CELEX: 31973R1070
Language: en
Date: 1973-04-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1070/73 of the Commission of 25 April 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

26. 4. 73                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 109/ 1
                                                                 I
                                               (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 1070/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 25 April 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/                          contained in Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 to the
67/EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organi­                     offer prices and today's quotations known to the
zation of the market in cereals, as last amended by                  Commission that the levies at present in force
the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Acces­                  should be altered as shown in the Annex to this
sion of new Member States to the European                            Regulation ;
Economic Community and the European Atomic
Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22
January 1972, and in particular Article 13 (5 )                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
thereof ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
                                                                                              Article 1
Committee ;
"Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye                 The import levies to be charged on the products
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by                       listed in Article 1 ( a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No
Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 (4) and subsequent                        120/67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
amending Regulations ;                                               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 curren­
cies which are floating or whose central rate differs                This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 April
from 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, 25 April 1973 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                           Member of the Commission
f1) OJ No   117, 19. 6 . 1967, p. 2269/67.
(•) OJ No  L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p. 14 .
(») OJ No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 5 .
(*) OJ No  L 30, 1. 2. 1973 , p . 1 .
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                                                           ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 25 April 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                     43.62
                      10.01 B              Durum wheat                                  41.06 (*)(«)
                      10.02                Rye                                          42.13 (5)
                      10.03                Barley                                       38.72
                      10.04                Oats                                         26.40
                      10.05 B              Maize other than hybrid maize
                                             for sowing                                 36.78 ( 2 )(3)
                      10.07 A              Buckwheat                                        0
                      10.07 B              Millet                                       37.36
                      10.07     C          Grain sorghum                                38.06
                      10.07     D          Canary seed ; other cereals                      0     (*)
                      11.01     A          Wheat or meslin flour                        79.82
                      11.01     B          Rye flour                                    69.00
                      11.02     Ala        Durum wheat groats and meal                  73.17
                      11.02 Alb            Common wheat groats and meal                 85.24
                      (') 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 ton .
                      (3) 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 .