CELEX: 31974R1251
Language: en
Date: 1974-05-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1251/74 of the Commission of 17 May 1974 fixing the export levies on starch products

No L 135 / 12                                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                     18 . 5 . 74
                                    REGULATION ( EEC) No 1251 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                                    of 17 May 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 1 052/68 ( 7), as
                                                                               last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 881 /73 (s);
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 and
lation ( EEC ) No I 346 / 73 (-);                                              common         wheat   intended      for     the manufacture    of
                                                                               starch and quellmehl is defined in Article 1 of Regula­
                                                                               tion No 371 / 67/ EEC ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 371 /
67/ EEC (-') fixing production refunds on starches and
quellmehl , as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No
                                                                               Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (a) of Regulation ( EEC)
 179 / 73 ("*), and in particular the last sentence of                         No 1604/ 71 for the new Member States the amounts
Article 2 ( 2 ) thereof ;
                                                                               to be considered respectively as import levy and
                                                                               production refund in accordance with the preceding
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                                   Articles shall be the levy and the production refund
Committee ;                                                                    for the product in question respectively, minus the
                                                                               applicable compensatory amount ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 ( 2) of Regulation No
371 / 67 / EEC, an export levy may be introduced for
                                                                               Whereas the export levy must be fixed once a week ;
products falling within subheadings Nos 11.08 A I ,
III , IV and V , 1 1.09 , 17.02 B II , 17.05 B and 23.03 A I
                                                                               whereas it is altered only if application of Article 2 (2)
of the Common Customs Tariff when world market                                 (a ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1604/ 71 entails an
                                                                               increase or a reduction of more than 0·08 unit of
prices tor maize or common wheat exceed 6·80 units
of account ;
                                                                               account/ 100 kg of basic product ;
Whereas, by Regulation ( EEC) No 1604/71 (5 ) of 26                            Whereas , if the levy system is to operate normally,
July 1971 , as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No                                 levies should be calculated on the following basis :
347/ 73 ( b ), the Commission laid down detailed rules
for the application of the export levy on starch
                                                                               — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
products ; whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regulation
provides that a levy is introduced when it is found                                   relation to each other, at any given moment,
that the import levy is at least 0·30 unit of                                        within a band of 2·25 % , at a rate of exchange
account / 100 kg less than the amount of the produc­                                 based on their effective parity ;
tion refund valid in the current month and that the
average of the levies in the immediately following fort­                       — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 night is at least 0·30 unit of account / 1 00 kg less than                          arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
the average of the production refund valid in that fort­                             of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
 night ;                                                                              relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                                      in the previous subparagraph ;
 Whereas the export levy must he equal , per 100 kg of
 basic product , to the difference between the produc­                          Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions
 tion refund valid on the day on which this export levy                         to the world market price of maize and common
                                                                               wheat and to the import levies that an export levy
(')  O|    No   IP , P. 6. 1967 , p . 2 26 y / (S 7 .                          should be introduced for the products listed in the
(-)  O|    No  I. 141 . IS . v               p . S.                            Annex ,
(/)  OJ    No   1 "4. ^ 1 .              p . 40 .
( ') (.) I No  I. 2 \ > 0 . 1 . 1 '-)" >, p . 6 .
H 0"| No I. 1 (-. N , 2 "7. 7 . 1971 , p . II .                                ( 7) OJ No L 179 , 25 . 7 . 1968 , p . 8 .
(*) Oj No 1 . ÎN , K ). 2 . 1973 , p . 17 .                                    ( s ) OJ No L « 6 , 31 . 3 . 1973 , p . 30 .
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   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                                        Article 2
                               Article 1                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 May
                                                                             1974 .
   The export levies provided for in Article 2 (2) of Regu­
   lation No 371 / 67/ EEC are hereby fixed as shown in                      It shall apply from 18 May 1974 for starch products
   the Table annexed to this Regulation for the products                     derived from maize and from 20 May 1974 for starch
   listed therein .                                                          products derived from soft wheat.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 1 7 May 1 974.
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                         P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
                                                                     ANNEX
                                                                                                          Export levies in u.a. / 100 kg
           CCT
       heading No                         Nomenclature in simplified wording                                        Ireland         Other Member
                                                                                                  Denmark                                States
                                                                                                               United Kingdon
 11.08 A I                      Maize starch                                                        5,450            5·421               5,450
 11.08 A III                    Wheat starch                                                      10,738           10·738               10,749
 11.08 A IV                     Potato starch                                                      5,450             5·421               5,450
 11.08 A V                      Starches other than       maize, rice, wheat or
                                potato starch                                                      5,450             5·421               5,450
 11.09 A                        Dried wheat gluten                                              , 19,524           19·524               19,544
 11.09 B                        Wheat gluten , other than dried                                   19,524           19·524               19,544
 17.02 B II a )                 Glucose other than glucose containing, in the
                                dry state, 99 %> or more by weight of the pure
                                product, in the form of white crystalline pow­
                               der, whether or not agglomerated (')                                7,109             7·071               7,109
 17.02 B II b )                Glucose and glucose syrup not containing, in
                               the dry stare, 99 %> or more by weight of the
                               pure product, other than glucose in the form
                               of white crystalline powder, whether or not
                               agglomerated (')                                                    5,450             5·421               5,450
 17.05 B 1                     Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of
                               white crystalline powder, whether or not
                               agglomerated                                                        7,109             7·071               7,109
 17.05 B II                    Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup , other
                               than in the form of white crystalline powder,
                               whether or not agglomerated                                         5,450            5·421                5,450
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 u /o by weight                                 6,770             6·734               6,770
(1) Pursuant to Regulation No 189/ 66 EEC , the product falling within subheading No 17.02 B I is subject to the same levy as produces filing
    within subheading No 17.02 B II .