31974R2258

No L 239 / 32 Official Journal of the European Communities 31 . 8 . 74

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2258 /74 OF THE COMMISSION of 30 August 1974 fixing the export levies on starch products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN is fixed and the average of the levies applicable on the COMMUNITIES , seven days preceding the day it comes into force ; whereas this difference must then be multiplied for the products mentioned in Article 1 by the coeffi­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European cients relating to these products shown in column 4 Economic Community ; of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 881 /73 (7) ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ 67/EEC (1 ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­ Whereas the production refund on maize, common wheat and broken rice intended for the manufacture lation (EEC) No 1996/74 (2) ; of starch is defined in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1132/74 ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 11 32/74 (3) of 29 April 1974 on production refunds in the cereals and rice sectors, and in particular Article 7 Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) (2) thereof ; No 1981 /74 for the new Member States the amounts to be considered respectively as import levy and Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary production refund shall be the levy and the produc­ Committee ; tion refund for the product in question respectively, minus the applicable compensatory amount ;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 7 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1*132/74, an export levy may be introduced for Whereas the export levy must be fixed once a week ; products falling within subheadings 11.08 A, 11.09, whereas it is altered only if application of Article 2 (2) 17.02 B II , 17.05 B and 23.03 A I of the Common (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1981 /74 entails an Customs Tariff when world market prices for maize increase or a reduction of more than 0-08 unit of and common wheat on the one hand, and for broken account/ 100 kg of basic product ; rice on the other hand exceed respectively 8-20 and 10-20 units of account ;

Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 1981 /74 (4), as levies should be calculated on the following basis : amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2267/ 74 (5), 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 Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regulation provides that a levy is relation to each other, at any given moment, introduced when it is found that the import levy for within a band of 2-25 % , at a rate of exchange maize, wheat or broken rice is at least 0-30 unit of based on their effective parity ; account/ 100 kg less than the amount of the produc­ tion refund valid in the current month and that the — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each average of the levies in the imme­ diately 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, common wheat tion refund valid on the day on which this export levy and broken rice and to the import levies that an export levy should be introduced for the products • OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269/67 . listed in the Annex, (2) OJ No L 209 , 31 . 7. 1974, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 128 , 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 24. (4) OJ No L 207, 29 . 7. 1974, p. 9 . (o) OJ No L 179, 25. 7. 1968 , p. 8 . (5) See page 53 of this Official Journal . (7) OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 , 1973, p. 30 .

31 . 8 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 239 /33

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 2

Article 1 This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 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 31 August 1974 for starch products the Table annexed to this Regulation for the products derived from maize and from 2 September 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, 30 August 1974. For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Export levies in u. a. / 100 kg CCT Nomenclature in simplified wording Other Member heading No Denmark Ireland United Kingdom States

11.08 AI Maize starch 3-96 1 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 3-96 1 3-961 3 - 961 3-961 11.08 A V Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or potato starch 3-96 J 3-961 3-961 3-961 11.09 A Dried wheat gluten 14-800 14-800 'H - 800 14-800 11.09 B Wheat gluten , other than dried i 4-800 14-800 ¡4-800 14-800 17.02 B II a ) Glucose other than glucose containing, in the dry state , 99 °/o or more by weight of the pure product, in the form of white crystalline pow­ der, whether or not agglomerated ( J ) 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 agglomerated (') 3-961 3-96 1 :- - 1 3-961 17.05 ß I Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of white crystalline powder , whether or not agglomerated 5-166 5-166 v 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 %> by weight 4-920 4-920 4-920 4-920

(') Pursuant to Regulation No 1 89 /66,' EEC , the product falling within subheading No 17.02 B 1 i -, subject to the same levy a products falling within subheading No 17.02 B II .