CELEX: 31973R2439
Language: en
Date: 1973-09-07 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2439/73 of the Commission of 6 September 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

No L 250 / 18                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                                   7. 9 . 73
                             REGULATION ( EEC) No 2439/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 6 September 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 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 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 7 September
    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, 6 September 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
(3) OJ No L 176, 30. 6. 1973, p. 30 .
                                                                                                                          (u.a./lOO kg)
                     CCT
                    heading                                    Description of goods                                         Levy
                      No
             17.01                  Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                   *
                                    A. Denatured :
                                           I. White sugar                                                                   8-82
                                          II. Raw sugar                                                                     7-23 i1 )
                                     B. Undenatured :
                                           L White sugar                                                                    8-82
                                          II. Raw sugar                                                                     7-23 i1 )
              (') Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 •/• ; if the yield is other than 92 •/•, the levy applicable is calculated
                  in accordance with die provisions of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 837/68.