CELEX: 31973R1677
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1677/73 of the Commission of 25 June 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

26 . 6 . 73                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 169 / 21
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 1677/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 25 June 1973
                      altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
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 the Opinion of the Monetary Committee was
67/EEC ( 1 ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                 requested ;
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by the
Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of                Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
new Member States to the European Economic                           differs from the average levy by more than 0-25 unit
Community and the European Atomic Energy                             of account per 100 kilogrammes of basic product ;
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                    whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof ;                            1080/68 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      1 047/73 (8), the levies at present in force must there­
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                           fore be altered as shown in the Table annexed to this
67/EEC (4) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­
                                                                     Regulation ;
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the Act
annexed to the Treaty on the Accession of new
Member States to the European Economic Commu­                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
nity and the European Atomic Energy Community,
signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in par­
                                                                                                  Article 1
ticular Article 1 2 (4) thereof ;
Whereas the import levies on products processed                      The import levies to be charged on products
from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC)                  processed from cereals and rice covered by Regulation
No 1433/73 (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                    (EEC) No 1052/68 (9), as last amended by Regulation
1542/73 (6) ;                                                        (EEC) No 881 /73 (10), as fixed in the Annex to
                                                                      amended Regulation (EEC) No 1433/73, are hereby
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                   altered as shown in the Table annexed to this Regula­
                                                                      tion .
levies should be calculated on the following basis :
— 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 26 June
     on their effective parity ;                                      1973 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 25 June 1973 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                             Member of the Commission
(i)  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.                              (7) OJ No L 181 ,  27.   7. 1968 , p. 6.
(*)  OJ  No   174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 1 .                              (8) OJ No L 104,    19 . 4. 1973 , p. 30 .
(S ) OJ  No   L 144, 31 . 5 . 1973 , p . 17.                          O OJ No L 179 ,    25 .  7. 1968 , p. 8.
(0)  OJ  No   L 154, 9 . 6 . 1973 , p. 34.                            H OJ No L 86,      31 .  3. 1973 , p. 30 .
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                                                                   ANNEX
                     to the Commission Regulation of 25 June 1973 altering the import levies on products
                                                     processed from cereals arid rice
                                                                                     Levies in u. a. / 100 kg
                           CCT heading No                          Third countries
                                                                                                   AASM , OCT, Tanzania , Uganda
                                                          (other than AASM and OCT,                              and Kenya
                                                            Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya)
                       11.02 A II i 1 )                                 8-892                                      8-392
                       11.02 B II b) H                                  6-450                                      6-200
                       11.02 C II i 1 )                                 7-709                                      7-459
                       11.02 D II (l )                                  5-005                                      4-755
                       11.02 E II b) i1)                                 8-892                                     8-392
                       11.02 F II (*)                                    8-892                                     8-392
            (l) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 and those
                falling within subheading 23.02 A , products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 shall be those meeting
                the following specifications :
                — a starch content (determined by the modified Ewers polarimetric method), referred to dry matter ,
                    exceeding 45 °/« by weight
                — an ash content, by weight, referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not exceeding
                    1*6 •/• for rice , 2-5 % for wheat, 3 % for barley, 4 •/• for buckwheat,           5 •/•  for  oats  and 2 •/• for
                    other cereals .
                Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground, falls in all cases within heading No 11.02.