CELEX: 31973R2901
Language: en
Date: 1973-10-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2901/73 of the Commission of 25 October 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

No L 298 / 1 S                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                                 26 . 10 . 73
                             REGULATION ( EEC) No 2901 /73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 25 October 1973
                                fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                   of these currencies recorded for a given period , in
COMMUNITIES,                                                                     relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                                 in the previous subparagraph ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                                         Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/                                 provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1738 /73
67/ EEC (') of 18 December 1967 on the common                                to the information at present available to the Commis­
organization of the market in sugar, as last amended                         sion that the levies at present in force should be
by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 928 /73 (-'), and in particular                    altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
Article 14(7) thereof ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
Whereas the import levies on white sugar and raw
sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1 738/73 (J)                                                      Article 1
and subsequent amending Regulations ;
                                                                             The levies referred to in Article 14(1 ) of Regulation
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                          No 1009/67/ EEC are, in respect of white sugar and
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                         standard quality raw sugar, hereby fixed as shown in
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                          the Annex to this Regulation .
     relation to each other, at any given moment,
     within a band of 2·25 % , a rate of exchange based                                                   Article 2
     on their effective parity ;
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 October
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                         1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 25 October 1973 .
                                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                                           P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                     Member of the Commission
 (') OJ No 308 , 18 . 12 . 1967, p . 1 .
 I1) OJ No L 1 99, 1 9. 7. 1 973, p. 7.                             ANNEX
 (3) OJ No L 176, 30. 6. 1973, p. 30.
                                                                                                                        (u.a./100 kg)
                     CCT
                    heading                                    Description of goods                                       Levy
                      No
               17.01                 Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                      A. Denatured :
                                           I. White sugar                                                                7·57
                                          II. Raw sugar                                                                  5·81 (*)
                                      B. Undenatured :
                                           I. White sugar                                                                7·57
                                          II. Raw sugar                                                                  5·81 (*)
              (») 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.