CELEX: 31975R2450
Language: en
Date: 1975-09-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2450/75 of the Commission of 25 September 1975 fixing the export levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal

No L 250/32                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             26. 9 . 75
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 2450/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 25 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/ EEC (') of 13 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 1173/75 (5) of 28 April 1975 ;
lation (EEC) No 665/75 (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
1 968 /73 (3) 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 (4) 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 1 (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 1968/73 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 if 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
likely to persist, having regard to foreseeable produc­              Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the
tion and market price trends ;                                       following should be used to calculate the levies :
Whereas the high level of prices in international trade              — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
could impede importation of common wheat, durum                           kept at any given moment within a band of
                                                                          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
(>) OJ  No   117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67 .
(2) OJ  No   L 72, 20 . 3 . 1975, p. 14.                                  arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each
(}) OJ  No   L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973 , p. 10 .
(4) OJ  No   L 11 , 16. 1 . 1 9,75, p. 2.                            (5) OJ No L 117, 7. 5. 1975, 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 ;                                                              Article 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 1968/73 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 ;
                                                                                     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 26
ment Committee for Cereals,                                   September 1975.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 25 September 1975.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                         P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                    Member of the Commission
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                                                                          ANNEX
                    to the Commission Regulation of 25 September 1975 fixing the export levies on cereals and
                                                          on wheat or rye flour groats and meal
   CCT heading                                                            Description                                                    u. ». /metric ton
         No
ex 10.01 A                  Common wheat and meslin , excluding officially certified seeds (*)                                                  12-00
:x 10.01 B                  Durum wheat, excluding officially certified seeds (x )                                                              12-00
ex 10.02                     Rye, excluding officially certified seeds (*)                                                                        0
ex 10.03                    Barley, excluding officially certified seeds ( 1)                                                                   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 Alb)             Common wheat groats and meal                                                                                         0
(') Officially certified seeds arc understood to lie those seeds contained in the packages officially scaled 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 (O J 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 ).