CELEX: 31973R0918
Language: en
Date: 1973-04-05 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 918/73 of the Commission of 4 April 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

5 . 4. 73                                Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 89/27
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 918/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 4 April 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
 Having regard to Council Regulation No                                announced on 13 February 1973 ;
 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
                                                                                                 Article 1
munity and the European Atomic Energy Commu­
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 851 /73 , are hereby
                                                                     altered as shown in the Table annexed to this
Whereas the import levies on products processed
from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation                        Regulation .
 (EEC) No 851 /73 (5), as amended by Regulation
 (EEC) No 875/73 («) ;                                                                           Article 2
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally ,                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 April
 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, 4 April 1973 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                  P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(*)   OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p . 2269/67.
(«)   OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14 .
(8)   OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
(4)   OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 1 .
(s)   OJ No L 85 , 31 . 3 . 1973 , p. 13 .                           ( 7 ) OJ No L 181 , 27 . 7. 1968 , p. 6 .
(®)   OJ No L 85 , 31 . 3 . 1973 , p. 74 .                           ( 8 ) OJ No L 179, 25 . 7. 1968 , p. 8 .
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                                                                    ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 4 April 1973 altering the import levies on products
                                                      processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                       Levies in u.a. /100 kg
                           CCT heading No                            Third countries
                                                                                                    AASM , OCT, Tanzania , Uganda
                                                           (other than AASM and OCT ,                             and Kenya
                                                             Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya )
                       11.01 D (!)                                        5-034                                     4-534
                       11.02 A IV H                                       5-034                                     4-534
                       11.02 B I a ) 2 aa )                               2-819                                     2-569
                       11.02 B I a ) 2 bb ) (*)                           4-784                                     4-534
                       11.02 B I b ) 2 (*)                                4-784                                     4-534
                       11.02 C IV i 1 )                                   4-280                                     4-030
                       11.02 D IV (!)                                     2-819                                     2-569
                       11.02 E I a ) 2 ( x )                              2-819                                     2-569
                       11.02 E I b ) 2 1 1 )                              5-538                                     5-038
                       11.02 F IV i 1 )                                   5-034                                     4-534
            (') 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 °/o 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 °/o for buckwheat ,           5 °/o for   oats  and 2 °/o for
                    other cereals .
                Germ of cereals, whole, rolled , flaked or ground , falls in all cases within heading No 11.02 .