CELEX: 31973R1238
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-15 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1238/73 of the Commission of 14 May 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 128 /4                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               15. 5. 73
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1238/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 14 May 1973
                   fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    which are floating or whose central rate differs from
COMMUNITIES,                                                      the official parity, on the effective rate or the central
                                                                  rate of these currencies and, in the case of the US
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             dollar, on the change in parity announced on 13
Economic Community ;                                              February 1973 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No                            Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
120/67/EEC ( ! ) of 13 June 1967 on the common                    contained in Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 to the offer
organization of the market in cereals, as last amended            prices and today's quotations known to the Commis­
by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Acces­            sion that the levies at present in force should be
sion of new Member States to the European Economic                altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
Community and the European Atomic Energy
Community signed at Brussels on 22 Janaury 1972,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
and in particular Article 1 3 (5) thereof ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                                              Article 1
Committee ;
                                                                  The import levies to be charged on the products listed
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye               in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No 120/
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­            67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
tion (EEC) No 244/73 (4) and subsequent amending                  annexed to this Regulation .
Regulations ;
                                                                                          Article 2
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
levies   should   be    calculated    on   the  basis of an       This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 May
exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies            1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
               Done at Brussels, 14 May 1973 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No  117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
(*) OJ  No  L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.
(*) OJ  No  L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 5.
(«) OJ  No  L 30, 1 . 2. 1973, p. 1 .
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                                                           ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 14 May 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat
                                               or rye flour, groats and meal
                               CCT
                            heading                   Description of goods                u.a. /ton
                                No
                       10.01 A             Common wheat, and meslin                   42-55
                       10.01 B             Durum wheat                                41-78 ( i )(«)
                       10.02               Rye                                        46-49 (8)
                       10.03               Barley                                     37-09
                       10.04               Oats                                       28-90
                       10.05 B             Maize other than hybrid maize
                                              for sowing                              25-86 (*)(»)
                       10.07 A             Buckwheat                                     0
                       10.07 B             Millet                                     28-27
                       10.07    C          Grain sorghum                              27-31
                       10.07    D          Canary seed ; other cereals                   0     (<)
                       11.01    A          Wheat or meslin flour                      77-73
                       11.01    B          Rye flour                                  75-45
                       11.02    Ala        Durum wheat groats and meal                73-68
                       11.02 Alb           Common wheat groats and meal               82-86
                       l) Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from
                          that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0-50 u.a./metric    ton.
                       ») Where maize originating in the AASM and OCT is imported into               the
                          French Overseas Departments, the levy is reduced by 6 u.a./metric         ton:
                       >) Where maize originating in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya is imported         into
                          the Community, the levy is reduced by 1 u.a./metric ton .
                       ') Where wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported directly
                          from that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0-50 u.a./metric
                          ton .
                       ') The import levy charged on rye produced in Turkey and transported directly
                          from that country to the Community is laid down in Council Regulation
                          (EEC) No 1234/71 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .