CELEX: 31973R2492
Language: en
Date: 1973-09-14 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2492/73 of the Commission of 13 September 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

No L 257/ 18                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                                 14 . 9 . 73
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 2492/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 13 September 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
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 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 1 738 /73 (3)                                                       Article I
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                        14
      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                         September 1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 13 September 1973 .
                                                                                          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.                                 ANNEX
(3) OJ No L 176, 30. 6. 1973, p. 30.
                                                                                                                         (u.a.1100 kg)
                       CCT
                      heading                                    Description of goods                                      Levy
                        No
               17.01                   Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                       A. Denatured :
                                            I. White sugar                                                                 8-60
                                           II . Raw sugar                                                                  7-54 (i )
                                       B. Undenatured :
                                            I. White sugar                                                                 8-60
                                           II . Raw sugar                                                                  7-54 H
               f 1) 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 .