CELEX: 31973R0614
Language: en
Date: 1973-03-02 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 614/73 of the Commission of 1 March 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

2 . 3 . 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 57/41
                                    REGULATION (EEC) No 614/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 1 March 1973
                              altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      exchange rate which is based, in the case of cur­
  COMMUNITIES ,                                                        rencies which are floating or whose central rate
                                                                       differs from the official parity, on the effective rate
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                    or the central rate of these currencies and, in the
 pean Economic Community ;                                             case of the US dollar, on the change in parity
                                                                      announced on 13 February 1973 ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No
  120/67/EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common or­                    Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
 ganization of the market in cereals, as last amended                 differs from the average levy by more than 0-25 units
  by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Acces­              of account per 100 kilogrammes of basic product ;
 sion of new Member States to the European Econo­                     whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC)
 mic Community and the European Atomic Energy                         No 1080/68 ( 7), the levies at present in force must
  Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                  therefore be altered as shown in the Table annexed
  and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof ;                          to this Regulation ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No
 359/67/EEC ( 4) of 25 July 1967 on the common or­
 ganization of the market in rice, as last amended by
 the Act annexed to the Treaty on the Accession of                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 new Member States to the European Economic Com­
 munity and the European Atomic Energy Commu­                                                 Article 1
 nity, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in
 particular Article 12 (4) thereof ;                                 The import levies to be charged on products pro­
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
                                                                     cessed from cereals and rice covered by Regulation
                                                                      ( EEC) No 1052/68 (8), as fixed in the Annex to
 Committee ;
                                                                     amended Regulation (EEC) No 581/73 , are hereby
 Whereas the import levies on products processed                     altered as shown in the Table annexed to this Re­
 from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation                       gulation .
 (EEC) No 581 /73 ( 5), as amended by Regulation
 ( EEC ) No 594/73 («) ;                                                                      Article 2
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 March
 levies should be calculated on the basis of an                       1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
                Done at Brussels, 1 March 1973 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                  P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(')   OJ  No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
(2)   OJ  No L 73 , 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.
(3)   OJ  No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5.
(4)   OJ  No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
( 5) OJ No   L 56, 1 . 3 . 1973 , p. 22 .                           (7) OJ No L 181 , 27. 7. 1968, p. 6.
(#) OJ No L 56 , 1.3 . 1973 , p. 53 .                               '■*) OJ No L 179, 25. 7. 1968, p. 8.
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                                                                      ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 1 March 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 A ASM and OCT ,                           and Kenya
                                                               Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya)
                       11.01 D (*)                                          4·203                                     3·703
                       11.02 A IV I 1 )                                     4·203                                      3·703
                       11.02 B I a ) 2 aa )                                 2·348                                      2·098
                       11.02 B I a ) 2 bb ) (»)                             3·953                                      3·703
                       11.02 Bib ) 2 0 )                                    3·953                                      3·703
                       11.02 C IV (»)                                       3·541                                      3·291
                       11.02 D IV 0 )                                       2·348                                      2·098
                       11.02 E I a ) 2 (»)                                  2·348                                      2·098
                       11.02 E lb ) 2 ( J )                                 4·614                                      4·114
                       11.02 F IV (»)                                        4·203                                    ■3·703
            (') 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 falling 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 % by weight ,
                — an ash content, by weight, referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not exceeding
                     1·6% for rice, 2·5 for wheat and rye, 3 °/o for barley, 4% for buckwheat , 5% for oats . and 2 'It for
                     other cereals .
                Germ of cereals , whole , rolled , flaked or ground , falls in all cases within heading No 11.02 .