CELEX: 31973R0682
Language: en
Date: 1973-03-13 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 682/73 of the Commission of 12 March 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

13 . 3 . 73                            Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 66/9
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 682/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 12 March 1973
                          fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   central rate of these currencies and, in the case ol
COMMUNITIES,                                                     the US dollar, on the change in parity announced
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­               on 13 February 1973 ;
pean Economic Community;
                                                                 Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                   contained in Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 to the
EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                  offer prices and today's quotations known to the
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by the            Commission that the levies at present in force should
Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (8) on the Accession               be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
of new Member States to the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy Com­
munity, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
in particular Article 13 (5 ) thereof ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                                              Article 1
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and                  The import levies to be charged on the products
rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed by              listed in Article 1 ( a), (b) and (c) of Regulation
Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 (4) and subsequent                    No 120/67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the
amending Regulations ;                                           Table annexed to this Regulation.
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
levies should be calculated on the basis of an                                           Article 2
exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies
which are floating or whose central rate differs from             This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 March
the official parity, on the effective rate or the                1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 12 March 1973 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                             P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                        Member of the Commission
 ( l) OJ No 1 J7, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
 (l) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
 (•) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
 (<) OJ No L 30, 1 . 2 . 1973 , p. 1 .
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                                                               ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 12 March 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                     47-03
                         10.01 B               Durum wheat                                  42-23 ( x )(4)
                        10.02                  Rye                                          39-51 (B)
                        10.03                 Barley                                        30-41
                        10.04                  Oats                                         19-33
                        10.05 B                Maize other than hybrid maize
                                                 for sowing                                 38-20 (2)(s)
                        10.07 A               Buckwheat                                      0
                        10.07 B               Millet                                        31-12
                        10.07     C            Grain sorghum                                33-48
                        10.07     D           Canary seed ; other cereals                    0        (4 )
                        11.01     A           Wheat or mesiin flour                         84-60
                        11.01     B           Rye flour                                     65-69
                        11.02     Ala         Durum wheat groats and meal                   74-32
                        11.02     Alb          Common wheat groats and meal                 90-52
                        (') 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 .
                       Is) Where maize originating in Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya is imported into
                             the Community , the levy is reduced by 1 u . a . /metric ton .
                       (4) 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 .