CELEX: 31973R2396
Language: en
Date: 1973-09-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2396/73 of the Commission of 31 August 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

1 . 9 . 73                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 245/79
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 2396/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 31 August 1973
                      altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
COMMUNITIES,                                                                  arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                              of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                         relation to the Community currencies referred to
Economic Community ;                                                          in the previous subparagraph ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/
67/ EEC ( 1 ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                  Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­                differs from the average levy by more than 0-25 unit
lation (EEC) No 1 346/73 (2 ), and in particular Article               of account per 100 kilogrammes of basic product ;
 14 (4) thereof ;                                                      whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                       1080/68 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                            1047/73 (8), the levies at present in force must there­
67/ EEC (3 ) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                   fore be altered as shown in the Table annexed to this
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the                     Regulation ;
Act (4) annexed to the Treaty (5 ) on the Accession of
new Member States to the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,
and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof ;
                                                                                                       Article 1
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;
                                                                       The import levies to be charged on products
Whereas the import levies on products processed                        processed from cereals and rice covered by Regulati­
 from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC)                  on(EEC) No 1052/68 0, as last amended by Regula­
 No 2368 /73 (fe) ;                                                    tion (EEC) No 881 /73 ( 10), as fixed in the Annex to
                                                                       Regulation (EEC) No 2368 /73 , are hereby altered as
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                    shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation .
 levies should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                                                    Article 2
       relation to each other, at any given moment,                                         %
      within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
       on their effective parity ;                                      1 973 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 31 August 1973 .
                                                                                     Fur the Commission
                                                                                       P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                Member of the Commission
 (') O ] No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269 / 67 .
 I1 ) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5. 1973, p. 8 .
 (■') OJ   No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p . 1 .                              (?) OJ No L 181 ,      27 .  7.  1968 , p. 6.
 (4 ) OJ   No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1973 , p . 14.                           ( S ) OJ No L 104,      19 . 4. 1973 ,  p. 30 .
 (5 ) OJ   No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1973 , p. 5 .                            ('') OJ No L 179 ,     25 .  7. 1968 ,  p. 8.
 (b)  See  page 14 of this Official Journal .                          ( 10 ) OJ No L 86,     31 .  3. 1973 ,  p. 30 .
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                                                                     ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 31 August 1973 altering the import levies on products
                                                       processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                        Levies in u. a. / 100 kg
                            CCT heading No                           Third countries
                                                                                                      AASM , OCT, Tanzania , Uganda
                                                            (other than AASM and OCT,                              and Kenya
                                                              Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya)
                       11.01   E 1 (!)                                     1715                                      1-215
                       11.01   E II 0 )                                    0-939                                     0-689
                       11.01   K (»)                                       1-269                                     1-019
                       11.02   A Va) 1 i 1 )                               0-500     .                                 0
                       11.02   A V a) 2                                    1-715                                     1-215
                       11.02 A V b ) H                                     0-939                                     0-689
                       11.02 A IX (')                                      1-269                                     1-019
                       11.02 B II c) i 1 )                                 1-330                                     1-080
                       11.02 B II d) i 1 )                                 1-848                                     1-598
                       11.02 C v o                                         1-330                                     1-080
                       11.02 C VIII i 1 )                                  1-848                                     1-598
                       11.02 D V i 1 )                                     0-939                                     0-689
                       11.02 D VIII i 1 )                                  1-269                                     1-019
                       11.02 E II c) Π                                     1-715                                     1-215
                       11.02 E II d ) H                                    2-298                                     1-798
                       11.02 F V H                                         1-715                                     1-215
                       11.02 F IX H                                        1-269                                     1-019
                       11.02 G II                                          1-006                                     0-506
                       11.06 B I                                           1-700                                       0
                       11.06   B II                                        2-787                                     0-907
                        11.08  AI                                          1-700                                       0
                        11.08  AIV                                         1-700                                       0
                       11.08   A V                                         1-700                                       0
                        17.02 B II a) ( 2 )                                8-000                                       0
                        17.02 B II b) (2 )                                 5-500                                       0
                        17.05 B I                                          8-000                                       0
                        17.05 B II                                         5-500                                       0
                       23.03 A I                                          15-000                                       0
             (') For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 and those
                 falling within subheading 23.02 A , products tailing within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 shall be those meeting
                 the following specifications :
                 — a starch content (determined by the modified Ewers polarimetric method), referred to dry matter,
                     exceeding 45 % by weight
                 — an ash content, by weight, referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not exceeding
                     1-6 •/• for rice , 2-5 % for wheat, 3 % for barley, 4 % for buckwheat,                5 */o for oats  and 2 •/• for
                     other cereals .
                 Orm of cereals , whole, rolled , flaked or ground , falls in all cases within heading No 11.02.
             (') Pursuant to Regulation No 189/66/EEC the product falling within subheading No 17.02 B I is subject to the
                 same levy as products falling within subheading No 17.02 B II .