CELEX: 31973R3404
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-19 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3404/73 of the Commission of 18 December 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

19 . 12 . 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No L 349 / 15
                             REGULATION ( EEC) No 3404/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 18 December 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 )                                              Artie e 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   19
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                     December 1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels , 18 December 1973 .
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                       P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                Member of the Commission
(') OJ No .508 , 18 . 12 . 1967, p. 1 .
(') OJ No L 199 , 19 . 7 . 1 973 , p. 7 .
(3 ) OJ No L 176 , 30 . 6 . 1973 , p. 30 .
                                                                 ANNEX
                                                                                                             (u.a. /100 kg)
                      CCT
                    heading                                 Description of goods                               Levy
                       No
               17.01                  Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                      A. Denatured :
                                            I. White sugar                                                       0
                                           II . Raw sugar                                                        0
                                      B. Undenatured :
                                            I. White sugar                                                       0
                                           II . Raw sugar                                                        0