CELEX: 31974R0055
Language: en
Date: 1974-01-10 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 55/74 of the Commission of 9 January 1974 fixing the import levy on molasses

No L 8 / 8                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                    10 . 1 . 74
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 55/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 9 January 1974
                                              fixing the import levy on molasses
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 toin
Economic Community ;                                                        the previous subparagraph ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/                            Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
67/EEC (') of 18 December 1967 on the common                            provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1739/73
organization of the market in sugar, as last amended                    to the information at present available to the Commis­
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 928 /73 (2 ), and in particular                sion that the levy at present in force should be altered
Article 1 4 (7) thereof ;                                               as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the import levy on molasses was fixed by
Regulation (EEC) No 1739/73 and subsequent                                                      Article 1
amending Regulations (3) ;                                              The levy referred to in Article 14(1 ) of Regulation No
Whereas if the levy system is to operate normally,                      1009/67/ EEC is, in respect of molasses, hereby fixed
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                    as shown in the Annex 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 10 January
     on their effective parity ;                                         1974 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 9 January 1974.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                     P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                Member of the Commission
(') OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967 , p . 1 .
(^) OJ No L 199 , 19 . 7 . 1973 , p . 7.
(3 ) OJ No L 176, 30 . 6 . 1973 , p . 32.
                                                               ANNEX
                                                                                                          (u.a. 1100 kg)
                     CCT
                   heading                                Description of goods                              Levy
                      No
               17.03                 Molasses, whether or not decolourized                                   0