CELEX: 31973R2740
Language: en
Date: 1973-10-10
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2740/73 of the Commission of 9 October 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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                                            (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                           REGULATION (EEC) No 2740/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 9 October 1973
                    fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flout', groats and meal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
 COMMUNITIES,                                                         arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                      of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                relation to the Community currencies referred to
 Economic Community ;                                                 in the previous subparagraph ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                      Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
 67/EEC (1) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­               contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2076/73 to the
 tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­          offer prices and today's quotations known to the
 lation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2), and in particular Article           Commission that the levies at present in force should
 1 3 (5) thereof ;                                                be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
 Committee ;                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye
                                                                                         Article 1
 flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 2076/73 (3) and subsequent amending                The import levies to be charged on the products listed
 Regulations ;                                                    in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No 120/
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,               67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
 levies should be calculated on the following basis :             annexed to this Regulation.
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                                         Article 2
      relation to each other, at any given moment,
      within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based          This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 October
      on their effective parity ;                                 1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 9 October 1973 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
(2) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5. 1973, p. 8 .
(}) OJ No L 212, 1 . 8 . 1973, p . 1 .
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                                                              ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 9 October 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                             0
                        10.01 B                 Durum wheat                                        o        C )( 4)
                        10.02                   Rye                                                2-24 (5)
                        10.03                   Barley                                             0
                        10.04                   Oats                                               0
                        10.05 B                 Maize other than hybrid maize
                                                  for sowing                                      11-22 ( 2)(3)
                        10.07 A                 Buckwheat                                          0
                         10.07 B                Millet                                             9-24
                        10.07 C                 Grain sorghum                                       7-02
                        10.07 D                 Canary seed ; other cereals                        o        (4)
                        11.01 A                 Wheat or mesiin flour                              0
                         11.01 B                Rye flour                                         21-88
                         11.02 A I a            Durum wheat groats and meal                        0
                         11.02 Alb              Common wheat groats and meal                       0
                        (') 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 in reduced by 6 u . a . /metric ton .
                        (s) 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 .
                       (5) 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 .