CELEX: 31973R2123
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-03 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2123/73 of the Commission of 2 August 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

No L 215/ 18                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                                        3 . 8 . 73
                              REGULATION ( EEC) No 2123/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                              of 2 August 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 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 1738 /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 3 August
      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                           1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
                Done at Brussels, 2 August 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 .
 (3 ) 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                                                                     8-29
                                           II . Raw sugar                                                                       6-50 H
                                       B. Undenatured :
                                            I. White sugar                                                                      8-29
                                           II . Raw sugar                                                                       6-50 ( J )
                (*) Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 #/e ; if the yield is other than 92 °/o, the levy applicable is calculated
                    in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC ) No 837/68 .