31973R2037

No L 207/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 28 . 7. 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 2037/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 27 July 1973 fixing the export levies on starch products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the export levy must be equal, per 100 kg COMMUNITIES, of basic product, to the difference between the pro­ duction refund valid on the day on which this export levy is fixed and the average of the levies Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ applicable on the seven days preceding the day it pean Economic Community ; comes into force , whereas this difference must then 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 (') of 13 June 1967 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 (8), as last amended by Regula­ tion ( EEC ) No 881 /73 (9 ) ; the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession 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 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 Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 ( a ) of Regulation I79 /73 / ancj jn particular the last sentence of (EEC) No 1604/71 for the new Member States the Article 2 ( 2 ) thereof; amounts to be considered respectively as import levy and production refund in accordance with the Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary preceding Articles shall be the levy and the pro­ Committee ; duction refund for the product in question respec­ tively, minus the applicable compensatory amount ;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of Regulation No 371 /67/EEC, an export levy may be introduced Whereas the export levy must be fixed once a week ; whereas it is altered only if application of for products falling within subheadings Nos 11.08 A I, III, IV and V, 11.09, 17.02 B II , 17.05 B and 23.03 Article 2 (2 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1604/71 A I of the Common Customs Tariff when world mar­ entails an increase or a reduction of more than 0 08 unit of account/ 100 kg of basic product; ket prices for maize ©r common wheat exceed 6-80 units of account ; Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : Whereas, by Regulation " (EEC) No 1604/71 ( 8) of 26 July 1971 , as amended by Regulation (EEC) No — in the case of currencies which are maintained in 347/73 ( 7 ), the Commission laid down detailed relation to each other, at any given moment, rules for the application of the export levy on within a band of 2-25 % , at rate of exchange starch products ; whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regu­ based on their effective parity ; lation provides that a levy is introduced when it is — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on found that the import levy is at least 0-30 unit of the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of account/ 100 kg less than the amount of the produc­ each of these currencies recorded for a given tion refund valid in the current month and that the period , in relation to the Community currencies average of the levies in the immediately following referred to in the previous subparagraph ; fortnight is at least 0-30 unit of account/ 100 kg less than the average of the production refund valid in that fortnight; Whereas it follows from applying all these provi­ sions to the world market price of maize and com­ mon wheat and to the import levies that an export (•) OJ No 117, 19. 6 . 1967, p. 2269/67. levy should be introduced for the products listed (•) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14. in the Annex ; (•) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 . (*) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 40. (•) 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. ,T ) O No L 38 , 10. 2 . 1973, p. 17. ;#) Oj No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p. 30.

28 . 7 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 207/25

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 2 Article 1 The export levies provided for in Article 2 (2) of This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 July Regulation No 371 /67/EEC are hereby fixed as 1973 . It shall apply from 28 July 1973 for starch shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation for products derived from maize and from 30 July 1973 the products listed therein. 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, 27 July 1973 .

For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

ANNEX

Export levies in u. a. / 100 kg CCT heading No Nomenclature in simplified wording United Other Ireland Member Stat«« Kingdom

11.08 AI Maize starch 4-477 4-477 4,560 11.08 AIII Wheat starch 6-325 6-215 6,325 11.08 AIV Potato starch 4-477 4-477 4,560 11.08 A V Starches other than maize , rice, wheat or potato starch 4-477 4-477 4,560 11.09 A Dried wheat gluten 11-500 11-300 11,500 11.09 B Wheat gluten, other than dried 11-500 11-300 11,500 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 (') 5-840 5-840 5,947 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 4-477 4-477 4,560 17.05 B 1 Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated 5-840 5-840 5,947 17.05 B II - Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other than in the form of white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated 4-477 4-477 4,560 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 5-562 5-562 5,664

J1 ) 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 .