CELEX: 31973R1420
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-30 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1420/73 of the Commission of 29 May 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

30 . 5 . 73                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                                  No L 143 /27
                                 REGULATION ( EEC) No 1420 / 73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                                 of 29 May 1973
                                    fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                     dollar, on the change in parity announced on 13
COMMUNITIES ,                                                                      February 1973 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                              Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
Economic Community ;                                                               provisions contained in Regulation ( EEC) No 254/73
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/                                       to the information at present available to the Commis­
67/ EEC (') of 18 December 1967 on the common                                      sion that the levies at present in force should be
organization of the market in sugar, as last amended                               altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 74/73 (2 ), and in particular
Article 14(7) thereof ;                                                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                                                                     Article 1
Whereas the import levies on white sugar and raw
                                                                                   The levies referred to in Article 14(1 ) of Regulation
sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 254/73 (3 )                                No 1009/ 67/ EEC are, in respect of white sugar and
and subsequent amending Regulations ;
                                                                                   standard quality raw sugar, hereby fixed as shown in
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                                the Annex to this Regulation .
levies    should     be      calculated   on     the   basis    of    an
exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies                                                         Artie c 2
which are floating or whose central rate differs from
the official parity, on the effective rate or the central                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 May
rate of these currencies and , in the case of the US                               1973 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 29 May 1973 .
                                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                               P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                           Member of the Commission
(') OJ No 308 , 18 . 12 . 1967, p . 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973 , p . I.
 3 OJ No L 30 , 1 . 2 . 1973 , p . 30 .
                                                                         ANNEX
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                     luudin­                                      lX ^ cription of ;; oods                                     Levy
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                 17.01                  Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                        A. Denatured :
                                             I. White sugar                                                                    2-99
                                            II . Raw sugar                                                                      1-80 (')
                                        R. IJndenatured :
                                             I. White sugar                                                                    2-99
                                            II . Raw sugar                                                                     1-80 (')
               (') Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 "/u ; if the yield is other than 92 l'/u , the levy applicable is calculated
                   in accord .ma* with the provisions of Article 2 of Regulation ( EKC ) No 837,68 .