CELEX: 31973R3044
Language: en
Date: 1973-11-10 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3044/73 of the Commission of 9 November 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

10 . 11 . 73                           Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 310/ 1
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                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 3044/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 9 November 1973
                     fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
 COMMUNITIES,                                                          arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                       of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 relation to the Community currencies referred to
 Economic Community ;                                                  in the previous subparagraph ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                       Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
 67/ EEC ( !) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­              contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2076/73 to the
 tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­           offer prices and today's quotations known to the
 lation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2), and in particular Article            Commission that the levies at present in force should
 13(5) thereof ;                                                   be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
 Committee ;                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye
                                                                                           Article 1
 flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 2076/73 (3) and subsequent amending                 The import levies to be charged on the products listed
 Regulations ;                                                     in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No 120/
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
 levies should be calculated on the following basis :              annexed to this Regulation .
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                                        Article 2
      relation to each other, at any given moment,
     within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based            This Regulation      shall enter into force on       10
     on their effective parity ;                                   November 1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 9 November 1973 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(!) OJ No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
(2) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973, p. 8 .
(3 OJ No L 212, 1 . 8 . 1973, p. 1 .
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                                                              ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 9 November 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                                0
                       1 0.0 1 li             Durum wheat                                           o       C)H
                       10.02                  Rye                                                  11-70 (5)
                       10.0.3                 Barley                                               12-46
                       10.04                  Oats                                                  2-57
                       10.05 B                Maize other than hybrid maize
                                                 for sowing                                        10-38 (2 )(3)
                       10.07 A                Buckwheat                                             0
                       10.07 B                Millet                                               11-23
                        10.07 C               Grain sorghum                                         0
                        10.07 D               Canary seed ; other cereals                           0       (4)
                        11.01 A               Wheat or mesiin flour                                 0
                        Π.01 B                Rye flour                                          . 35-12
                        1 1 .02 A 1 a         Durum wheat groats and meal                           0
                        1 1.02 A 1 b          Common wheat groats and meal                          0
                       (') Wlierc 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 A ASM and OCT is imported into the
                             French Overseas Departments , the levy in reduced 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 .