CELEX: 31973R3522
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3522/73 of the Commission of 28 December 1973 fixing the export levies on starch products

No L 360 / 32                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                29 . 12 . 73
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 3522/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 28 December 1973
                                          fixing the export levies on starch products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       is fixed and the average ot 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 (s) ;
 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 1 346/73 ;                                          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 (') 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 ) ot 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,                  whereas it is altered only if application of Article 2 (2)
 III , IV and V, 1 1.09 , 17.02 B II , 17.05 B and 23.03 A I
 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                  account/ 100 kg of basic product ;
 of account ;
 Whereas, by Regulation ( EEC) No 1604/71 (5) of 26                  Whereas, it 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 day on which this export levy               to the world market price of maize and common
                                                                     wheat and to the import levies that an export levy
(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269/67.                            should be introduced for the products listed in the
(2 ) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p. 8 .                            Annex ,
(3) OJ No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 40 .
(•♦) O'l No L 25, 30. 1 . 1973 , p. 6.
(5) OJ No L 168 , 27 . 7 . 1971 , p. 11 .                           ( 7) Ol No L 179 , 25 . 7 . 1968 , p. 8 .
(') OJ No L 38 , 10 . 2. 1973 , p. 17 .                             ( s ) OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p. 30 .
 ---pagebreak---   29 . 12 . 73                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                       No L 360 /33
  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                                      Art iclc 2
                              Article 1                                   This Regulation        shall    enter into        force   on    29
                                                                          December 1973 .
  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 29 December 1973 for starch
  the Table annexed to this Regulation for the products                   products derived from maize and from 31 December
  listed therein .                                                        1973 for starch products derived from soft wheat.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 28 December 1973 .
                                                                                     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                                     United                   Other
                                                                                  Ireland                                   Member States
                                                                                                      Kingdom
 11.08 AI             Maize starch                                                 5-667                5-667                   5,667
 11.08 A III          Wheat starch                                                10-798              10-798                   10,798
 11.08 AIV            Potato starch                                                5-667                5-667                   5,667
 11.08 A V            Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or
                      potato starch                                                5-667               5-667                    5,667
 11.09 A              Dried wheat gluten                                          19-632              19-632                   19,632
 11.09 B              Wheat gluten, other than dried                              19-632              19-632                   19,632
 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 (*)                         7-392               7-392                    7,392
 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                                               5-667               5-667                    5,667
 17.05 B I            Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of
                      white crystalline    powder, whether or not
                      agglomerated                                                 7-392               7-392                    7,392
 17.05 B II          Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other
                     than in the form of white crystalline powder,
                     whether or not agglomerated                                   5-667               5-667                    5,667
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                              7-040               7-040                    7,040
(*) 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 .