CELEX: 31974R0171
Language: en
Date: 1974-01-24 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 171/74 of the Commission of 23 January 1974 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

24 . 1 . 74                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                   No L 20 /,17
                            REGULATION ( EEC) No 171 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 23 January 1974
                              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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     in the previous subparagraph ;
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 1 928 /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 1 738/73 (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 24 January
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                  1974 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 23 January 1974.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                              Member of the Commission
(>) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 199, 19 . 7. 1973, p. 7.
P OJ No L 176, 30. 6. 1973, p. 30.
                                                             ANNEX
                                                                                                        (u.a.1100 kg)
                    CCT
                  heading                               Description of goods                              Levy
                     No
              17.01               Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                  A. Denatured :
                                       I. White sugar                                                       0
                                      II. Raw sugar                                                        0
                                  B. Undenatured :
                                       I. "White sugar                                                     0
                                      II. Raw sugar                                                        0