CELEX: 31975R2387
Language: en
Date: 1975-09-19 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2387/75 of the Commission of 18 September 1975 fixing the export levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal

iy . y . 75                            Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 245 / 25
                                REGULATION ( EEC) No 2387 / 75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 18 September 1975
                    fixing the export levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas the situation described above can be said to
 COMMUNITIES ,                                                      exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies
                                                                     in the Community an export levy should be intro­
                                                                    duced for common wheat, durum wheat, rye flour,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               barley, rye, oats, maize, durum wheat groats and meal ;
 Economic Community ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                         Whereas the threshold prices for the 1975/ 76
 67/ EECC ) of 15 June 1967 on the common organiza­                  marketing year were fixed by Council Regulation
 tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­            ( EEC) No 1 1 7.V75 (5 ) of 28 April 1975 ;
 lation ( EEC) No 665/75 (-');
                                                                    Whereas Article 5 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1968 / 75
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                      specifies that when the export levy is being fixed
  I 968 / 75 (•') of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules         account must be taken of the existing situation and
 to be applied in the event of the cereals market being              the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities
disturbed , as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No                 of cereals on the Community market on the one hand
 86/ 75. ("') and in particular Article 4(2) thereof ;              and prices for cereals and cereal products on the word
                                                                     market    on' the   other ;  whereas  the  same   article
                                                                     provides that it is also important to ensure equili­
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                       brium and the natural development of prices and
 Committee ;                                                        trade on cereal markets and furthermore , to take into
                                                                    account the economic aspect of the proposed exports
                                                                    and the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu­
 Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/ 67/ EEC                    nity market ;
 provides that measures may be taken when the quota­
 tions or prices on the world market for one or more
 products reach the level of Community prices ;
whereas that situation is likely to continue and to dete­           Whereas for the products listed in Article I (c) of
 riorate , thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb              Regulation No 120 / 67/ EEC the specific factors set out
the Community market ;                                               in Article 3(2) of Regulation ( EEC) No I 968 / 73 must
                                                                    also be taken into account ;
Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 1968 / 73 specifies that
the quotations or prices on the world market shall be
 regarded as having reached the level of Community                  Whereas the export levy may be varied it the world
 prices when they approach or exceed the threshold                   market situation or the specific requirements of
 price ; whereas the continuation and the deterioration             certain markets make this necessary ;
of that situation may be regarded as being likely to
continue where an imbalance between supply and
demand is established and where this imbalance is
                                                                    Whereas, it the levy system is to operate normally, the
likelv to persist, having regard to foreseeable produc­
tion and market price trends ;                                      following should be used to calculate the levies :
                                                                    — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
Whereas the high level of prices in international trade                  kept at any given moment within a band of
could impede importation of common wheat, durum                          2-25 % , at a conversion rate based on their actual
wheat , rye flour, barley, rye, oats, maize , durum wheat
                                                                         parity ;
groats and meal into the Community or provoke
exportation from the Community ;
                                                                    -— for other currencies a conversion rate based on the
(') 0 | No 117 , | 9 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269 / 67 .                          arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each
(') C )'| No L 72, 20 . 3 . 1975, p. 14.
(') O'l No L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973, p. 10 .
(') C )"| No I. II , 16 . I. 1975, p. 2 .                           n oi No L 117 , 7 . V 197 .-, p. 6 .
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    of these currencies against the Community curren­        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    cies referred to in the preceding paragraph over a
    specified period ;                                                               A ) tide 1
Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined          The export levies referred to in the first indent of
above to the present situation on the market in              Article 2(1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1 968 /73 are
cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for       hereby fixed at the amounts shown in the Annex , for
these products within the Community and on the               the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regu­
world market, that the export levies, should be fixed        lation No 120 / 67/ EEC .
as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
                                                                                     Art iclc 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­            This Regulation      shall   enter into force on           19
ment Committee for Cereals,                                  September 197.5 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 18 September 1975 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                         P. ). LARDINOIS
                                                                   Ait-mbt-r of the Commission
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                                                                      ANNEX
                 to the Commission Regulation of 18 September 1975 fixing the export levies on cereals and
                                                      on wheat or rye flour groats and meal
  CCT heading                                                                                                                      u.a./metric ton
       No                                                            Description
ex 10.01 A                 Common wheat and meslin, excluding officially certified seeds (l)                                            1200
ex 10.01 B                 Durum wheat, excluding officially certified seeds (*)                                                        12-00
ex 10.02                   Rye, excluding officially certified seeds (l)                                                                  0
ex 10.03                   Barley, excluding officially certified seeds (')                                                             15-00
ex 10.04                   Oats, excluding officially certified seeds (*)                                                                5-00
    10.05 B                Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing                                                                     12-00
    10.07 B                Millet                                                                                                        —
    10.07 C                Grain sorghum                                                                                                 —
ex 11.01 A                 Wheat flour                                                                                                   —     .
    11.01 B                Rye flour                                                                                                      0
    11.02 A I a)           Durum wheat groats and meal                                                                                  10-00
    11.02 A lb)            Common wheat groats and meal                                                                                   0
C) 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' conforming 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).