31975R2155

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REGULATION (EEC) No 2155 /75 OF THE COMMISSION of 18 August 1975 fixing the export levies on cereals

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the situation described above can be said to COMMUNITIES, exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies in the Community an export levy should be intro­ duced for common wheat, durum wheat, barley, rye, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European oats, maize, durum wheat groats and meal ; Economic Community ;

Whereas the threshold prices for the 1975/76 Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ marketing year were fixed by Council Regulation 67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ (EEC) No 1173 /75(5 ) of 28 April 1975 ; tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­ lation (EEC) No 665/75 (2) ;

Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No specifies that when the export levy is being fixed 1 968/73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules account must be taken of the existing situation and to be applied in the event of the cereals market being the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities disturbed, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No of cereals on the Community market on the one hand 86/75 (4) and in particular Article 4(3) thereof ; and prices for cereals and cereal products on the word 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 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 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 regarded as having reached the level of Community Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world prices when they approach or exceed the threshold market situation or the specific requirements of price ; whereas the continuation and the deterioration certain markets make this necessary ; of that situation may be regarded as being likely to continue where an imbalance between supply and demand is established and where this imbalance is Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the likely to persist, having regard to foreseeable produc­ tion and market price trends ; following should be used to calculate the levies :

— for currencies the exchange rates for which are Whereas the high level of prices in international trade kept at any given moment within a band of could impede importation of common wheat, durum 2-25 % , at a conversion rate based on their actual wheat, barley, rye, oats, maize, durum wheat groats parity ; 8 and meal into the Community or provoke exportation from the Community ; — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the (') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269 / 67. arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each (2 ) OJ No L 72, 20 . 3 . 1975, p. 14. (3) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7 . 1973 , p. 10 . (4 ) OJ No L il , 16 . 1 . 1975, p. 2. (5) OJ No L 1 1 7, 7 . 5 . 1 975, p. 6 .

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of these currencies against the Community curren­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : cies referred to in the preceding paragraph over a Article 1 specified period ; The export levies referred to in the first indent of Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined Article 2(1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1968 /73 are above to the present situation on the market in hereby fixed at the amounts shown in the Annex . cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for Article 2 these products within the Community and on the world market, that the export levies , should be fixed This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 August 1975 . as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,

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

Done at Brussels , 18 August 1975 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 18 August 1975 fixing the export levies in the cereals sector

CCT heading Description u.a. / metric ton No

ex 10.01 A Common wheat and meslin, excluding officially certified seeds (') 10-00

ex 10.01 B 10-00 Durum wheat, excluding officially certified seeds (*)

ex 10.02 Rye, excluding officially certified seeds (*) 0

ex 10.03 12-00 Barley, excluding officially certified seeds (*)

ex 10.04 12-00 Oats, excluding officially certified seeds (*) 10.05 B 12-00 Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing

10.07 B Millet

10.07 C Grain sorghum

ex 1 1.01 A Wheat flour

11.02 A I a ) 15-00 Durum wheat groats and meal 11.02 A lb ) Common wheat groats and meal

11.01 Flour of cereals :

C. Barley flour

D. Oat flour

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

H. Millet flour K. Grain sorghum flour

1.02. 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 b ) Barley groats and meal not included under No 11.02 A III a ) IV. Oats : a ) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 % by weight b ) Oat groats and meal not included under No 11.02 A IV a)

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CCT heading u . a . / metric ton No Description

11.02 V. Maize : (cont'd) a) Of a fat content not exceeding 1-5 %> by weight : 1 . For the brewing industry 2 . Other b) Other VIII . Millet IX . Grain sorghum

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

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

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

1 1.07 Malt, roasted or not : A. Unroasted : I. Obtained from wheat : a) In the form of flour b) Other

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CCT heading No Description u.a. /metric ton

11.07 17 . Other : (cont'd ) a) In the form of flour b ) Other

B. Roasted

23.02 Bran , sharps and o;her residues derived from the sifting, milling or working of cereals or of leguminous vegetables :

A. Of cereals :

I. Of maize : 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 weight, and having undergone a denaturing process 2 . Other II . 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°/o by weight or of which the sieved pro­ duct has an ash content, calculated on the dry product, of 1-5 °/o or more by weight 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 % but not exceeding 15 %> — Exceeding 15 °/o but not exceeding 30 % — Exceeding 30 °/o but not exceeding 50 % — Exceeding 50 % but not exceeding 65 °/o — Exceeding 65 °/o

(') 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 the Common Customs Tariff .