CELEX: 31973R0979
Language: en
Date: 1973-04-12 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 979/73 of the Commission of 11 April 1973 fixing the import levy on molasses

No L 97/28                             Official Journal of tine European Communities                                 12 . 4. 73
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 979/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 11 April 1973
                                                fixing the import levy on molasses
 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
                                                                        on 13 February 1973 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community ;                                               Whereas it follows from applying the rules and
                                                                        other provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/67/                         1395/72 to the information at present available to
 EEC ( 1 ) of 18 December 1967 on the common organ­                     the Commission that the levy at present in force
 ization of the market in sugar, as last amended by                     should be altered as shown in the Annex to this
 Regulation (EEC) No 174/73 (2), and in particular                      Regulation ;
Article 14 (7) thereof;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 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
amending Regulations ;                                                  No 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 12 April
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, 11 April 1973 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                    P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                               Member of the Commission
(») OJ No 308, 18 . 12 . 1967, p. 1 .
(«) OJ No L 25 , 30 . 1 . 1973 , p. 1 .
(») OJ No I 149, 1 . 7. 1972, p. 61 .
                                                              ANNEX
                                                                                                        (u.a. /lOO kg)
                     CCT
                   heading                               Description of goods                             Levy
                      No
               17.03                Molasses, whether or not decolourized                                   0