CELEX: 31973R0244
Language: en
Date: 1973-02-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 of the Commission of 31 January 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

1 . 2. 73                                       Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 30/ 1
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                                      REGULATION (EEC) No 244/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                              of 31 January 1973
                                fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                             No 1607/71 (9 ), and in particular the most favour­
 COMMUNITIES ,                                                               able purchasing opportunities on the world market
                                                                            among those which are most representative of the
                                                                            real trend of the market, account being taken in par­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                          ticular of the need to prevent sudden variations
pean Economic Community ;                                                    likely to cause abnormal disturbances on the Com­
                                                                            munity market ; whereas the quality of the goods
                                                                            offered must also be taken into account, whether
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                              this quality corresponds to the standard quality
 EEC ( 1 ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organization                       fixed in Regulations (EEC ) No 786/69 ( 10) and
of the market in cereals, as last amended by the                             ( EEC) No 1397/69 , or whether adjustments need to
Act ( 2 ) annexed to the Treaty (3 ) on the Accession                        be made by applying the coefficients of equivalence
of new Member States to the European Economic                               provided for in Regulation No 158 /67/EEC ( u ), as
Community and the European Atomic Energy Com­                               last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1637/71 ( 12),
 munity, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                             and in Regulation No 159/67/EEC ( 13 ) ;
and in particular Article 13 ( 5 ) thereof ;
"Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13 ( 1 ) of                      Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on
 Regulation No 120/67/EEC stipulates that a levy                            the basis of the abovementioned elements, offers for
must be charged on imports of the products listed in                        other ports being adjusted, account being taken of
Article 1 ( a ), ( b ) and ( c) of that Regulation ; whereas                the corrections necessitated by the differences in
the levy is equal for each product to the threshold                         transport charges in relation to Rotterdam ;
 price less the cif price ;
Whereas the threshold prices for cereals and for                             Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regula­
wheat and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal ,                           tion No 120/67/ EEC, the nomenclature provided
 were fixed for the 1972/73 marketing year by                               for in this Regulation is incorporated in the Com­
Regulations (EEC ) No 1397/ 69 (4 ), (EEC ) No 1405 /                       mon Customs Tariff ;
72 (5 ), (EEC ) No 1407/72 ((i ) and ( EEC ) No 1525 /
72 (7 ) ;
                                                                            Whereas, it follows from applying all the provisions
                                                                            of the abovementioned Regulations that the levies
Whereas for the purpose of calculating the cif prices                      should be fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regu­
 used to determine the levies , the Commission must
                                                                           lation ; whereas these levies should be altered only
take into account the factors indicated in Regulation
 156/67/EEC (8 ), as amended by Regulation ( EEC )                          where variations in the components used to calcu­
                                                                            late them would have the effect of increasing or
                                                                            reducing them by 0-60 unit of account or more ;
(')  OJ   No  117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/67.
(2)  OJ   No  L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p . 14 .
(s ) OJ   No  L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p . 5 .
(4)  OJ   No  L 179 , 21 . 7 . 1969 , p . 6 .                               ( #)   OJ No L 168 , 27. 7 . 1971 , p . 16 .
(°)  OJ   No  L 150 , 4. 7 . 1972 , p . 3 .                                 ( Ul ) OJ No L 100, 28 . 4 . 1969, p . 8 .
 (■) OJ   No  L 150 , 4 . 7 . 1972 , p . 7 .                               (u)     OJ No 128 , 27.6 . 1967 , p . 2536'67 .
O    O]   No  1 . 162 , 18 . 7 . 1972 , p . 16 .                            ('-)   OJ No L 170, 29 . 7 . 1971 , p . 20 .
(»)  OÌ   No   128 . 27 . 6 . 1967 . n . 2533 67 .                          ( ,s)  OJ No 128 , 27.6 . 1967 , p . 2542 67 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                               120/67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
                                                                           annexed to this Regulation.
                         Article 1
                                                                                                            Article 2
The import levies to be charged on the products                            This Regulation shall enter force on 1 February
listed in Article 1 ( a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No                      1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 31 January 1973 .
                                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                                              P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                     Member of the Commission
                                                                  ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 31 January 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 mesiin                         30-02
                            10.01 B                Durum wheat                                      32-02 (!)(4)
                            10.02                  Rye                                              25-88 (5 )
                            10.03                  Barley                                           15-89
                            10.04                  Oats                                              7-20
                            10.05 B                Maize other than hybrid maize
                                                      for sowing                                    24-09 ( 2)(3)
                            10.07      A           Buckwheat                                         0
                            10.07      B           Millet                                           12-27
                            10.07      C           Grain sorghum                                    14-95
                            10.07      D           Canary seed ; other cereals                       0       (4)
                            11.01      A           Wheat or mesiin flour                            60-78
                             11.01     B           Rye flour                                        46-61
                             11.02     AI a        Durum wheat groats and meal                      58-46
                             11.02     AIb          Common wheat groats and meal                    64-92
                             (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from
                                  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 .
                            (') 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 .