CELEX: 31973R2115
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-03 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2115/73 of the Commission of 2 August 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

3 . 8 . 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 215 / 1
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                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                           REGULATION ( EEC) No 2115/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 2 August 1973
                  fixing the 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 (') 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 1346/73 (2), and in particular Article             Commission that the levies at present in force should
13 (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 3 August
     on their effective parity ;                                   1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 2 August 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 2 August 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                           8-87
                          10.01 B                Durum wheat                                        o       m
                          10.02                  Rye                                              32-10 (5 )
                          10.03                  Barley                                            0
                         10.04                   Oats                                             12-30
                          10 05 B                Maize other than hybrid mai ?.e
                                                   for sowing                                      5-05 (η n
                          10.07 Λ                Buckwheat                                         0
                          10.07 B                Mi I iet                                         ISSI
                          10.07 C                Grain sorghum                                    11-62
                         10.07 D                 Canary seed ; other cereals                       0       (<)
                         11.01 A                 Wheat or mesiin flour                            31-17
                         11.01 B                 Rye flour                                        63-69
                         11.02 A 1 a             Durum wheat groats and meal                       0
                         Π . 02 A 1 b            Common wheat groats and meal                     33-66
                       !') 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 .
                        i *) Where maize originating in the A ASM and OCT is imported into the
                             French Overseas Departments , the levy in reduced by 6 u . a . /metric 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 .
                       ( 4) 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 .