CELEX: 31973R2999
Language: en
Date: 1973-11-06 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2999/73 of the Commission of 5 November 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

6 . 11 . 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                                 No L 306/7
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2999/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 5 November 1973
                                 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                    of these currencies recorded for a given - period, in
COMMUNITIES,                                                                      relation to the Community currencies referred to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                             in the previous subparagraph ;
Economic Community ;                                                          Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/                                  provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1738/73
67/ EEC (') of 18 December 1967 on the common                                 to the information at present available to the Commis­
organization of the market in sugar, as last amended                          sion that the levies at present in force should be
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 928 /73 (2), and in particular                       altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
Article 1 4 (7) thereof ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the import levies on white sugar and raw
sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1 738/73 (?)                                                        Article 1
and subsequent amending Regulations ;
                                                                              The levies referred to in Article 14 (1) of Regulation
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                           No 1009/67/ EEC are, in respect of white sugar and
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                          standard quality raw sugar, hereby fixed as shown in
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                           the Annex to this Regulation .
     relation to each other, at any given moment,
     within a band of 2·25 % , a rate of exchange based                                                     Article 2
     on their effective parity ;
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 November
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                          1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 5 November 1973 .
                                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                                            P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                     Member of the Commission
(•) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 199, 19. 7. 1973, p. 7.
(3) OJ No L 176, 30. 6. 1973, p. 30.
                                                                     ANNEX
                                                                                                                          (u.a.1100 kg)
                       CCT
                     heading                                    Description of goods                                        Levy
                        No
                17.01                  Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid
                                       A. Denatured :
                                            I. White sugar                                                                  6·84
                                           II. Raw sugar                                                                    5·09 C1)
                                       B. Undenatured :
                                            I. White sugar                                                                  6·84
                                           II. Raw sugar                                                                    5·09 (»)
                (») Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 % ; if the yield is other than, Mt % , the levy applicable is calculated
                    in            with the provisions of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 837/68.