CELEX: 31974R0642
Language: en
Date: 1974-03-23
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 642/74 of the Commission of 22 March 1974 fixing the export levies on starch products

23 . 3 . 74                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 78 /3
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 642/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                            of 22 March 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 1052/68 (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 1 346/73 (2) ;                                          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 (3) fixing production refunds on starches and
quellmehl, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No
1 79/73 (4), and in particular the last sentence of                    Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (a) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                        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,                      whereas it is altered only if application of Article 2 (2)
III , IV and V, 1 1.09 , 17.02 B II , 17.05 B and 23.03 A I
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 for 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 (6), 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/ 100 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 be 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
(')  OJ  No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269 / 67.                          should be introduced for the products listed in the
(2 ) OJ  No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1 973 , p . 8 .                            Annex ,
(3 ) OJ  No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 40 .
(4)  OJ  No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973 , p. 6 .
(5 ) OJ  No L 168 , 27. 7 . 1971 , p . 11 .                             ( 7) OJ No L 179 , 25 . 7 . 1968 , p . 8 .
(b)  OJ  No L 38 , 10 . 2. 1973 , p . 17 .                              ( 8) OJ No L 86 , 31 . 3 . 1973 , p . 30 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                                        Article 2
                            Article 1                                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 March
                                                                              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 23 March 1974 for starch products
the Table annexed to this Regulation for the products                         derived from maize and from 25 March 1974 for
listed therein .                                                              starch products derived from soft wheat.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 22 March 1974.
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                          P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
                                                                    ANNEX
                       CCT                            XT      .            .... ,                          Export levies
                    heading No                        Nomenclature in simplified wording                  in u.a./100 kg
              11.08 AI                     Maize starch                                                        6-078
              11.08 A III                 Wheat starch                                                        11-504
              11.08 A IV                  Potato starch                                                        6-078
              11.08 A V                    Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or
                                           potato starch                                                       6-078
              11.09 A                      Dried wheat gluten                                                 20-916
              11.09 B                     Wheat gluten, other than dried                                      20-916
              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 H                                   7-928
              17.02 B II b)                Glucose and glucose syrup not containing, in
                                           the dry state, 99 °/o or more by weight of the
                                           pure product, other than glucose in the form
                                           of white crystalline powder, whether or not
                                           agglomerated (*)                                                    6-078
              17.05 B I                    Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of
                                           white crystalline powder, whether or not
                                           agglomerated                                                        7-928
              17.05 B II                   Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other
                                           than in the form of white crystalline powder,
                                          whether or not agglomerated                                          6-078
             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 % by weight                                     7-550
               .
              (') Pursuant to Regulation No 189/66/EEC , the product falling within subheading No 17.02 B I is subject to the
                  same levy as products falling within subheading No 17.02 B II .