CELEX: 31973R2145
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-07 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2145/73 of the Commission of 6 August 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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                                               (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2145/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 6 August 1973
                    fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
COMMUNITIES,                                                             arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                         of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    relation to the Community currencies referred to
Economic Community ;                                                     in the previous subparagraph ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                          Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
67/ EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                  contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2076/73 to the
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­              offer prices and today's quotations known to the
lation (EEC) No 1 346/73 (2), and in particular Article              Commission that the levies at present in force should
13 (5) thereof ;                                                     be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye
                                                                                            Article 1
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 2076/73 (3 ) and subsequent amending                   The import levies to be charged on the products listed
Regulations ;                                                        in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No 120/
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                  67/ EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                 annexed to this Regulation .
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                                            Article 2
      relation to each other, at any given moment,
     within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based              This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 August
     on their effective parity ;                                     1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 6 August 1973 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269 / 67 .
(2 ) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p. 8 .
(3 ) OJ No L 212, 1 . 8 . 1 973 , p. 1 .
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                                                            ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 6 August 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                         2-00
                      10.01 B                Durum wheat                                      o      m
                      10.02                  Rye                                            30-65 (5)
                      10.03                  Barley                                           0
                      10.04                  Oats                                           12-30
                      10 05 B                Maize other than hybrid maize
                                               for sowing                                     3-97 (2)(3)
                      10.07     A            Buckwheat                                        0
                      10.07     B            Millet                                          15-51
                      10.07      C           Grain sorghum                                   11-62
                      10.07      D           Canary seed ; other cereals                      0      («)
                      11.01     A            Wheat or meslin flour                          21-55
                      11.01     B            Rye flour                                      61-66
                      11.02      Ala         Durum wheat groats and meal                      0
                       11.02 Alb             Common wheat groats and meal                   23-27
                       (') 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 .
                       (■) Where maize originating in the AASM and OCT is imported into the
                            French Overseas Departments, the levy in 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 .