CELEX: 31973R3274
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-06
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3274/73 of the Commission of 5 December 1973 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

6. 12. 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 337/ 1
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                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 3274/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 5 December 1973
                   fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
 COMMUNITIES,                                                          arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                       of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 relation to the Community currencies referred to
 Economic Community ;                                                  in the previous subparagraph ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                       Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
 67/ EEC ( 1 ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­             contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2076/73 to the
 tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­           offer prices and today's quotations known to the
 lation (EEC) No 1 346/73 (2), and in particular Article           Commission that the levies at present in force should
 1 3 (5) thereof ;                                                 be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
 Committee ;                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye
                                                                                          Article 1
 flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 2076/73 (3) and subsequent amending                 The import levies to be charged on the products listed
 Regulations ;                                                     in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No 120/
 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,               67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
 levies should be calculated on the following basis :              annexed to this Regulation.
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                                          Article 2
      relation to each other, at any given moment,
      within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based           This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 December
      on their effective parity ;                                  1973 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                 Done at Brussels, 5 December 1973 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(!) OJ No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
(2) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5. 1973 , p. 8 .
(3) OJ No L 212, 1 . 8 . 1973, p. 1 .
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                                                               ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 5 December 1973 fixing the import 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 nnd mesiin                              0
                       10.01 B                Durum wheat                                          o       on
                       10.02                  Rye                                                 12-62 (5)
                       10.0.3                 Barley                                               1-56
                       10.04                  Oars                                                 0
                       10.05 li               Maize other than hybrid maize
                                                  for sowing                                       0        (2)(3)
                       10.07 A                 Buckwheat                                           0
                       10.07 B                 Millet                                              2-73
                       10.07 C                 Grain sorghum                                       0
                       10.07 D                 Canary seed ; other cereals                         0        (V
                       1 1.01 A                Wheat or mesiin flour                               0
                        11.01 B                Rye flour                                          36-40
                        1 1.02 A 1 n           Durum wheat groats and meal                         0
                        1 1 .02 A 1 b          Common wheat groats and meal                        0
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                       (•) Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from
                             that country to ihe Community , the levy is reduced by 0-50 u . a . /metric ton .
                       (•) Where maize originating in the AASM and OCT is imported into the
                             French Overseas Departments , the levy in reduced by 6 u . a . /metric ton .
                       (') Where maize originating in Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya is imported into
                             the Community , I lie 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 .
                       (*) 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 .