CELEX: 31973R1272
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1272/73 of the Commission of 16 May 1973 fixing the import levy on molasses

No L 130 / 32                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                     17. 5. 73
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1272/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 16 May 1973
                                            fixing the import levy on molasses
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       rate of these currencies and, in the case of the US
  COMMUNITIES,                                                        dollar, on the change in parity announced on 13
                                                                      February 1973 ;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Economic Community ;                                                Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
                                                                      provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1395/72
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/                         to the information at present available to the Commis­
 67/ EEC (') of 18 December 1967 on the common                        sion that the levy at present in force should be altered
 organization of the market in sugar, as last amended                 as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
 by Regulation (EEC) No 174/73 (2), and in particular
 Article 1 4 (7) thereof ;
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
 Committee ;
                                                                                              Article 1
 Whereas the import levy on molasses was fixed by
 Regulation (EEC) No 1395/72 (3) and subsequent                       The levy referred to in Article 14(1 ) of Regulation No
 amending Regulations ;                                               1009/67/EEC is, in respect of molasses, hereby fixed
                                                                      as shown in the Annex to this Regulation .
 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
 levies  should    be   calculated    on the    basis of  an
                                                                                             Article 2
 exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies
 which are floating or whose central rate differs from               This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 May
 the official parity, on the effective rate or the central            1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 16 May 1973 .,
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(') OJ No 308, 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 149, 1 . 7. 1972, p. 61 .
                                                            ANNEX
                                                                                                        (u.a. / lOO kg)
                     CCT
                   heading                             Description of goods                               Levy
                     No
               17.03               Molasses, whether or not decolourized                                    0