CELEX: 31973R3369
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-14 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3369/73 of the Commission of 13 December 1973 fixing the export levies on cereals

No L 344/22                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             14. 12. 73
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 3369/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 13 December 1973
                                                 fixing the export levies on cereals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        products, an export levy for these products must also
COMMUNITIES,                                                          be fixed ; however the situation for products pro­
                                                                      cessed from maize does not necessitate          at this
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                    moment the fixing of an export levy ;
pean Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                        Whereas the threshold prices for the 1973/73 marke­
EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                       ting year were fixed by Council Regulation (EEC)
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by                     No 1964/73 (5 ) of 17 July 1973 ;
Regulation ( EEC) No 1346/73 (2) ;
                                                                      Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                         specifies that when the export levy is being fixed
1968/73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general                       account must be taken of the existing situation and
rules to be applied in the event of the cereals market                the future trend with regard to prices and availabili­
being disturbed, as amended by Regulation ( EEC)                      ties of cereals on the Community market on the one
No 2632/73 (4), and in particular Article 4 (2)                        hand and prices for cereals and cereal products on
thereof ;                                                             the world market on the other ; whereas the same
                                                                       article provides that it is also important to ensure
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Com­                      equilibrium and the natural development of prices
mittee ;                                                               and trade on cereal markets and furthermore, to take
                                                                       into account the economic aspect of the proposed
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC                         exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the
provides that the necessary measure may be taken                       Community market ;
if the cif price of one or more products is apprecia­
bly higher than the threshold price and if that
situation is likely to continue thereby disturbing or                  Whereas for the products, other tharf starches, listed
threatening to disturb the Community market ;                          in Article 1 ( c) and (d ) of Regulation No 120/67/
                                                                       EEC the specific factors set out in Article 3 (2) of
Whereas Regulation ( EEC ) No 1968/73 specifies that                   Regulation ( EEC ) No 1968 /73 must also be taken
the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher                    into account ;
that the threshold price when it exceeds it by at
least 2 °/o ; whereas this excess may be regarded as                   Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
being likely to continue where an imbalance between                    market situation or the specific requirements of cer­
 supply and demand is established and where this                       tain markets make this necessary ;
 imbalance is likely to persist having regard to
 foreseeable production and market price trends ;
                                                                       Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
Whereas the high level of prices in international trade                the following should be used to calculate the levies :
could impede importation of common wheat, maize
and barley into the Community or provoke ex­
portation from the Community ;                                         — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
                                                                            kept at any given moment within a band of
 Whereas the situation described above can be said                          2-25 %>, a conversion rate based on their actual
 to exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure sup­                      parity ;
 plies in the Community an export levy should be
 introducted for these products ;                                      — for other currencies a conversion rate based on
 Whereas, in view of the relationship between the                           the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for
 basic product and the products processed from it                           eaoh of these currencies against the Community
 and given the maricet situation for certain processed                      currencies referred to in the preceding paragraph
                                                                            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 (EEC) No 1968/73 is
as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;                           hereby fixed as shown in the Annex for the products
                                                                     listed therein .
Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has                                                  Article 2
not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 Decem­
its Chairman,                                                        ber 1973 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 13 December 1973 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                    P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                             Member of the Commission
                                                             ANNEX
                   to the Commission Regulation of 13 December 1973 fixing the export levies on cereals
                      CCT heading No                             Description of goods                       u.a. /ton
                 10.01 A                       Common wheat and meslin, excluding officially
                                               certified seeds (')                                          80.00
              ex 10.03                         Barley, excluding officially certified seeds ( l )            15.00
                 10.05 B                        Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing                    25.00
              ex 11.01 A                       Wheat flour                                                  30.00
                 11.02 Alb )                   Common wheat groats and meal                                  30.00
                 11.01 C                       Barley flour                                                   7.00
                 11.02 A III                   Barley groats and meal                                         7.00
                 11.02 B I a ) 1               Hulled (shelled or husked) barley                              7.00
                 11.02 Bib ) !                .Hulled and sliced or kibbled barley ('Grütze' or
                                               ' Grutten')                                                    7.00
                  11.02 B II a )               Hulled (shelled or husked ) wheat, whether or
                                               not sliced or kibbled                                         53.20
                 11.02 C I                     Pearled wheat                                                 56.00
                 11.02 C III                  Pearled barley                                                  7.00
                 11.02 D I                     Wheat not otherwise worked than kibbled                       40.80
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                                                                          Description of goods                              u . a . /ton
                     CCT heading No
                 11.02 Dill                          Barley not otherwise worked than kibbled                                15.00
                 11.02 E I a ) 1                     Rolled barley                                                           15.00
                 11.02 E l b ) 1                     Flaked barley                                                               7.00
                 11.02 E II a )                      Rolled or flaked wheat                                                  56.00
                 11.02 F I                           Wheat pellets                                                            40.80
                 11.02 Fill                          Barley pellets                                                           15.00
                 11.02 F VI                          Rice pellets                                                           153.00
                 11.02 G I                           Wheat germ, whole, rolled, flaked or ground                              10.00
                 11.07 A I a )                       Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, in the                              71.20
                                                     form of flour
                 11.07 A I b )                       Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, other                               53.20
                                                     than in the form of flour
                 11.07 A II a )                      Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from                               8.90
                                                     wheat, in the form of flour
                 11.07 All b )                       Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from                               6.65
                                                     wheat, other than in the form of flour
                                                      Roasted malt                                                               7.75
                 11.07 B
                 23.02 A I a)                        Brans, sharps and other residues derived from                               3.60
                                                     the sifting, milling or working of maize or rice,
                                                     with a starch content not exceeding 35 % by
                                                     weight
                 23.02 A I b ) 1                     Brans, sharps and other residues derived from                               3.60
                                                     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
                 23.02 A 1 b) 2                      Brans, sharps and other residues derived from                               3.60
                                                      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
                 23.02 A II a )
                                                     Brans, sharps and other residues derived from                               3.60
                                                   • 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
                                                     duct, of 1.5 % or more by weight
                 23.02 A II b )                      Brans, sharps and other residues derived from                               3.60
                                                     the sifting, milling or working of cereals other
                                                     than maize or rice, not falling within sub­
                                                     heading No 23.02 A II a)
            {') 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).