CELEX: 31973R1791
Language: en
Date: 1973-07-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1791/73 of the Commission of 3 July 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

4. 7 . 73                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                                    No L 181 /9
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 1791 /73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                               of 3 July 1973
                                 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                       relation to the Community currencies referred to
COMMUNITIES,                                                                         in the previous subparagraph ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                           Whereas the Opinion of the Monetary Committee was
Economic Community ;                                                            requested ;
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 1738/73
organization of the market in sugar, as last amended                            to the information at present available to the Commis­
by Regulation (EEC) No 1014/73 (2), and in particular                           sion that the levies at present in force should be
Article 14 (7) thereof ;                                                        altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
Whereas the import levies on white sugar and raw
sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1738/73 (3)
                                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
and subsequent amending Regulations ;
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                                                            Article 1
levies should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                             The levies referred to in Article 14 (1) of Regulation
     relation to each other, at any given moment,                               No 1009/67/EEC are, in respect of white sugar and
                                                                                standard quality raw sugar, hereby fixed as shown in
     within a band of 2·25 % , a rate of exchange based
                                                                                the Annex to this Regulation .
     on their effective parity ;
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the                                                           Article 2
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
     of these currencies recorded for a given period, in                        This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 July 1973.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 3 July 1973 .
                                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                              P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                       Member of the Commission
(») OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 106, 20 . 4. 1973, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 176, 30 . 6. 1973, p. 30 .
                                                                     ANNEX
                                                                                                                           (u.a./100 kg)
                     CCT
                    heading                                     Description of goods                                          Levy
                      No
              17.01                   Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                      A. Denatured :
                                           I. White sugar                                                                     7·34
                                          II. Raw sugar                                                                       5-23 (*)
                                      B. Undenatured :
                                           I. White sugar                                                                     7·34
                                          II. Raw sugar                                                                       5·23 (*)
               (i) Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of, 92 •/• 5 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.