CELEX: 31973R0125
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-20 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 125/73 of the Commission of 19 January 1973 fixing the export levies on starch products

No L 17/ 12                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            20. 1 . 73
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 125/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 19 January 1973
                                            fixing the export levies on starch products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        applicable on the seven days preceding the day it
COMMUNITIES ,                                                        comes into force; whereas this difference must then
                                                                     be multiplied for the products mentioned in Art­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                   icle 1 by the coefficients relating to these products
pean Economic Community;                                              shown in column 4 of the Annex to Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67                         (EEC) No 1052/68 (6), as last amended by Regula­
ECC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organisa­                      tion (EEC) No 2728/71 (7);
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by                    Whereas the production refund on maize and com­
Regulation (EEC) No 2429/72 (2 );                                     mon wheat intended for the manufacture of starch
Having regard to Council Regulation No 371/67/                        and quellmehl is defined in Article 1 of Regulation
EEC (3) fixing production refunds on starches and                    No 371/67/EEC ;
quellmehl, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
2273/70 (4), and in particular the last sentence of                  "Whereas the export levy must be fixed once a
Article 2 (2) thereof;                                               week ; whereas it is altered only if application of
                                                                     Article 2 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1604/71
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of Regulation                      entails an increase or a reduction of more than
No 371 /67/EEC, an export levy may be introduced                     0·08 unit of account/100 kg of basic product;
for products falling within subheadings Nos 11.08
A I, III, IV and V, 11.09 , 17.02 B II and 17.05 B of                Whereas it follows from applying all these provi­
the Common Customs Tariff when world market                           sions to the world market price of maize and com­
prices for maize or common wheat exceed 6·80 units                    mon wheat and to the import levies that an export
of account;                                                           levy should be introduced for the products listed
                                                                     in the Annex;
Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 1604/71 (5) of
26 July 1971 , the Commission laid down detailed
rules for the application of the export levy on
starch products ; whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regu­              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
lation provides that a levy is introduced when it is
found that the import levy is at least 0·30 unit of
account/ 100 kg less than the amount of the produc­                                            Article 1
tion refund valid in the current month and that the
                                                                      The export levies provided for in Article 2 (2) of
average of the levies in the immediately following                    Regulation No 371/67/EEC are hereby fixed as
fortnight is at least 0·30 unit of account/ 100 kg                    shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation for
less than the average of the production refund valid                 the products listed therein.
in that fortnight;
Whereas the export levy must be equal, per 100 kg                                              Article 2
of basic product, to the difference between the pro­
duction refund valid on the day on which this                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 ' January
export levy is fixed and the average of the levies                    1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 19 January 1973 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                   The President
                                                                              François-Xavier ORTOLI
H    OJ No  117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
( 2) OJ No  L 264 , 23 . 11 . 1972, p . 1 .
(3 ) OJ No  L 174 , 31 . 7 . 1967, p . 40 .
(4)  OJ No  L 246, 12 . 11 . 1970, p . 1 .                            ( B) OJ No L 179, 25 . 7. 1968 , p. 8 .
(5)  OJ No  L 168 , 27.7. 1971 , p. 11 .                              ( 7) OJ No L 282, 23 . 12. 1971 , p . 15 .
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                                                                 ANNEX
                                                                                                               (u.a./100 kg)
                  CCT heading No                      Nomenclature in simplified wording                Export levies
            11.08 A I                      Maize starch                                                     2·093
            11.08 A III                    Wheat starch                                                     5·300
            11.08 A IV                     Potato starch                                                    2·093
            11.08 A V                      Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or
                                           potato starch                                                    2·093
            11.09 A                        Dried wheat gluten                                               9·636
            11.09 B                        Wheat gluten , other than dried                                  9·636
            17.02 B II a )                 Glucose other than glucose containing, in the
                                           dry state, 99 °/o or more by weight of the pure
                                           product, in the form of white crystalline pow­
                                           der, whether or not agglomerated f 1 )                           2·730
            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 f 1 )                                              2·093
            17.05 B I                      Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of
                                            white crystalline powder, whether or not
                                           agglomerated                                                     2·730
            17.05 B II                      Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other
                                            than in the form of white crystalline powder,
                                            whether or not agglomerated                                     2·093
             (') 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 .