CELEX: 31974R2160
Language: en
Date: 1974-08-15 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2160/74 of the Commission of 14 August 1974 fixing the export levies on starch products

15 . 8 . 74                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 226/ 25
                                REGULATION ( EEC) No 2160/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 14 August 1974
                                              fixing the export levies on starch products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         seven days preceding the day it comes into force ;
COMMUNITIES,                                                           whereas this difference must then be multiplied for
                                                                       the products mentioned in Article 1 by the coeffi­
                                                                       cients relating to these products shown in column 4
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68 (5), as
Economic Community ;                                                   last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 881 /73 (6) ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                            Whereas the production refund on maize, common
67/ EEC ( ! ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                  wheat and broken rice intended for the manufacture
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­
                                                                       of starch is defined in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC)
lation (EEC) No 1 996/74 (2 ) ;                                        No 1132/74 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
11 32/74 (3) of 29 April 1974 on production refunds in                 Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
the cereals and rice sectors, and in particular Article 7              No 1981 / 74 for the new Member States the amounts
(2) thereof ;                                                          to be considered respectively as import levy and
                                                                       production refund shall be the levy and the produc­
                                                                       tion refund for the product in question respectively,
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                           minus the applicable compensatory amount ;
Committee ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 7 (2) of Regulation (EEC)                 Whereas the export levy must be fixed once a week ;
No 1132/74, an export levy may be introduced for                       whereas it is altered only if application of Article 2 (2)
products falling within subheadings 11.08 A, 11.09,                    (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1981 /74 entails an
                                                                        increase or a reduction of more than 0-08 unit of
 17.02 B II , 17.05 B and 23.03 A I of the Common
Customs Tariff when world market prices for maize                       account/ 100 kg of basic product ;
and common wheat on the one hand , and for broken
rice on the other hand exceed respectively 8-20 and
 10-20 units of account ;                                               Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
                                                                        levies should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 1 98 1 /74 (4 ), the
Commission laid down detailed rules for the applica­                    — in the case of currencies which, are maintained in
tion of the export levy on starch products ; whereas                         relation to each other, at ony given moment,
Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regulation provides that a levy is                   within a band of 2-25 % , a .        rate of exchange
 introduced when it is found that the import levy is at                      based on their effective parity ;
 least 0-30 unit of account/ 100 kg less than the
 amount of the production refund valid in the current                   — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 month and that the average of the levies in the                             arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 immediately following fortnight is at least 0-30 unit of                    of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
 account/ 100 kg less than the average of the produc­                         relation to the Community currencies referred to
 tion refund valid in that fortnight ;                                        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
 is fixed and the average of the levies applicable on the               wheat and to the import levies that an export levy
                                                                        should be introduced for the products listed in the
                                                                        Annex ,
(■)  OJ  No   117, 19 . 6 .  1967, p . 2269/67 .
(2 ) OJ  No   L 209, 31 .   7 . 1974,  p. 1 .
(3)  OJ  No   L 128 , 10 .  5 . 1974,  p. 24 .                          (5 ) OJ No L 179 , 25 . 7 . 1968 , p. 8 .
  4  OJ  No   L 207, 29 .   7 . 1974,  p. 9 .                           (") OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p. 30 .
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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                                         A rtic/e 2
                              Article 1                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 August
                                                                           1974 .
 The export levies provided for in Article 7 (2) of Regu­
 lation (EEC) No 1132/74 are hereby fixed as shown in                     It shall apply from 17 August 1974 for starch products
 the Table annexed to this Regulation for the products                    derived from maize and from 19 August 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, 14 August 1974.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                        P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                 Member of the Commission
                                                                   ANNEX
                                                                                                Export levies in u.a. / 100 kg
        CCT
    heading No                  Nomenclature in simplified wording                                                             Other Member
                                                                                Denmark          Ireland      United Kingdom       States
 11.08 AI             Maize starch                                                3,961           3-961            3-961           3,961
 11.08 A III         Wheat starch                                                 8;140           8-140            8-140           8,140
 11.08 AIV           Potato starch                                                3,961           3-961            3-961           3,961
 11.08 A V           Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or
                     potato starch                                                3,961          3-961             3-961           3,961
 11.09 A             Dried wheat gluten                                         14,800          14-800           14-800
                                                                                                                                 14,800
 11.09 B             Wheat gluten , other than dried                            14,800          14-800           14-800          14,800
 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 (')                         5,166          5-166             5-166           5,166
 17.02 B II b )      Glucose and glucose syrup not containing, in
                     the dry state, 99 % or more by weight of the
                     pure product, other than glucose in the form
                     of white crystalline powder, whether or not
                     agglomerated H                                               3,961          3-961             3-%l            3,961
 17.05 B I '         Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of
                     white crystalline powder, wherher or not
                     agglomerated                                                 5,166          .5-166            5-166           5,166
17.05 B 11           Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other
                     than in the form of white crystalline powder,
                     whether or not agglomerated                                  3,961          3-961             3-961          3,961
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°/o by weight                            4,920          4-920             4-920           4,920
(l) Pursuant to Regulation No 189/66/EEC , the product falling within subheading No 17.02 B I is subject to the same levy as oroductji filing
    within subheading No 17.02 B II .