31974R2963

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REGULATION ( EEC) No 2963/ 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 22 November 1974 altering the export levies on cereals

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN ( EEC) No 1427/74 (5 ) of 4 June 1974 and amended by COMMUNITIES , Regulation ( EEC) No 251 8 /74 (6) ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1968 /73 Economic Community ; specifies that when the export levy is being fixed account must be taken of the existing situation and Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities 67/ EEC ( 1 ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ of cereals on the Community market on the one hand tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­ and prices for cereals and cereal products on the lation ( EEC) No 1 996/74 (2) ; world market on the other ; whereas the same article provides that it is also important to ensure equili­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No brium and the natural development of prices and 1968/73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules trade on cereal markets and furthermore , to take into to be applied in the event of the cereals market being account the economic aspect of the proposed exports disturbed, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No and the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu­ 676/74 (4) and in particular Article 4 (3) thereof ; nity market ; Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/ 67/ EEC Whereas for the products , other than starches, listed provides that the necessary measure may be taken if in Article 1 (c) and (d) of Regulation No 120 / 67/ EEC the cif price of one or more products is appreciably the specific factors set out in Article 3 (2) of Regula­ higher than the threshold price and if that situation is tion ( EEC) No 1968 / 73 must also be taken into likely to continue thereby disturbing or threatening to account ; disturb the Community market ; Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1968 /73 specifies that market situation or the specific requirements of the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher certain markets make this necessary ; 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 2935/ 74 ( 7), 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, oats, maize, millet and sorghum 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 Article 1 in the Community an export levy should be intro­ duced for common wheat, barley, oats, maize, millet and sorghum ; The export levies referred to in the first indent of Article 2(1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1968 /73 are Whereas , in view of the relationship between the basic hereby altered, in respect of the products listed in the product and the products processed from it and given Annex to Regulation ( EEC) No 2935/74, to the amounts shown therein . the market situation for certain processed products, an export levy for certain of these products must also be fixed ; Article 2 Whereas the threshold prices for the 1974/75 marketing year were fixed by Council Regulation This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 November 1974 . (») OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269 / 67. (2 ) OJ No L 209 , 31 . 7 . 1974, p. 1 . (5) OJ No L 151 , 8 . 6 . 1974, p. 1 . (3 ) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7 . 1973 , p. 10 . (b) OJ No L 270 , 5 . 10 . 1974, p. 1 . 4 OJ No L 83 , 28 . 3 . 1974, p. 3 . ( 7) OJ No L 31 1 , 22 . 11 . 1974, p. 15 .

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

Done at Brussels , 22 November 1974 . For the Commission P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 22 November 1974 altering the export levies in the cereals sector

OCT heading . . . jsj0 Description u .*. /metric tori

ex 10.01 A Common wheat and meslin , excluding officially certified seeds (*) 75-00 ex 10.02 Rye, excluding officially certified seeds (*)

ex 10.03 Barley, excluding officially certified seeds (*} 55-00 ex 10.04 Oats, excluding officially certified seeds (') 30-00 10.05 B Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 60-00 10.07 B Millet 30-00 10.07 C Grain sorghum 45-00 ex 11.01 A Wheat flour 42-00 11.02 A I a ) Durum wheat groats and meal 11.02 A lb) Common wheat groats and meal 42-00

11.01 Flour of cereals : C. Barley flour 7-50 D. Oat flour 4-50 E. Maize flour : I. Of a fat content not exceeding 1*5 °/o by weight 9 - 00 II . Other 36-00 H. Millet flour 18-00 K. Grain sorghum flour 27-00

11 . 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 7-50 b) Barley groats and meal not included under No 11.02 A III a ) 30-00 IV. Oats : a ) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 °/« by weight 4-50 b) Oat groats and meal not included under No 11.02 A IV a ) 18-00

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CCT heading „ . . , fj0 Description u .«. /metric to*

11.02 V. Maize : fcont'd) a ) Of a fat content not exceeding 1*5 °A> by weight : 1 . For the brewing industry 9-00 2 . Other 9-00 b) Other 36-00 VIII . Millet 18-00 IX . Grain sorghum ?7 - nn

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 («) 30-00 2 . Oats : aa) Clipped oats 18-00 bb) Other : ( 11 ) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 °/o by weight (*. 4-50 (22) Other (2) 18-00 4 . Millet 18-00 b) Hulled and sliced or kibbled ('Griitze or grutten') : 1 . Barley (») 30-00 2 . Oats : aa) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 % by weight (*) 4-50 bb) Other («) 18-00 4. Millet (*) 18-00 II . Other cereals : a) Wheat (J) 45-00 b) Rye (2) 36-00 c) Maize (l) 27-00 d) Grain sorghum (®)

C. Pearled grains : I. Wheat (8) 4 ^- nn II. Rye (s) III. Barley : a) Of an ash content (without talc) not exceeding 1 °/o by weight 1st category (3) 7-50 b) Other (®) 30-00 IV. Oats (s) 18-00 V. Maize (8) 36-00 VII. Millet (») 18-00 VIII . Grain *orehu«i (•) 27-00

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CCT heading _ . . , Description u . a . /metric tp ,

11.02 D. Grains not otherwise worked than kibbled : 'cont'd) I. Wheat 45-00 II . Rye III . Barley 30-00 IV . Oats 18-00 V. Maize 36-00 VII . Millet 18-00 VIII . Grain sorghum 27-00

li . Rolled grains ; flaked grains : I. Barley, oats, buckwheat and millet ; a ) Rolled : 1 . Barley 30-00 2 . Oats 18-00 4 . Millet 18-00 b) Flaked : 1 . Barley 7-50 2 . Oats 4-50 4 . Millet 18-00 II . Other cercals : a) Wheat 45-00 b) Rye c) Mai /.e 36-00 d ) Grain sorghum 27-00

I '. Pellets : I. Wheat 45-00 II . Rye III . Barley 30-00 IV. Oats 18-00 V. Maize 36-00 VIII . Millet 18-00 IX. Grain sorghum 27-00

G. Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground I. Wheat 11-25 II . Other 9-00

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GCT heading , Description u.a./metnc to*

I 07 Malt, roasted or not •.

A. Unroasted : I. Obtained from wheat : a) In the form of flour 11-25 b ) Other 11-25 II . Other : a) In the form of flour 8-25 b ) Other 8-25

li . Roasted 8-25

21.02 Bran, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling or working ot cereals or of leguminous vegetables :

A. Of cereals I. Of maize : a ) With a starch content not exceeding 35 % by weight 22-20 b) Other : 1 . With a starch content exceeding 35% but not exceeding 45% by 22-20 weight, and having undergone a denaturing process 2 . Other 22-20 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 22-20 22-20 b) Other

13.D7 Sweetened forage, other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding : B. Other, containing starch, gluco>se 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% by weight and of cereal products (4) content by weight : — Exceeding 5 % but not exceeding 15 % 2-40 — Exceeding 15 % but not exceeding 30 % 6-00 — Exceeding 30% but not exceeding 50 % 9-60 — Exceeding 50 % but not exceeding 65 % 14-40 — Exceeding 65 '/» 18-00

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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 (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 grajns 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 ) of the Common Customs Tariff.