31973R2384

No L 245 /58 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 9 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 2384/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 31 August 1973 fixing the export levies on starch products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN auction 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 comes into force , whereas this difference must then Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ be multiplied for the products mentioned in Art­ pean Economic Community; icle 1 by the coefficients relating to these products shown in column 4 of the Annex to Regulation Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67 (EEC) No 1052/68 (7), as last amended by Regula­ EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ tion (EEC) No 881 /73 (8) ; tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2) ; Whereas the production refund on maize and com­ mon wheat intended for the manufacture of starch Having regard to Council Regulation No 371 /67/ and quellmehl is defined in Article 1 of Regulation EEC (3) fixing production refunds on starches and No 371 /67/EEC ; quellmehl, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 179/73 (4), and in particular the last sentence of Article 2 ( 2) thereof ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1604/71 for the new Member States the amounts to be considered respectively as import Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary levy and production refund in accordance with the Committee ; preceding Articles shall be the levy and the pro­ 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 for products falling within subheadings Nos 11.08 Whereas the export levy must be fixed once a A I, III, IV and V, 11.09, 17.02 B II, 17.05 B and 23.03 week ; whereas it is altered only if application of A I of the Common Customs Tariff when world mar­ Article 2 (2) ( a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1604/71 ket prices for maize or common wheat exceed 6-80 entails an increase or a reduction of more than units of account ; 0 08 unit of account/ 100 kg of basic product;

Whereas, by Regulation ( EEC) No 1604/71 (5) of Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, 26 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 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in starch products ; whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regu­ relation to each other, at any givert moment, lation provides that a levy is introduced when it is within a band of 2-25 % , at rate of exchange found that the import levy is at least 0-30 unit of based on their effective parity ; account/100 kg less than the amount of the produc­ tion refund valid in the current month and that the — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of average of the levies in the immediately following each of these currencies recorded for a given fortnight is at least 0-30 unit of account/ 100 kg period, in relation to the Community currencies less than the average of the production refund valid referred to in the previous subparagraph ; in that fortnight;

Whereas the export levy must be equal, per 100 kg Whereas it follows from applying all these provi­ of basic product, to the difference between the pro­ sions to the world market price of maize and com­ mon wheat and to the import levies that an export levy should be introduced for the products listed (*) OJ No 117, 19.6 . 1967, p. 2269/67. in the Annex ; (•) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 8 . {•) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 40. ( 4) OJ No L 25, 30. 1 . 1973 , p. 6. (•) OJ No L 168, 27. 7. 1971 , p. 11 . ! T ) O J No L 179, 25 . 7. 1968, p. 8. (•) OJ No L 38 , 10. 2 . 1973 , p. 17. (8) OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p . 30.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 2 Article 1 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 Septem­ The export levies provided for in Article 2 (2) of ber 1973 . It shall apply from 1 September 1973 for Regulation No 371/67/EEC are hereby fixed as starch products derived from maize and from 3 Sep­ shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation for tember 1973 for starch products derived from soft rhe products listed therein . wheat.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 August 1973 .

For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

ANNEX

Export levies in u. a. / 100 kg CCT heading N( Nomenclature in simplified wording United Other Ireland Member State* Kingdom

11.08 AI Maize starch 4-661 4-661 4,688 11.08 AIII Wheat starch 9-856 9-856 9,856 11.08 AIV Potato starch 4-661 4-661 4,688 11.08 A V Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or potato starch 4-661 4-661 4,688 11.09 A Dried wheat gluten 17-920 17-920 17,920 11.09 B Wheat gluten , other than dried 17-920 17-920 17,920 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 (*) 6-080 6-080 6,115 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 (*) 4-661 4-661 4,688 17.05 B 1 Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated 6-080 6-080 6,115 17.05 B 11 Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other than in the form of white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated 4-661 4-661 4,688 23.0.1 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 5-790 5-790 5,824

(') 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 .