CELEX: 31973R0693
Language: en
Date: 1973-03-14 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 693/73 of the Commission of 13 March 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

14. 3 . 73                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 67/1
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                                              (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 693/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 13 March 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 ol
 COMMUNITIES ,                                                     the US dollar, on the change in parity ' announced
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                on 13 February 1973 ;
 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 (1 ) 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
 in particular Article 13 (5 ) thereof ;                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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 14 March
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, 13 March 1973 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                          Member of the Commission
( l ) OJ No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67 .
( 2) Oj No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14 .
(3) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 5 .
(4) Oj No I. 30, 1 . 2. 1973, p. 1 .
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                                                           ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 13 March 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat
                                               cr rye flour, groats and meal
                              CCT
                             heading                  Description ot goods                   u. a. / ton
                                No
                      10.01 A               Common wheat, and mesiin                     47-86
                      10.01 B               Durum wheat                                  42-23 (*)(4)
                      10.02                 Rye                                          39-51 (5)
                      10.03                 Barley                                       30-41
                      10.04                 Oats                                         19-33
                      10.0.5 B              Maize other than hybrid maize
                                               for sowing                                39-24 (2 )(3 )
                      10.07 A               Buckwheat                                     0
                      10.07 B               Millet                                       31-12
                      10.07 C               Grain sorghum                                33-48
                      [ 0.07 D              Canary seed ; other cereals                   o         n
                      11.01 A               Wheat or mesiin flour                        85-76
                      11.01 B               Rye flour                                    65-69
                      11.02 Ala             Durum wheat groats and meal                  74-32
                      11.02 Alb             Common wheat groats and meal                 91-78
                      (') 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 .
                     (') Where maize originating in the AASM and OCT is imported into the
                          French Overseas Departments, the levy is reduced by 6 u .a ./metric ion .
                     [') 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 .