31974R2114

No L 220/ 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 10 . 8 . 74

REGULATION (EEC) No 2114/ 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 9 August 1974 fixing the export levies on starch products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN seven days preceding the day it comes into force ; COMMUNITIES, whereas this difference must then be multiplied for the products mentioned in Article 1 by the coeffi­ cients relating to these products shown in column 4 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68 (5 ), as Economic Community ; last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 881 /73 ( 6) ;

Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ Whereas the production refund on maize, common 67/ EEC ( 1 ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ wheat and broken rice intended for the manufacture tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­ of starch is defined in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) lation (EEC) No 1996/74 (2 ) ; No 1132/74 ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 132/74 (3) of 29 April 1974 on production refunds in Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (3) of Regulation ( EEC) the cereals and rice sectors , and in particular Article 7 No 1981 / 74 for the new Member States the amounts (2) thereof ; to be considered respectively as import levy and production refund shall be the levy and the produc­ tion refund foe the product in question respectively, Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary minus the applicable compensatory amount ; Committee ;

Whereas the export levy must be fixed once a week ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 7 (2) of Regulation (EEC) whereas it is altered only if application of Article 2 (2) No 1132/74, an export levy may be introduced for (a) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1981 /74 entails an products falling within subheadings 1 1 .08 A, 11 .09 , increase or a reduction of more than 0-08 unit of 17.02 B II, 17.05 B and 23.03 A I of the Common account/ 100 kg of basic product ; Customs Tariff when world market prices for maize and common wheat on the one hand, and for broken rice on the other hand exceed respectively 8-20 and 10-20 units of account ; Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis :

Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 1981 /74 (4), the Commission laid down detailed rules for the applica­ — in the case of currencies which are maintained in tion of the export levy on starch products ; whereas relation to each other, at any given moment, Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regulation provides that a levy is within a band of 2-25 % , at a rate of exchange introduced when it is found that the import levy is at based on their effective parity ; least 0-30 unit of account/ 100 kg less than the amount of the production refund valid in the current — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the month and that the average of the levies in the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each immediately following fortnight is at least 0-30 unit of of these currencies recorded for a given period , in account/ 100 kg less than the average of the produc­ relation to the Community currencies referred to tion refund valid in that fortnight ; in the previous subparagraph ;

Whereas the export levy must be equal, per 100 kg of Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions basic product, to the difference between the produc­ to the world market price of maize and common tion refund valid on the day on which this export levy wheat and to the import levies that an export levy is fixed and the average of the levies applicable on the should be introduced for the products listed in the Annex, (>) OJ No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/ 67. (2) OJ No L 209, 31 . 7 . 1974, p. 1 . (») OJ No L 128 , 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 24. (5 ) OJ No L 179, 25 . 7 . 1968 , p. 8 . (< OJ No L 207, 29 . 7 . 1974, p. 9 . (o OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p. 30 .

10 . 8 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 220 / 13

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 2

Article 1 This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 August 1974 . The export levies provided for in Article 7 (2) of Regu­ lation (EEC) No 1132/74 are hereby fixed as shown in It shall apply from 10 August 1974 for starch products the Table annexed to this Regulation for the products derived from maize and from 12 August 1974 for listed therein . starch products derived from soft wheat.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 August 1974. For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Export levies in u. a. / 100 kg CCT heading Np Nomenclature in simplified wording Ireland Other MemBer Denmark United Kingdom States

11.08 A I Maize starch 3-961 3-961 3,961 3,961 11.08 A III Wheat starch 8.140 8-140 8-140 8,140 11.08 A IV Potato starch 3-961 3-961 3,961 3,961 11.08 A V Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or potato starch 3.961 3-961 3-961 3,961 11.09 A Dried wheat gluten 14-800 14-800 14.800 14,800 11.09 B Wheat gluten , other than dried 14,800 14-800 14-800 14,800 17.02 B II a ) Glucose other than glucose containing, in the dry state, 99 % or more by weight of the pure product, in the form of white crystalline pow­ der, whether or not agglomerated 0 ) 5,166 5-166 5-166 5,166 17.02 B II b ) Glucose and glucose syrup not containing, in the dry state, 99 °/o or more by weight of the pure product, other than glucose in the form of white crystalline powder, whether or not 3,961 3-961 3-961 3,961 agglomerated ( ] ) 17.05 B I Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form , of white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated 5,166 5-166 5-166 5,166 17.05 B II Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup , other than in the form of white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated 3,961 3-961 3-961 3,961 23.03 A I Residues from the manufacture of starch from maize ( excluding concentrated steeping liquors), of a protein content, calculated on the dry product exceeding 40 °/o by weight 4,920 4-920 4-920 4.920

( l) Pursuant ro Regulation No 189/ 66/ EKC , the product falling within subheading No 17.02 B I is subject to the same levy as product* Mling within subheading No 17.02 B II .