CELEX: 31973R2955
Language: en
Date: 1973-10-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2955/73 of the Commission of 30 October 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 302/ 32                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             31 . 10 . 73
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 2955/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 30 October 1973
                      altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice .
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/
67/ EECC ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                    Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­               differs from the average levy by more than 0-25 unit
lation ( EEC) No 1 346/ 73 (2 ), and in particular Article            of account per 100 kilogrammes of basic product ;
1 4 (4) thereof ;                                                     whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                       1080/ 68 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                            1 047/73 (9), the levies at present in force must there­
67/ EEC (3 ) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                   fore be altered as shown in the Table annexed to this
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the                     Regulation ;
Act (4) annexed to the Treaty (5) on the Accession of
new Member States to the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,
and in particular Article 1 2 (4) thereof ;
                                                                                                  Article 1
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                            The import levies to be charged on products
Whereas the import levies on products processed                        processed from cereals and rice covered by Regulation
from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC)                   (EEC) No 1052/68 ( 10), as last amended by Regulation
No 2640/73 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                    (EEC) No 881 /73 ("), as fixed in the Annex to the
No 2892/73 (7) ;                                                       amended Regulation (EEC) No 2640/73, are hereby
                                                                       altered as shown in the Table annexed to this Regula­
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                    tion .
levies should be calculated on the following basis :
— 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 31 October
      on their effective parity ;                                       1973 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                 Done at Brussels, 30 October 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   174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p . 1 .
(4)  OJ  No   L 73, 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14.                              (s) OJ No L 181 , 27 . 7 . 1968 , p . 6 .
(5)  OJ  No   L 73, 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 5 .                              (9) OJ No L 104, 19 . 4. 1973 , p . 30 .
(6)  OJ  No   L 273 , 29 . 9 . 1973 , p. 13 .                          ( 10) OJ No L 179 , 25 . 7. 1968 , p. 8 .
(7)  OJ  No   L 297, 25 . 10 . 1973, p . 27 .                          (") OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p . 30 .
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                                                                      ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 30 October 1973 altering the import levies on products
                                                        processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                         Levies in u. a. / 100 kg
                            CCT heading No                             Third countries
                                                                                                       AASM , OCT , Tanzania , Uganda
                                                             (other than AASM and OCT ,                               and Kenya
                                                               Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya)
                       07.06 A                                              0-180 (»)                                   0-060 H
                       11.01 C (2 )                                         2-300                                       1-800
                       11.02 A III H                                        2-300                                       1-800
                       11.02 B I a) 1 (2)                                   1-850                                       1-600
                       11.02 B I b) 1 (2)                                   1-850                                       1-600
                       11.02 C III (2)                                      3-000                                       2-500
                       11.02 D III (2)                                      1-270                                       1-020
                       11.02 E I a) 1 (2)                                   1-270                                       1-020
                       11.02 E I b) 1 (2)                                   2-500                                       2-000
                       11.02 F III (2)                                      2-300                                       1-800
                       11.06 A                                              0-430                                         0
                       11.07 All a)                                         2-680                                       1-780
                       11.07 A II b)                                        2-230                                       1-330
                       11.07 B                                              2-450                                       1-550
            (') This levy is limited to 6 °/o of the value for customs purposes .
            (2) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within headings Nos 11.01 and 11.02 and those
                falling within subheading 23.02 A, products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 shall be those meeting
                the following specifications :
                — a starch content (determined by the modified Ewers polarimetric method), referred to dry matter,
                    exceeding 45 % by weight
                — an ash content, by weight, referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not exceeding
                    1*6 */o for rice , 2-5 % for wheat, 3 % for barley, 4 % for buckwheat,                 5 ®/o  for   oats  and 2 •/« for
                    other cereals .
                Grrm of cereals , whole, rolled , flaked or ground , talis in all cases within heading No 11.02.