CELEX: 31973R0997
Language: en
Date: 1973-04-13 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 997/73 of the Commission of 12 April 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

No L 99/26                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                            13 . 4 . 73
                                     REGULATION (EEC) No 997/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                                   of 12 April 1973
                                          fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                  the US dollar, on the change in parity announced
   COMMUNITIES,                                                                    on 13 February 1973 ;
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                              Whereas it follows from applying the rules and
   pean Economic Community;                                                        other provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No
   Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/67/                                 254/73 to the information at present available to
   EEC (*) of 18 December 1967 on the common organ­                                the Commission that the levies at present in force
                                                                                   should be altered as shown in the Annex to this
   ization of the market in sugar, as last amended by
   Regulation (EEC) No 174/73 (2 ), and in particular                              Regulation ;
   Article 14 (7) thereof;
  Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  Committee ;
                                                                                                             Article 1
  Whereas the import levies on white sugar and raw
  sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 254/                                    The levies referred to in Article 14 ( 1 ) of Regulation
  73 (3) and subsequent amending Regulations ;                                    No 1009/67/EEC are, in respect of white sugar and
  Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                             standard quality raw sugar, hereby fixed as shown
  levies should be calculated on the basis of an                                  in the Annex to this Regulation .
 exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies
                                                                                                            Article 2
  which are floating or whose central rate differs from
 the official parity, on the effective rate or the                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 April
 central rate of these currencies and, in the case of                            1973 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                 Done at Brussels, 12 April 1973 .
                                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                                             P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                       Member of the Commission
 («) OI No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 .
(«) Oj No L 25, 30. 1 . 1973, p. 1 .
(•) OJ No L 30, 1 . 2. 1973, p. 30.
                                                                       ANNEX
                                                                                                                       (u.a. /lOO kg)
                        CCT
                      heading                                     Description of goods                                    Levy
                         No
               '. 7.0 1                Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                       A. Denatured :
                                             I. White sugar                                                               6-67
                                            II. Raw sugar                                                                 5-82 (>)
                                       B. Undenatured :
                                             I. White sugar                                                              6-67
                                            II. Raw sugar                                                                5-82 i 1 )
               ") Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92*/o; if the yield is other than 92'/*, the levy applicable is calculated
                   in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 837/6'8 .