                                 3-961         3-961              3-961           3-961
 11.09 A             Dried wheat gluten                                           15-240        15-240             15-240          15-240
 11.09 B             Wheat gluten, other than dried                               15-240        15-240             15-240          15-240
 17.02 B II a )      Glucose other than glucose containing, in the                                           !
                     dry state, 99 °/o or more by weight of the pure
                     product, in the form of white crystalline pow­
                     der, whether or not agglomerated (')                          5-166         5-166              5-166           5-166
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 (')                                              3-961         3-961              3-961           3-961
17.05 B I            Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of
                     white crystalline powder, whether or not
                     agglomerated                                                  5-166         5-166              5-166           5-166
17.05 B II           Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other
                     than in the form of white crystalline powder,
                     whether or not agglomerated                                   3-961         3-961              3-961           3-961
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                             4-920         4-920              4-920           4-920
(') Pursuant to Regulation No 189/66/EEC , the product falling within subheading No 17.02 B 1 is subject to the same levy as products falling
    within subheading No 17.02 B II .