31973R2916

No L 299 / 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 27 . 10 . 73

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2916/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION

of 26 October 1973 fixing the export levies on starch products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN is fixed and the average of the levies applicable on the COMMUNITIES , seven days preceding the day it comes into force ; whereas this difference must then be multiplied for the products mentioned in Article 1 by the coeffi­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European cients relating to these products shown in column 4 Economic Community ; of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 88 1 /73 (s) ; 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 Regu­ Whereas the production refund on maize and lation (EEC) No 1 346/ 73 (-) ; common wheat intended for the manufacture of starch and quellmehl is defined in Article 1 of Regula­ tion No 371 /67/ EEC ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 371 / 67/EEC (3) fixing production refunds on starches and quellmehl, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (a) of Regulation (EEC) 1 79/73 (4), and in particular the last sentence of No 1604/71 for the new Member States the amounts Article 2 (2) thereof ; to be considered respfectively as import levy and production refund in accordance with the preceding Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Articles shall be the levy and the production refund Committee ; for the product in question respectively, minus the applicable compensatory amount ;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of Regulation No 371 /67/ EEC, an export levy may be introduced for Whereas the export levy must be fixed once a week ; products falling within subheadings Nos 11.08 A I, whereas it is altered only if application of Article 2 (2) III, IV and V, 1 1.09, 17.02 B II, 17.05 B and 23.03 A I (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1604/71 entails an of the Common Customs Tariff when world market increase or a reduction of more than 0-08 unit of prices for maize or common wheat exceed 6-80 units account/ 100 kg of basic product ; of account ;

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

Whereas the export levy must be equal, per 100 kg of basic product, to the difference between the produc­ Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions tion refund valid on the day on which this export levy to the world market price of maize and common wheat and to the import levies that an export levy (') OJ No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67. should be introduced for the products listed in the (*) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5. 1973, p. 8 . Annex ; (>) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 40 . (<) OJ No L 25, 30. 1 . 1973, p. 6. (5) OJ No L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p. 11 . (7) OJ 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.

27 . 10 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 299 / 1 3

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Artide 2

Article1¶

The export levies provided for in Article 2 (2) of Regu­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 October lation No 371 /67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in 1973. It shall apply from 27 October 1973 for starch the Table annexed to this Regulation for the products products derived from maize and from 29 October listed therein . 1973 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, 26 October 1973 .

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

• Export levies in u.a: /100 kg CCT heading Ni Nomenclature in simplified wording United Other Ireland Member State« Kingdom

11.08 A i Maize starch 3-317 3-317 3,450 11.08 A III Wheat starch 10-327 10-327 10,327 11.08 A IV Potato starch 3-317 3-317 3,450 11.08 A V Starches other than inaize, rice, wheat or potato starch 3-317 3-317 3,450 11.09 A Dried wheat gluten 18-776 18-776 18,776 1,1.09 B Wheat gluten, other than dried 18-776 18-776 18,776 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 ( 1 ) 4-326 4-326 4,500 17.02 B II h ) Glucose and glucose syrup not containing, in the dry state, 99 % or more by weight of the pure product, other than glucose in the forni of white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated (') 3-317 3-317 3,450 17.05 B I Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated 4-326 4-326 4,500 17.05 B II Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other than in the form of white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated 3-317 3-317 3,450 2Ì.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 4-120 4-120 4,286

f1) 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 .