CELEX: 31973R1004
Language: en
Date: 1973-04-14 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1004/73 of the Commission of 13 April 1973 fixing the export levies on starch products

No L 100/ 8                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               14. 4. 73
                                      REGULATION (EEC) No 1004/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                              of 13 April 1973
                                               fixing the export levies on starch products
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           comes into force , whereas this difference must then
    COMMUNITIES,                                                            be multiplied for the products mentioned in Art­
                                                                           icle 1 by the coefficients relating to these products
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                      shown in column 4 of the Annex to Regulation
   pean Economic Community ;                                                (EEC) No 1052/68 (8), as last amended by Regula­
                                                                           tion (EEC) No 2728/71 (9) ;
    Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67
   EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                         Whereas the production refund on maize and com­
   tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by                        mon wheat intended for the manufacture of starch
    the Act (2 ) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession                 and quellmehl is defined in Article 1 of Regulation
    of new Member States to the European Economic                          No 371 /67/EEC :
    Community and the European Atomic Energy Com­                          Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 ( a) of Regulation
   munity, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972 ;                         (EEC) No 1604/71 for the new Member States the
   Having regard to Council Regulation No 371/67/                           amounts to be considered respectively as import
   EEC (4) fixing production refunds on starches and                       levy and production refund in accordance with the
   quellmehl, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                       preceding Articles shall be the levy and the pro­
   179/73 (5), and in particular the last sentence of                      duction refund for the product in question respec­
   Article 2 (2) thereof;                                                  tively, minus the applicable compensatory amount ;
   Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                            Whereas the export levy must be fixed once a
   Committee ;
                                                                           week ; whereas it is altered only if application of
                                                                           Article 2 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1604/71
                                                                           entails an increase or a reduction of more than
   Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of Regulation
   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                       Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
  A I, III, IV and V, 11.09, 17.02 B II, 17.05 B and 23.03                 levies should be calculated on the basis of an
  A I of the Common Customs Tariff when world mar­
                                                                           exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies
  ket prices for maize or common wheat exceed 6-80                         which are floating or whose central rate differs from
  units of account ;                                                      the official parity, on the effective rate or the
                                                                           central rate of these currencies and, in the case of
  Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 1604/71 (6) of
                                                                          the US dollar, on the change in parity announced
  26 July 1971 , as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                          on 13 February 1973 ;
  347/73 (7), the Commission laid down detailed
   rules for the application of the export levy on                        Whereas it follows from applying all these provi­
  starch products ; whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regu­                 sions to the world market price of maize and com­
  lation provides that a levy is introduced when it is                    mon wheat and to the import levies that an export
  found that the import levy is at least 0-30 unit of                     levy should be introduced for the products listed
  account/100 kg less than the amount of the produc­                      in the Annex;
  tion refund valid in the current month and that the
  average of the levies in the immediately following
  fortnight is at least 0-30 unit of account/ 100 kg                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  less than the average of the production refund valid
  in that fortnight;                                                                             Article 1
  Whereas the export levy must be equal, per 100 kg                      The export levies provided for in Article 2 (2) of
  of basic product, to the difference between the pro­                   Regulation No 371 /67/EEC are hereby fixed as
  duction refund valid on the day on which this                          shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation for
 export levy is fixed and the average of the levies                      the products listed therein .
  applicable on the seven days preceding the day it
                                                                                                  Article 2
  (») OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
.(») OJ No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 April
 (») OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p . 5 .                                   1973 .
 (*)  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 .
 ( 7) OJ  No    L 38, 10. 2. 1973 , p. 17.                              ( 0) OJ No L 282, 23 . 12 . 1971 , p. 15 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Mem bet­
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 13 April 1973 .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                        The President
                                                                                  Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
                                                               ANNEX
                                                                                                        Export levies
               CCT heading No                         Nomenclature in simplified wording               in u. a. / 100 kg
          11.08 AI                         Maize starch                                                       -—.
          11.08 AIII                       Wheat starch                                                    1-241
          11.08 AIV                        Potato starch                                                      —
          11.08 A V                        Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or
                                           potato starch                                                      —
          11.09 A                          Dried wheat gluten                                              2-256
          11.09 B                          Wheat gluten, other than dried                                  2-256
          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 0)
          17.02 B II b )                   Glucose and glucose syrup not containing, in
                                           the dry state, 99 °/o or more by weight or the
                                           pure product, other than glucose in the form
                                           of white crystalline powder, whether or not
                                           agglomerated (J)
          17.05 B I                        Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of
                                           white crystalline powder, whether or not
                                           agglomerated
          17.05 B II                       Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other
                                            than in the form of white crystalline powder,
                                           whether or not agglomerated
          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                                   —
          (") 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 .