CELEX: 31973R2297
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-24 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2297/73 of the Commission of 23 August 1973 fixing the export levies on cereals

No L 236/22                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              24. 8 . 73
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 2297/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 23 August 1973
                                                 fixing the export levies on cereals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        maintain within the limits foreseen in Article 2 (3 )
COMMUNITIES,                                                          of that Regulation, a levy on exports of that product
                                                                      until the time when the prices used in the inter­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 national trade appear more stable ;
Economic Community ;
                                                                      Whereas the export levy for the products listed in
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                         Article 1 (a) and (b) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC
EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                        must be based on the difference between the cif price
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by                      and the threshold price ;
 Regulation ( EEC) No 1346/73 (2) ;
                                                                       Whereas the threshold prices for the 1973 /74 mar­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         keting year were fixed by Council Regulation (EEC)
 1968/73 (8) of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules                 No 1964/73 (4) of 17 July 1973 ;
to be applied in the event of the cereals market being
disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;                  Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices
                                                                       used to determine the levies, the Commission must
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Com­                     take into account the factors indicated in Regulation
 mittee ;                                                              No 156/67/EEC (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                       No 1607/71 (8), and in particular the most favourable
 Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC                        purchasing opportunities on the world market
provides that the necessary measures may be taken                      among those which are most representative of the
                                                                       real trend of the market, account being taken in
 if the cif price of one or more products is appreciably
higher than the threshold price and if that situation                  particular of the need to prevent sudden variations
 is likely to continue thereby disturbing or threatening               likely to cause abnormal disturbances on the Com­
 to disturb the Community market ;                                     munity market ; whereas the quality of the goods
                                                                       offered must also be taken into account, whether
                                                                       this quality corresponds to the standard quality fixed
 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1968 /73 specifies that
 the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher                   in Regulations ( EEC) No 786/69 (7) and (EEC) No
                                                                       1397/69 (8), or whether adjustments need to be made
 than the threshold price when it exceeds it by at
 least 2 % ; whereas this excess may be regarded as                    by applying the coefficients of equivalence provided
 being likely to continue where an imbalance between                   for in Regulation ( EEC) No 158/67/EEC (9), as last
 supply and demand is established and where this                       amended by the Act ( 10) on the Conditions of Acces­
 imbalance is likely to persist having regard to fore­                 sion and the Adjustments to the treaties and by
 seeable production and market price trends ;                          Regulation No 159/67/EEC ( n ) ;
Whereas the high level of prices in international trade                Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam
could impede importation of common wheat and                           on the basis of the abovementioned factors, offers
barley into the Community or provoke exportation                       for other ports being adjusted, account being taken
from the Community ;                                                   of the corrections necessitated by the differences in
                                                                       transport charges in relation to Rotterdam ;
Whereas the situation described above can be said
to exist for 23 August 1973 ; whereas to ensure sup­                   Whereas the factors set out in Article 3 ( 1 ) of Re­
plies in the Community an export levy should be                        gulation (EEC) No 1968 /73 must also be taken into
introduced for these products ;                                        account when the export levy is being fixed ;
Whereas, for maize, although the condition foreseen
by Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73                     (*) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973 , p . 3 .
is no longer fulfilled, it appears convenient to                      (5) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2533/67.
                                                                      («) OJ   No  L 168 , 27 . 7 . 1971 , p . 16 .
                                                                      ( 7) OJ  No  L 100, 28 . 4 . 1969, p . 8 .
                                                                      (8) OJ   No  L 179, 21 . 7 . 1969, p . 6 .
í1 ) OJ No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p . 2269/67.                            (») 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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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                should be fixed as shown in the Annex to this
the following should be used to calculate the levies :             Regulation ;
                                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
— for currencies the exchange rates for which are                  are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
    kept at any given moment within a band of                      ment Committee for Cereals ;
    2·25 % , a conversion rate based on their actual
    parity ;                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
-— for other currencies, a conversion rate based on                                        Article 1
   the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for
    each of these currencies against the Community                 The export levy referred to in the first indent of
    currencies referred to in the preceding paragraph              Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 is
    over a specified period ;                                      hereby fixed as shown in the Annex for the products
                                                                   listed therein .
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas it follows from applying these rules to
the situation on the cereals market and in particular              This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 August
to prices in international trade that the export levies            1973 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 23 August 1973 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                The President
                                                                           François-Xavier ORTOLI
                                                         ANNEX
                       to the Commission Regulation of 23 August 1973 fixing export levies on cereals
               CCT heading
                    No                              Description of goods                             u.a. / ton
              10.01 A            Common wheat, and meslin                                             41·00
              10.03             Barley                                                                14·00
              10.05 B           Maize, other than hybrid
                                maize for sowing                                                       8·00