31975R2907

No L 289 / 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 7. 11 . 75

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2907 /75 OF THE COMMISSION of 6 November 1975 fixing the export levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN in the Community an export levy should be intro­ COMMUNITIES, duced for common wheat, rye flour, barley, rye, oats, maize, durum wheat groats and meal ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Whereas the threshold prices for the 1 975/76 marketing year were fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2756/75 0) of 29 October 1975 ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 (') of 29 October 1975 on the common organ­ ization of the maiket in cereals ; Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2747/75 specifies that when the export levy is being fixed Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No account must be taken of the existing situation and 2747/75 (2) of 29 October 1975 laying down general the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities rules to be applied in the event of the cereals market of cereals on the Community market on the one hand being disturbed, 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 (EEC) No 2727/75 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 (EEC) No 2727/75 the specific factors set the Community market ; out in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2747/75 must also be taken into account ;

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2747/75 specifies that the quotations or prices on the world market shall be Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world regarded as having reached the level of Community market situation or the specific requirements of prices when they approach or exceed the threshold 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, rye 2-25 % , at a conversion rate based on their actual flour, barley, rye, oats, maize, durum wheat groats and parity ; meal into the Community or provoke exportation from the Community ; — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each Whereas the situation described above can be said to of these currencies against the Community curren­ exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies cies referred to in the preceding paragraph over a specified period ; (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 82. (3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 103 .

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Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : above to the present situation on the market in Article 1 cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for these products within the Community and on the The export levies referred to in the first indent of world market, that the export levies, should be fixed Article 2(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2747/75 are as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; hereby fixed at the amounts shown in the Annex, for the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regu­ lation (EEC) No 2727/75. 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 7 November ment Committee for Cereals, 1975 .

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

Done at Brussels, 6 November 1975. For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

No L 289/ 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 7 . 11 . 75

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 6 November 1975 fixing the export levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour groats and meal

CCT heading Description u. a. /metric ton No

— ex 10.01 A Common wheat and meslin , excluding officially certified seeds (')

— ex 10.01 B Durum wheat, excluding officially certified seeds ( 1)

— ex 10.02 Rye, excluding officially certified seeds (1 )

— ex 10.03 Barley, excluding officially certified seeds ( l)

ex 10.04 — Oats, excluding officially certified seeds (*)

10.05 B — Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing

Millet — 10.07 B

10.07 C — Grain sorghum

ex 11.01 A Wheat flour —

11.01 B — Rye flour

— 11.02 A I a ) Durum wheat groats and meal

— 11.02 A lb ) Common wheat groats and meal

(') 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 teed produced in Denmark , Ireland and the United Kingdom (OJ No L 106 , 20. 4 . 1973 , p. 12).