CELEX: 31973R1118
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1118/73 of the Commission of 30 April 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

1 . 5 . 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 115/1
                                                                 I
                                               (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 1118/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 30 April 1973
                             fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      central rate of these currencies and, in the case of
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        the US dollar, on the change in parity announced
                                                                     on 13 February 1973 ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
 pean Economic Community ;                                           Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                         contained in Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 to the
 67/EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organi­                    offer prices and today's quotations known to the
 zation of the market in cereals, as last amended by                 Commission that the levies at present in force
 the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Acces­                 should be altered as shown in the Annex to this
 sion of new Member States to the European                           Regulation ;
 Economic Community and the European Atomic
 Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22
 January 1972, and in particular Article 13 (5 )                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
thereof ;
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
                                                                                             Article 1
 Committee ;
 Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye                 The import levies to be charged on the products
 flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by                      listed in Article 1 (a), ( b) and (c) of Regulation No
 Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 (4) and subsequent                       120/67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
 amending Regulations ;                                              annexed to this Regulation .
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
levies should be calculated on the basis of an                                               Article 2
exchange rate which is based, in the case of curren­
cies which are floating or whose central rate differs                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May
from the official parity, on the effective rate or the               1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
              Done at Brussels, 30 April 1973 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                           Member of the Commission
H     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 30 April 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                     44·61
                       10.01 B              Durum wheat                                  45·51 (*)(«)
                       10.02                Rye                                          44·00 (5 )
                       10.03               Barley                                        40·61
                       10.04                Oats                                         32·61
                       10.05 B              Maize other than hybrid maize
                                              for sowing                                 36·78 (2 )(3)
                       10.07 A             Buckwheat                                        0
                       10.07 B             Millet                                        37·36
                       10.07 C             Grain sorghum                                 36·41
                       10.07 D              Canary seed ; other cereals                     0     (4 )
                       11.01 A              Wheat or meslin flour                        81·21
                       11.01 B              Rye flour                                    71·96
                       11.02 Ala            Durum wheat groats and meal                  79·46
                      11.02 Alb             Common wheat groats and meal                 86·62
                      (') 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 .
                      (4) 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 .