CELEX: 31973R2597
Language: en
Date: 1973-09-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2597/73 of the Commission of 25 September 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

26 . 9 . 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                             No L 269 / 11
                             REGULATION ( EEC) No 2597/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 25 September 1973
                                 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                    of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
COMMUNITIES ,                                                                     relation to the Community currencies referred to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                             in the previous subparagraph ;
Economic Community ;
                                                                              Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/                                  provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1738 /73
67/ EEC (') of 18 December 1967 on the common                                 to the information at present available to the Commis­
organization of the market in sugar, as last amended                          sion that the levies at present in force should be
by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 928 /73 (2), and in particular                      altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
Article 14 (7) thereof ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the import levies on white sugar and raw
sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1738 /73 (3)                                                     Article 1
and subsequent amending Regulations ;
                                                                              The levies referred to in Article 14 (1 ) of Regulation
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                           No 1009/67/EEC are, in respect of white sugar and
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                          standard quality raw sugar, hereby fixed as shown in
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                           the Annex to this Regulation .
     relation to each other, at any given moment,
     within a band of 2.25 % , a rate of exchange based                                                   Article 2
     on their effective parity ;
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 26
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                         September 1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 25 September 1973 .
                                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                                           P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                    Member of the Commission
(>) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967 , p . 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 199 , 19 . 7. 1973 , p . 7.
(J ) OJ No L 176, 30 . 6 . 1973 , p . 30 .
                                                                     ANNEX
                                                                                                                       (u.a./100 kg)
                      CCT
                     heading                                    Description of goods                                     Levy
                       No
               17.01                  Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                      A. Denatured :
                                            I. White sugar                                                               8.15
                                           II. Raw sugar                                                                 6.37 (i)
                                      B. Undenatured :
                                            I. White sugar                                                               8.15
                                           II. Raw sugar                                                                 6.37 (*)
               (') Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 % ; if the yield is other than 92% , the levy applicable is calculated
                   in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 837/68.