31975R0148

No L 17 / 20 Official Journal of the European Communities 22 . 1 . 75

REGULATION ( EEC) No 148 / 75 OF THE COMMISSION of 21 January 1975 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 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 (') 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 85/ 75 (-) ; world market on the other ; whereas the same article Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No provides that it is also important to ensure equili­ 1 968 / 73 (3 ) of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules brium and the natural development of prices and to be applied in the event of the cereals market being trade on cereal markets and furthermore , to take into disturbed , as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No account the economic aspect of the proposed exports 86/75 (4 ) and in particular Article 4(3) thereof ; and the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu­ nity market ; Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 120/ 67/ EEC provides that measures may be taken when the quota­ Whereas for the products, other than starches, listed tions or prices on the world market for one or more in Article 1 (c ) and (d) of Regulation No 120 / 67 / EEC products reach the level of Community prices ; the specific factors set out in Article 3 ( 2 ) of Regula­ whereas that situation is likely to continue and to dete­ tion ( EEC) No 1968 / 73 must also be taken into riorate, thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb account ; 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 quotations or prices on the world market shall be certain markets make this necessary ; regarded as having reached the level of Community 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), as amended by Regulation tion and market price trends ; ( EEC ) No 1 37/ 75 ( s ), should be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation , Whereas the high level of prices in international trade could impede importation of common wheat , barley , oats , maize , millet and sorghum into the Community HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : or provoke exportation from the Community ; Whereas the situation described above can be said to Art idc 1 exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies in the Community an export levy should be intro­ The export levies referred to in the first indent of duced for common wheat, barley , oats , maize , millet Article 2(1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1968 /73 are and sorghum ; hereby altered , in respect of the products listed in the Whereas, in view of the relationship between the basic Annex to amended Regulation ( EEC) No 126 / 75 , to product and the products processed from it and given the amounts shown therein . the market situation for certain processed products, an export levy for certain of these products must also be Artidc 2 fixed ; Whereas the threshold prices for the 1974/ 75 This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 lanuarv 1 975 . marketing year were fixed by Council Regulation

(') 0 | No 117 , 19 . 6 . 1967 , p. 2269 / 67 . o Ol No L 151 . K. 6 . 1974 , p. 1 . (-') O'l No L II , 16. I. 1975, p. 1 . ('•) O'l No I. 2~0 . 5 . 1 (). 1974, p. I. (■') O") No 1. 201 , 21 . 7. 1 973, p. 10 . (") O'l No L 13, I H. I. 1975, p. 31 . (•*) OJ No L II , 16 . 1 . 1975, p. 2 . (s ) O") No L 16, 21 . 1 . 1975, p. 15 .

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

Done at Brussels , 21 January 1975 . For the- Commission P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

No L 17/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 22 . 1 . 75

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 21 January 1975 altering the export levies in the cereals sector

CCT heading No Description u . a . /metric ton

ex 10.01 A Common wheat and meslin , excluding officially certified seeds ( ! ) 0

ex 10.02 Rye, excluding officially certified seeds (*)

ex 10.03 Barley, excluding officially certified seeds (1 ) 10-00

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

10.05 B 0 Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing

10.07 B Millet 30-00

10.07 C 0 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 :

1-50 C. Barley flour

1-50 D. Oat flour

E. Maize flour : 0 I. Of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 °/o by weight 0 II. Other

18-00 H. Millet flour

0 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 1-50 J?) Barley groats and meal not included under No 11.02 A III a) 6-00 IV. Oats : a) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 % by weight 1-50 6-00 b ) Oat groats and meal not included under No 11.02 A IV a)

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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 0 . 2 . Other 0 b) Other 0 VIII . Millet 18-00 IX. Grain sorghum 0

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) 6-00 2 . Oats : aa) Clipped oats 6-00 bb) Other : (11) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 % by weight (*) 1-50 (22) Other (2) 6-00 4 . Millet 18-00 b ) Hulled and sliced or kibbled ('Grütze or grutten') : 1 . Barley (2) 6-00 2 . Oats : aa) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 °/o by weight (*) 1-50 bb ) Other (2 ) 6-00 4. Millet (2) 18-00 II . Other cereals : a) Wheat (2) 0 b) Rye (l) c) Maize (2) 0 d) Grain sorghum (2) 0

C. Pearled grains : I. Wheat (s) 0 II. Rye (3) III . Barley : a) Of an ash content (without talc) not exceeding 1 °/o by weight 1st category (3) 1-50 b) Other (3) 6-00 IV. Oats (s) 6-00 V. Maize (3) 0 VII. Millet (») 18-00 VIII. Grain sorghum (3) 0

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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 0 II. Rye III. Barley 6-00 IV. Oats 6-00 V. Maize 0 VII . Millet 18-00 0 VIII. Grain sorghum E. Rolled grains ; flaked grains : I. Barley, oats, buckwheat and millet : a ) Rolled : 6-00 1 . Barley 2 . Oats 6-00 4 . Millet 18-00 b) Flaked : 1-50 1 . Barley 2 . Oats 1-50 4 . Millet 18-00 II . Other cereals : 0 a ) Wheat b) Rye 0 c) Maize 0 d) Grain sorghum F. Pellets : I. Wheat 0 II. Rye 6-00 III. Barley IV . Oats 6-00 V. Maize 0 VIII . Millet 18-00 0 IX . Grain sorghum G. Gern of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground I. Wheat 0 II . Other 0

11.07 Malt, roasted or not : A. Unroasted : I. Obtained from wheat : a) In the form of flour 0 b ) Other 0

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CCT heading Description u.a :/metric ton No

11.07 U. Other : (cont'd) a) In the form of flour 1-50

1-50 b ) Other

B. Roasted 1-50

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 : 1-20 a ) With a starch content not exceeding 35 °/o by weight b) Other : 1 . With a starch content exceeding 35 °/o but not exceeding 45 %> by 1-20 weight, and having undergone a denaturing process 2 . Other 1-20 11 . 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 1-20 more by weight 1-20 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 % by weight and of cereal products (4) content by weight : — Exceeding 5 °/o but not exceeding 15 °/o 0 1 — Exceeding 15 % but not exceeding 30 % i 0 ! — Exceeding 30 °/o but not exceeding 50 °/o 0 — Exceeding 50 % but not exceeding 65 °/o 0 — Exceeding 65 % 0

(') 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 11.02 G) of th« Common Customs Tariff .