31974R2148

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REGULATION ( EEC) No 2148/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 13 August 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 Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ and prices for cereals and cereal products on the 67/EEC ( 1 ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ world market on the other ; whereas the same article tion of the market in cereals?, as last amended by Regu­ provides that it is also important to ensure equili­ lation (EEC) No 1996/74 (2); brium and the natural development of prices and trade on cereal markets and furthermore, to take into Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No account the economic aspect of the proposed exports 1968/73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules and the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu­ to be applied in the event of the cereals market being nity market ; disturbed, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 676/74 (4) and in particular Article 4 (3) thereof ; Whereas for the products, other than starches, listed Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC in Article 1 (c) and (d) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC provides that the necessary measure may be taken if the specific factors set out in Article 3 (2) of Regula­ the cif price of one or more products is appreciably tion (EEC) No 1968/73 must also be taken into higher than the threshold price and if that situation is account ; likely to continue thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb the Community market ; Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world market situation or the specific requirements of Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 specifies that certain markets make this necessary ; the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher that the threshold price when it exceeds it by at least 2 % ; whereas this excess may be regarded as being Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined likely to continue where an imbalance between supply above to the present situation on the market in and demand is established and where this imbalance cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for is likely to persist having regard to foreseeable produc­ these products within the Community and on the tion and market price trends ; world market, that the export levies, fixed by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 2103/74 (6), should be altered as shown Whereas the high level of prices in international trade in the Annex to this Regulation, could impede importation of common wheat, barley, rye, oats, maize, millet, sorghum and rice into the Community or provoke exportation from the Commu­ nity ; 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 duced for common wheat, barley, rye, oats, maize, Article 1 millet, sorghum 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 export levy for certain of these products must also be Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2103 /74, to the amounts shown therein . fixed ; Whereas the threshold prices for the 1974/75 marketing year were fixed by Council Regulation Article 2 (EEC) No 1427/ 74(5 ) Gf 4 j une 1974 ; (!) OJ No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67. This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 August (2) OJ No L 209 , 31 . 7. 1974, p. 1 . 1974 . (3) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7 . 1973 , p. 10. (4) OJ No L 83, 28 . 3 . 1974, p. 3 . (5) OJ No L 151 , 8'. 6. 1974, p. 1 . (6) OJ No L 218 , 9 . 8 . 1974, p. 37.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 August 1974. For the Commission P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 13 August 1974 amending 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 (*) 50-00 ex 10.02 Rye, excluding officially certified seeds (*) 0 ex 10.03 Barley, excluding officially certified seeds (M 25-00 ex 10.04 Oats, excluding officially certified seeds (*) , 12-00 10.05 B Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 40-00 10.07 B Millet 10-00 10.07 C Grain sorghum 25-00 ex 11.01 A Wheat flour 22-00 11.02 A I a ) Durum wheat groats and meal 11.02 A lb) Common wheat groats and meal 22-00 11.01 Flour of cereals : C. Barley flour 0 D. Oat flour 0 E. Maize flour : I. Of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 ®/o by weight 0 II . Other H. Millet flour K. Grain sorghum flour

II 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 %> by weight 0 " 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 C b) Oat groats and meal not included under No 11.02 A IV a)

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CCT heading No Description u . ». / metric ton

11.02 V. Maize : ( cont'd) a ) Of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 °A» by weight : 1 . For the brewing industry 0 2 . Other 0 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 . Oats : aa) Clipped oats bb) Other : ( 11 ) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 °/o by weight (*) 0 ( 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 °/o by weight (2) 0 bb) Other (2) 4. Millet (*) II . Other cercals : a) Wheat (f) b) Rye (») c) Maize (*) d ) Grain sorghum (*)

C. Pearled grains : I. Wheat {») II . Rye (3) III. Barley : a) Of an ash content (without talc) not exceeding 1 % by weight 1st category (s) 0 b) Other (3) IV. Oats (3) V. Maize (») VII. Millet (•) VIII . Grain sorghum

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CCT heading No Description u. a. / 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 —

E. Rolled grains ; flaked grains : I. Barley, oats, buckwheat and millet : a ) Rolled : 1 . Barley — 2 . Oats — 4 . Millet — b ) Flaked : 1 . Barley 0 2 . Oats 0 4 . Millet — II . Other cereals : a ) Wheat — b ) Rye — c ) M ai /,e 0 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 grounü · I. Wheat 0 II . Other 0

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CCT heading No Description u. a. /metric ton

11 07 Malt, roasted or not ;

A. Unroasted : I. Obtained from wheat : a) In the form of flour 0 b) Other 0 II . Other : a) In the form of flour 0 • b) Other 0

B. Roasted 0 /

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

A. Of cereale : I. Of maize or rice : a) With a starch content not exceeding 35 % by weight ! ' 0 b ). Other : 1 . With a starch content exceeding 35 °/o but not exceeding 45 ®/o by weight, and having undergone a denaturing process o 2 . Other o 11 . 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 fl/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 0 b) Other 0

2U>7 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 arid 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 % 0 — Exceeding 15 % but not exceeding 30 °/o 0 — Exceeding 30% but not exceeding 50 % 0 — Exceeding 50 ®/o but not exceeding 65 °/» 0 — Exceeding 65 */r 0

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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 ( OT No 125, 11 . 7 . 1966 , p. 2309/66) and of the Cduncil 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.