CELEX: 31974R1971
Language: en
Date: 1974-07-27 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1971/74 of the Commission of 26 July 1974 fixing the export levies on starch products

27. 7 . 74                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 206/ 9
                              REGULATION ( EEC) No 1971 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 26 July 1974
                                          fixing the export levies on starch products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       is fixed and the average of the levies applicable on the
COMMUNITIES,                                                         seven days preceding the day it comes into force ;
                                                                     whereas this difference must then be multiplied for
                                                                     the products mentioned in Article 1 by the coeffi­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                cients relating to these products shown in column 4
Economic Community ;                                                 of the Annex to Regulation ( EEC) No 1052/68 ( 7), as
                                                                     last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 881 /73 (8) ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/
67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­              Whereas the production             refund on    maize and
lation ( EEC) No 11 25/74 (2) ;                                      common       wheat  intended      for    the manufacture of
                                                                     starch and quellmehl is defined in Article 1 of Regula­
                                                                     tion No 371 / 67/ EEC ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 371 /
67/ EEC (3) fixing production refunds on starches and
quellmehl, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No
1 79 /73 (4 ), • and in particular the last sentence of              Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (a) of Regulation ( EEC)
                                                                     No 1604/ 71 for the new Member States the amounts
Article 2 (2) thereof ;
                                                                     to be considered respectively as import levy and
                                                                     production refund in accordance with the preceding
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                         Articles shall be the levy and the production refund
Committee ;                                                          for the product in question respectively, minus the
                                                                     applicable compensatory amount ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of Regulation No
371 /67/ EEC, an export levy may be introduced for
                                                                     Whereas the export levy must be fixed once a week ;
products falling within subheadings Nos 11.08 A I ,
III , IV and V, 1 1 .09 , 17.02 B II , 17.05 B and 23.03 A I
                                                                     whereas it is altered only if application of Article 2 (2)
of the Common Customs Tariff when world market
                                                                     (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1604/71 entails an
                                                                     increase or a reduction of more than 0-08 unit of
prices for maize or common wheat exceed 6-80 units
of account ;
                                                                     account/ 100 kg of basic product ;
Whereas, by Regulation ( EEC) No 1604/71 (5 ) of 26                  Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
July 1971 , as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No                       levies should be calculated on the following basis :
347/73 (6), the Commission laid down detailed rules
for the application of the export levy on starch
                                                                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
products ; whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regulation
provides that a levy is introduced when it is found                       relation to each other, at any given moment,
that the import levy is at least 0-30 unit of                             within a band of 2-25 % , at a rate of exchange
account/ 100 kg less than the amount of the produc­                       based on their effective parity ;
tion refund valid in the current month and that the
average of the levies in the immediately following fort­             — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
night is at least 0-30 unit of account/ 100 kg less than                  arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
the average of the production refund valid in that fort­                  of these currencies recorded for a given period , in
night ;                                                                   relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                          in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas the export levy must be equal , per 100 kg of
basic product, to the difference between the produc­                 Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions
tion refund valid on the clay on which this export levy              to the world market price of maize and common
                                                                     wheat and to the import levies that an export levy
(') Ol No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967 , p. 2269 / 67.                         should be introduced for the products listed in the
I1) OJ No L 128 , 10. 5. 1974, p. 12.                                Annex ,
(3 ) Of No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 40 .
(■») O'l No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1 973 , p. 6 .
(5 ) OJ No L 168 , 27 . 7 . 1971 , p. 11 .                           (') OJ No L 179 , 2.S. 7 . 1968 , p. 8 .
( b) OJ No L 38 , 10 . 2 . 1973 , p. 17 .                            (s ) OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p. 30 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                                         A rt ilie 2
                              Article 1                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 July
                                                                          1974 .
The export levies provided for in Article 2 (2) of Regu­
lation No 371 / 67/ EEC are hereby fixed as shown in                      It shall apply from 27 July 1974 for starch products
the Table annexed to this Regulation for the products                     derived from maize and from 29 July 1974 for starch
listed therein .                                                          products derived from soft wheat.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 26 July 1974.
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                        P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                 Member of the Commission
                                                                    ANNEX
                                                                                                Export levies in u .a./ 100 kg
        CCT
     heading No                  Nomenclature in simplified wording                                                            Other MeatKer
                                                                                 Denmark         Ireland       United Kingdom      States
 11.08 A I            Maize starch                                                6,302            6-351             6-351         6,302
 11.08 A III          "Wheat starch                                              12,210          12-210             12-210        12,210
 11.08 AIV            Potato starch                                               6,302            6-351              6-351        6,302
 11.08 A V            Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or
                      potato starch                                               6,302            6-351             6-351         6,302
 11.09 A              Dried wheat gluten                                         22,200          22-200             22-200        22,200
 11.09 B              Wheat gluten, other than dried                             22,200          22-200             22-200        22,200
 17.02 B II a )        Glucose other than glucose containing, in the
                       dry state, 99 °/o or more by weight of the pure
                       product, in the form of white crystalline pow­
                      der, whether or not agglomerated (*)                        8,219            8-285              8-285        8,219
 17.02 B II b )        Glucose and glucose syrup not containing, in
                       the dry state, 99 °/o or more by weight of the
                       pure product, other than glucose in the form
                      of white crystalline powder, whether or not
                       agglomerated H                                             6,302            6-351              6-351        6,302
 17.05 B I             Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of
                       white crystalline powder, whether or not
                       agglomerated                                               8,219            8-285              8-285        8,219
 17.05 B II            Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other
                       than in the form of white crystalline powder,
                      whether or not agglomerated                                 6,302            6-351              6-351        6,302
 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 °/o by weight                          7,828            7-890              7-890        7,828
 (*) Pursuant to Regulation No 189/66/EEC , the product falling within subheading No 17.02 B I is subject to the same levy as nrndtict* filing
     within subheading No 17.02 B II .