CELEX: 31973R2712
Language: en
Date: 1973-10-05 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2712/73 of the Commission of 4 October 1973 fixing the export levies on cereals

5 . 10. 73                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 279/25
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 2712/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                              of 4 October 1973
                                                      fixing the export levies on cereals
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           port levy must also be fixed for all products pro­
   COMMUNITIES,                                                             cessed from common wheat and barley ;
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
   pean Economic Community ;                                               Whereas the threshold prices for the 1973/73 marke­
                                                                           ting year were fixed by Council Regulation (EEC)
   Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                           No 1964/73 (5) of 17 July 1973 ;
  EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­
   tion of the market in cereals, as 'last amended by
  Regulation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2) ;                                        Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1968 /73
                                                                            specifies that when the export levy is being fixed
  Halving regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No                            account must be taken of the existing situation and
  1968/73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general                          the future trend with regard to prices and availabili­
  rules to be applied in the event of the cereals market                   ties of cereals on the Community market on the one
  being disturbed, as amended by Regulation (EEC)                          hand and prices for cereals and cereal products on
  No 2632/73 (4), and in particular Article 4 (2)                          the world market on the other ; whereas the same
  thereof ;                                                                article provides that it is also important to ensure
                                                                           equilibrium and the natural development of prices
  Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Com­                        and trade on cereal markets and furthermore, to take
  mittee ;                                                                 into account the economic aspect of the proposed
                                                                           exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the
 Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC                           Community market ;
 provides that the necessary measure may be taken
  if the cif price of one or more products is apprecia­                   Whereas for the products, other than starches, listed
  bly higher than the threshold price and if that                          in Article 1 (c) and (d) of Regulation No 120/67/
  situation is likely to continue thereby disturbing or                    EEC the specific factors set out in Article 3 (2) of
  threatening to disturb the Community market ;                            Regulation ( EEC ) No 1968 /73 must also be taken
                                                                          into - account ;
 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 specifies that
 the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher
 that the threshold price when it exceeds it by at                        Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
 least 2 °/o ; whereas this excess may be regarded as                      market situation or the specific requirements of cer­
 being likely to contihue where an imbalance between                      tain markets make this necessary ;
 supply and demand is established and where this
 imbalance is likely to persist having regard to
 foreseeable production and market price trends ;                         Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
                                                                          the following should be used to calculate the levies :
 Whereas the high level of prices in international trade
 could impede importation of common wheat and
 barley into the Community or provoke exportation                         — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
 from the Community ;                                                          kept at any given moment within a band of
                                                                               2-25 °/o, a conversion rate based on their actual
 Whereas the situation described above can be said                             parity ;
 to exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure sup­
 plies in the Community an export levy should be
 introduced for these products ;                                          — for other currencies a conversion rate based on
                                                                               the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for
 Whereas, in view of the relationship between the                              eaoh of these currencies against the Community
 basis cereal and products processed from it and gi­                           currencies referred to in the preceding paragraph
 ven the market situation for these products, an ex­                           over a specified period ;
(l)   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 .
                                                                                     Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­
tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Ma­           This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 October
nagement Committee for Cereals,                              1973 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 4 October 1973 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                          The President
                                                                     François-Xavier ORTOLI
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                                                            ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 4 October 1973 fixing the export levies on cereals
                   CCT heading No                             Description of goods           u . a . / ton
           ex 10.01 A                       Common wheat and meslin , excluding officially
                                            certified seeds (*)                               60-00
           ex 10.03                         Barley, excluding officially certified seeds (')     4-00
               11.01 C                      Barley flour                                         8-40
               11.02 A III                  Barley groats and meal                               8-40
               11.02 B la ) 1               Hulled (shelled or husked) barley                    8-40
               11.02 B I b ) 1              Hulled and sliced or kibbled barley (' Grütze'
                                            or ' Grutten ')                                      8-40
               11.02 B II a )               Hulled ( shelled or husked ) wheat , whether or
                                            not sliced or kibbled                             66-50
               11.02 CI                     Pearled wheat                                     70-00
               11.02 C III                  Pearled barley                                       8-40
              11.02 D I                     Wheat not otherwise worked than kibbled          51-00
              11.02 D III                   Barley not otherwise worked than kibbled             6-12
              11.02 E I a ) 1               Rolled barley                                       6-12
              11.02 E lb ) 1               Flaked barley                                        8-40
              11.02 Ella )                 Rolled or flaked wheat                            70-00
              11.02 F I                    Wheat pellets                                     51-00
              11.02 G I                    Wheat germ, whole, rolled, flaked or ground       12-50
              11.07 Ala )                  Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, in the
                                           form of flour                                     89-00
              11.07 A lb )                 Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, other
                                           than in the form of flour                         66-50
              11.07 A II a )               Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from
                                           wheat, in the form of flour                       10-68
              11.07 A lib )                Unroasted malt , other than that obtained from
                                          wheat, in the form of flour                         7-98
              11.07 B                      Roasted malt                                       9-30
              23.02 A I a )               Brans , sharps and other residues derived from
                                          the sifting, milling or working of maize or rice,
                                          with a starch content not exceeding 35 % by
                                          weight                                              4-48
             23.02 A I b ) 1              Brans , sharps and other residues derived from
                                          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                      4-48
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                                                                      Description of goods                             u.a. /ton
                      CCT heading No
                 23.02 A I b) 2                     Brans, sharps and other residues derived from
                                                    the sifting, milling or working of maize or
                                                    rice, with a starch content exceeding 35 % but
                                                    not exceeding 45 %> by weight, not having
                                                    undergone a denaturing process, or with a
                                                                                                                          4-48
                                                    starch content exceeding 45 °/o by weight
                 23.02 A II a)                      Brans, sharps and other residues derived from
                                                    the sifting, milling or working of cereals other
                                                    than maize orrice, 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                        4-48
                                                    duct, of 1-5 % or more by weight
                 23.02 A II b )                     Brans, sharps and other residues derived from
                                                    the sifting, milling or working of cereals other
                                                    than maize or rice, not falling within sub­
                                                    heading No 23.02 A II a)                                              4-48
            (') 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).