CELEX: 31973R3434
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-21 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3434/73 of the Commission of 20 December 1973 fixing the export levies on cereals

No L 352/22                               Official Journal or the European Communities                            21 . 12 . 73
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 3434/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 20 December 1973
                                                   fixing the export levies on cereals
 THE COMMISSION O V THE EUROPEAN                                        products, an export levy for these products must also
 COMMUNITIES ,                                                          be fixed ; however the situation for products pro­
                                                                        cessed from maize and sorghum does not necessitate
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                    at this moment the fixing of an export levy ;
  pean Economic Community ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                         Whereas the threshold prices for the 1973 /73 marke­
 EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                        ting year were fixed by Council Regulation ( EEC)
 tion of the market in cereals, as ' last amended by                    No 1964/73 ( 5) of 17 July 1973 ;
 Regulation ( EEC) No 1346/73 (2) ;
                                                                        Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                          specifies that when the export levy is being fixed
 1968/73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general                        account must be taken of the existing situation and
 rules to be applied in the event of the cereals market                 the future trend with regard to prices and availabili­
 being disturbed, as amended by Regulation ( EEC )                      ties of cereals on the Community market on the one
 No 2632/73 (4), and in particular Article 4 ( 2 )                      hand and prices for cereals and cereal products on
 thereof ;                                                              the world market on the other ; whereas the same
                                                                        article provides that it is also important to ensure
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Com­
 mittee ;
                                                                        equilibrium and the natural development of prices
                                                                        and trade on cereal markets and furthermore, to take
 Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC                         into account the economic aspect of the proposed
 provides that the necessary measure may be taken                       exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the
 if the cif price of one or more products is apprecia­                  Community market ;
 bly higher than the threshold price and if that
 situation is likely to continue thereby disturbing or                  Whereas for the products , other than starches, listed
 threatening to disturb the Community market ;                          in Article 1 ( c) and ( d ) of Regulation No 120/67/
                                                                        EEC the specific factors set out in Article 3 (2 ) of
 Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 1968/73 specifies that                    Regulation (EEC) No 1968 /73 must also be taken
 the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher                    into account ;
 that the threshold price when it exceeds it by at
 least 2 % ; whereas this excess may be regarded as
 being likely to continue where an imbalance between                    Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
 supply and demand is established and where this                        market situation or the specific requirements of cer­
 imbalance is likely to persist having regard to                        tain markets make this necessary ;
 foreseeable production and market price trends ;
 Whereas the high level of prices in international trade                Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
could impede importation of common wheat, maize,                        the following should be used to calculate the levies :
 barley, sorghum and wheat groats and meal into the
Community or provoke exportation from the Com­                          — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
 munity ;                                                                   kept at any given moment within a band of
                                                                            2-25 °/o, a conversion rate based on their actual
Whereas the situation described above can be said
                                                                            parity ;
to exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure sup­
plies in the Community an export levy should be
introducted for these products ;                                       — for other currencies a conversion rate based on
                                                                            the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for
Whereas, in view of the relationship between the                            each of these currencies against the Community
basic product and the products processed from it                            currencies referred to in the preceding paragraph
and given the mafket situation for certain processed                        over a specified period ;
(»)  OJ No   117, 19 . 6. 1967, p . 2269/67 .
(«)  OJ No   L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973, p. 8.
(*)  OJ No   L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973 , p. 10.
(4)  OJ No   L 272, 29 . 9 . 1973 , p. 18 .                            (•) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973 , p. 3 .
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Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
above to the present situation on the market in
                                                                                                Article 1
cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for
these products within the Community and on the                        The export levy referred to in the first indent of
world market, that the export levies should be fixed                  Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1968/73 is
as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;                             hereby fixed as shown in the Annex for the products
                                                                       listed therein .
