CELEX: 31973R1226
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-12
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1226/73 of the Commission of 11 May 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

12. 5. 73                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 126/ 1
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                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 1226/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 11 May 1973
                     fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    which are floating or whose central rate differs from
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      the official parity, on the effective rate or the central
                                                                   rate of these currencies and, in the case of the US
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             dollar, on the change in parity announced on 13
 Economic Community ;                                              February 1973 ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No                            Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
 120/67/EEC (!) of 13 June 1967 on the common                      contained in Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 to the offer
 organization of the market in cereals, as last amended            prices and today's quotations known to the Commis­
 by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Acces­            sion that the levies at present in force should be
 sion of new Member States to the European Economic                altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
 Community and the European Atomic Energy
 Community signed at Brussels on 22 Janaury 1972,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 and in particular Article 13(5) thereof ;
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                                              Article 1
 Committee ;
                                                                   The import levies to be charged on the products listed
 Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye               in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No 120/
 flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­            67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
 tion (EEC) No 244/73 (4) and subsequent amending                  annexed to this Regulation.
 Regulations ;
                                                                                           Article 2
 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
 levies  should be       calculated on     the basis of an         This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 May
 exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies           1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 11 May 1973.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                         Member of the Commission
0)  OJ  No  117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
(2) OJ  No  L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.
P)  OJ  No  L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 5.
(4) OJ  No  L 30, 1 . 2. 1973, p. 1 .
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                                                          ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 11 May 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat
                                               or rye flour, groats and meal
                               CCT
                            heading                  Description of goods                 u.a./ton
                                No
                       10.01 A             Common wheat, and mesiin                   42-55
                       10.01 B             Durum wheat                                41-78 (»)(«)
                       10.02               Rye                                        46-49 (5)
                       10.03               Barley                                     39-57
                       10.04 .             Oats                                       28-90
                       10.05 B             Maize other than hybrid maize
                                              for sowing                              25-86 («)(»)
                       10.07    A          Buckwheat                                     0
                       10.07    B          Millet                                     31-17
                       10.07    C          Grain sorghum                              26-48
                       10.07    D          Canary seed ; other cereals                   o    (4)
                       11.01 A             Wheat or mesiin flour                      78-33
                       11.01 B             Rye flour                                  75-45
                       11.02 Ala           Durum wheat groats and meal                73-68
                      11.02 Alb            Common wheat groats and meal               83-51
                      (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from
                          that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0-50 u.a./metric ton.
                      (') Where maize originating in the AASM and OCT is imported into the
                          French Overseas Departments, the levy is seduced by 6 u.a./metric ton.
                      (') Where maize originating in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya is imported into
                          the Community, me levy is reduced by 1 u.a./metric ton.
                      (4) Where wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported directly
                          from that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0-50 u.a./metric
                          ton .
                      (') The import levy charged on ry^ produced in Turkey and transported directly
                          from that country to the Community is laid down in Council Regulation
                          (EEC) No 1234/71 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .