CELEX: 31973R3053
Language: en
Date: 1973-11-10 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3053/73 of the Commission of 9 November 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 310/ 18                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             10 . 11 . 73
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 3053/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 9 November 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/EEC ( 1) 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 ;
 14 (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 2968/73 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                 (EEC) No 881 /73 (n), as fixed in the Annex to the
 No 3023/73 (7) ;                                                    amended Regulation (EEC) No 2968/73, 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               10
     on their effective parity ;                                     November 1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 9 November 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.                               (8) 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 303, 1 . 11 . 1973, p. 21 .                           ( 10) OJ No L 179, 25 . 7. 1968 , p. 8 .
O   OJ  No  L 308 , 8 . 11 . 1973, p. 17.                           (») OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973, p. 30 .
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                                                                        ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 9 November 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 )
                        11.02 A II (!)                                        2-412                                  1-912
                        11.02 B II b ) i 1 )                                  1-662                                  1-412
                        11.02 c n i 1 ;                                       1-949                                  1-699
                        11.02 D II i 1 )                                      1-333                                  1-083
                        11.02 E II b ) (M                                     2-412                                  1-912
                        11.02 F II 0 )                                        2-412                                  1-912
             (') For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 and tho*e
                 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 "f any added minerals), not exceeding
                     1-6 »/o for rice , 2-5 % for wheat, 3 % for barley, 4 %> for buckwheat, 5 % for oats and 2 % for
                     other cereals .
                 Germ of cereals , whole , rolled , flaked or ground , falls in all cases within heading No 11.02 .