31973R0264

No L 30 / 48 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 2 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 264/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 31 January 1973 fixing the export levies on starch products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN duction refund valid on the day on which this COMMUNITIES , export levy is fixed and the average of the levies applicable on the seven days preceding the day it Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ comes into force ; whereas this difference must then pean Economic Community ; be multiplied for the products mentioned in Art­ Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67 icle 1 by the coefficients relating to these products EEC ( x ) of 13 June 1.967 on the common organiza­ shown in column 4 of the Annex to Regulation tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by (EEC) No 1052/68 (7), as last amended by Regula­ the Act (2 ) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession tion ( EEC ) No 2728 /71 ( 8); of new Member States to the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Com­ Whereas the production refund on maize and com­ munity, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972 ; 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 (4) fixing production refunds on starches and quellmehl, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the export levy must be fixed once a 178/73 ( 5), 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 mon wheat and to the import levies that an export prices for maize or common wheat exceed 6-80 units of account ; levy should be introduced for the products listed in the Annex ; Whereas, by Regulation ( EEC ) No 1604/71 (6 ) of 26 July 1971 , the Commission laid down detailed rules for the application of the export levy on HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : starch products ; whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regu­ Article 1 lation provides that a levy is introduced when it is found that the import levy is at least 0-30 unit of account/100 kg less than the amount of the produc­ The export levies provided for in Article 2 (2) of tion refund valid in the current month and that the Regulation No 371/67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation for average of the levies in the immediately following the products listed therein . fortnight is at least 0-30 unit of account/ 100 kg less than the average of the production refund valid Article 2 in that fortnight ; Whereas the export levy must be equal, per 100 kg This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February of basic product, to the difference between the pro­ 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 31 January 1973 . For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(!) OJ No 117, 19. 6 . 1967, p . 2269/67. (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p . 14 . (3) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p . 5 . (4) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 40 . (5) OJ No L 25 , 30. 1 . 1973 , p . 5 . ( 7) OJ No L 179, 25 . 7. 1968, p . 8 . (6) OJ No L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p. 11 . (8) OJ No L 282, 23 . 12. 1971 , p. 15 .

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ANNEX

(u.a./lOO kg)

CCT heading No Nomenclature in simplified wording Export levies

11.08 AI Maize starch 2-093 11.08 AHI Wheat starch • 4-600 11.08 AIV 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 8-364 11.09 B "Wheat gluten , other than dried 8-364 17.02 B II a ) Glucose other than glucose containing, in the dry state, 99 % or more by weight of the pure product, in the form of white crystalline pow­ der, whether or not agglomerated ( x ) 2-730 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 H 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 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 2-600

(*) 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 .