CELEX: 31973R1268
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1268/73 of the Commission of 16 May 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

17 . 5 . 73                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 130 / 25
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 1268/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                            of 16 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 17 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, 16 May 1973 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                             Member of the Commission
(■)  OJ  No  117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269/67.
(2)  OJ  No  L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14.
(3 ) 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 16 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                     38-06
                         10.01 B             Durum wheat                                  41-78 m
                         10.02               Rye                                          46-49 (5)
                        10.03                Barley                                       35-84
                         10.04               Oats                                         28-90
                         10.05 B             Maize other than hybrid maize
                                                for sowing                                22-46 (2 )(3)
                        10.07 A              Buckwheat                                        0
                        10.07 B              Millet                                       27-44
                         10.07 C             Grain sorghum                                27-31
                        10.07 D              Canary seed ; other cereals                      0      (4 )
                        11.01 A              Wheat or mesiin flour                        72-04
                        11.01 B              Rye flour                                    75-45
                        11.02 Ala            Durum wheat groats and meal                  74-31
                       11.02 Alb             Common wheat groats and meal                 76-72
                       (') 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 reduced by 6 u . a. /metric ton .
                       (') Where maize originating in Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya is imported into
                            the Community, the 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 rye 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 .