CELEX: 31974R0255
Language: en
Date: 1974-02-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 255/74 of the Commission of 31 January 1974 fixing the export levies on cereals

No L 28/ 10                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               1 . 2. 74
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 255 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 31 January 1974
                                                fixing the export levies on cereals
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      and given the market situation for certain processed
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        products, an export levy for these products must also
                                                                     be fixed ; however the situation for rye does not
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                 necessitate at this moment the fixing of an export
 pean Economic Community ;                                           levy ;
  Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/
  EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                    Whereas the threshold prices for the 1973 /74 marke­
  tion of the market in cereals, as ' last amended by                ting year were fixed by Council Regulation (EEC)
  Regulation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2) ;                                  No 1964/73 ( 5) of 17 July 1973 ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                       Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73
  1968/73 ( 3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general                   specifies that when the export levy is being fixed
  rules to be applied in the event of the cereals market             account must be taken of the existing situation and
  being disturbed, as amended by Regulation ( EEC)                   the future trend with regard to prices and availabili­
 No 2632/73 (4) anid in particular Article 4 (2 )                    ties of cereals on the Community market on the one
  thereof ;                                                          hand and prices for cereals and cereal products on
                                                                     the world market on the other ; whereas the same
  Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Com­
                                                                     article provides that it is also important to ensure
  mittee ;
                                                                     equilibrium and the natural development of prices
  Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC                     and trade on cereal markets and furthermore, to take
  provides that the necessary measure may be taken                   into account the economic aspect of the proposed
  if the cif price of one or more products is apprecia­              exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the
  bly higher than the threshold price and if that                    Community market ;
  situation is likely to continue thereby disturbing or
  threatening to disturb the Community market ;                      Whereas for the products, other than starches, listed
                                                                     in Article 1 ( c) and ( d) of Regulation No 120/67/
 Whereas Regulation (EEC ) No 1968 /73 specifies that                EEC the specific factors set out in Article 3 (2) of
  the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher                Regulation ( EEC) No 1968 /73 must also be taken
  that the threshold price when it exceeds it by at                  into account ;
  least 2 °/o ; whereas this excess may be regarded as
  being likely to continue where an imbalance between
  supply and demand is established and where this                    Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
  imbalance is likely to persist having regard to                    market situation or the specific requirements of cer­
  foreseeable production and market price trends ;                   tain markets make this necessary ;
 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 :
 rye, barley, sorghum and wheat groats and meal into
 the Community or provoke exportation from the                       — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
 Community ;                                                             kept at any given moment within a band of
                                                                         2-25 %>, 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
                                                                         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.
(«) 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
cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for                                   Article 1
these products within the Community and on the               The export levies referred to in the first indent of
world market, 'that tihe export levies, should be fixed      Airtide 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 are
as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,                    hereby fixed as shown in the Annex for the products
                                                             listed therein .
                                                                                         Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­
tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
Management Committee for Cereals,                             1974.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 31 January 1974.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                         P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                    Member of the Commission
                                                         ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 31 January 1974 fixing the export levies on cereals
                                          CCT heading No                      u. a. /ton
                           ex 10.01 A (')                                     90-00
                           ex 10.02 (!)                                        10-00
                           ex 10.03 H                                          25-00
                           ex 10.04 (!)                                        20-00
                              10.05 B                                          35-00
                              10.07 C                                          20-00
                           ex 11.01 A                                         50-00
                              11.02 Ala )                                     50-00
                              11.02 Alb )                                      50-00
                              11.01 C                                          12-50
                              11.01 D                                          10-00
                              11.01 E I                                        17-50
                              11.01 Ell                                        35-00
                              11.01 K                                          20-00
                              11.02 AHI                                        25-00
                              11.02 AIV                                        20-00
                              11.02 A Va) 1                                    17-50
                              11.02 A Va ) 2                                   17-50
                              11.02 A Vb )                                     35-00
                              11.02 A IX                                       20-00
                              11.02 B 1 a) 1                                   25-00
                              11.02 B I a ) 2 aa )                             20-00
                              11.02 B I a ) 2 bb )                             20-00
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                              CCT heading No                                  u. a. / ton
                  11.02 B I b) 1                                               25-00
                  11.02 B I b) 2                                               20-00
                  11.02 B II a)                                                87-00
                  11.02 B II c)                                                35-00
                  11.02 B II d)                                            .   20-00
                  11.02 C I                                                    87-00
                  11.02 C III                                                  12-50
                  11.02 CIV                                                    20-00
                  11.02 C V                                                    35-00
                  11.02 C VIII                                                 20-00
                  11.02 D I                                                    87-00
                  11.02 D III                                                  25-00
                  11.02 D IV                                                   20-00
                  11.02 D V                                                    35-00
                  11.02 D VIII                                                 20-00
                  11.02 E I a ) 1                                              25-00
                  11.02 E I a) 2                                               20-00
                  11.02 E I b ) 1                                              12-50
                  11.02 E I b) 2                                               10-00
                  11.02 E II a)                                                87-00
                  11.02 E II c)                                                35-00
                  11.02 E II d )                                               20-00
                  11.02 F I                                                    87-00
                  11.02 F III                                                  25-00
                  11.02 F IV                                                   20-00
                  11.02 F V                                                    35-00
                  11.02 F VI                                                  204-00
                  11.02 F IX                                                   20-00
                  11.02 G I                                                    87-00
                  11.02 G II                                                   35-00
                  11.07 A I a)                                                 43-50
                  11.07 Alb )                                                  43-50
                  11.07 A II a)                                                12-50
                  11.07 All b)                                                 12-50
                  11.07 B                                                      12-50
                 23.02 A I a)                                                  12-00
                 23.02 A I b) 1                                                12-00
                 23.02 A I b) 2                                                12-00
                  23.02 A II a)                                                12-00
                  23.02 A II b)                                                12-00
            (') 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).