31973R3434

No L 352/22 Official Journal or the European Communities 21 . 12 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 3434/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 20 December 1973 fixing the export levies on cereals

THE COMMISSION O V THE EUROPEAN products, an export levy for these products must also COMMUNITIES , be fixed ; however the situation for products pro­ cessed from maize and sorghum does not necessitate Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ at 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 (4 ), and in particular Article 4 ( 2 ) 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 provides that the necessary measure may be taken exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the Community market ; if the cif price of one or more products is apprecia­ bly higher than the threshold price and if that situation is likely to continue thereby disturbing or Whereas for the products , other than starches, listed threatening to disturb the Community market ; in Article 1 ( c ) and ( d ) of Regulation No 120/67/ EEC the specific factors set out in Article 3 (2 ) of Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 1968/73 specifies that Regulation (EEC) No 1968 /73 must also be taken the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher into account ; that the threshold price when it exceeds it by at least 2 % ; whereas this excess may be regarded as being likely to continue where an imbalance between Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world supply and demand is established and where this market situation or the specific requirements of cer­ imbalance is likely to persist having regard to tain markets make this necessary ; 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 , barley, sorghum and wheat groats and meal into the Community or provoke exportation from the Com­ — for currencies the exchange rates for which are munity ; 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 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 mafket 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. ( 4 ) 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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 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 measures provided for in this Regula­ tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 Decem­ Management Committee for Cereals ; ber 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 20 December 1973 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 20 December 1973 fixing the export levies on cereals

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

10.01 A Common wheat and mesiin , excluding officially certified seeds (*) 80-00 ex 10.03 Barley, excluding officially certified seeds (') 15-00 10.04 Oats, excluding officially certified seeds (') 15-00 10.05 B Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 25-00 10.07 C Grain sorghum 5-00 ex 11.01 A Wheat flour 30-00 11.02 A I a ) Durum wheat goats and meal 30-00 11.02 Alb ) Common wheat groats and meal 30-00 11.01 C Barley flour 7-00 11.01 D Oat flour 7-00 11.02 A III Barley groats and meal 7-00 11.02 AIV Oat groats and meal 7-00 11.02 B I a ) 1 Hulled ( shelled or husked ) barley 7-00 11.02 B I a ) 2 aa ) Clipped oats 15-00 11.02 B I a ) 2 bb ) Hulled ( shelled or husked ) oats other than clip­ ped oats 7-00 11.02 B I b ) 1 Hulled and sliced or kibbled barley (' Grütze' or ' Grutten ') 7-00 11.02 B I b ) 2 Hulled and sliced or kibbled oats (' Grütze ' or ' Grutten ') 7-00 11.02 B II a ) Hulled ( shelled or husked ) wheat, whether or not sliced or kibbled 53-20 11.02 C I Pearled wheat 56-00 11.02 C III Pearled barley 7-00 11.02 C IV Pearled oats 7-00

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

11.02 D I Wheat not otherwise worked than kibbled 40-80 11.02 D III Barley not otherwise worked than kibbled 15-00 11.02 D IV Oats not otherwise worked than kibbled 15-00 11.02 E I a ) 1 Rolled barley 15-00 11.02 E I a ) 2 Rolled oats 15-00 11.02 E I b ) 1 Flaked barley 7-00 . 11.02 E I b ) 2 Flaked oats 7-00 11.02 E II a ) Rolled or flaked wheat 56-00 1 1.02 F I Wheat pellets 40-80 11.02 F III Barley pellets 15-00 11.02 F IV Oat pellets 15-00 11.02 F VI Rice pellets 153-00 11.02 G I Wheat germ , whole , rolled , flaked or ground 10-00 11.07 A I a) Unroasted malt , obtained from wheat, in the 71-20 form of flour 11.07 Alb ) Unroasted malt , obtained from wheat , other 53-20 than in the form of flour Unroasted malt, other than that obtained from 8-90 11.07 All a )' wheat, in the form of flour Unroasted malt , other than that obtained from 6-65 11.07 A II b ) wheat, other than in the form of flour Roasted malt 7-75 11.07 B 23.02 A I a ) Brans , sharps and other residues derived from 3-60 the sifting, milling or working of maize or rice , with a starch content not exceeding 35 % by weight­ Brans , sharps and other residues derived from 3-60 23.02 A I b ) 1 the sifting, milling or working of maize or rice , with a starch content exceeding 35 % But not exceeding 45 °/o by weight, and having undergone a denaturing process Brans , sharps and other residues derived from 3-60 2.3.02 A I b ) 2 the sifting, milling or working of maize or rice , with a starch content exceeding 35 % hut not exceeding 4.5 %> by weight, not having undergone a denaturing process , or with a starch content exceeding 4.5 n/o by weight Brans , sharps and other residues derived from 3-60 ' 23.02 A II a ) 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 3-60 the sifting , milling or working of cereals other than maize or rice , not falling within sub­ heading No 23.02 A U a )

(') 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).