31975R0404

20 . 2 . 75 No L 46/ 15 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION (EEC) No 404/75 OF THE COMMISSION of 19 February 1975 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3348 /73 concerning the levying of a tax on the exportation of certain goods covered by Regulation (EEC) No 1059/69

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the complete text of the Annex to Regula­ COMMUNITIES, tion (EEC) No 3348 /73 in its amended form should be published anew with, in the interests of clarity, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European certain changes in presentation ; Economic Community ; Whereas, in accordance with the second paragraph of Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Article 9a of Regulation (EEC) No 1059/69, the 1059/69 (') of 28 May 1969 laying down the trade Member States have been consulted on this measure, arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products, as last HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 49 1 /73 (2), and in particular Article 9a thereof ; Article 1 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3348/73 (3) of 12 December 1973 as amended by The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3348 /73 is Regulation (EEC) No 344/74 (4) created an export tax ; replaced by the Annex to this Regulation .

Whereas it appears appropriate, in order to take into Article 2 account the interests of the sugar processing industry, to exclude from the application of this tax certain This Regulation shall enter into force on the day habitually traded processed products put up in pack­ following its publication in the Official Journal of ings of a net capacity not exceeding 3-5 kg ; the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 February 1975 .

For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 141 , 12. 6. 1969, p. 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 151 , 7. 6 . 1973 , p. 1 . (3 ) OJ No L 342, 13 . 12 . 1973, p . 16 . (■») OJ No L 40, 12 . 2. 1974, p. 6 .

No L 46/ 16 Official Journal of the European Communities 20. 2. 75

ANNEX

CCT heading Description No

18.06 Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa :

ex A. Cocoa powder, not otherwise sweetened than by the addition of sucrose, close wrapped in immediate packings of a net capacity of more than 2-5 kg

ex D. Other, containing 50 °/o or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose), close wrapped in immediate packings of a net capacity of more than 2-5 kg, with the exception or :

a) Preparations for the manufacture of ice-cream, flavoured and/or coloured

b) Chocolate milk crumb

21.07 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included :

ex F. Other, containing 60 %> or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose), close wrapped in immediate packings of a net capacity of more than 2-5 kg, with the exception of :

a) Preparations for the manufacture of ice-cream, flavoured and/or coloured

b ) Improvers for baking

c) The following preparations, close wrapped in immediate packings of a net capacity not exceeding 3-5 kg : 1 . Jelly crystals or powders, whether or not flavoured or coloured, containing glucose solids, agar-agar or other jelling agent, and edible acid, and containing not more than 85 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) 2. Preparations for making macaroon biscuits and cake fillings, containing ground almonds or other nuts, ground or broken rice, and one or more other ingredients, and containing not more than 65 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) 3 . Plasticized pastes for use as coating for cakes or other bakers' wares, containing vegetable fat, glucose, emulsifier, flavouring, colouring and one or more other ingredients, and containing not more than 80% by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose)