31975R0429

22 . 2. 75 No L 48 / 5 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 429/75 OF THE COMMISSION

of 21 February 1975

fixing the export levies on starch products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68 (9), as COMMUNITIES, last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 881 /73 ( l0) ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas the production refund on maize, common Economic Community ; wheat and broken rice intended for the manufacture Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ of starch is defined in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) 67/EEC ( 1) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ No 1132/74 ; tion, of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­ lation (EEC) No 85/75 (2) ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1981 /74 for the new Member States the amounts Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/ 67/EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­ to be considered respectively as import levy and tion of the market in rice, aS last amended by Regula­ production refund shall be the levy and the produc­ tion (EEC) No 1 1 29/74 (4) ; tion refund for the product in question respectively, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No minus the applicable compensatory amount ; 11 32/74 (5) of 29 April 1974 on production refunds in Whereas the export levy must be fixed once a week ; the cereals and rice sectors, amended by Regulation whereas it is altered only if application of Article 2 (2) (EEC) No 251 8/74 (6), and in particular Article 7 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1981 /74 entails an thereof ; increase or a reduction of more than 0-08 unit of Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary account/ 100 kg of basic product ; Committee ; Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, Whereas, pursuant to Article 7 (2) of Regulation (EEC) levies should be calculated on the following basis : No 1132/74, an export levy may be introduced for — in the case of currencies which are maintained in products falling within subheadings 11.08 A, 11.09, 17.02 B II , 17.05 B and 23.03 A I of the Common relation to each other, at any given moment, Customs Tariff when world market prices for maize within a band of 2-25 % , at a rate of exchange and common wheat on the one hand, and for broken based on their effective parity ; rice on the other hand exceed respectively 8-745 and — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the 10-907 units of account ; arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 1 98 1 /74 (7), as last of these currencies recorded for a given period, in amended by Regulation (EEC) No 28 1 /75 (8), the relation to the Community currencies referred to Commission laid down detailed rules for the applica­ in the previous subparagraph ; tion of the export levy on starch products ; whereas Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regulation provides that a levy is to the world market price of maize, common wheat introduced when it is found that the import levy for and broken rice and to the import levies that an maize, wheat or broken rice is at least 0-30 unit of export levy should be introduced for the products account/ 100 kg less than the amount of the produc­ listed in the Annex, tion refund valid in the current month and that the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : average of the • levies in the imme­ diately following fortnight is at least 0-30 unit of Article 1 account/ 100 kg less than the average of the produc­ tion refund valid in that fortnight ; The export levies provided for in Article 7 (2) of Regu­ Whereas the export levy must be equal, per 100 kg of lation (EEC) No 1132/74 are hereby fixed as shown in basic product, to the difference between the produc­ the table annexed to this Regulation for the products tion refund valid on the day on which this export levy listed therein . is fixed and the average of the levies applicable on the seven days preceding the day it comes into force ; Article 2 whereas this difference must then be multiplied for This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 February the products mentioned in Article 1 by the coeffi­ 1 975 . cients relating to these products shown in column 4 It shall apply from 22 February 1975 for starch (•) OJ No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67. products derived from maize, from 24 February 1975 (2) OJ No L 11 , 16 1 . 1975, p. 1 . for starch products derived from soft wheat, and from (3) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 . 25 February 1975 for starch products derived from (4) OJ No L 128 , 10. 5 . 1974, p. 20 . broken rice . (5) OJ No L 128, 10 . 5. 1974, p. 24. (6) OJ No L 270, 5 . 10 . 1974, p. 1 . ( 7) OJ No L 207, 29 . 7. 1974, p. 9 . O OJ No L 179, 25 . 7. 1968 , p. 8 . (8) OJ No L 31 , 5. 2. 1975, p. 15 . ( 10) OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p. 30 .

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

Done at Brussels, 21 February 1975 .

For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Export levies in u.a./100 kg \

CCT heading No Nomenclature in simplified wording Other Member Denmark Ireland United Kingdom States

11.08 A I Maize starch 2.140 2.096 1.729 2.140 11.08 A II Rice starch 5.563 5.563 5-563 5-563 11.08 A III Wheat starch 5.020 5.020 3.986 5 - 020 11.08 A IV Potato starch 2-140 2-096 1.729 2-140 11.08 A V Starches other than maize, rice, wheat or potato starch 2.140 2.096 1.729 2-140 11.09 A 9.128 9-128 7.248 9.128 Dried wheat gluten 11.09 B Wheat gluten, other than dried 9.128 9.128 7.248 9.128 17.02 B II a) Glucose other than glucose containing, in the dry state, 99 % or more by weight of the pure product, in the form of white crystalline pow­ 2-791 2-734 2-255 2-791 der, Whether or not agglomerated (*) 17.02 B II b) Glucose and glucose syrup not containing, in the dry state, 99 °/o or more by weight of the pure product, other than glucose in the form of white crystalline powder, whether or not 2-096 1.729 agglomerated (x) 2-140 2-140 17.05 B I Flavoured or coloured glucose, in the form of white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated 2-791 2-734 2-255 2-791 17.05 B II Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup, other than in the form of white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated 2.140 2.096 1.729 2.140 23.03 A I Residues from the manufacture of starch from maize (excluding concentrated steeping liquors ), of a protein content, calculated on the dry product exceeding 40 % by weight 2-658 2-604 2-148 2-658

() Pursuant to Regulation No 189/66/EEC, the product falling within subheading 17.02 B I is subject to the same levy as products falling within subheading 17.02 B II. / re