31974R1588

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REGULATION (EEC) No 1588/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 24 June 1974 altering the export levies on cereals

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN account must be taken of the existing situation and COMMUNITIES , the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities of cereals on the Community market on the one hand Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European and prices for cereals and cereal products on the Economic Community ; world market on the other ; whereas the same article provides that it is also important to ensure equili­ brium and the natural development of prices and Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ trade on cereal markets and furthermore , to take into 67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­ account the economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu­ lation ( EEC) No 1346/73 (2) ; nity market ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general .rules Whereas for the products, other than starches, listed to be applied in the event of the cereals market being in Article 1 (c) and (d) of Regulation No 120/67/ EEC disturbed , as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No the specific factors set out in Article 3 (2) of Regula­ 2632/73 (4) and in particular Article 4 (3) thereof ; tion ( EEC) No 1968 / 73 must also be taken into account ; Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120 /67/ EEC provides that the necessary measure may be taken if Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world the cif price of one or more products is appreciably market situation or the specific requirements of higher than the threshold price and if that situation is certain markets make this necessary ; likely to continue thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb the Community market ; Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined above to the present situation on the market in Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 1968 /73 specifies that cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher these products within the Community and on the that the threshold price when it exceeds it by at least world market, that the export levies, fixed by Regula­ 2 % ; whereas this excess may be regarded as being tion ( EEC) No 1 539 /74 (6), as amended by Regulation likely to continue where an imbalance between supply ( EEC) No 1 575 /74 (4), should be altered as shown in and demand is established and where this imbalance the Annex to this Regulation , is likely to persist having regard to foreseeable produc­ tion and market price trends ;

Whereas the high level of prices in international trade HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : could impede importation of common wheat and rice into the Community or provoke exportation from the Community ; Article 1 Whereas the situation described above can be said to exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies in the Community an export levy should be intro­ The export levies referred to in the first indent of Article 2(1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1968 /73 are duced for common wheat and rice pellets ; hereby altered, in respect of the products listed in the Annex to amended Regulation ( EEC) No 1539 / 74, to Whereas the threshold prices for the 1973/74 the amounts shown therein . marketing year were fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1964/ 73 (5 ) of 17 July 1973 ;

Whereas Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1968 /73 Article 2 specifies that when the export levy is being fixed This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 June (•) OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269 /67 . 1974 . (2 ) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p. 8 . (3 ) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973 , p. 10 . (4 ) OJ No L 272, 29 . 9 . 1973 , p. 18 . (6) OJ No L 166, 21 . 6 . 1974, p. 16 . (5 ) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973 , p. 3 . (7) OJ No L 167, 22. 6 . 1974, p. 41 .

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

Done at Brussels, 24 June 1974. For the Commission P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 24 June 1974 altering the export levy in the cereal sector

CCT heading . . , No Description u .». /metric toa

ex 10.01 A Common wheat and meslin, excluding officially certified seeds (1) 30-00 ex 10.02 Rye, excluding officially certified seeds (*) ex 10.03 Barley , excluding officially certified seeds (*) ex 10.04 Oats, excluding officially certified seeds (*) 10.05 B Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 10.07 C Grain sorghum , ex 11.01 A Wheat flour j 11.02 A I a ) Durum wheat grydfts and meal 11.02 A lb) Common whc^groats and meal I 11.01 Flour of cereals : C. Barley flour D. Oat flour E. Maize flour : I. Of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 °/o by weight II . Other 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 b ) Barley groats and meal not included under No 11.02 A III a) IV. Oats : a ) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 °/» by weight b) Oat groats and meal not included under No 11.02 A IV a )

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CCT heading No Description 1 u. a. / metric ton

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

B. Hulled grains ( shelled or husked), whether or not sliced or kibbled : I. Barley, oats, buckwheat and millet : e ) hulled (shelled or husked ) : 1 . Barley (*) — 2 . Oats : aa) Clipped oats — bb ) Other : ( 11 ) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 % by weight (2 ) — ( 22 ) Other ( 2) — 4 . Millet — b) Hulled and sliced or kibbled (' Grütze or grutten ') : 1 . Barley (l) — 2 . Oats : aa ) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 °/o by weight (2 ) — bb) Other ( 2) : — 4 . Millet ( e) ■ _ II . Other cereals : — a) Wheat (*) b) Rye (») I c) Maize (*) i d ) Grain sorghum (*)

C. Pearled grains : I. Wheat (s ) II . Rye (») _ III . Barley : a ) Of an ash content ( without talc) not exceeding 1 % by weight — 1st category (') ! I b) Other (s) j IV. Oats (s ) I V. Maire (·) VII . Millet (■) — VIII . Grain torghum f·) —

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CCT heading VA Description u .». / metric ton

11.02 D. Grains not otherwise worked than kibbled (cont'd) I. Wheat II . Rye III . Barley IV . Oats V. Maize VII . Millet VIII . Grain sorghum

R. Rolled grains ; flaked grains : I. Barley, oats, buckwheat tnd millet . a ) Rolled : 1 . Barley 2 . Oats 4 . Millet b ) Flaked : 1 . Barlev 2 . Oats 4 . Millet II . Other cereals : a ) Wheat b ) Rye c) Maize d ) Grain sorghum

F. Pellets : I. Wheat II . Rye III . Barley IV. Oats V. Maize VI . Rice 120-00 VIII . Millet IX . Grain sorghum

G. Germ of cereals , whole, rolled , flaked or ground I. Wheat II . Other

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€CT heading No Description u . a . / metric toa

11 07 Malt, roasted or not :

A. Unroasted :

I. Obtained from wheat : a ) In the form of flour b ) Other

II . Other : a) In the form of flour b) Other

R. Roasted

2J.02 Bran , sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling or working ot cereals or of leguminous vegetables :

A. Of cereals : I. Of maize or rice : a ) With a starch content not exceeding 35 %> by weight b) Other : 1 . With a starch content exceeding 35% but not exceeding 45% by weight, and having undergone a denaturing process 2 . Other II . Of other cereals : a ) 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 pro­ duct has an ash content, calculated on the dry product, of 1-5 % or more by weight b ) Other

23.07 Sweetened forage, other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding : B. Other, containing starch, glucose or glucose syrup falling within subheading Nos 17.02 B and 17.05 B, or milk 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 % but not exceeding 15 % — Exceeding 15 % but not exceeding 30 % — — Exceeding 30% but not exceeding 50 % — — Exceeding 50 % but not exceeding 65 % — — Exceeding 65 ·/· —

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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 ) o( the Common Customs Tariff.