CELEX: 31973R2871
Language: en
Date: 1973-10-24 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2871/73 of the Commission of 23 October 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

24. 10. 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                               No L 296/ 7
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2871 /73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 23 October 1973
                                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 1928/73 (2), and in particular                        altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
Article 1 4 (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 1738/73 (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 24 October
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                          1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 23 October 1973 .
                                                                                        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.                               ANNEX
P OJ No L 176, 30 . 6. 1973, p. 30 .
                                                                                                                       (uut.llOO kg)
                     CCT
                    heading                                    Description of goods                                      Levy
                      No
               17.01                 Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                     A. Denatured :
                                          I. White sugar                                                                8-30
                                         II. Raw sugar                                                                  6-52 H
                                     B. Undenatured :
                                          I. White sugar                                                                8-30
                                         II. Raw sugar                                                                  6-52 (*)
               P) Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 % ; if the yield is other than 92% , the levy applicable is calculated
                  in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 837/68.