CELEX: 31974R0160
Language: en
Date: 1974-01-23 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 160/74 of the Commission of 22 January 1974 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

23 . 1 . 74                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                    No L 19 /7
                             REGULATION ( EEC) No 160/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 22 January 1974
                               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
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                        in the previous subparagraph ;
 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 (2), 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 (3)                                            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 23 January
      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                    1974 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 22 January 1974.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                      P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                Member of the Commission
(') OJ No 308 , 18 . 12 . 1967, p . 1 .
(2) OJ No L 199 , 19 . 7 . 1973 , p. 7 .
(3 ) OJ No L 176, 30 . 6 . 1973 , p. 30 .
                                                                 ANNEX
                                                                                                           (u.a.UOO kg )
                      CCT                                                                               !
                    heading                                 Description of goods                             Levy
                      No
                17.01                 Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                      A. Denatured :
                                           I. White sugar                                                      0
                                          11 . Raw sugar                                                       0
                                      B. Undenatured :
                                           I. White sugar                                                      0
                                          11 . Raw sugar                                                       0