CELEX: 31973R2841
Language: en
Date: 1973-10-19 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2841/73 of the Commission of 18 October 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

19 . 10 . 73                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 292/31
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2841 /73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 18 October 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/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­            differs from the average levy by more than 0-25 unit
lation (EEC) No 1 346/73 (2), and in particular Article            of account per 100 kilogrammes of basic product ;
14 (4) thereof ;                                                   whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    1080/68 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                         1047/73 (9), the levies at present in force must there­
67/ EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                 fore be altered as shown in the Table annexed to this
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the                  Regulation ;
Act (4) annexed to the Treaty (5) on the Accession of
new Member States to the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,
and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                                                   Article 1
Committee ;
                                                                   The import levies to be charged on products
Whereas the import levies on products processed                     processed from cereals and rice covered by Regulation
from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC)               (EEC) No 1052/68 ( 10), as last amended by Regulation
No 2640/73 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                (EEC) No 881 /73 ( n ), as fixed in the Annex to the
No 2775/73 ( 7) ;                                                   amended Regulation (EEC) No 2640/73, are hereby
                                                                    altered as shown in the Table annexed to this Regula­
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                 tion .
levies should be calculated on the following basis :
— 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 19 October
      on their effective parity ;                                    1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 18 October 1973 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                            Member of the Commission
 ') O J No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
 -') O'j No L 141 , 28 . 5. 1973, p. 8 .
 •') Oj No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
 4) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14 .                            ( 8) OJ No L 181 , 27 . 7. 1968 , p . 6 .
 5 ) O") No L 73, 27 . 3 . 1972, p. S.                              H OJ No L 104, 19 . 4 . 1973 , p. 30 .
 o) OJ No L 273 , 29 . 9 . 1973 , p . 13 .                          ( I0) OJ No L 179, 25 . 7 . 1968 , p . 8 .
 7) OJ No L 285 , 12 . 10 . 1973 , p . 39 .                         (") OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p . 30 .
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                                                                       ANNEX
           to the. Commission Regulation of 18 October 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)
                      07.06 A                                               0·135 (!)                                   0·015 (»)
                       11.01 C (2 )                                         1·850                                       1·350
                       11.02 A II (2 )                                      2·190                                        1·690
                      11.02 A III (2 )                                      1·850                                       1·350
                      11.02 B I a) 1 (2)                                    1·450                                       1·200
                      11.02 Bib ) 1 (2)                                     1·450                                       1·200
                      11.02 B II b ) (2 )                                   1·499                                       1·249
                      11.02 C II (2)                                        1·752                                       1·502
                      11.02 C III (2)                                       2·375                                       1·875
                      11.02 D II (2)                                      . 1·208                                       0·958
                      11.02 D III (2 )                                      1·015                                       0·765
                      11.02 E I a) 1 (2)                                    1·015                                       0·765
                      11.02 E lb ) 1 (2)                                    2·000                                       1·500
                      11.02 E II b ) (2)                                    2·190                                       1·690
                      11.02 F II (2 )                                       2·190                                       1·690
                      11.02 F III (2 )                                      1·850                                       1·350
                      11.06 A                                               0·385                                          0
                      11.07 A II a)                                         2·235                                       1·335
                      11.07 All b )                                         1·898                                       0·998
                      11.07 B                                               2·063                                       1·163
                      23.02 A I a)                                          0·184                                       0·184
                      23.02 A I b ) 1                                       0·295                                       0·295
                      23.02 A I b ) 2                                       0·589                                       0·589
                      23.02 A II a)                                         0·147                                       0·147
                      23.02 A II b)                                         0·589                                       0·589
           (') This levy is limited to 6 °/o of the value for customs purposes .
           (2) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within headings Nos 11.01 and 11.02 and those
               falling within subheading 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 °/o by weight
               — an ash content, by weight , referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not exceeding
                   1·6 »/o for rice , 2·5 % for wheat, 3 % for barley , 4 % for buckwheat, 5 °/o for oats                      and 2 e/o for
                   other cereals .
               Gr rm of cereals , whole , rolled, flaked or ground , tails in all cases within heading No 11.02 .