CELEX: 31973R1449
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1449/73 of the Commission of 30 May 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

31 . 5. 73                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 144/63
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 1449/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 30 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 120/                       Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
67/EEC (1) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                contained in Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 to the offer
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by the             prices and today's quotations known to the Commis­
Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of             sion that the levies at present in force should be
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,
and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof ;                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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 listed
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­            in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No 120/
tion (EEC) No 244/73 (4) and subsequent amending                  67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
Regulations ;                                                     annexed to this Regulation .
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                                       Article 2
levies   should   be     calculated   on   the  basis  of an
exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 30 May 1973 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                        Member of the Commission
 (') OJ No  117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269 /67.
 (2) OJ No  L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
 (3) OJ No  L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5.
 (4) OJ No  L 30, 1 . 2. 1973, p. 1 .
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                                                             ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 30 May 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat
                                                 or rye flour, groats and meal
                                CCT
                              heading                   Description of goods                   II . a . / ton
                                  No
                        10.01 A               Common wheat , and meslin                    25·45
                        10.01 B               Durum wheat                                  26·33 (*)(4)
                       10.02                  Rye                                          43·92 (5 )
                       10.03                  Barley                                       17·19
                       10.04                  Oats                                         15·64
                       10.05 B                Maize other than hybrid maize
                                                for sowing                                 10·03 (2)(3)
                        10.07 A               Buckwheat                                      0
                        10.07 B               Millet                                       18·73
                        10.07 C               Grain sorghum                                17·36
                        10.07 D              Canary seed ; other cereals                     0          (<)
                        11.01 A               Wheat or meslin flour                        54·39
                       11.01 B                Rye flour                                    73·19
                       11.02 Ala              Durum wheat groats and meal                  49·76
                       11.02 Alb              Common wheat groats and meal                 57·54
                        (') 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 .