CELEX: 31973R0756
Language: en
Date: 1973-03-20 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 756/73 of the Commission of 19 March 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

20. 3 . 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 72/ 13
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 756/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 19 March 1973
                            altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     exchange rate which is based, in the case of cur­
COMMUNITIES,                                                       rencies which are floating or whose central rate
                                                                   differs from the official parity, on the effective rate
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                 or the central rate of these currencies and, in the
pean Economic Community ;                                          case of the US dollar, on the change in parity
                                                                   announced on 13 February 1973 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No
120/67/EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common or­                   Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
ganization of the market in cereals, as last amended               differs from the average levy by more than 0"25 unit
by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Acces­             of account per 100 kilogrammes of basic product ;
sion of new Member States to the European Econo­                   whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC)
mic Community and the European Atomic Energy                       No 1080/68 ( 7), the levies at present in force must
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                  therefore be altered as shown in the Table annexed
and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof ;                         to this Regulation ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No
359/67/EEC (4) of 25 July 1967 on the common or­
ganization of the market in rice, as last amended by
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the Act annexed to the Treaty on the Accession of
new Member States to the European Economic Com­
munity and the European Atomic Energy Commu­                                                 Article 1
nity, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in
particular Article 12 (4) thereof ;                                The import levies to be charged on products pro­
                                                                    cessed from cereals and rice covered by Regulation
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                        (EEC) No 1052/68 (8), as fixed in the Annex to
Committee ;
                                                                    amended Regulation (EEC) No 581/73 , are hereby
Whereas the import levies on products processed                     altered as shown in the Table annexed to this Re­
from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation                      gulation .
(EEC) No 581 /73 (5), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 739/73 (8) ;                                                                        Article 2
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 March
 levies should be calculated on the basis of an                     1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 19 March 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  174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
 (5) OJ No  L 56, 1 . 3 . 1973, p. 22.                              (7) OJ No L 181 , 27. 7. 1968 , p. 6.
(6)  OJ No  L 69, 16. 3 . 1973 , p. 38 .                            (8) OJ No L 179, 25 . 7. 1968, p. 8 .
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                                                                       ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 19 March 1973 altering the import levies on products
                                                         processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                          Levies in u.a. / 100 kg
                             CCT heading No                             Third countries
                                                              (other than AASM and OCT,                AASM , OCT, Tanzania , Uganda
                                                                                                                    and Kenya
                                                                Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya )
                         07.06 A                                             0·562 (»)                                0·442
                         11.01 C (2)                                         6·120                                    5·620
                         11.01 H (2 )                                        3·655                                    3·405
                         11.02 A III (2)                                     6·120                                    5·620
                         11.02 A VIII ( 2 )                                  3·655                                    3·405
                          11.07 B I a ) 1 ( 2 )                              5·245                                    4·995
                          11.02 B I a ) 4 ( 2 )                              5·591                                    5·341
                         11.02 Bib ) 1 (2)                                   5·245                                    4·995
                         11.02 Bib ) 4 (2)                                   5·591                                    5·341
                          11.02 C III (2)                                    8·305                                    7·805
                          11.02 C VII (2)                                    5·591                                    5·341
                         11.02 D III (2)                                     3·434                                    3·184
                          11.02 D VII (2)                                    3·655                                    3·405    <
                          11.02 E I a ) 1 ( 2)                               3·434                                    3·184
                          11.02 E I a) 4 ( 2 )                               3·655                                    3·405
                         11.02 E lb ) 1 ( 2 )                                6·744                                    6·244
                         11.02 E lb ) 4 ( 2 )                                6·508                                    6·008
                         11.02 Fill ( 2)                                      6·120                                   5·620
                          11.02 F VIII ( 2 )                                 3·655                                    3·405
                         11.06 A                                             0·812                                    0·382
                          11.07 Alia )                                        6·457                                   5·557
                         11.07 All b )                                       5·052                                    4·152
                          11.07 B                                            5·739                                    4·839
              (') This levy is limited to 6 % 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 headings 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 %> by weight
                  — an ash content, by weight, referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not exceeding
                       1·6 % for rice , 2·5 % for wheat , 3 % for barley , 4 % for buckwheat,               5 •/» for  oats and  2 % for
                      other cereals .
                  Germ of cereals, whole , rolled , flaked or ground , falls in all cases within heading No 11.02.