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No L 340/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 11 . 12 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 3329/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 10 December 1973 altering the export levies on cereals

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN products, an export levy for these products must also COMMUNITIES, be fixed ; however the situation for products pro­ cessed from maize and barley does not necessitate at Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ this moment the fixing of an export levy ; pean Economic Community ; Whereas the threshold prices for the 1973/73 marke­ Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/ ting year were fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ No 1964/73 (5 ) of 17 July 1973 ; tion of the market in cereals, as 'last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2) ; Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No specifies that when the export levy is being fixed 1968/73 (3 ) of 19 July 1973 laying down general account must be taken of the existing situation and rules to be applied in the event of the cereals market the future trend with regard to prices and availabili­ being disturbed, as amended by Regulation ( EEC) ties of cereals on the Community market on the one No 2632/73 1(4), and in particular Article 4 (3 ) hand and prices for cereals and cereal products on thereof ; the world market on the other ; whereas the same article provides that it is also important to ensure Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Com­ equilibrium and the natural development of prices mittee ; and trade on cereal markets and furthermore , to take into account the economic aspect of the proposed Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the provides that the necessary measure may be taken Community market ; if the cif price of one or more products is apprecia­ bly higher than the threshold price and if that Whereas for the products , other than starches, listed situation is likely to continue thereby disturbing or in Article 1 (c) and ( d ) of Regulation No 120/67/ threatening to disturb the Community market ; EEC the specific factors set out in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 must also be taken Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 specifies that into account ; the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher that the threshold price when it exceeds it by at least 2 % ; whereas this excess may be regarded as Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world being likely to continue where an imbalance between market situation or the specific requirements of cer­ supply and demand is established and where this tain markets make this necessary ; imbalance is likely to persist having regard to foreseeable production and market price trends ; Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, Whereas the high level of prices in international trade the following should be used to calculate the levies : could impede importation of common wheat, maize and barley into the Community or provoke ex­ — for currencies the exchange rates for which are portation from the Community ; kept at any given moment within a band of Whereas the situation described above can be said 2-25 °/o, a conversion rate based on their actual to exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure sup­ parity ; plies in the Community an export levy should be introducted for these products ; — for other currencies a conversion rate based on 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. (•) 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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Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 as fixed in the Annex above to the present situation on the market in to Regulation (EEC) No 3299/73 (*), are hereby cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for altered, in respect of the products listed in the Annex these products within the Community and on the to this Regulation, to the amounts shown therein . world market, that the export levies should be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 2

Article 1 This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 Decem­ ber 1973 . The levies referred to in Article 2 (1) 1st indent of

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

Done at Brussels, 10 December 1973 .

For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

(*) OJ No L 33 8 , 7. 12 . 1973 , p . 25 .

No L 340/ 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 11 . 12 . 73

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 10 December 1973 altering the export levies on cereals

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

10.01 A Common wheat and meslin, excluding officially 65.00 certified seeds (*) ex 10.03 Barley, excluding officially certified seeds (*) 15.00 10.05 B 20.00 Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing ex 11.01 A Wheat flour 15.00 11.02 A lb) Common wheat groats and meal 15.00 11.02 B II a) Hulled (shelled or husked) wheat, whether or 53.20 not sliced or kibbled 11.02 C I Pearled wheat 56.00 11.02 D I "Wheat not otherwise worked than kibbled 40.80 11.02 E II a) Rolled or flaked wheat 56.00 11.02 F I 40.80 Wheat pellets 11.02 F VI 153.00 "Wheat germ, whole, rolled, flaked or ground 11.02 G I 10.00 Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, in the form of flour 11.07 A I a) Rice pellets 71.20 11.07 A lb ) Unroasted malt, obtained from wheat, other 53.20 than in the form of flour 23.02 A I a) Brans, sharps and other residues derived from 3.20 the sifting, milling or working of maize or rice, with a starch content not exceeding 35 % by weight 23.02 A I b ) 1 Brans, sharps and other residues derived from 3.20 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 23.02 A I b ) 2 Brans, sharps and other residues derived from 3.20 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 starch content exceeding 45 °/o by weight 23.02 A II a ) Brans, sharps and other residues derived from 3.20 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 duct, of 1.5 % or more by weight 23.02 A II b) Brans, sharps and other residues derived from 3.20 the sifting, milling or working of cereals other than maize or rice, not falling within sub­ heading No 23.02 A II a )

(') Officially certified seeds are understood to be those seeds contained in the packages officially scaled 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).