CELEX: 31973R2457
Language: en
Date: 1973-09-08 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2457/73 of the Commission of 7 September 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

8 . 9. 73                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 252/21
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 2457/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 7 September 1973
                       altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
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/
67/EEC (1) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                      Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­                 differs from the average levy by more than 0-25 unit
lation (EEC) No 1 346/73 (2), and in particular Article                 of account per 100 kilogrammes of basic product ;
 14 (4) thereof ;                                                       whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                        1080/68 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                            1047/73 (9), the levies at present in force must there­
67/EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                      fore be altered as shown in the Table annexed to this
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the                      Regulation ;
Act (4) annexed to the Treaty (5) on the Accession of
new Member States to the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy
                                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,
and in particular Article 1 2 (4) thereof ;
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                                                   Article 1
Committee ;
                                                                        The import levies to be charged on products
Whereas the import levies on products processed                         processed from cereals and rice covered by Regulation
from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC)                    (EEC) No 1052/68 (10), as last amended by Regulation
No 2368/73 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                     (EEC) No 881 /73 (n), as fixed in the Annex to the
 No 2446/73 (7) ;                                                       amended Regulation (EEC) No 2368/73, are hereby
                                                                        altered as shown in the Table annexed to this Regula­
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                     tion .
levies should be calculated on the following basis :
— 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 8 September
      on their effective parity ;                                       1973 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 7 September 1973.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                     P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                               Member of the Commission
(')  OJ  No  1 17, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
 2)  OJ  No  L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 8 .
 >)  OJ  No  174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p . 1 .
 «)  OJ  No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14.                              (8) OJ No L 181 , 27. 7. 1968 , p. 6 .
 5)  OJ  No  L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 5 .                             O OJ No L 104, 19 . 4. 1973, p. 30 .
 *>) OJ  No  L 245, 1 . 9 . 1973 , p . 14 .                            ( I0) OJ No L 179, 25. 7. 1968, p. 8 .
 A OJ No L 250, 7. 9. 1973, p. 44.                                     (") OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p. 30 .
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                                                                     ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 7 September 1973 altering the import levies on products
                                                       processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                        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 )
                       11.01 K (!)                                         1-524                                      1-274
                       11.02 A IX H                                        1-524                                      1-274
                       11.02 B II d) H                                     2-248                                      1-998
                       11.02 C VIII i 1 )                                  2-248                                      1-998
                       11.02 D VIII i 1 )                                  1-524                                      1-274
                       11.02 E II d) i 1 )                                 2-748                                      2-248
                       11.02 F IX (*)                                       1-524                                     1-274
            (') 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 railing within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 shall be those meeting
                the following specifications :
                — a starch content (determined by the modified Ewers polarimetric method), referred to dry matter ,
                    exceeding 45 °/o by weight
                — an ash content, by weight, referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not exceeding
                    1-6 °/o for rice, 2-5 % for wheat, 3 % for barley, 4 c/o for buckwheat,                5 °/o for  oats  and 2 •/• for
                    other cereals .
                Germ of cereals , whole, rolled , flaked or ground , falls in all cases within heading No 11.02 .