CELEX: 31997R1551
Language: en
Date: 1997-07-31 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1551/97 of 31 July 1997 fixing an export tax on cereal products

No L 206/ 58          EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                   1 . 8 . 97
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1551 /97
                                                        of 31 July 1997
                                         fixing an export tax on cereal products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       market and which will avoid disturbance to the Com­
                                                                  munity market;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                        Whereas export licences applied for before 1 August 1997
                                                                   for these products are still currently valid; whereas their
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                 validity has already been limited as a precautionary
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Commission               measure to 30 days in order to restrict quantities; whereas
                                                                   it is not necessary to penalise these licences;
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 16
thereof,                                                          Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 120/89 (*), as
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1766/92                   last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2194/96 (6), and in
provides that where quotations or prices on the world              particular Article 3 thereof, is applicable;
market for certain products reach the level of Community           Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not
prices and such situation is likely to continue and deteri­        delivered an opinion within the time-limit set by its
orate thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb the             Chairman ,
Community market, appropriate measures may be taken;
whereas Article 15 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1 501 /95 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
1 259/97 (4), provides that where such conditions are met,
an export tax may be fixed and may vary according to the                                     Article 1
destination;
                                                                    1 . The export tax referred to in Article 15 of Regula­
Whereas prices on the world market for common wheat                tion (EC) No 1501 /95 is fixed at the level set out in the
and durum wheat have reached the level of those in the
                                                                   Annex to this Regulation .
Community; whereas this situation is likely to lead to an
excessive export of common wheat, of durum wheat, flour            2. This tax shall not apply, however, to export licences
of common wheat, flour of durum wheat, flour of meslin ,           applied for before 1 August 1997.
groats and meal of common wheat and groats and meal of
durum wheat from the Community; whereas it has there­                                        Article 2
fore been decided to apply an export tax to these products
at a level adapted to the current situation on the world           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1997.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 31 July 1997.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
 (') OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
 (2) OJ No L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
 (3) OJ No L 147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 7.                                0 OJ No L 16, 20. 1 . 1989, p. 19.
 b) OJ No L 174, 2. 7. 1997, p. 10.                                 (6) OJ No L 293, 16. 11 . 1996, p. 3.
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                                                ANNEX
                  CN code                               Level of export tax
                                                          in ECU/tonne
                1001 10 00                                     5,00
                 1001 90 99                                    0,50
                 1101 00 11                                    7,50
                 1101 00 15                                    0,70
                 1101 00 90                                    0,70
                 1103 11 10                                    7,50
                 1103 11 90                                    0,70