31975R0126

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REGULATION ( EEC) No 126/ 75 OF THE COMMISSION of 17 January 1975 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/ EECC ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ Regulation (EEC) No 2518 /74 (6) ; tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­ lation ( EEC) No 85/ 75 (2 ); Whereas Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1968 /73 specifies that when the export levy is being fixed Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No account must be taken of the existing situation and 1 968 /73 (3 ) of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities to be applied in the event of the cereals market being of cereals on the Community market on the one hand disturbed , as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No and prices for cereals and cereal products on the word 86/75 (4) and in particular Article 4 (3) thereof ; market on the other ; whereas the same article provides that it is also important to ensure equili­ Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary brium and the natural development of prices and Committee ; trade on cereal markets and furthermore , to take into account the economic aspect of the proposed exports Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120 / 67/ EEC and the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu­ provides that measures may be taken when the quota­ nity market ; tions or prices on the world market for one or more products reach the level of Community prices ; Whereas for the products, other than starches, listed whereas that situation is likely to continue and to dete­ in Article 1 (c) and (d ) of Regulation No 120 /67/ EEC riorate , thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb the specific factors set out in Article 3 (2) of Regula­ the Community market ; tion ( EEC) No 1968 / 73 must also be taken into account ; Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 1968 /73 specifies that the quotations or prices on the world market shall be Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world regarded as having reached the level of Community market situation or the specific requirements of prices when they approach or exceed the threshold certain markets make this necessary ; price ; whereas the continuation and the deterioration of that situation may be regarded as being likely to continue where an imbalance between supply and Whereas , if the levy system is to operate normally, the demand is established and where this imbalance is following should be used to calculate the levies : likely to persist, having regard to foreseeable produc­ — for currencies the exchange rates for which are tion and market price trends ; kept at any given moment within a band of 2-25 % , at a conversion rate based on their actual Whereas the high level of prices in international trade parity ; could impede importation of common wheat, barley, rye, oats, maize , millet and sorghum into the Commu­ — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the nity or provoke exportation from the Community ; arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each of these currencies against the Community curren­ Whereas the situation described above can be said to cies referred to in the preceding paragraph over a exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies specified period ; in the Community an export levy should be intro­ ductcd for common wheat, barley, rye , oats , maize, Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined millet and sorghum ; above to the present situation on the market in cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for Whereas, in view of the relationship between the basic these products within the Community and on the product and the products processed from it and given world market, that the export levies, should be fixed a.s > hown in the Annex to this Regulation , (■) OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269/67 . (-) OJ No L 11 , 16 . 1 . 1975, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7 . 1 973 , p. 10 . C ) 0 | No I. 151 , X. 6 . 1974, p. 1 . C ) OJ No L 11 , 16 . 1 . 1975, p. 2. (") OJ No L 270 , S. 10 . 1974, p. 1 .

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 2

A rticle 1 The export levies referred to in the first indent of Article 2(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 are This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 January hereby fixed at the amounts shown in the Annex. 1975 .

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

Done at Brussels, 17 January 1975 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 17 January 1975 fixing the export levies in the cereals sector

CCT heading No Description u . a . / metric ton

ex 10.01 A 30.00 Common wheat and meslin , excluding officially certified seeds (')

ex 10.02 Rye, excluding officially certified seeds (*)

ex 10.03 30.00 Barley, excluding officially certified seeds (*)

ex 10.04 20-00 Oats, excluding officially certified seeds (x)

10.05 B 30.00 Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing

10.07 B Millet 30.00

10.07 C 30-00 Grain sorghum

ex 11.01 A Wheat flour

11.02 A I a ) Durum wheat groats and meal

11.02 A lb ) Common wheat groats and meal

11.01 Flour of cereals :

4-50 C. Barley flour

D. Oat flour 3-00

E. Maize flour : 4.50 I. Of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 % by weight II . Other 18-00

H. Millet flour 18-00

K. Grain sorghum flour 18.00

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 °/o by weight 4.50 b ) Barley groats and meal not included, under No 11.02 A III a) 18-00 IV. Oats : a ) Of an ash content not exceeding 2.3 % by weight 300 b) Oat groats and meal not included under No 11.02 A IV a) 12.00

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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 4.50 2 . Other 4.50 _ l>) Other 18.00 VIII . Millet 18.00 j IX . Grain sorghum ! 18-00 i IV Hulled grains (shelled or husked), whether or not sliced or kibbled : 1 I I. Barley, oats, buckwheat and millet : i i a ) hulled (shelled or husked) : 1 . Barley (2) j 18.00 1 1 2 . Oats : aa) Clipped oats 12-00 bb ) Other : \ 3-00 ( 11 ) Of an ash content not exceeding 2.3 °/o by weight (2) (22) Other (2) 12-00 4 . Millet 18.00 b ) Hulled and sliced or kibbled (' Grütze or grutten') : 1 . Barley (2 ) 18-00 2 . Oats : aa) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 °/o by weight (2) 3-00 bb ) Other (2) 12.00 4 . Millet (2) 18-00 II . Other cereals : 18-00 a) Wheat (2) l

— b ) Rye (2) I

18.00 c) Maize (2) 18.00 d ) Grain sorghum (2)

C. Pearled grains : I. Wheat (3) 18-00 i — II. Rye (3) III . Barley : a) Of an ash content (without talc) not exceeding 1 % by weight 1st category (3) 4.50 \

b) Other (3) 18-00 IV. Oats (3) 12.00 I

V. Maize (3) 18-00 18-00 VII . Millet (») 18-00 VIII. Grain sorghum (3) I

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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 18.00 II. Rye 18.00 III. Barley IV. Oats 12.00 V. Maize 18-00 VII . Millet 18.00 18.00 VIII . Grain sorghum E. Rolled grains ; flaked grains : I. Barley, oats, buckwheat and miller : a) Rolled : 18-00 1 . Barley 2 . Oats 12-00 4 . Millet 18.00 b ) Flaked : 4.50 1 . Barley 2 . Oats 3-00 4 . Millet 18.00 II . Other cereals : a ) Wheat 18.00 b ) Rye c) Maize 18-00 18.00 d ) Grain sorghum F. Pellets : I. Wheat 18.00 II . Rye 18.00 III . Barley IV. Oats 12.00 V. Maize 18-00 VIII . Millet 18.00 18.00 IX . Grain sorghum G. Gern of cereals, whole, rolled , flaked or ground I. Wheat 4.50 II . Other 4.50

I . 07 Malt, roasted or not : A. Unroasted : I. Obtained from wheat -, a ) In the form of flour 4.50 b ) Other 4.50

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CCT heading Description u. a. / metric ton No '

11.07 II . Other : (cont'd) a) In the form of flour 4.50 b) Other 4.50

B. Roasted 4.50

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 : 10.00 a) With a starch content not exceeding 35 %> by weight b) Other : 1 . With a starch content exceeding 35 °/o but not exceeding 45 % by 10.00 weight, and having undergone a denaturing process 2 . Other 10.00 II . 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 °/o by weight or of which the sieved pro­ duct has an ash content, calculated on the dry product, of 1.5 °/o or 10.00 more by weight 10.00 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% by weight and of cereal products (4 ) content by weight : — Exceeding 5 % but not exceeding 15 % 1-20 — Exceeding 15 %> but not exceeding 30 °/o 3-00 — Exceeding 30 °/o but not exceeding 50 % 4.80 — Exceeding 50 % but not exceeding 65 % 7-20 i — Exceeding 65 % 9.00

(') 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). (!) 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). (*) ' 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 .