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­                                               Article 2
tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 Decem­
Management Committee for Cereals ;                                     ber 1973 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 20 December 1973 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                     P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                              Member of the Commission
                                                             ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 20 December 1973 fixing the export levies on cereals
                      CCT heading No                             Description of goods                     u. a. / ton
                10.01 A                        Common wheat and mesiin , excluding officially
                                               certified seeds (*)                                         80-00
             ex 10.03                          Barley, excluding officially certified seeds (')            15-00
                10.04                          Oats, excluding officially certified seeds (')              15-00
                10.05 B                         Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing                   25-00
                10.07 C                        Grain sorghum                                                 5-00
             ex 11.01 A                        Wheat flour                                                 30-00
                11.02 A I a )                  Durum wheat goats and meal                                  30-00
                11.02 Alb )                    Common wheat groats and meal                                30-00
                 11.01 C                       Barley flour                                                  7-00
                11.01 D                         Oat flour                                                    7-00
                 11.02 A III                   Barley groats and meal                                        7-00
                11.02 AIV                       Oat groats and meal                                          7-00
                11.02 B I a ) 1                Hulled ( shelled or husked ) barley                           7-00
                 11.02 B I a ) 2 aa )           Clipped oats                                               15-00
                 11.02 B I a ) 2 bb )           Hulled ( shelled or husked ) oats other than clip­
                                                ped oats                                                     7-00
                 11.02 B I b ) 1               Hulled and sliced or kibbled barley (' Grütze' or
                                               ' Grutten ')                                                  7-00
                11.02 B I b ) 2                 Hulled and sliced or kibbled oats (' Grütze ' or
                                                ' Grutten ')                                                 7-00
                11.02 B II a )                 Hulled ( shelled or husked ) wheat, whether or
                                               not sliced or kibbled                                       53-20
                11.02 C I                      Pearled wheat                                               56-00
                11.02 C III                    Pearled barley                                                7-00
                11.02 C IV                     Pearled oats                                                  7-00
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                       CCT heading No                                     Description of goods                              u. a. / ton
                  11.02 D I                            Wheat not otherwise worked than kibbled                               40-80
                  11.02 D III                          Barley not otherwise worked than kibbled                              15-00
                  11.02 D IV                           Oats not otherwise worked than kibbled                                15-00
                  11.02 E I a ) 1                      Rolled barley                                                         15-00
                  11.02 E I a ) 2                      Rolled oats                                                           15-00
                  11.02 E I b ) 1                      Flaked barley                                                           7-00
             .    11.02 E I b ) 2                      Flaked oats                                                              7-00
                  11.02 E II a )                       Rolled or flaked wheat                                                56-00
                  1 1.02 F I                           Wheat pellets                                                         40-80
                  11.02 F III                          Barley pellets                                                        15-00
                  11.02 F IV                           Oat pellets                                                            15-00
                  11.02 F VI                           Rice pellets                                                         153-00
                 11.02 G I                             Wheat germ , whole, rolled , flaked or ground                          10-00
                 11.07 A I a)                          Unroasted malt , obtained from wheat, in the                          71-20
                                                       form of flour
                  11.07 Alb )                          Unroasted malt , obtained from wheat , other                          53-20
                                                       than in the form of flour
                  11.07 All a )
                                                       Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from                            8-90
                                  '
                                                       wheat, in the form of flour
                  11.07 A II b )                       Unroasted malt , other than that obtained from                           6-65
                                                       wheat, other than in the form of flour
                                                       Roasted malt                                                             7-75
                  11.07 B
                 23.02 A I a )                         Brans, sharps and other residues derived from                            3-60
                                                       the sifting, milling or working of maize or rice ,
                                                       with a starch content not exceeding 35 % by
                                                       weight­
                 23.02 A I b ) 1                       Brans , sharps and other residues derived from                           3-60
                                                       the sifting, milling or working of maize or
                                                       rice, with a starch content exceeding 35 % But
                                                       not exceeding 45 °/o by weight, and having
                                                       undergone a denaturing process
                                                       Brans , sharps and other residues derived from                           3-60
                  2.3.02 A I b ) 2                      the sifting, milling or working of maize or
                                                       rice , with a starch content exceeding 35 % hut
                                                        not exceeding 4.5 %> by weight, not having
                                                        undergone a denaturing process , or with a
                                                        starch content exceeding 4.5 n/o by weight
                                                       Brans , sharps and other residues derived from                           3-60 '
                  23.02 A II a )                       the sifting, milling or working of cereals other
                                                       than maize or rice , 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 product
                                                       has an ash content, calculated on the dry pro­
                                                       duct , of 1 -.5 % or more by weight
                  23.02 A II b)                        Brans , sharps and other residues derived from                           3-60
                                                       the sifting , milling or working of cereals other
                                                       than maize or rice, not falling within sub­
                                                       heading No 23.02 A U a )
            (') 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 ' con­
                forming 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).