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REGULATION EEC) No 776/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 2 April 1974 altering the export levies on cereals

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the threshold prices for the 1973 /74 marke­ COMMUNITIES, ting year were fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1964/73 (5) of 17 July 1973 ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ pean Economic Community ; Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/ specifies that when the export levy is being fixed EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ account must be taken of the existing situation and tion of the market in cereals, as 'last amended by the future trend with regard to prices and availabili­ Regulation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2) ; ties of cereals on the Community market on the one hand and prices for cereals and cereal products on Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No the world market on the other ; whereas the same 1968/73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general article provides that it is also important to ensure rules to be applied in the event of the cereals market equilibrium and the natural development of prices being disturbed, as amended by Regulation (EEC) and trade on cereal markets and furthermore, to take No 2632/73 (4) and in particular Article 4 (3 ) into account the economic aspect of the proposed thereof ; 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 Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world that the threshold price when it exceeds it by at market situation or the specific requirements of cer­ least 2°/o ; whereas this excess may be regarded as 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 Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined foreseeable production and market price trends ; above to the present situation on the market in cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for Whereas the high level of prices in international trade these products within the Community and on the could impede importation of common wheat, maize, world market, that the export levies, fixed by Regu­ rye, barley, sorghum and wheat groats and meal into lation (EEC) No 695 /74 (8), as amended by Regu­ the Community or provoke exportation from the lation (EEC) No 761/74 (7), should be altered as Community ; shown in the Annex to this Regulation, Whereas the situation described above can be said to exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure sup­ plies in the Community an export levy should be HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : introducted for these products ; Whereas, in view of the relationship between the Article 1 basic product and the products processed from it and given the market situation for certain processed products, an export levy for these products must also The export levies referred to in the first indent of be fixed : Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 are

(*) 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. 3 . (•) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973 , p. 10. (•) OJ No L 85, 29 . 3 . 1974, p . 12. W OJ No L 272, 29 . 9 . 1973, p. 18 . (') OJ No L 91 , 2 . 4. 1974, p. 13 .

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hereby altered, in respect of the products listed in Article 2 the Annex to amended Regulation (EEC) No 695/74, to the amounts shown therein . This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 April 1974.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 April 1974. For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 2 April 1974 altering the export levy in the cereal sector

CCT heading . . . No Description u . a . /metric ton

ex 10.01 A Common wheat and meslin, excluding officially certified seeds (*) 30-00 ex 10.02 Rye, excluding officially certified seeds (') ex 10.03 Barley, excluding officially certified seeds (*) 10-00 ex 10.04 Oats, excluding officially certified seeds (*) 10-00 10.05 B Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 20-00 10.07 C Grain sorghum ex 11.01 A Wheat flour 11.02 A I a) Durum wheat groats and meal 11.02 A lb) Common wheat groats and meal 11.01 Flour of cereals : C. Barley flour 2-50 D. Oat flour 2-50 E. Maize flour : I. Of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 */o by weight 5-00 II . Other 16-00 H. Millet flour K. Grain sorghum flour

11.02 Cereal groats and cereal meal ; other worked cereal grains ( for example, rolled, flaked , polished, pearled or kibbled, but not further prepared ), except husked, glazed , polished or broken rice ; germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground : A. Cereal groats and cereal meal : II, Rye III . Barley : a) Of an ash content not exceeding 1 ®/o by weight 2-50 b ) Barley groats and meal not included under No 11.02 A III a ) 8-00 IV. Oats : a) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 ®/o by weight 2-50 b) Oat groats and meal not included under No 11.02 A IV a) 8-00

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CCT heading u. a. /metric ton No Description

11.02 V. Maize : (cont'd) a) Of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 % by weight : 1 . For the brewing industry 5-00 2. Other 5-00 b) Other 16-00 VIII. Millet — IX. Grain sorghum —

