CELEX: 31973R2839
Language: en
Date: 1973-10-19 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2839/73 of the Commission of 18 October 1973 fixing the export levies on cereals

19 . 10 . 73                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 292/25
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 2839/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                            of 18 October 1973
                                                      fixing the export levies on cereals
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                             port levy must also be fixed for all products pro­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                               cessed from common wheat and barley ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
 pean Economic Community ;                                                 Whereas the threshold prices for the 1973/73 marke­
                                                                           ting year were fixed by Council Regulation (EEC)
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                            No 1964/73 (5) of 17 July 1973 ;
 EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­
 tion of the market in cereals, as ilast amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2) ;
                                                                           Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73
                                                                            specifies that when the export levy is being fixed
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                            account must be taken of the existing situation and
 1968/73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general                           the future trend with regard to prices and availabili­
                                                                           ties of cereals on the Community market on the one
 rules to be applied in the event of the cereals market
being disturbed, as amended by Regulation (EEC)                            hand and prices for cereals and cereal products on
                                                                           the world market on the other ; whereas the same
 No 2632/73 (4), and in particular Artidle 4 (2)
thereof ;                                                                  article provides that it is also important to ensure
                                                                           equilibrium and the natural development of prices
                                                                           and trade on cereal markets and furthermore, to take
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Com­
mittee ;
                                                                           into account the economic aspect of the proposed
                                                                          exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC                            Community market ;
 provides that the necessary measure may be taken
if the cif price of one or more products is apprecia­                      Whereas for the products, other than starches, listed
bly higher than the threshold price and if that                            in Article 1 (c) and ( d) of Regulation No 120/67/
situation is likely to continue thereby disturbing or                      EEC the specific factors set out in Article 3 (2) of
 threatening to disturb the Community market ;                             Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 must also be taken
                                                                           into account ;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 specifies that
the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher
 that the threshold price when it exceeds it by at                        Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
least 2 °/o ; whereas this excess may be regarded as                       market situation or the sipecific requirements of cer­
being likely to continue where an imbalance between                        tain markets make this necessary ;
 supply and demand is established and where this
 imbalance is likely to persist having regard to
 foreseeable production and market price trends ;                          Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
                                                                           the following should be used to calculate the levies :
Whereas the high level of prices in international trade
could impede importation of common wheat into
the Community or provoke exportation from the                              — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
Community ;                                                                     kept at any given moment within a band of
                                                                               2-25 %>, a conversion rate based on their actual
Whereas the situation described above can be said                              parity ;
to exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure sup­
plies in the Community an export levy should be
introduced for this product ;                                              — for other currencies a conversion rate based on
                                                                                the arithmetic mean of the sipot market rates for
Whereas, in view of the relationship between the                               each of these currencies against the Community
 basis cereal and products processed from it and gi­                            currencies referred to in the preceding paragraph
 ven the market situation for these products, an ex­                           over a specified period ;
(*)   OJ No    117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/67.
(!)   OJ No    L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 8 .
(•)   OJ No    L 201, 21 . 7. 1973, p. 10.
(<)   OJ No    L 272, 29 . 9. 1973, p. 18 .                                («) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973 , p. 3 .
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Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
above to the present situation on the market in
cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for                              Article 1
these products within the Community and on the               The export levy referred to in the first indent of
world market, that the export levies should be fixed         Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (BBC) No 1968/73 is
as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;                   hereby fixed as shown in the Annex for the products
                                                             listed therein .                         v
                                                                                    Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­
tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Ma­           This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 October
nagement Committee for Cereals,                              1973 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 18 October 1973 .
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                         P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                   Member of the Commission
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                                                         ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 18 October 1973 fixing the export levies on cereals
                   CCT heading No                           Description of goods                 u.a. /ton
           ex 10.01 A                      Common wheat and meslin, excluding officially
                                           certified seeds (*)                                    45·00
              11.01 C                      Barley flour                                            8·40
              11.02 A III                  Barley groats and meal                                  8·40
              11.02 B I a) 1               Hulled (shelled or husked) barley                       8·40
              11.02 Bib) 1                 Hulled and sliced or kibbled barley ('Grütze'
                                           or 'Grutten')                                           8·40
              11.02 B II a)                Hulled (shelled or husked) wheat, whether or
                                           not sliced or kibbled                                  66·50
              11.02 C I                    Pearled wheat                                          70·00
              11.02 C III                  Pearled barley                                          8·40
              11.02 D I                    Wheat not otherwise worked than kibbled                51·00
              11.02 D III                  Barley not otherwise worked than kibbled                6·12
              11.02 E I a) 1               Rolled barley                                           6·12
              11.02 E I b ) 1              Flaked barley                                           8·40
              11.02 E II a)                Rolled or flaked wheat                                 70·00
              11.02 F I                    Wheat pellets                                          51·00
              11.02 F III                  Barley pellets                                          6·12
              11.02 G I                    Wheat germ, whole, rolled, flaked or ground            12·50
              11.07 A I a)                 Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, in the
                                           form of flour                                          89·00
               11.07 A lb )                Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, other
                                           than in the form of flour                              66·50
               11.07 A II a)               Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from
                                           wheat, in the form of flour                            10·68
               11.07 A II b)               Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from
                                           wheat; in the form of flour                             7·98
               11.07 B                     Roasted malt                                            9·30
               ?.3.02 A I a)               Brans, sharps and other residues derived from
                                           the sifting, milling or working of maize or rice,
                                           with a starch content not exceeding 35 % by
                                                                                                   4·48
                                           weight
               ^ 02 A I b) 1               Brans, sharps and other residues derived from
                                           the sifting, milling or working of maize or
                                           rice, with a starch content exceeding 35 % But
                                           not exceeding 45 % by weight, and having
                                           undergone a denaturing process                          4·48
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                      CCT heading No                                     Description of goods                              u.a. / ton
                 23.02 A I b) 2                     Brans, sharps and other residues derived from
                                                     the sifting, milling or working of maize or
                                                    rice, with a starch content exceeding 35 % but
                                                     not exceeding 45 °/o by weight, not having
                                                     undergone a denaturing process, or with a
                                                    starch content exceeding 45 °/o by weight                                 4·48
                 23.02 A II a )                     Brans, sharps and other residues derived from
                                                    the sifting, milling or working of cereals other
                                                    than maize or rice, of which the starch content
                                                    does not exceed 28 % by Weight, and of which
                                                    the percentage which passes through a sieve
                                                    with an aperture of 0·2 mm does not exceed
                                                    10 % by weight or of which the sieved product
                                                    has an ash content, calculated on the dry pro­                            4·48
                                                    duct, of 1·5 % or more by weight
                 23.02 A II b )                     Brans, sharps and other residues derived from
                                                    the sifting, milling or working of cereals other
                                                    than maize or rice, not falling within sub­
                                                    heading No 23.02 A II a)                                                  4·48
            (') Officially certified seeds are understood to be those seeds contained in the packages officially sealed and
                officially labelled as ' basic seed', ' certified seed , first generation ', ' certified seed , second generation ' con­
                forming to the provisions of the Council Directive of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed ( OJ No
                125, 11 . 7. 1966, p. 2309/66) and of the Council Decision of 26 March 1973 on the equivalence of seed produced
                in Denmark , Ireland and the United Kingdom ( OJ No L 106 , 20 . 4 . 1973 , p. 12).