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REGULATION ( EEC) No 1995 /74 OF THE COMMISSION of 29 July 1974 altering the export levies on cereals

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1968 /73 COMMUNITIES , specifies that when the export levy is being fixed account must be taken of the existing situation and Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities Economic Community ; of cereals on the Community market on the one hand and prices for cereals and cereal products on the Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ world market on the other ; whereas the same article 67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ provides that it is also important to ensure equili­ tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­ brium and the natural development of prices and lation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2 ) ; trade on cereal markets and furthermore , to take into account the economic aspect of the proposed exports Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No and the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu­ 1968/73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules nity market ; to be applied in the event of the cereals market being disturbed, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No Whereas for the products, other than starches, listed 2632/73 (4) and in particular Article 4 (3) thereof ; in Article 1 (c) and (d) of Regulation No 120/67/ EEC Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/67/ EEC the specific factors set out in Article 3 (2) of Regula­ provides that the necessary measure may be taken if tion ( EEC) No 1968 /73 must also be taken into the cif price of one or more products is appreciably account ; higher than the threshold price and if that situation is likely to continue thereby disturbing or threatening to Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world disturb the Community market ; market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets make this necessary ; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1968 /73 specifies that the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined that the threshold price when it exceeds it by at least above to the present situation on the market in 2 % ; whereas this excess may be regarded as being cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for likely to continue where an imbalance between supply these products within the Community and on the and demand is established and where this imbalance world market, that the export levies , fixed by Regula­ is likely to persist having regard to foreseeable produc­ tion ( EEC) No 1 948 /74 (6), as amended by Regulation tion and market price trends ; (EEC) No 1 978/74 (7), should be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation , Whereas the high level of prices in international trade could impede importation of common wheat, barley and rice into the Community or provoke exportation from the Community ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 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 Article 1 duced for common wheat, barley and rice pellets ; Whereas, in view of the relationship between the basic The export levies referred to in the first indent of product and the products processed from it and given Article 2(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968 /73 are the market situation for certain processed products, an hereby altered, in respect of the products listed in the Annex to amended Regulation (EEC) No 1948 /74, to export levy for certain of these products must also be the amounts shown therein . fixed ; Whereas the threshold prices for the 1973/74 marketing year were fixed by Council Regulation Article 2 (EEC) No 1964/73 (5 ) of 17 July 1973 ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 July (') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269 / 67 . 1974 . I2) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 197.?, p. 8 . (3 ) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7 . 197 ?, p. 10 . (4 ) OJ No L 272, 29 . 9 . 1973 , p. 18 . (6) OJ No L 204, 26 . 7 . 1974 , p. 13 . (5 ) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7 . 1973 , p. 3 . ( 7) OJ No L 206, 27 . 7 . 1974, p. 36 .

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

Done at Brussels, 29 July 1974. For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 29 July 1974 altering the export levy in the cereal sector

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ex 10.01 A 30-00 Common wheat and meslin, excluding officially certified seeds (*) ex 10.02 Rye, excluding officially certified seeds I 1) ex 10.03 Barley, excluding officially certified seeds (*) • 00 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 7-00 11.02 A I a ) Durum wheat groats and meal 11.02 Alb ) 7-00 Common wheat groats and meal 11.01 Flour of cereals :

C. Barley flour

D. Oat flour R. Maize flour : I. Of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 °/o by weight II . Other H. Millet flour K. Grain sorghum flour

1 1 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 : 3 ) 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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11.02 V. Maize : (cont'd) a ) Of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 0 A> 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 : a ) hulled ( shelled or husked ) : 1 . Barley (2) 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 (' Griitze or grutten') : 1 . Barley (*) 2 . Oats : aa) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 %> by weight (2) bb ) Other (2) 4 . Millet (2) II . Other cereals : a ) Wheat (2) b ) Rye (2) c) Maize ( 2) d ) Grain sorghum (*}

C. Pearled, grains : I. Wheat (3 ) II . Rye (3) III. Barley : a ) Of an ash content (without talc) not exceeding 1 °/o by weight 1st category (3) b ) Other (3) IV. Oats (3 ) V. Maize (3) VII. Millet (3) VIII. Grain sorghum (•)

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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 , buckwhear ind millet a ) Rolled : 1 . Barley 2 . Oats 4 . Millet b) Flaked : 1 . Barley 2 . Oats 4 . Millet II . Other cereals : a ) Wheat b) Rye c) Mai/.e 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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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 0 b) Other 0

B. Roasted 0

U.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 °/o but not exceeding 45 #/o by weight, and having undergone a denaturing process 2 . Other 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 more by weight b) Other

2V:>7 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 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 °/o by weight and of cereal products (4) content by weight : — Exceeding 5 °/o but not exceeding 15 % — Exceeding 15 % but not exceeding 30 % — Exceeding 30% but not exceeding 50 %> — Exceeding 50 °/o but not exceeding 65 °/» — Exceeding 65 */c

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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 ( 01 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). (') ' 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.