CELEX: 31973R1417
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-30
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1417/73 of the Commission of 29 May 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

30 . 5 . 73                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 143/21
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 1417/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                            of 29 May 1973
                     fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        which are floating or whose central rate differs from
COMMUNITIES,                                                          the official parity, on the effective rate or the central
                                                                       rate of these currencies and, in the case of the US
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  dollar, on the change in parity announced on 13
Economic Community ;                                                   February 1973 ;
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 244/73 to the offer
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by the                  prices and today's quotations known to the Commis­
Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of                  sion that the levies at present in force should be
new Member States to the European Economic                             altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
Community and the European Atomic Energy
Community signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
and in particular Article 13(5) thereof ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                                                  Article 1
Committee ;
                                                                       The import levies to be charged on the products listed
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye                    in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No 120/
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­                 67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
tion (EEC) No 244/73 (4) and subsequent amending                       annexed to this Regulation.
Regulations ;
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
levies    should    be    calculated      on    the  basis of  an      This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 May
exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies                 1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 29 May 1973 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                              Member of the Commission
(')  OJ  No  117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
(2 ) OJ  No  L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14 .
(3)  OJ  No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 5 .
(4)  OJ  No  L 30 , 1 . 2. 1973 , p . 1 .
 ---pagebreak--- No L 143/22                         Official Journal of the European Communities                            30. 5 . 73
                                                             ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 29 May 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                      27-04
                        10.01 B             Durum wheat                                   27-08 Hi4)
                        10.02               Rye                                           44-75 (5)
                        10.03               Barley                                        27-98
                        10.04               Oats                                          16-47
                        10.05 B             Maize other than hybrid maize
                                               for sowing                                 12-51 ( 2)(3)
                        10.07 A             Buckwheat                                        0
                        10.07 B             Millet                                        19-98
                        10.07 C             Grain sorghum                                 20-68
                        10.07 D              Canary seed ; other cereals                     0      (4)
                        11.01 A             Wheat or mesiin flour                         56-61
                        11.01 B             Rye flour                                     73-01
                        11.02 Ala           Durum wheat groats and meal                   50-22
                       11.02 Alb            Common wheat groats and meal                  60-05
                       (') 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 .
                       (') Where maize originating in the AASM and OCT is imported into the
                           French Overseas Departments, the levy is reduced by 6 u . a . /metric ton .
                       (») Where maize originating in Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya is imported into
                           the Community , the 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 .