CELEX: 31974R0297
Language: en
Date: 1974-02-06
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 297/74 of the Commission of 5 February 1974 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

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                                           (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 297/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 5 February 1974
                              fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar
rHE 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 ( 1) 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 1 4 (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 6 February
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each            1974 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 5 February 1974.
                                                                            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.
P ) OJ No L 176, 30 . 6 . 1973 , p. 30 .
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                                               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                                 o      .
                          II. Raw sugar                                   0
                       B. Undenatured :
                           I. White sugar                                 0
                          II. Raw sugar                                   0