CELEX: 31973R2207
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-14 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2207/73 of the Commission of 13 August 1973 fixing the export levies on cereals

No L 226/ 8                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                 14. 8 . 73
                                    REGULATION (EEC) No 2207/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 13 August 1973
                                                 fixing the export levies on cereals
    THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas the threshold prices for the 1973/74 mar­
     COMMUNITIES,                                                       keting year were fixed by Council Regulation (EEC)
                                                                        No 1964/73 (4) of 17 July 1973 ;
    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
    Economic Community ;                                                Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices
                                                                         used to determine the levies, the Commission must
    Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                       take into account the factors indicated in Regulation
    EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                      No 156/67/EEC (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
    tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by                   No 1607/71 (6), and in particular the most favourable
    Regulation ( EEC) No 1346/73 (2) ;                                  purchasing opportunities on the world market
                                                                        among those which are most representative of the
                                                                        real trend of the market, account being taken in
    Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No
    1968/73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules
                                                                        particular of the need to prevent sudden variations
                                                                        likely to cause abnormal disturbances on the Com­
    to be applied in the event of the cereals market being
                                                                        munity market ; whereas the quality of the goods
    disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;                offered must also be taken into account, whether
                                                                       this quality corresponds to the standard quality fixed
    Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Com­                  in Regulations ( EEC) No 786/69 (7) and ( EEC) No
    mittee ;
                                                                       1397/69 (8), or whether adjustments need to be made
                                                                       by applying the coefficients of equivalence provided
   Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120 /67/EEC                     for in Regulation ( EEC ) No 158/67/EEC (9), as last
   provides that the necessary measures may be taken                   amended by the Act ( 10) on the Conditions of Acces­
   if the cif price of one or more products is appreciably             sion and the Adjustments to the treaties and by
   higher than the threshold price and if that situation               Regulation No 159 /67/EEC ( n ) ;
   is likely to continue thereby disturbing or threatening
   to disturb the Community market ;
                                                                       Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam
                                                                       on the basis of the abovementioned factors, offers
  Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 1968/73 specifies that
  the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher                  for other ports being adjusted, account being taken
                                                                       of the corrections necessitated by the differences in
  than the threshold price when it exceeds it by at
                                                                      transport charges in relation to Rotterdam ;
  least 2 % ; 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 factors set out in Article 3 ( 1 ) of Re­
  imbalance is likely to persist having regard to fore­               gulation ( EEC) No 1968 /73 must also be taken into
  seeable production and market price trends ;                        account when the export levy is being fixed ;
  Whereas the high level of prices in international trade             Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
  could impede importation of barley and maize into                   the following should be used to calculate the levies :
  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
 Whereas the situation described above can be said
                                                                            2-25 % , a conversion rate based on their actual
                                                                            parity ;
 to exist for 13 August 1973 ; whereas to ensure sup­
 plies in the Community an export levy should be                     — for other currencies, a conversion rate based on
 introduced for this product ;                                       the arithmetric mean of the spot market rates for
 Whereas the export levy for the products listed in
 Article 1 ( a ) and ( b ) of Regulation No 120/67/ EEC             ( 4)   OJ  No    L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973 , p . 3 .
 must be based on the difference between the cif price              (5)    OJ  No    128 , 27 . 6 . 1967, p . 2533/67 .
                                                                    (•)    OJ  No   I. 168 , 27 . 7 . 1971 , p . 16 .
 and the threshold price ;                                          (7 )   OJ  No    L 100, 28 . 4 . 1969 , p . 8 .
                                                                    ( 8)   OJ  No    L 179, 21 . 7 . 1969, p . 6 .
(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/67 .                         ( 9)   OJ  No    128 , 27 . 6 . 1967, p . 2536/67 .
( 2) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 8 .                          ( 10)  OJ  No   L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14 .
(3) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973 , p . 10 .                           (")    OJ  No    128 , 27. 6 . 1967, p . 2542/67 .
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    each of these currencies against the Community               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    currencies referred to in the preceding paragraph
    over a specified period ;                                                            Article 1
                                                                 The export levy referred to in the first indent of
                                                                 Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968 /73 is
                                                                 hereby fixed as shown in the Annex for the products
Whereas it follows from applying these rules to                  listed therein .
the situation on the cereals market and in particular
                                                                                         Article 2
to prices in international trade that the export levies
should be fixed as shown in the Annex to this                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 August
Regulation :                                                     1973 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 13 August 1973 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                              The President
                                                                         Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
                                                      ANNEX
               to Regulation of the Commission of 13 August 1973 fixing export levies on cereals
              CCT heading
                  No                             Description of goods                              u . a. / ton
            10.03             Barley                                                                17-00
            10.05 B           Maize other than hybrid
                              Maize for sowing                                                      17-00