CELEX: 31973R0557
Language: en
Date: 1973-02-27 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 557/73 of the Commission of 26 February 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 54/30                                Official Journal of me European Communities                              27. 2. 73
                                    REGULATION (EEC) No 557/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 26 February 1973
                             altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        exchange rate which is based, in the case of cur­
  COMMUNITIES,                                                          rencies which are floating or whose central rate
                                                                        differs from the official parity, on the effective rate
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                     or the central rate of these currencies and, in the
 pean Economic Community ;                                              case of the US dollar, on the change in parity
                                                                        announced on 13 February 1973 ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No
  120/67/EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common or­                     Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
 ganization of the market in cereals, as last amended                  differs from the average levy by more than 0-25 units
 by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Acces­                of account per 100 kilogrammes of basic product ;
 sion of new Member States to the European Econo­                      whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC)
 mic Community and the European Atomic Energy                          No 1080/68 (7), the levies at present in force must
 Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                     therefore be altered as shown in the Table annexed
 and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof ;                            to this Regulation ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No
 359/67/EEC (4) of 25 July 1967 on the common or­
 ganization of the market in rice, as last amended by
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 the Act annexed to the Treaty on the Accession of
 new Member States to the European Economic Com­
 munity and the European Atomic Energy Commu­                                                  Article 1
 nity, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in
 particular Article 12 (4) thereof ;                                  The import levies to be charged on products pro­
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                         cessed from cereals and rice covered by Regulation
 Committee ;                                                           (EEC) No 1052/68 (8), as fixed in the Annex to amen­
                                                                      ded Regulation (EEC) No 250/73, are hereby altered
 Whereas the import levies on products processed                       as shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation.
from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation
 (EEC) No 250/73 (6), as last amended by Regulation
 (EEC) No 543/73 ( 6) ;                                                                        Article 2
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 February
 levies should be calculated on the basis of an                       1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 26 February 1973 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                             Member of the Commission
(*) OJ No   117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
(*) OJ No   L 73 , 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.
(3) OJ No   L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 5 .
(4) OJ No   174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
(8) OJ No   L 30, 1 . 2. 1973, p. 14.                                 (7) OJ No L 181 , 27. 7. 1968, p. 6.
  (8) OJ No  L 51 , 24 . 2 . 1973 , p. 29 .                           (8) OJ No L 179, 25 . 7. 1968 , p. 8 .
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                                                                   ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 26 February 1973 altering the import levies on gmKicsss
                                                     processed from cereals and nee
                                                                                     Levies in u. a./100 kg
                          CCT heading No                           Third countries                 AASM , OCT, Tanzania , Uganda
                                                          (other than AASM and OCT,                         and Kenya
                                                            Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya)
                 1102 B II a) (»)                                        6-525                                 6-275
                 11.02 C I (»)                                           7-799                                 7-549
                 11.02 DM 1 )                                            5-062                                 4-812
                 11.02 E II a ) i 1 )                                    8-992                                 8-492
                 11.02 F I H                                             8-992                                 8-492
                 11.02 G I                                               4-039                                 3-539
                 11.07 A I a)                                            9-298                                 8-398
                 11.07 A I b)                                            7-175                                 6-275
                 11.08 A III                                             1-700                                   0
              • 11.09 A                                                15-000                                    0
                 11.09 B                                               15-000                                    0
           (') For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 and those
               falling within subheading 23.02 A , products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 shall be those meernr:
               the following specifications :
               — a starch content (determined by the modified Ewers polarimetric method), referred to dry marter;
                    exceeding 45 % by weight,
               — an ash content, by weight, referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not exceeding
                   1-6 % for rice, 2-5 % for wheat and rye, 3 °/o for barley, 4 % for buckwheat, 5 % for oats and 2 c/o io?
                   other cereals .
               Germ of cereals, whole, rolled , flaked or ground, falls in all cases within heading No 11.02 .