CELEX: 31973R0402
Language: en
Date: 1973-02-16 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 402/73 of the Commission of 15 February 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

16. 2. 73                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 44/ 1
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                                                (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 402/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 15 February 1973
                            fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        central rate of these currencies and, in the case of
COMMUNITIES,                                                          the US dollar, on the change in parity announced
                                                                      on 13 February 1973 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community;
                                                                      Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                        contained in Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 to the
EEC ( x ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                     offer prices and today's quotations known to the
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by the                 Commission that the levies at present in force should
Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession                    be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
of new Member States to the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy Com­
munity, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
in particular Article 13 (5 ) thereof ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                                                  Article 1
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and                       The import levies to be charged on the products
rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed by                   listed in Article 1 ( a), ( b) and ( c) of Regulation
Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 (4) and subsequent                         No 120/67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the
amending Regulations ;                                                Table annexed to this Regulation.
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
levies should be calculated on the basis of an                                               Article 2
exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies
which are floating or whose central rate differs from                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 February
the official parity, on the effective rate or the                      1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 15 February 1973 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                              Member of the Commission
 ( 1) OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67 .
 (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p . 14 .
 (3) Of No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
 (4 ) O T No L 30, 1 . 2 . 1973 , p . 1 .
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                                                          ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 15 February 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 meslin                     50.14
                      10.01 B               Durum wheat                                  44.83 Ht4)
                      10.02                 Rye                                          35.44 (5)
                      10.03                 Barley                                       25.42
                      10.04                 Oats                                        17.65
                      10.05 B                Maize other than hybrid maize
                                               for sowing                               37.40 (2) (3)
                      10.07 A               Buckwheat                                      0
                       10.07 B               Millet                                     21.57
                       10.07 C               Grain sorghum                               30.35 1
                       10.07 D              Canary seed; other cereals                     0      (4)
                      11.01 A                Wheat or meslin flour                        88.95
                      11.01 B                Rye flour                                    59.99
                      11.02 Ala              Durum wheat groats and meal                  78.32
                       11.02 Alb             Common wheat groats and meal                 95.34
                       (') Where 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.
                      (l) Where maize originating in the AASM and OCT is imported into the
                           French Overseas Departments, the levy is 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 .
                      (4) 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 .