CELEX: 31973R0865
Language: en
Date: 1973-03-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 865/73 of the Commission of 30 March 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

31 . 3 . 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 85/51
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 865/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 30 March 1973
                           fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      central rate of these currencies and, in the case of
COMMUNITIES,                                                        the US dollar, on the change in parity announced
                                                                    on 13 February 1973 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community ;                                           Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                         contained in Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 to the
67/EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organi­                    offer prices and today's quotations known to the
zation of the market in cereals, as last amended by                 Commission that the levies at present in force
the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Acces­                 should be altered as shown in the Annex to this
sion of new Member States to the European                           Regulation ;
Economic Community and the European Atomic
Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22
January 1972, and in particular Article 13 (5 )                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
thereof ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                                                Article 1
Committee ;
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye                 The import levies to be charged on the products
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by                      listed in Article 1 (a), (b ) and (c) of Regulation No
Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 (4) and subsequent                        120/67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
amending Regulations ;                                              annexed to this Regulation .
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
levies should be calculated on the basis of an                                              Article 2
exchange rate which is based, in the case of curren­
cies which are floating or whose central rate differs               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April
from the official parity, or\ the effective rate , or the           1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in, its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.                                   - »
             Done at Brussels, 30 March 1973 . /
                                                           ^   .             For the Commission
                                                             '                 P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(*) OJ   No 117, 19. 6 . 1967, p . 2269/67 .
(l) OJ   No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14 .
(3) OJ   No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
(4) OJ   No L 30, 1 . 2 . 1973 , p. 1 .
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                                                           ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 30 March 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                     47-35
                      10.01 &              Durum wheat                                  46-26 ( i )(«)
                      10.02                Rye                                          45-28 (5)
                      10.03                Barley                                       38-31
                      10.04                Oats                                         23-08
                      10.05 B              Maize other than hybrid maize
                                              for sowing                                38-62 (2)(3)
                      10.07 A      ·       Buckwheat                                      0
                      10.07 B              Millet                                       37.20
                      10.07 C              Grain sorghum                                37-21
                      10.07 D              Canary seed ; other cereals                    0       (4 )
                      11.01 A              Wheat or mesiin flour                        85-05
                      11.01 B            , Rye flour                                    73-76
                      11.02 Ala            Durum wheat groats and· meal                 80-59          :
                      11.02 A I b          Common wheat groats and meal                 90-89        ·
                      (') Where durum wheat originating ,in Morocco is transported directly from
                          that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0-50 u.a ./metric ton .
                      (l) Where maize originating in the AASM and OCT is imported , into the
                          French Overseas Departments, the levy is reduced by 6 u.a./rtietric ton.
                      (s) 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 .
                      (5) The import levy 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 .