31973R0125

20 . 1 . 73 No L 17/ 12 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION (EEC) No 125/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 19 January 1973 fixing the export levies on starch products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN applicable on the seven days preceding the day it COMMUNITIES , comes into force ; whereas this difference must then be multiplied for the products mentioned in Art­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ icle 1 by the coefficients relating to these products pean Economic Community; shown in column 4 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68 (6), as last amended by Regula­ Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67 tion ( EEC ) No 2728 /71 ( 7 ); ECC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organisa­ tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Whereas the production refund on maize and com­ Regulation (EEC) No 2429/72 (2 ); mon wheat intended for the manufacture of starch and quellmehl is defined in Article 1 of Regulation Having regard to Council Regulation No 371/67/ No 371 /67/EEC ; EEC (3) fixing production refunds on starches and quellmehl, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No "Whereas the export levy must be fixed once a 2273/70 (4), and in particular the last sentence of week ; whereas it is altered only if application of Article 2 (2 ) thereof; 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 A I, III, IV and V, 11.09 , 17.02 B II and 17.05 B of Whereas it follows from applying all these provi­ the Common Customs Tariff when world market sions to the world market price of maize and com­ prices for maize or common wheat exceed 6·80 units mon wheat and to the import levies that an export of account; levy should be introduced for the products listed in the Annex ; Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 1604/71 (5) of 26 July 1971 , the Commission laid down detailed rules for the application of the export levy on starch products ; whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regu­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : lation provides that a levy is introduced when it is found that the import levy is at least 0·30 unit of Article 1 account/ 100 kg less than the amount of the produc­ tion refund valid in the current month and that the The export levies provided for in Article 2 (2) of average of the levies in the immediately following Regulation No 371/67/EEC are hereby fixed as fortnight is at least 0·30 unit of account/ 100 kg shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation for less than the average of the production refund valid the products listed therein. in that fortnight;

Whereas the export levy must be equal, per 100 kg Article 2 of basic product, to the difference between the pro­ duction refund valid on the day on which this This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 ' January export levy is fixed and the average of the levies 1973 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 19 January 1973 . For the Commission The President François-Xavier ORTOLI

H OJ No 117, 19. 6 . 1967, p . 2269/67. ( 2) OJ No L 264 , 23 . 11 . 1972, p . 1 . (3 ) OJ No L 174 , 31 . 7 . 1967, p . 40 . (4) OJ No L 246, 12 . 11 . 1970, p . 1 . ( B) OJ No L 179, 25 . 7. 1968 , p. 8 . (5) OJ No L 168 , 27.7. 1971 , p. 11 . ( 7) OJ No L 282, 23 . 12. 1971 , p . 15 .

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ANNEX

(u.a./100 kg)

CCT heading No Nomenclature in simplified wording Export levies

11.08 A I Maize starch 2·093 11.08 A III Wheat starch 5·300 11.08 A IV Potato starch 2·093 11.08 A V Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or potato starch 2·093 11.09 A Dried wheat gluten 9·636 11.09 B Wheat gluten , other than dried 9·636 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 f 1 ) 2·730 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 f 1 ) 2·093 17.05 B I Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated 2·730 17.05 B II Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other than in the form of white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated 2·093

(') 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 .