CELEX: 31973R0543
Language: en
Date: 1973-02-24 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 543/73 of the Commission of 23 February 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

24. 2 . 73                                Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 51 /29
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 543/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 23 February 1973
                              altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         exchange rate which is based, in the case of cur­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                           rencies which are floating or whose central rate
                                                                        differs from the official parity, on the effective rate
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                     or the central rate of these currencies and, in the
 pean Economic Community ;                                              case of the US dollar, on the change in parity
                                                                        announced on 13 February 1973 ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No
 120/67/EEC (1 ) of 13 June 1967 on the common or­                      Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
 ganization of the market in cereals, as last amended                   differs from the average levy by more than 0-25 units
 by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Acces­                 of account per 100 kilogrammes of basic product ;
 sion of new Member States to the European Econo­                       whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC)
 mic Community and the European Atomic Energy                           No 1080/68 ( 7), the levies at present in force must
 Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                      therefore be altered as shown in the Table annexed
 and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof ;                             to this Regulation ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No
 359/67/EEC (4) of 25 July 1967 on the common or­
 ganization of the market in rice, as last amended by
                                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 the Act annexed to the Treaty on the Accession of
 new Member States to the European Economic Com­
 munity and the European Atomic Energy Commu­                                                   Article 1
 nity, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in
 particular Article 12 (4) thereof ;                                   The import levies to be charged on products pro­
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                          cessed from cereals and rice covered by Regulation
 Committee ;                                                           (EEC) No 1052/68 (8), as fixed in the Annex to amen­
                                                                       ded Regulation (EEC) No 250/73 , are hereby altered
Whereas the import levies on products processed                        as shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation.
from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation
 (EEC) No 250/73 (5), as last amended by Regulation
 (EEC) No 507/73 (6 ) ;                                                                         Article 2
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 February
 levies should be calculated on the basis of an                        1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 23 February 1973 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                              A lember of the Commission
(*) OJ   No  117, 19 . 6. 1 967, p . 2269/67.
(2) OJ   No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(3) OJ   No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
(") OJ   No  174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
(5) OJ   No  L 30, 1 . 2. 1973 , p. 14.                               C) OJ No L 181 , 27. 7. 1968 , p. 6.
(6) OJ   No  L 49 , 22 . 2 . 1973 , p. 33 .                           ( 8) OJ No L 179, 25 . 7. 1968 , p. 8 .
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                                                                       ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 23 February 1973 altering the import levies on products
                                                         processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                          Levies in u. a. / 100 kg
                            CCT heading No                              Third countries
                                                                                                        AASM , OCT, Tanzania , Uganda
                                                              (other than AASM and OCT ,                           and Kenya
                                                                Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya)
                   1102 B II a) H                                            6-192                                   5-942
                   11.02 CI (!)                                              7-399                                   7-149
                   11.02 D I H                                               4-807                                   4-557
                   11.02 E II a) i 1 )                                        8-542                                  8-042
                   11.02 F I i1 )                                             8-542                                  8-042
                   11.02 G I                                                  3-851                                  3-351
                   11.07 Ala )                                                8-853                                  7-953 ,
                   11.07 A I b )                                             6-842                                   5-942
                   11.08 A III                                                1-700                                    0
                   11.09 A                                                  15-000                                     0
                   11.09 B                                                  15-000                                     0
             (') For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 and those
                 falling within subheading 23.02 A , products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 shall be those meeting
                 the following specifications :
                 — a starch content (determined by the modified Ewers polarimetric method), referred to dry matter,
                      exceeding 45 % by weight,
                 — an ash content, by weight, referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not exceeding
                     1 -6 % for rice , 2-5 % for wheat and rye , 3 % for barley , 4 °/o for buckwheat , 5 % for oats and 2 Vo for
                     other cereals .
                 Germ of cereals , whole , rolled , flaked or ground , falls in all cases within heading No 11.02 .