CELEX: 31973R3175
Language: en
Date: 1973-11-23 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3175/73 of the Commission of 22 November 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 322/ 36                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              23 . 11 . 73
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 3175/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 22 November 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/
67/EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                    Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­                differs from the average levy by more than 0-25 unit
lation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2), and in particular Article                 of account per 100 kilogrammes of basic product ;
14 (4) thereof ;                                                       whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                       1080/68 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                            1047/73 (9), the levies at present in force must there­
67/EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                     fore be altered as shown in the Table annexed to this
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the                     Regulation,
Act (4) annexed to the Treaty (5) on the Accession of
new Member States to the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,
and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof ;
                                                                                                 Article 1
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                            The import levies to be charged on products
Whereas the import levies on products processed                        processed from cereals and rice covered by Regulation
from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC)                   (EEC) No 1052/68 ( 10), as last amended by Regulation
No 2968 /73 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                   (EEC) No 881 /73 (n ), as fixed in the Annex to the
No 3087/73 (7) ;                                                       amended Regulation (EEC) No 2968/73, are hereby
                                                                       altered as shown in the Table annexed to this Regula­
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                    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   23
     on their effective parity ;                                       November 1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
                Done at Brussels, 22 November 1973 .
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                      P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                               Member of the Commission
(')  OJ  No  117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/ 67 .
(2 ) OJ  No  L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 8 .
(3 ) OJ  No  174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p . 1 .
(4)  OJ  No  L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14 .                            (8) OJ No L 181 , 27. 7. 1968 , p . 6.
(5 ) OJ  No  L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 5 .                             (9) OJ No L 104, 19 . 4. 1973 , p. 30 .
(o)  OJ  No  L 303 , 1 . 11 . 1973 , p . 21 .                          ( 10) OJ No L 179, 25 . 7 . 1968 , p . 8 .
( 7) OJ  No  L 314, 15 . 11 . 1973 , p . 27 .                          (") OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p . 30 .
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                                                                     ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 22 November 1973 altering the import levies on products
                                                       processed from cereals and 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 All (*)                                       2-862                                  2-362
                       11.02 B II b) (»)                                   1-995                                  1-745
                       11.02 C II i1)                                      2-349                                  2-099
                       11.02 D II i 1)                                     1-588                                  1-388
                       11.02 E II b) (*)                                   2-862                                  2-362
                       11.02 F II H                                        2-862                                  2-362
             (') 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, J •/# for oats and 2 •/• for
                     other cereals .
                 Cïrrm of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground, falls in all cases within heading No 11.02.