CELEX: 31973R0444
Language: en
Date: 1973-02-20 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 444/73 of the Commission of 19 February 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

20 . 2 . 73                           Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 47/ 13
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 444/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 19 February 1973
                          fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    central rate of these currencies and, in the case of
COMMUNITIES,                                                      the US dollar, on the change in parity announced
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                on 13 February 1973 ;
pean Economic Community;
                                                                  Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                    contained in Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 to the
EEC (*) of 1'3 June 1967 on the common organiza­                  offer prices and today's quotations known to the
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by the             Commission that the levies at present in force should
Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession                be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
of new Member States to the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy Com­
munity, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and
in particular Article 13 (5 ) thereof ;                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                                              Article 1
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and                   The import levies to be charged on the products
rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed by               listed in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation
Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 (4) and subsequent                     No 120/67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the
amending Regulations ;                                            Table annexed 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 20 February
the official parity, on the effective rate or the                 1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 19 February 1973 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                         Member of the Commission
 ( l) OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
 (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
 (s) OT No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
 (4) Oj No L 30, 1 . 2. 1973 , p. 1 .
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                                                              ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 19 February 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 meslin                     50.14
                        10.01 B                Durum wheat                                  43.17 (*)(4 )
                        10.02                  Rye                                          35.44 (5)
                        10.03                  Barley                                       25.42
                        10.04                  Oats                                         17.65
                        10.05 B                Maize other than hybrid maize
                                                  for sowing                                36.41 (2 )(3)
                        10.07 A                Buckwheat                                      0
                         10.07 B               Millet                                        23.23
                         10.07 C               Grain sorghum                                30.35
                         10.07 D               Canary seed ; other cereals                    0       (4 )
                        11.01 A                Wheat or meslin flour                         88.95
                        11.01 B                Rye flour                                     59.99
                         11.02 Ala             Durum wheat groats and meal                   75.74
                         11.02 Alb             Common wheat groats and meal                  95.34
                         (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly front
                             that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0.50 u. a. /metric ton .
                        (l) Where maize originating in the AASM and OCT is imported into the
                             French Overseas Departments , the levy is reduced by 6 u . a . /metric ton .
                        (*) 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 .
                        (*) 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 .