CELEX: 31973R0481
Language: en
Date: 1973-02-21 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 481/73 of the Commission of 20 February 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flout, groats and meal

21 . 2. 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 48 / 1
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                                               (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 481/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 20 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
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 (*) 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 21 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, 20 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)   O! No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 5 .
(4 )  OJ No L 30 , 1 . 2 . 1973 , p. 1 .
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                                                            ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 20 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                                   43·17 m
                       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                                 36·41 (2)(3)
                       10.07 A                Buckwheat                                      0
                       10.07 B                Millet                                       24·06
                       i 0.07 C               Grain sorghum                                30·35
                       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 A I a            Durum wheat groats and meal                   75·74
                       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.
                       (!) 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 .
                       (') 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 .