CELEX: 31973R1306
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-19 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1306/73 of the Commission of 18 May 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

19 . 5 . 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                                  No L 132/ 11
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 1306/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                                of 18 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 1 973 ;
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 174/73 (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                                                       Article 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 19 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, 18 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. 1 .
P OJ Nc L 30, 1 . 2. 1973, p. 30 .
                                                                      ANNEX
                                                                                                                          (u.a. /100 kg)
                      CCT
                     heading                                     Description of goods                                        Levy
                       No
                17.01                  Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                       A. Denatured :
                                            I. White sugar                                                                   5·86
                                           II. Raw sugar                                                                     4·42 ( J )
                                       B. Undenatured :
                                            I. White sugar                                                                   5·86
                                           II. Raw sugar                                                                     4·42 (*)
               (i) 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.