CELEX: 31973R2245
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2245/73 of the Commission of 17 August 1973 fixing the export levies on cereals

No L 230/8                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                 18 . 8 . 73
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 2245/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 17 August 1973
                                               fixing the export levies on cereals
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas the threshold prices for the 1973 /74 mar­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        keting year were fixed by Council Regulation ( EEC)
                                                                     No 1964/73 (4) of 17 July 1973 ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community ;                                                Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the cif prices
                                                                     used to determine the levies, the Commission must
  Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                     take into account the factors indicated in Regulation
  EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                    No 156/67/EEC (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
  tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by                  No 1607/71 (6), and in particular the most favourable
  Regulation ( EEC) No 1346/73 (2) ;                                 purchasing opportunities on the world market
                                                                     among those which are most representative of the
                                                                     real trend of the market, account being taken in
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No                      particular of the need to prevent sudden variations
  1968/73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules             likely to cause abnormal disturbances on the Com­
 to be applied in the event of the cereals market being             munity market ; whereas the quality of the goods
 disturbed, and in particular Article 5 thereof ;                    offered must also be taken into account, whether
                                                                    this quality corresponds to the standard quality fixed
  Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Com­                 in Regulations (EEC) No 78 6/69 (7 ) and ( EEC) No
  mittee ;
                                                                     1397/69 (8), or whether adjustments need to be made
                                                                    by applying the coefficients of equivalence provided
 Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC                     for in Regulation ( EEC) No 158/67/EEC (9), as last
 provides that the necessary measures may be taken                   amended by the Act ( 10) on the Conditions of Acces­
 if the cif price of one or more products is appreciably            sion and the Adjustments to the treaties and by
 higher than the threshold price and if that situation              Regulation No 159/67/EEC (») ;
 is likely to continue thereby disturbing or threatening
 to disturb the Community market ;
                                                                    Whereas the cif price is calculated . for Rotterdam
                                                                    on the basis of the abovementioned factors, offers
 Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 1968 /73 specifies that
                                                                    for other ports being adjusted, account being taken
 the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher
                                                                    of the corrections necessitated by the differences in
 than the threshold price when it exceeds it by at                  transport charges in relation to Rotterdam ;
 least 2 % ; whereas this excess may be regarded as
 being likely to continue where an imbalance between
 supply and demand is established and where this                    Whereas the factors set out in Article 3 ( 1 ) of Re­
 imbalance is likely to persist having regard to fore­              gulation ( EEC ) No 1968 /73 must also be taken into
 seeable production and market price trends ;                       account when the export levy is being fixed ;
 Whereas the high level of prices in international trade            Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
 could impede importation of common wheat, barley                   the following should be used to calculate the levies :
 and maize into the Community or provoke exporta­                  — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
 tion from the Community ;
                                                                         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
                                                                         parity ;
to exist for 17 August 1973 ; whereas to ensure sup­
plies in the Community an export levy should be                    — for other currencies, a conversion rate based on
introduced for these products ;                                     the arithmetric mean of the spot market rates for
 Whereas the export levy for the products listed in
 Article 1 (a ) and ( b) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC               (4) OJ   No    L. 201 , 21 . 7. 1973 , p. 3 .
 must be based on the difference between the cif price             ( 5 ) OJ No    128 , 27 . 6 . 1967, p. 2533 /67 .
 and the threshold price ;                                         (6) OJ   No    L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p. 16.
                                                                   (7) OJ   No    L 100, 28 . 4. 1969, p. 8 .
                                                                   (8) OJ   No    L 179, 21 . 7. 1969, p. 6 .
H OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.                              ( B) OJ  No    128 , 27. 6 . 1967, p. 2536/67 .
(2) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p. 8.                            ( 10) OJ No    L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(8) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973, p. 10.                             (") OJ   No    1 28, 27. 6. 1 967, p. 2542/67.
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     each of these currencies against the Community                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     currencies referred to in the preceding paragraph
     over a specified period ;                                                             Article 1
Whereas it follows from applying these rules to                    The export levy referred to in the first indent of
the situation on the cereals market and in particular              Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 is
to prices in international trade that the export levies            hereby fixed as shown in the Annex for the products
should be fixed as shown in the Annex to this                      listed therein .
Regulation ;
                                                                                           Article 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 18 August
ment Committee for Cereals ;                                        1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 17 August 1973 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                The President
                                                                           François-Xavier ORTOLI
                                                          ANNEX
                        to the Commission Regulation of 17 August 1973 fixing export levies on cereals
                CCT heading
                     No                              Description of goods                            u.a. / ton
               10.01 A           Common wheat, and meslin                                             28·00
               10.03              Barley                                                              18·00
               10.05 B           Maize, other than hybrid
                                  maize for sowing                                                    12·00