CELEX: 31973R1307
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-19 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1307/73 of the Commission of 18 May 1973 fixing the export levies on starch products

No L 132/ 12                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           19 . 5 . 73
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 1307/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 18 May 1973
                                         fixing the export levies on starch products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    comes into force , whereas this difference must then
COMMUNITIES,                                                      be multiplied for the products mentioned in Art­
                                                                  icle 1 by the coefficients relating to these products
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                shown in column 4 of the Annex to Regulation
pean Economic Community ;                                         (EEC) No 1052/68 (8), as last amended by Regula­
                                                                  tion (EEC) No 2728/71 (9) ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67
EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                   Whereas the production refund on maize and com­
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by                 mon wheat intended for the manufacture of starch
the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession            and quellmehl is defined in Article 1 of Regulation
of new Member States to the European Economic                     No 371 /67/EEC ;
Community and the European Atomic Energy Com­                     Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (a) of Regulation
munity, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972 ;                   (EEC) No 1604/71 for the new Member States the
Having regard to Council Regulation No 371 /67/                   amounts to be considered respectively as import
EEC (4) fixing production refunds on starches and                 levy and production refund in accordance with the
quellmehl, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                 preceding Articles shall be the levy and the pro­
179 /73 (5^ and jn particular the last sentence of                duction refund for the product in question respec­
Article 2 (2) thereof;                                            tively, minus the applicable compensatory amount ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                      Whereas the export levy must be fixed once a
Committee ;                                                       week ; whereas it is altered only if application of
                                                                  Article 2 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1604/71
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of Regulation                  entails an increase or a reduction of more than
No 371/67/EEC, an export levy may be introduced                   0 08 unit of account/100 kg of basic product;
for products falling within subheadings Nos 11.08                 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
A I, III, IV and V, 11.09, 17.02 B II, 17.05 B and 23.03          levies should be calculated on the basis of an
A I of the Common Customs Tariff when world mar­
                                                                  exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies
ket prices for maize or common wheat exceed 6·80                  which are floating or whose central rate differs from
units of account ;                                                the official parity, on the effective rate or the
Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 1604/71 (fl) of                   central rate of these currencies and, in the case of
26 July 1971 , as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                  the US dollar, on the change in parity announced
347/73 (7), the Commission laid down detailed                     on 13 February 1973 ;
rules for the application of the export levy on                   Whereas it follows from applying all these provi­
starch products ; whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regu­            sions to the world market price of maize and com­
lation provides that a levy is introduced when it is               mon wheat and to the import levies that an export
found that the import levy is at least 0·30 unit of                levy should be introduced for the products listed
account/100 kg less than the amount of the produc­                in the Annex ;
tion refund valid in the current month and that the
average of the levies in the immediately following
fortnight is at least 0·30 unit of account/100 kg                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
less than the average of the production refund valid
                                                                                           Article 1
in that fortnight;
                                                                   The export levies provided for in Article 2 (2) of
Whereas the export levy must be equal, per 100 kg                 Regulation No 371 /67/EEC are hereby fixed as
of basic product, to the difference between the pro­              shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation for
duction refund valid on the day on which this                     the products listed therein.
export levy is fixed and the average of the levies
applicable on the seven days preceding the day it                                          Article 2
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 May
(»)  OJ  No  117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.                        1973 . It shall apply from 19 May 1973 for starch
(»)  OJ  No  L 73 , 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.                           products derived from maize and from 21 May 1973
(•)  OJ  No  L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5.
(4)  OJ  No  174, 31. 7. 1967, p. 40.                             for starch products derived from soft wheat.
 (*) OJ No L 25, 30. 1 . 1973 , p. 6.
 (•) OJ No L 168, 27. 7. 1971 , p. 11 .                            (8) OJ No L 179, 25. 7 . 1968, p. 8.
f 7) OJ No L 38 , 10. 2. 1973 , p. 17 .                            {•) OJ No L 282, 23 . 12. 1971 , p. 15 .
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                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 18 May 1973 .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                        The President
                                                                                  François-Xavier ORTOLI
                                                                   ANNEX
                                                                                                        Export levies in u.a. /100 kg
       CCT heading No                       Nomenclature in simplified wording                                    United              Other
                                                                                                Ireland
                                                                                                                Kingdom          Member States
                                                                               i
11.08 A I                         Maize starch                                                  2·170            2·151               2,196
11.08 A III                       Wheat starch                                                  2·999            2·999               2,999
11.08 A IV                        Potato starch                                                 2·170             2·151               2,196
11.08 A V                         Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or
                                  potato starch                                                 2·170            2·151                2,196
11.09 A                           Dried wheat gluten                                            5·452            5·452               5,452
11.09 B                           Wheat gluten, other than dried                                5·452            5·452            • 5,452
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 (')                          2·831            2·806               2,864
17.02 B II b)                     Glucose and glucose syrup not containing, in
                                  the dry state, 99 %> or more by weight of the
                                  pure product, other than glucose in the form
                                  of white crystalline powder, whether or not
                                  agglomerated (*)                                              2·170            2·151               2,196
17.05 B I                         Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of
                                  white crystalline powder, whether or not
                                  agglomerated                                                  2·831            2·806               2,864
17.05 B II                        Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other
                                  than in the form of white crystalline powder,
                                  whether or not agglomerated                                   2·170            2·151               2,196
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 %> by weight                             2·696            2·672               2,728
(') Pursuant to Regulation No 189/66/EEC , the product falling within subheading No 17.02 B I is subject to the same levy as products falling
    within subheading No 17.02 B II .