CELEX: 31974R0054
Language: en
Date: 1974-01-10 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 54/74 of the Commission of 9 January 1974 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

10 . 1 . 74                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                        No L 8 /7
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 54/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                            of 9 January 1974
                                fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                   of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
COMMUNITIES,                                                                     relation to the Community currencies referred to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                            in the previous subparagraph ;
Economic Community ;                                                         Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/                                 provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1738 /73
67/ EEC (') of 18 December 1967 on the common                                to the information at present available to the Commis­
organization of the market in sugar, as last amended                         sion that the levies at . present in force should be
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 928/ 73 (2), and in particular                      altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ,
Article 14(7) thereof ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the import levies on white sugar and raw
sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1 738/73 (3)                                                Article 1
and subsequent amending Regulations ;
                                                                             The levies referred to in Article 14(1 ) of Regulation
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                          No 1009/67/EEC are, in respect of white sugar and
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                         standard quality raw sugar, hereby fixed as shown in
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                          the Annex to this Regulation .
     relation to each other, at any given moment,
     within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based                                              Article 2
     on their effective parity ;
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 January
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                         1974 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 9 January 1974.
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                          P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                    Member of the Commission
(') OJ No 308 , 18 . 12 . 1967, p . 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 199 , 19 . 7 . 1973, p . 7 .
(3 ) OJ No L 1 76, 30 . 6 . 1 973 , p . 30 .
                                                                   ANNEX
                                                                                                               (u.a.1100 kg)
                     CCT
                   heading                                     Description of goods                              Levy
                      No
               17.01                   Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                       A. Denatured :
                                              I. White sugar                                                       0
                                             II . Raw sugar                                                        0
                                       B. Undenatured :
                                              I. White sugar                                                       0
                                             II . Raw sugar                                                        0