31975R2334

No L 240 / 22 Official Journal of the European Communities 12 . 9 . 75

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2334/ 75 OF THE COMMISSION of 11 September 1975 fixing the export levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal

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, rye flour, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European barley, rye, 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/ EECC ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ ( EEC) No 11 73 /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 (2) 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 that situation is likely to continue and to dete­ Whereas for the products listed in Article 1 (c) of riorate, thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb Regulation No 120/67/EEC the specific factors set out the Community market ; in Article 3(2) of Regulation ( 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 certain markets make this necessary ; price ; whereas the continuation and the deterioration 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 following should be used to calculate the levies : tion and market price trends ;

— 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, rye flour, barley, rye, oats, maize, durum wheat parity ; groats 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 (-') OJ No L 72, 20 . 3 . 1975, p. 14 . ( 3 ) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7 . 1973, p . 10 . C ) OJ No L 11 , 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 specified period ; Article 1

Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined The export levies referred to in the first indent of above to the present situation on the market in Article 2(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968 /73 are cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for hereby fixed at the amounts shown in the Annex, for these products within the Community and on the the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regu­ world market, that the export levies, should be fixed lation No 120 / 67/ EEC . as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; Article 2 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 ment Committee for Cereals, September 1975 .

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

Done at Brussels, 11 September 1975. For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 11 September 1975 fixing the export levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal

CCT heading u . a . /metric ton No Description

ex 10.01 A Common wheat and meslin , excluding officially certified seeds (') 12-00

ex 10.01 B 12-00 Durum wheat, excluding officially certified seeds (*)

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

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

ex 10.04 Oats, excluding officially certified seeds (*) 5-00

10.05 B Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 12-00

10.07 B Millet

10.07 C Grain sorghum

ex 11.01 A Wheat flour

11.01 B Rye flour 0

11.02 A I a ) Durum wheat groats and meal 10-00

11.02 A lb ) Common wheat groats and meal 0

W 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).