CELEX: 31997R0978
Language: en
Date: 1997-05-30 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 978/97 of 30 May 1997 fixing an export tax on cereal products

No L 141 /30       PEN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                31 . 5. 97
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 978 /97
                                                        of 30 May 1997
                                         fixing an export tax on cereal products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       common wheat and spelt, as well as durum wheat, flour of
                                                                  durum wheat and groats and meal of durum wheat from
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             the Community, whereas it has therefore been decided to
Community,                                                        apply an export tax to these products at a level adapted to
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92              the current situation on the world market and which will
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                 avoid disturbance to the Community market;
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Commission
                                                                  Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 120/89 (*), as
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 16       last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2194/96 (6), and in
thereof,
                                                                  particular Article 3 thereof, is applicable;
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1766/92
provides that where quotations or prices on the world             Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not
market for certain products reach the level of Community          delivered an opinion within the time-limit set by its
                                                                  Chairman ,
prices and such situation is likely to continue and deteri­
orate thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb the
Community market, appropriate measures may be taken;              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
whereas Article 15 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1501 /95 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
95/96 (4), provides that where such conditions are met, an                                  Article 1
export tax may be fixed and may vary according to the             The export tax referred to in Article 1 5 of Regulation (EC)
destination ;
                                                                  No 1501 /95 is fixed at the level set out in the Annex to
Whereas prices on the world market for common wheat               this Regulation .
and durum wheat have reached the level of those in the
Community; whereas this situation is likely to lead to an                                   Article 2
excessive export of common wheat, flour of common
wheat and spelt and flour of meslin, groats and meal of           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1997.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 30 May 1997.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
 (■) OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
 h) OJ No L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
 b) OJ No L 147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 7.                                (5) OJ No L 16, 20. 1 . 1989, p. 19.
 H OJ No L 18, 24. 1 . 1996, p. 10.                                (6 OJ No L 293, 16. 11 . 1996, p. 3.
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                                              ANNEX
                CN code                               Level of export tax
                                                        in ECU/tonne
               1001 10 00                                    10,00
               1001 90 99                                     5,00
               1101 00 11                                    15,00
               1101 00 15                                     7,00
               1101 00 90                                     7,00
               1103 11 10                                    15,00
               1103 11 90                                     7,00