CELEX: 31973R3218
Language: en
Date: 1973-11-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3218/73 of the Commission of 28 November 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

29 . 11 . 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 329/ 15
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 3218 /73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 28 November 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 (') 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
                                                                      1 080/68 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                          1 047/73 (9), 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 1 2 (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 Regulation
  from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC)                (EEC) No 1052/68 (10), as last amended by Regulation
  No 2968/73 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                 (EEC) No 881 /73 ( n ), as fixed in the Annex to the
  No 3190/73 (7) ;                                                    amended Regulation (EEC) No 2968/73, are hereby
                                                                      altered as shown in the Table annexed to this Regula­
  Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                 tion .
  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       29
      on their effective parity ;                                      November 1973 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels , 28 November 1973 .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                     P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                               Member of *he Commission
   ') OJ  No  117, 19. 6 . 1967, p. 2269/67.
   2) OJ  No  L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p. 8 .
   3) OJ  No  174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 .
   4) OJ  No  L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14.                             (s) OJ No L 181 , 27. 7. 1968 , p. 6 .
   5) OJ  No  L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 5 .                             O OJ No L 104, 19 . 4. 1973, p. 30.
   6) OJ No L 303, 1.11.1973, p. 21 .                                  ( 10) OJ No L 179, 25. 7. 1968 , p. 8 .
   7) OJ No L 323, 24. 11 . 1 973, p. 26.                              (") OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973, p. 30 .
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                                                                      ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 28 November 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)
                        07.06 A                                             0.054 (»)                                 0      (*)
                         11.01 C (2)                                        1.042                                     0.542
                         11.02 A III ( 2)                                   1.042                                     0.542
                         11.02 B I a) 1 (2)                                 0.732                                     0.482
                         11.02 Bib ) 1 (2)                                  0.732                                     0.482
                         11.02 C III (2 )                                   1.253                                     0.753
                         11.02 D III ( 2)                                   0.557                                     0.307
                         11.02 E I a) 1 (2)                                 0.557                                     0.307
                         11.02 E lb ) 1 (2)                                 1.102                                     0.602
                         11.02 Fill (2 )                                    1.042                                     0.542
                         11.06 A                                            0.304                                        0
                         11.07 All a )                                      1.436                                      0.536
                         11.07 A II b )                                     1.300                                     0.400
                         11.07 B                                            1.367                                     0.467
              (') This levy is limited to 6 % of the value for customs purposes.
              {*) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within headings Nos 11.01 and 11.02 and those
                  falling within subheading 23.02 A , products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 shall be those meeting
                  the following specifications :
                   — a starch content (determined by the modified Ewers polarimetrie method),                    referred to dry matter,
                      exceeding 45 °/o by weight
                   — an ash content, by weight, referred to dry matter (after deduction «f any added minerals), not exceeding
                       1.6 •/» for rice , 2.5 % for wheat, 3 % for barley, 4 */o for buckwheat, 5 "/o for oats and 2 "/o for
                      other cereals .
                  Germ of cereals, whole, rolled , flaked or ground , falls in all cases within heading No 11.02 .