CELEX: 31973R3271
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-05 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3271/73 of the Commission of 4 December 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

No L 334/8                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                                   5 . 12. 73
                             REGULATION ( EEC) No 3271 /73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 4 December 1973
                                fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                    of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
COMMUNITIES,                                                                      relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                                  in the previous subparagraph ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                                         Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/                                  provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1738/73
67/EEC ( ! ) of 18 December 1967 on the common                                to the information at present available to the Commis­
organization of the market in sugar, as last amended                          sion that the levies at present in force should be
by Regulation (EEC) No 1928/73 (2), and in particular                         altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,
Article 14 (7) thereof ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the import levies on white sugar and raw
sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1738/73 (3)                                                       Article 1
and subsequent amending Regulations ;
                                                                              The levies referred to in Article 14 (1 ) of Regulation
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                           No 1009/67/ EEC are, in respect of white sugar and
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                          standard quality raw sugar, hereby fixed as shown in
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                           the Annex to this Regulation .
    relation to each other, at any given moment,
    within a band of 2·25 % , a rate of exchange based                                                     Article 2
    on their effective parity ;
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 December
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                           1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 4 December 1973 .
                                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                                           P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                     Member of the Commission
(») OJ No 308, 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 199, 19. 7. 1973, p. 7.
(3) OJ No L 176, 30 . 6. 1973, p. 30 .
                                                                     ANNEX
                                                                                                                        fu.a. /100 kg)
                      CCT
                     heading                                    Description of goods                                      Levy
                       No
               17.01                  Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                      A. Denatured :
                                           I. White sugar                                                                 2·71
                                          II. Raw sugar                                                                   2·87 (x)
                                      B. Undenatured :
                                           I. White sugar                                                                 2·71
                                          II. Raw sugar                                                                   2·87 n
               (i) Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 % ; if the yield is other than 92 % , the levy applicable is calculated
                   in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 837/68.