CELEX: 31973R0031
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-06
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 31/73 of the Commission of 5 January 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

6 . 1 . 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                                No L 6/7
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 31/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                              of 5 January 1973
                                      fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                the Monetary Committee, be used for the purpose
COMMUNITIES ,                                                                 of calculating levies ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                            Whereas it follows from applying the rules and
pean Economic Community ;                                                     other provisions contained in Regulation ( EEC ) No
                                                                              1394/72 to the information at present available to
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/67/                               the Commission that the levies at present in force
EEC (*) of 18 December 1967 on the common organ­                              should be altered as shown in the Annex to this
isation of the market in sugar, as last amended by                            Regulation ;
Regulation ( EEC) No 2429/72 (2), and in particular
Article 14 (7) thereof;                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the import levies on white sugar and raw                                                         Article 1
sugar were fixed by Regulation ( EEC) No 1394/                                The levies referred to in Article 14 ( 1 ) of Regulation
72 (3) and subsequent amending Regulations ;                                  No 1009/67/EEC are, in respect of white sugar and
                                                                              standard quality raw sugar, hereby fixed as shown
Whereas, if the currency of a third country moves                             in the Annex to this Regulation .
outside the margins of fluctuation agreed under the
Washington agreement of 18 December 1971 , a con­                                                        Article 2
version rate based on the current market rate for                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 January
that currency should, following consultation with                             1973 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 5 January 1973 .
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                          The Vice-President
                                                                                 Carlo SCARASCIA MUGNOZZA
H OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p . 1 .
(2) OJ No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p . 1 .
( 3) OJ No L 149 , 1 . 7. 1972, p . 59 .
                                                                    ANNEX
                                                                                                                     (u . a J100 kg)
                     CCT
                   heading                                     Description of goods                                     Levy
                      No
             17.01                   Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                     A. Denatured :
                                          I. White sugar                                                                4·71
                                         II . Raw sugar                                                                2·85 0 )
                                     B. Undenatured :
                                          I. "White sugar                                                              4·71
                                         II. Raw sugar                                                                 2·85 n
             (') Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92% ; if the yield is other than 92 % , the levy applicable is calculated
                 in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC ) No 837/68 .