CELEX: 31973R1318
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-22 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1318/73 of the Commission of 21 May 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

22. 5. 73                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 135/21
                           REGULATION EEC) No 1318/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 21 May 1973
                  fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  which are floating or whose central rate differs from
COMMUNITIES,                                                    the official parity, on the effective rate or the central
                                                                rate of these currencies and, in the case of the US
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           dollar, on the change in parity announced on 13
Economic Community ;                                            February 1973 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No                          Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
120/67/EEC        of 13 June 1967 on the common                 contained in Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 to the offer
organization of the market in cereals, as last amended          prices and today's quotations known to the Commis­
by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Acces­          sion that the levies at present in force should be
sion of new Member States to the European Economic              altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
Community and the European Atomic Energy
Community signed at Brussels on 22 Janaury 1972,
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
and in particular Article 1 3 (5) thereof ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                                            Article 1
Committee ;
                                                                The import levies to be charged on the products listed
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye             in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No 120/
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­          67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
tion (EEC) No 244/73 (4) and subsequent amending                annexed to this Regulation.
Regulations ;
                                                                                        Article 2
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
levies should be calculated on           the basis of an        This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 May
exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies         1973.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 21 May 1973 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(») OJ  No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
(2) OJ  No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.
(3) OJ  No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5.
(4) OJ  No L 30, 1 . 2. 1973, p. 1 .
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                                                            ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 21 May 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                   36-40
                        10.01 B             Durum wheat                                37-71 (*)(4)
                        10.02               Rye                                        47-73 (5)
                        10.03               Barley                                     33-36
                        10.04               Oats                                       23-93
                        10.05 B             Maize other than hybrid maize
                                               for sowing                              23-37 (·)(«)
                       10.07 A              Buckwheat                                     0
                       10.07 B              Millet                                     26-77
                       10.07 C              Grain sorghum                              26-56
                        10.07 D             Canary seed ; other cereals                   o      (4)
                       11.01 A              Wheat or mesiin flour                      69-72
                        11.01 B             Rye flour                                  77-19
                       11.02 Ala            Durum wheat groats and meal                67-37
                       11.02 Alb            Common wheat groats and meal               74-21
                       (') 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 Deduced by 6 u.a./metric ton.
                       (•) Where maize originating in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya is imported into
                           the Community, the levy is reduced by 1 u.a./metric ton.
                       (') 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 .