31973R2907

26 . 10 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 298 /27

REGULATION (EEC) No 2907/73 OF THE COMMISSION

of 25 October 1973

fixing the export levies on cereals

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN products, an export levy for these products must also COMMUNITIES, be fixed ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ Whereas the threshold prices for the 1973/73 marke­ pean Economic Community ; ting year were fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1964/73 (5) of 17 July 1973 ; 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 Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 Regulation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2) ; specifies that when the export levy is being fixed account must be taken of the existing situation and Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No the future trend with regard to prices and availabili­ 1968/73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general ties of cereals on the Community market on the one rules to be applied in the event of the cereals market hand and prices for cereals and cereal products on being disturbed, as amended by Regulation (EEC) the world market on the other ; whereas the same No 2632/73 (4), and in particular Article 4 (2) article provides that it is also important to ensure thereof ; equilibrium and the natural development of prices and trade on cereal markets and furthermore, to take Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Com­ into account the economic aspect of the proposed mittee ; exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the Community market ; "Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC provides that the necessary measure may be taken if the cif price of one or more products is apprecia­ Whereas for the products, other than starches, listed bly higher than the threshold price and if that in Article 1 (c) and (d) of Regulation No 120/67/ situation is likely to continue thereby disturbing or EEC the specific factors set out in Article 3 (2) of threatening to disturb the Community market ; Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 must also be taken into account ; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 specifies that the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher that the threshold price when it exceeds it by at Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world least 2 °/o ; whereas this excess may be regarded as market situation or the specific requirements of cer­ being likely to continue where an imbalance between tain markets make this necessary ; supply and demand is established and where this imbalance is likely to persist having regard to foreseeable production and market price trends ; Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the following should be used to calculate the levies : "Whereas the high level of prices in international trade could impede importation of common wheat into — for currencies the exchange rates for which are the Community or provoke exportation from the Community ; kept at any given moment within a band of 2-25 °/o, a conversion rate based on their actual Whereas the situation described above can be said parity ; to exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure sup­ plies in the Community an export levy should be — for other currencies a conversion rate based on introduced for this product ; the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for Whereas , in view of the relationship between the each of these currencies against the Community basic product and the products processed from it currencies referred to in the preceding paragraph and given the market situation for certain processed over a specified period ;

») OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269/67 . 2) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p. 8 . ») OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7 . 1973 , p. 10. *) OJ No L 272 , 29 . 9 . 1973 , p. 18 . (•) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973 , p. 3 .

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined above to the present situation on the market in Article 1 cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for these products within the Community and on the The export levy referred to in the first indent of world market, that the export levies should be fixed Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 is as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; hereby fixed as shown in the Annex for the products Listed therein . Article 2 Whereas the Management Commitee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 October its Chairman , 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 25 October 1973 .

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 25 October 1973 fixing the export levies on cereals

CCT heading No Description of goods u . a . / ton

ex 10.01 A Common wheat and meslin, excluding officially certified seeds ( x ) 40·00

11.02 B II a ) Hulled (shelled or husked) wheat, whether or not sliced or kibbled 53·20

11.02 CI Pearled wheat 56·00

11.02 D I Wheat not otherwise worked than kibbled 40·80

Rolled or flaked wheat 56·00 11.02 E II a)

11.02 F I 40·80 Wheat pellets

11.02 F VI Rice pellets 153·00

11.02 G I 10·00 Wheat germ , whole, rolled, flaked or ground

11.07 A I a ) Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, in the form of flour 71-20

11.07 A lb ) Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, other than in the form of flour 53·20

"MO?. Ala ) Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling or working of maize or rice, with a starch content not exceeding 35 % by 3·20 weight

^ n?. A I b ) 1 Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling or working of maize or rice, with a starch content exceeding 35 % But not exceeding 45 %> by weight, and having undergone a denaturing process 3·20

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Description of goods u.a. / ton CCT heading No

23.02 A I b) 2 Brans, sharps and other residues derived from ' the sifting, milling or working of maize or rice, with a starch content exceeding 35 % But not exceeding 45 °/o by weight, not having undergone a denaturing process, or with a 3·20 starch content exceeding 45 °/o by weight

23.02 A II a) Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling or working of cereals other than maize or rice, of which the starch content does not exceed 28 % by weight, and of which the percentage which passes through a sieve with an aperture of 0·2 mm does not exceed 10 % by weight or of which the sieved product has an ash content, calculated on the dry pro­ 3·20 duct, of 1·5 % or more by weight

23.02 A II b ) Brans, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling or working of cereals other than maize or rice, not falling within sub­ heading No 23.02 A II a) 3·20

(') Officially certified seeds are understood to be those seeds contained in the packages officially sealed and officially labelled as ' basic seed ', ' certified seed , first generation ', ' certified seed , second generation ' con­ forming to the provisions of the Council Directive of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed ( OJ No 125, 11 . 7. 1966, p. 2309.66) and of the Council Decision of 26 March 1973 on the equivalence of seed produced in Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom ( OJ No L 106, 20. 4 . 1973 , p. 12).