CELEX: 31973R2729
Language: en
Date: 1973-10-09 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2729/73 of the Commission of 8 October 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 2729/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 8 October 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 1346/73 (2), and in particular Article                 Commission that the levies at present in force should
1 3 (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
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­                                        Article 1
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 9 October
      on their effective parity ;                                      1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels , 8 October 1 973 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                    P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                              Member of the Commission
(') O ) No IT , I 9 . 6 . 1967 , p . 2269 / 67 .
(-') O'l No L 141 . 2S . v | S>7 ?, p . N.
(■') O'l No 1. 212, I. S. 197.?, p. 1 .
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                                                            ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 8 October 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                             0
                      10.01 B               Durum wheat                                         o       m
                      10.02                 Rye                                                 3-75 (5)
                      10.03                 Barley                                              0
                      10.04                 Oats                                                0
                      10.05 B                Maize other than hybrid maize
                                               for sowing                                      12-39 (2)(3)
                       10.07 A              Buckwheat                                           0
                       10.07 B              Millet                                              9-24
                       10.07 C               Grain sorghum                                      7-02
                       10.07 D               Canary seed ; other cereals                        o       (4)
                       11.01 A               Wheat or mesiin flour                              0
                        11.01 B              Rye flour                                         23-99
                       11.02 Ala             Durum wheat groats and meal                        0
                       1 1 .02 A I b         Common wheat groats and meal                       0
                       (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from
                           that country lo 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 .
                       (') 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 I"evy 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 .