CELEX: 31973R1773
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-30 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1773/73 of the Commission of 29 June 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 177/22                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              30 . 6 . 73
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 1773/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 29 June 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/                        Whereas the Opinion of the Monetary Committee was
EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organization                     requested ;
of the market in cereals , as last amended by the
yet (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of                 Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
new Member States to the European Economic                            differs from the average levy by more than 0-25 unit
Community and the European Atomic Energy                              of account per 100 kilogrammes of basic product ;
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                     whereas , pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof ;                             1080/68 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                       1047/73 ( 7), the levies at present in force must there­
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/                        fore be altered as shown in the Table annexed to this
EEC (4) of 25 July 1967 on the common organization                    Regulation ;
of the market in rice, as last amended by the Act
annexed to the Treaty on the Accession of new
Member States to the European Economic Com­                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
munity and the European Atomic Energy Community,
signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972 , and in par­                                                  Article 1
ticular Article 12 (4) thereof ;
Whereas the import levies on products processed                        The import levies to be charged on products
from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC)                   processed from cereals and rice covered by Regulation
No 1734/73 (5) ;                                                       (EEC) No 1052/68 (8), as last amended by Regulation
                                                                       (EEC) No 881 /73 (9), as fixed in the Annex to
Whereas , if the levy system is to operate normally,                   Regulation (EEC) No 1734/73 , are hereby altered
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                   as shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation .
— 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 1 July
     on their effective parity ;                                       1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels , 29 June 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 .                            f6)  OJ  No  L 181 , 27. 7. 1968 , p . 6.
( 3) OJ  No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p . 5 .                             (7)  OJ  No  L 104, 19 . 4 . 1973 , p . 30 .
(4)  OJ  No  174 , 31 . 7. 1967 , p . 1 .                              ( 8) OJ  No  L 179 , 25 . 7. 1968 , p . -8 .
(5)  OJ  No  L 176 , 30 . 6 1973 , p 14.                               H    OJ  No  L 86 , 31 . 3 . 1973 , p . 30 .
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                                                                       ANNEX
                    to the Commission Regulation of 29 June 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 )
                      11.01 E I (')                                     3·214                                    2·714
                      11.01 E II ( J )                                   1·788                                   1·538
                      11.02 A V a ) 1 (>)                               0·500                                    0
                      11.02 A V a ) 2 C)                                3·214                                    2·714
                      11.02 A V b ) (')                                 1·788                                    1·538
                      11.02 B II c) (')                                 2·663                                    2·413
                      11.02 C V ( l)                                    2·663                                    2·413
                      11.02 D V ( l )                                   1·788                                    1·538
                      11.02 E II c) ( l)                                3·214                                    2·714
                      11.02 F V ( 1 )                                   3·214                                    2·714
                      11.02 G II                                        1·631                                    1·131
                      11.06 B I                                         1·700                                    0
                      11.06 B II                                        4·128                                    2·248
                      11.08 A I                                         1·700                                    0
                      11.08 A IV                                        1·700                                    0
                      11.08 A V                                         1·700                                    0
                      17.02 B II a ) (2)                                8·000                                    0
                      17.02 B II b ) ( 2)                               5·500                                    0
                      17.05 B I                                         8·000                                    0
                      17.05 B II                                        5·500                                    0
                      23.03 A 1                                        15·000                                    0
           t1 ) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 and those falling
                within subheading No 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 polarimetric method), referred to dry matter, exceeding 45%
                    by weight ,
              * — an ash content, by weight , referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not exceeding 1·6 % for
                    rice, 2·5 % for wheat, 3% for barley , 4% for buckwheat , 5% for oats and 2% for other cereals .
                Germ of cereals , whole , rolled , flaked of ground , falls in all cases within heading No 11.02 .
           (2) Pursuant to Regulation No 189/66 / EEC the product falling within subheading No 17.02 B I is subject to the same
                levy as products falling within subheading No 17.02 B II .