B. Hulled grains (shelled or husked), whether or not sliced or kibbled : I. Barley, oats, buckwheat and millet .a ) hulled (shelled or husked) : 1 . Barley {*) 8-00 2 . Oats : aa) Clipped oats 8-00 bb ) Other ( 2) : (1/1 ) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 % by weight 2-50 (22 ) Other 8-00 4 . Millet — b) Hulled and sliced or kibbled ('Grütze or grutten') : 1 . Barley (*) 8-00 2. O,ats (2) : aa) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 °/o by weight 2-50 fob ) Other 8-00 4. Millet (2) — II . Other cereals : a) Wheat (*) 24-00 — b ) Rye (») c) Maize (') 16-00 — d) Grain sorghum (*)

C. Pearled grains : I. Wheat (8) 24-00 II. Rye (*) — III. Barley : a) Of an ash content (without talc) not exceeding 1 %> by weight — 1st category (3) 2-50 b) Other (®) 8-00 IV. Oats (s) 8-00 V. Maize (·) 16-00 VII. Millet (») — VIII. Grain sorghum (·) —

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CCT heading .... , Mo Descnotion u . a . /metric ton

11.02 D. Grains not otherwise worked than kibbled : fcont'd) I. Wheat 24-00 II. Rye III. Barley 8-00 IV. Oats 8-00 V. Maize 16-00 VII . Millet VIII. Grain sorghum

E. Rolled grains ; flaked grains : I. Barley, oats, buckwheat and millet : a ) Rolled : 1 . Barley •00 2 . Oats 1-00 4 . Millet b) Flaked : 1 . Barley 2-50 2 . Oats 2-50 4 . Millet II . Other cereals : a) Wheat 24-00 b) Rye c) Maize 16-00 d ) Grain sorghum

F. Pellets : I. Wheat 24-00 II . Rye III . Barley 8-00 IV. Oats 8-00 V. Maize 16-00 VI . Rice 204-00 VIII . Millet IX. Grain 9orghum

G. Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground I. Wheat 7-50 II . Other 5-00

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CCT heading u. a. /metric ton No Description

11.07 Malt, roasted or not : !

A. Unroasted : I. Obtained from wheat : a) In the form of flour 7-50 b) Other 7-50 II . Other : a) In the form of flour 2-50 b) Other 2-50

B. Roasted 2-50

23.02 Bran, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling or working of cereals or of leguminous vegetables :

A. Of cereals : I. Of maize or rice : a ) With a starch content not exceeding 35 e/o iby weight 9-60 b) Other : 1 . With a starch content exceeding 35 °/o but not exceeding 45 e/o by weight, and having undergone a denaturing process 9-60 2 . Other 9-60 II . Of other cereals : a ) Of which the starch content does not exceed 28 °/o by weight, and of which the percentage which passes through a sieve with an aperture of 0-2 mm does not exceed 10°/o by weight or of which the sieved pro­ duct has an ash content, calculated on the dry product, of 1-5 °/o or 1 9-60 more by weight b) Other 9-60 ! 23.07 Sweetened forage, other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding : B. Other, containing starch, glucose or glucose syrup falling wiithin subheading Nos 17.02 B and 17.05 B, or imilk products, mixed with other products too : ex I. Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding, covered by Regulation ( EEC) No 968/68 , of a milk powder content of less than 50 % by weight and of cereal products (4) content by weight : — Exceeding 5 °/o but not exceeding 15 °/<> 2-00 — Exceeding 15 % but not exceeding 30 % 5·00 — Exceeding 30% but not exceeding 50 %> 9-00 — Exceeding 50 % but not exceeding 65 %> 12-00 — Exceeding 65 % ! 15-00

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(') 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 ' conforming 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). (*) Hulled grains are grains corresponding to the definition given in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 821 /68 ( OJ No L 149, 29. 6. 1968 , p. 46). (•) Pearled grains are grains corresponding to the definition given in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 821/68 (OJ No L 149 , 29 . 6. 1968 , p. 46). (4) ' Cereals products' means the products falling within Chapter 10 and heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 (excluding subheading No 11.02 G) of the Common Customs Tariff.