CELEX: 31973R2037
Language: en
Date: 1973-07-28 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2037/73 of the Commission of 27 July 1973 fixing the export levies on starch products

No L 207/24                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              28 . 7. 73
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 2037/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 27 July 1973
                                           fixing the export levies on starch products
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas the export levy must be equal, per 100 kg
 COMMUNITIES,                                                         of basic product, to the difference between the pro­
                                                                      duction refund valid on the day on which this
                                                                      export levy is fixed and the average of the levies
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                   applicable on the seven days preceding the day it
 pean Economic Community;                                             comes into force , whereas this difference must then
                                                                     be multiplied for the products mentioned in Art­
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67                       icle 1 by the coefficients relating to these products
EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                      shown in column 4 of the Annex to Regulation
 tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by                   (EEC) No 1052/68 (8), as last amended by Regula­
 the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession              tion (EEC ) No 881 /73 (9) ;
of new Member States to the European Economic
 Community and the European Atomic Energy Com­                        Whereas the production refund on maize and com­
 munity, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972 ;                     mon wheat intended for the manufacture of starch
                                                                     and quellmehl is defined in Article 1 of Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation No 371 /67/                      No 371/67/EEC ;
EEC (*) fixing production refunds on starches and
quellmehl, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No                   Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 ( a ) of Regulation
I79 /73 /     ancj jn particular the last sentence of                (EEC) No 1604/71 for the new Member States the
 Article 2 (2) thereof;                                              amounts to be considered respectively as import
                                                                     levy and production refund in accordance with the
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                         preceding Articles shall be the levy and the pro­
Committee ;                                                          duction refund for the product in question respec­
                                                                     tively, minus the applicable compensatory amount ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of Regulation
No 371 /67/EEC, an export levy may be introduced                     Whereas the export levy must be fixed once a
for products falling within subheadings Nos 11.08                   week ; whereas it is altered only if application of
A I, III, IV and V, 11.09, 17.02 B II, 17.05 B and 23.03             Article 2 (2 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1604/71
A I of the Common Customs Tariff when world mar­                     entails an increase or a reduction of more than
ket prices for maize ©r common wheat exceed 6-80                     0 08 unit of account/ 100 kg of basic product;
units of account ;
                                                                     Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
Whereas, by Regulation " (EEC) No 1604/71 ( 8) of                    levies should be calculated on the following basis :
26 July 1971 , as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
347/73 (7),    the   Commission         laid   down detailed             relation to each other, at any given moment,
 rules for the application of the export levy on                         within a band of 2-25 % , at rate of exchange
starch products ; whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regu­                  based on their effective parity ;
lation provides that a levy is introduced when it is
found that the import levy is at least 0-30 unit of                 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on
account/ 100 kg less than the amount of the produc­                      the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of
tion refund valid in the current month and that the                      each of these currencies recorded for a given
average of the levies in the immediately following                       period , in relation to the Community currencies
fortnight is at least 0-30 unit of account/ 100 kg                       referred to in the previous subparagraph ;
less than the average of the production refund valid
in that fortnight;                                                  Whereas it follows from applying all these provi­
                                                                    sions to the world market price of maize and com­
                                                                    mon wheat and to the import levies that an export
(•) OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.                             levy should be introduced for the products listed
(•) OJ No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.                                 in the Annex ;
(•) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
(*) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 40.
(•) OJ No L 25, 30. 1 . 1973, p. 6.
(•) OJ No L 168, 27.7. 1971 , p. 11 .                               (8) OJ No L 179, 25 . 7. 1968 , p. 8.
,T ) O   No L 38 , 10. 2 . 1973, p. 17.                             ;#) Oj No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p. 30.
 ---pagebreak--- 28 . 7 . 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                            No L 207/25
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                                         Article 2
                             Article 1
The export levies provided for in Article 2 (2) of                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 July
Regulation No 371 /67/EEC are hereby fixed as                               1973 . It shall apply from 28 July 1973 for starch
shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation for                           products derived from maize and from 30 July 1973
the products listed therein.                                                for starch products derived from soft wheat.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 27 July 1973 .
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                         The President
                                                                                    Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
                                                                    ANNEX
                                                                                                         Export levies in u. a. /100 kg
        CCT heading No                       Nomenclature in simplified wording                                    United               Other
                                                                                                 Ireland                           Member Stat««
                                                                                                                 Kingdom
 11.08 AI                         Maize starch                                                    4-477             4-477               4,560
 11.08 AIII                       Wheat starch                                                    6-325             6-215               6,325
 11.08 AIV                        Potato starch                                                   4-477             4-477               4,560
 11.08 A V                        Starches other than maize , rice, wheat or
                                  potato starch                                                   4-477             4-477               4,560
 11.09 A                          Dried wheat gluten                                             11-500           11-300               11,500
 11.09 B                           Wheat gluten, other than dried                                11-500           11-300               11,500
 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 (')                           5-840             5-840               5,947
 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 H                                                 4-477             4-477               4,560
 17.05 B 1                         Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of
                                   white crystalline powder, whether or not
                                   agglomerated                                                   5-840             5-840               5,947
 17.05 B II     -                  Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other
                                   than in the form of white crystalline powder,
                                   whether or not agglomerated                                     4-477            4-477               4,560
 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                               5-562            5-562               5,664
 J1) 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 .