31975R0137

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REGULATION ( EEC) No 137 / 75 OF THE COMMISSION of 20 January 1975 altering the export levies on cereals

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the threshold prices for the 1974/ 75 COMMUNITIES , marketing year were fixed by Council Regulation ( EEC) No 1 427/74 ( 5) of 4 June 1974 and amended by Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Regulation ( EEC) No 25 1 8 / 74 (b) ; Economic Community ; Whereas Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1968 /73 Having regard to Council Regulation No 1 20 / specifies that when the export levy is being fixed 67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ account must be taken of the existing situation and tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­ the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities lation ( EEC) No 85 /75 0 ; of cereals on the Community market on the one hand and prices for cereals and cereal products on the Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No world market on the other ; whereas the same article 1 968/73 (-') of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules provides that it is also important to ensure equili­ to be applied in the event of the cereals market being brium and the natural development of prices and disturbed , as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No trade on cereal markets and furthermore , to take into 86/ 75 (4 ) and in particular Article 4 ( 3 ) thereof ; account the economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu­ Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120 / 67/ EEC nity market ; provides that measures may be taken when the quota­ tions or prices on the world market for one or more Whereas for the products, other than starches , listed products reach the level of Community prices ; in Article 1 (c) and (d) of Regulation No 120 / 67/ EEC whereas that situation is likely to continue and to dete­ the specific factors set out in Article 3 ( 2) of Regula­ riorate, thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb tion ( EEC) No 1968 / 73 must also be taken into the Community market ; account ; Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 1968 / 73 specifies that Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world the quotations or prices on the world market shall be market situation or the specific requirements of regarded as having reached the level of Community certain markets make this necessary ; prices when they approach or exceed the threshold Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined price ; whereas the continuation and the deterioration above to the present situation on the market in of that situation may be regarded as being likely to cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for continue where an imbalance between supply and these products within the Community and on the demand is established and where this imbalnce is world market , that the export levies , fixed by Regula­ likely to persist , having regard to foreseeable produc­ tion ( EEC ) No 1 26/ 75 ( 7 ), should be altered as shown tion and market price trends ; in the Annex to this Regulation , Whereas the high level of prices in international trade could impede importation of common wheat , barley, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : oats, maize , millet and sorghum into the Community or provoke exportation from the Community ; Article 1 Whereas the situation described above can be said to exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies The export levies referred to in the first indent of in the Community an export levy should be intro­ Article 2(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968 / 73 are duced for common wheat , barley , oats , maize , millet hereby altered , in respect of the products listed in the and sorghum ; Annex to Regulation ( EEC ) No 126 / 75 , to the amounts shown therein . Whereas, in view of the relationship between the basic product and the products processed from it and given the market situation for certain processed products , an Article 2 export levy for certain of these products must also be fixed ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 January I 975 . (') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269 / 67 . (-') OJ No L 1 1 , 16. I. 1975 , p. 1 . (') OJ No L 151 , X. 6 . 1974 , p . I. ( 3 ) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7 . 1 973 , p. 10 . (") O'j No L 270, 5. 10 . 1974, p . I. H OJ No L II , 16 . 1 . 1975, p. 2 . ( ) O'j No L I.*, IS . I. 1975, p . 31 .

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

Done at Brussels , 20 January 1975 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 20 January 1975 altering the export levies in the cereals sector

CCT heading Description u . a . / metric ton No

ex 10.01 A 15-00 Common wheat and meslin, excluding officially certified seeds ( l )

ex 10.02 Rye, excluding officially certified seeds (')

ex 10.03 Barley, excluding officially certified seeds ( 1 ) 15-00

ex 10.04 10-00 Oats, excluding officially certified seeds (*)

10.05 B 15-00 Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing

10.07 B Millet 30-00

10.07.C 15-00 Grain sorghum

ex 11.01 A Wheat -flour

11.02 Ala) Durum wheat groats and meal

11.02 A lb ) Common wheat groats and meal

11.01 Flour of cereals -.

2-25 C. Barley flour

D. Oat flour 1-50

E. Maize flour : 2-25 I. Of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 °/o by weight II . Other 9-00

H. Millet flour 18-00

9-00 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 2-25 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 1-50 b ) Oat groats and meal not included under No 11.02 A IV a ) 6-00

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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 °/o by weight : 1 . For the brewing industry 2-25 2 . Other 2-25 b ) Other 9-00 VIII . Millet 18-00 IX . Grain sorghum 9-00

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 ) 9-00 2 . Oats : aa ) Clipped oats 6-00 bb ) Other : ( 11 ) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 %> by weight ( 2 ) 1-50 (22 ) Other (2) 6-00 4 . Millet 18-00 b ) Hulled and sliced or kibbled (' Grütze or grutten') : 1 . Barley ( 2 ) 9-00 2 . Oats -. aa ) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 % by weight (2) 1-50 bb ) Other (2 ) 6-00 4 . Millet (2 ) 18-00 II . Other cereals : 9-00 a) Wheat (2) b) Rye (2 ) c) Maize (2) 9-00 d ) Grain sorghum (2) 9-00

C. Pearled grains : I. Wheat (3) 9-00 II . Rye (3) III . Barley : a ) Of an ash content (without talc) not exceeding 1 % by weight 1st category (3 ) 2-25 b ) Other . ( 3) 9-00 IV. Oats (3) 6-00 V. Maize ( 3) 9-00 18-00 VII . Millet (s ) 9-00 VIII . Grain sorghum (3)

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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 9-00 II. Rye III. Barley 9-00 IV . Oats 6-00 V. Maize 9-00 VII . Millet 18-00 VIII. Grain sorghum 9-00 E. Rolled grains ; flaked grains : I. Barley, oats, buckwheat and millet : a ) Rolled : 9-00 1 . Barley 2 . Oats 6-00 4 . Millet 18-00 b ) Flaked : 2-25 1 . Barley 2 . Oats 1-50 4 . Millet 18-00 II . Other cereals : 9-00 a ) Wheat b) Rye 9-00 c) Maize 9-00 d) Grain sorghum F. Pellets : I. Wheat 9-00 II. Rye 9-00 III. Barley IV . Oats 6-00 V. Maize 9-00 VIII . Millet 18-00 9-00 IX . Grain sorghum G. Gern of cereals, whole, rolled , flaked or ground I. Wheat 2-25 II . Other 2-25

11.07 Malt, roasted or not : A. Unroasted : I. Obtained from wheat : a ) In the form of flour ' 2-25 b ) Other 2-25

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CCT heading No Description u . a . ' metric ton

11.07 If . Other : (cont'd ) a ) In the form of flour 2-25 b ) Other 2-25

B. Roasted 2-25

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 : 5-00 a ) With a starch content not exceeding 35 °/o by weight b ) Other : 1 . With a starch content exceeding 35 % but not exceeding 45 % by 5-00 weight, and having undergone a denaturing process 2 . Other 5-00 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 %> by weight or of which the sieved pro­ duct has an ash content, calculated on the dry product, of 1-5 °/o or 5-00 more by weight 5-00 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 °/o by weight and of cereal products (4 ) content by weight : — Exceeding 5 °/o but not exceeding 15 % 0-60 — Exceeding 15 °/o but not exceeding 30 °/o 1-50 — Exceeding 30 °/o but not exceeding 50 °/o 2-40 — Exceeding 50 °/o but not exceeding 65 °/o 3-60 — Exceeding 65 °/o 4-50

(') 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 , li . 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 .