31974R2526

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REGULATION (EEC) No 2526/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 4 October 1974 fixing the export levies on cereals

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN the market situation for certain processed products, an COMMUNITIES , export levy for certain of these products must also be fixed ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Whereas the threshold prices for the 1974/75 marketing year were fixed by Council Regulation Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ (EEC) No 1 427/74 (5 ) of 4 June 1974, as amended by 67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ Regulation (EEC) No 2.51 8 /74 (6) ; tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­ lation (EEC) No 1996/74 (2); Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1968 /73 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No specifies that when the export levy is being fixed 1968 /73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules account must be taken of the existing situation and to be applied in the event of the cereals market being the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities disturbed, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No of cereals on the Community market on the one hand 676/74 (4) and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ; and prices for cereals and cereal products on the word market on the other ; whereas the same article Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary provides that it is also important to ensure equili­ Committee ; brium and the natural development of prices and trade on cereal markets and furthermore , to take into Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/ 67/ EEC account the economic aspect of the proposed exports provides that the necessary measure may be taken if and the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu­ the cif price of one or more products is appreciably nity market ; higher than the threshold price and if that situation is likely to continue thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb the Community market ; Whereas for the products , other than starches , listed in Article 1 (c) and (d) of Regulation No 120/67/ EEC Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1968 /73 specifies that the specific factors set out in Article 3 (2) of Regula­ the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher tion ( EEC) No 1968 /73 must also be taken into than the threshold price when it exceeds it by at least account ; 2 % ; whereas this excess may be regarded as being likely to continue where an imbalance between supply and demand is established and where this imbalance Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world is likely to persist having regard to foreseeable produc­ market situation or the specific requirements of tion and market price trends ; certain markets make this necessary ;

Whereas the high level of prices in international trade could impede importation of common wheat, barley, Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the rye, oats, maize, millet and sorghum into the Commu­ following should be used to calculate the levies : nity or provoke exportation from the Community ; — for currencies the exchange rates for which are Whereas the situation described above can be said to kept at any given moment within a band of exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies 2-25 % , at a conversion rate based on their actual in the Community an export levy should be intro­ parity ; duced for common wheat, barley, rye , oats , maize , millet and sorghum ; — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each Whereas, in view of the relationship between the basic of these currencies against the Community curren­ product and the products processed from it and given cies- referred to in the preceding paragraph over a specified period ; (') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269 / 67. (*) OJ No L 209 , 31 . 7 . 1974, p. 1 . (J) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973 , p. 10 . (5 ) OJ No L 151 , 8 . 6 . 1974, p. 1 . («) OJ No L 83 , 28 . 3 . 1974, p. 3 . (') OJ No L 270 , 5 . 10 . 1974, p. 1 .

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Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : above to the present situation on the market in Article 1 cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for these products within the Community and on the The export levies referred to in the first indent of world market, that the export levies, should be fixed Article 2(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968 /73 are as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; hereby fixed at the amounts shown in the Annex . Article 2 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 October ment Committee for Cereals, 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels, 4 October 1974. For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 4 October 1974 fixing the export levy in the cereals sector

CCT heading No Description it . a . / metric ton

ex 10.01 A Common wheat and meslin , excluding officially certified seeds (') 55-00

ex 10.02 Rye, excluding officially certified seeds (*) 0

ex 10.03 Barley , excluding officially certified seeds 0 ) 35-00

ex 10.04 Oats , excluding officially certified seeds (*) 17-00

10.05 B Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 50-00

10.07 B Millet 20-00

10.07 C Grain sorghum 35-00

ex 11.01 A Wheat flour 27-00

11.02 A I a ) Durum wheat groats and meal

11.02 Alb ) Common wheat groats and meal 27-00

11.01 Flour of cereals :

C. Barley flour 5-25

D. Oat flour 2-55

F. Maize flour : I. Of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 % by weight 7-50 II . Other 30-00

H. Millet flour 12-00

K. Grain sorghum flour 21-00

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 % by weight 5-25 b ) Barlev groats and meal not included under No 11.02 A III a ) 21-00 IV . Oats : a ) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 %> by weight 2-55 b ) Oat groats and meal not included under No 11.02 A IV a ) 10-20

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CCT heading u. »./ metric to » No Description

11 .02 V. Maize : i cont'd) a ) Of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 % by weight : 1 . For the brewing industry 7-50 2 . Other 7-50 b ) Other 30-00 VIII . Millet 12-00 IX . Grain sorghum 21-00

B. Hulled grains ( shelled or husked ), whether or not sliced or kibbled : I. Barley , oats, buckwheat and millet : a ) hulled ( shelled or husked ) : I. Barley ( 2 ) 21-00 2 . Oats : aa ) Clipped oats 10-20 bb ) Other : ( 11 ) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 % by weight (* 2-55 ( 22) Other H 10-20 4 . Millet 12-00 b ) Hulled and sliced or kibbled (' Grütze or grutten') : 1 . Barley (*) 21-00 2 . Oats : aa ) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 °/o by weight (2 ) 2-55 bb) Other ( 2) 10-20 4 . Millet ( 2) 12-00 II . Other cereals : a ) Wheat ( 2) 33-00 — b ) Rye (· ) c ) Maize ( 2 ) 30-00­ d ) Grain sorghum (*) 21-00

C. Pearled grains : I. Wheat (') 33-00 i II . Rye (3) — III . Barley : a ) Of an ash content (without talc) not exceeding t "/<> by weight — 1st category (3) 5-25 b) Other (8) 21-00 IV. Oats (8) 10-20 V. Maize (3 ) 30-00 VII . Millet (») 12-00 VIII . Grain sorghum 21-00

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CCT heading No Description ij . a . /metric ton

11.02 D. Grains not otherwise worked than kibbled : (cont'd) I. Wheat 33-00

II . Rye III . Barley 21-00 IV . Oats 10-20 V. Maize 30-00 VII . Millet 12-00 VIII . Grain sorghum 21-00

II . Rolled grains ; flaked grains : I. Barley, oats, buckwheat and millet : a ) Rolled : 1 . Barley 21-00 2 . Oats 10-20 4 . Millet 12-00 b ) Flaked : 1 . Barley 5-25 2 . Oats 2-55 4 . Millet 12-00 II . Other cereals : a ) Wheat 33-00 b ) Rye c) Mai /.e 30-00 d ) Grain sorghum 21-00

F. Pellets : I. Wheat 33-00 II . Rye III . Barley 21-00 IV . Oats 10-20 V. Maize 30-00 VIII . Millet 12-00 IX . Grain sorghum 21-00

G. Germ of cereals, whole, rolled , flaked or ground I. Wheat 8-25 II . Other 7-50

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CCT heeding No Description u. a. / metric ton

11 07 Malt, roasted or not :

A. Un roasted :

I. Obtained from wheat : a ) In the form of flour 8-25 b) Other 8-25

II . Other : a ) In the form of flour 5·25 b) Other 5-25

B. Roasted 5-25

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

A. Of cereals :

I. Of maize : a ) With a starch content not exceeding 35 °/o by weight 16-80 b) Other : 1 . With a starch content exceeding 35% but not exceeding 45 % by 16-80 weight, and having undergone a denaturing process 2. Other 16-80 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 16-80 b ) Other 16-80

2Vi>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 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 % 2-00 — Exceeding 15 % but not exceeding 30 % 5-00 — Exceeding 30% but not exceeding 50 % 8-00 — Exceeding 50 % but not exceeding 65 % 1.2-00 — Exceeding 65 */r 15-00

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(a ) 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) ol the Common Customs Tariff.