CELEX: 31973R1370
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-24 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1370/73 of the Commission of 23 May 1973 fixing the import levy on molasses

24. 5 . 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 137/ 11
                           REGULATION (EEC) No 1370/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 23 May 1973
                                              fixing the import levy on molasses
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         rate of these currencies and, in the case of the US
COMMUNITIES,                                                           dollar, on the change in parity announced on 13
                                                                       February 1973 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                                   Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
                                                                       provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1395/72
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/                           to the information at present available to the Commis­
67/EEC (1) of 18 December 1967 on the common                           sion that the levy at present in force should be altered
organization of the market in sugar, as last amended                   as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
by Regulation (EEC) No 174/73 (2), and in particular
Article 14(7) thereof ;
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;
                                                                                               Article 1
Whereas the import levy on molasses was fixed by
Regulation (EEC) No 1395/72 (3) and subsequent                         The levy referred to in Article 14(1 ) of Regulation No
amending Regulations ;                                                  1009/67/EEC is, in respect of molasses, hereby fixed
                                                                       as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
levies   should   be   calculated       on   the  basis of an                                  Article 2
exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies
which are floating or whose central rate differs from                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 May
the official parity, on the effective rate or the central               1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 23 May 1973 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                             Member of the Commission
(!) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973 , p . 1 .
0 OJ No L 149, 1 . 7. 1972, p. 61 .
                                                               ANNEX
                                                                                                          (u.aJlOO kg)
                     CCT
                   heading                                Description of goods                              Levy
                      No
               17.03                 Molasses, whether or not decolourized                                    0