31974R3280

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REGULATION ( EEC) No 3280 /74 OF THE COMMISSION of 27 December 1974 altering the export levies on cereals

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN (EEC) No 1 427/74 (5) of 4 June 1974 and amended by COMMUNITIES , Regulation ( EEC) No 2518 /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 (') 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 31 96/74 ( 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 3196/74, to the the market situation for certain processed products , an amounts shown therein . 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 28 December 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 . (6) OJ No L 270 , 5 . 10 . 1974, p. 1 . (4 OJ No L 83 , 28 . 3 . 1974, p. 3 . (7) OJ No L 311 , 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 , 27 December 1974. For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 27 December 1974 amending the export levies in the cereals sector

CCT heading­ No Description u. a. /metric ton

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

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

ex 10.03 Barley, excluding officially certified seeds i 1 ) 55-00

ex 10.04 Oats, excluding officially certified seeds ( x) 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

— 11.02 A I a) Durum wheat groats and meal

— 11.02 Alb ) Common wheat groats and meal

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

27-00 K. Grain sorghum flour

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 No Description u . a . /metric ton

11.02 V. Maize : (cont'd.) a) Of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 % by weight : 1 . For the brewing industry 9-00 2 . Other 9-00 b ) Other 36-00 VIII. Millet 18-00 IX. Grain sorghum 27-00

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

C. Pearled grains : I. Wheat (3) 45-00 II. Rye (3) III. Barley : a) Of an ash content (without talc) not exceeding 1 °/o by weight 1st category (3) 7-50 b) Other (3) 30-00 IV. Oats (3) 18-00 V. Maize (3) 36-00 VII. Millet (3) 18-00 VIII. Grain sorghum (3) 27-00

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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 45-00

— II . Rye III. Barley 30-00 IV. Oats 18-00 V. Maize 36-00 VII . Millet 18-00 27-00 VIII. Grain sorghum E. Rolled grains ; flaked grains : I. Barley , oats, buckwheat and millet : a ) Rolled : 1 . Barley 30-00 2 . Óats 18-00 4 . Millet 18-00 b) Flaked : 7-50 1 . Barley 2 . Oats 4-50 4 . Millet 18-00 II. Other cereals : a) Wheat 45-00 — · b ) Rye c) Maize 36-00 d) Grain sorghum 27-00 F. Pellets : I. Wheat 45-00

— II. Rye III. Barley 30-00 IV. Oats 18-00 V. Maize 36-00 VIII . Millet 1800 IX. Grain sorghum * 27-00 G. Gern of cereals, whole, rolled , flaked or ground I. Wheat 11-25 II. Other 9-00

11.07 Malt, roasted or not : A. Unroasted : I. Obtained from wheat : a ) In the form of flour 1 L 25 b) Other 11-25

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CCT heading u . a . /metric ton No Description

11.07 II . Other : (cont'd) a) In the form of flour 8-25 b ) Other 8-25

B. Roasted 8-25

23.02 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 22-20 b ) Other : 1 . With a starch content exceeding 35 °/o but not exceeding 45 % by weight, and having undergone a denaturing process 22-20 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 °/o or 22-20 more by weight 22-20 b ) Other

23.07 Sweetened forage, other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding :

B. Other, containing starch , glucose or glucose syrup falling within subheadings 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 °/o by weight and of cereal products (4 ) content by weight : — Exceeding 5 °/o but not exceeding 15 °/o 2-40 — Exceeding 15 °/o but not exceeding 30 %> 6-00 — Exceeding 30 °/o but not exceeding 50 °/o 9-60 — Exceeding 50 % but not exceeding 65 °/o 14-40 — Exceeding 65 °/o 18-00

.(') 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). (l) 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 11.02 G ) of the Common Customs Tariff.