CELEX: 31973R1515
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-08
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1515/73 of the Commission of 7 June 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

No L 152/ 18                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                                    8 . 6. 73
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 1515/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                               of 7 June 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 (1 ) of 18 December 1967 on the common                                 provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 254/73
organization of the market in sugar, as last amended                          to the information at present available to the Commis­
by Regulation (EEC) No 174/73 (2), and in particular                          sion that the levies at present in force should be
Article 1 4 (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 254/73 (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
    within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based                        standard quality raw sugar, hereby fixed as shown in
    on their effective parity ;                                               the Annex to this Regulation.
— 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 8 June 1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 7 June 1973 .
                                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                                            P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                     Member of the Commission
(!) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 30 , 1 . 2. 1973 , p . 30 .
                                                                    ANNEX
                                                                                                                         (u.a.1100 kg)
                     CCT
                    heading                                    Description of goods                                         Levy
                      No
               17.01                  Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                      A. Denatured :
                                           I. White sugar                                                                   7-10
                                          II. Raw sugar                                                                     4-70 ( x )
                                      B. Undenatured :
                                           L White sugar                                                                    7-10
                                          II . Raw sugar                                                                    4-70 (')
               0) 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.