CELEX: 31973R2303
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-25 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2303/73 of the Commission of 24 August 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

25 . 8 . 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 237/ 1
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                                               (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2303/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 24 August 1973
                   fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
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 it follows from applying the provisions
67/EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                   contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2076/73 to the
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­              offer prices and today's quotations known to the
lation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2), and in particular Article               Commission that the levies at present in force should
13 (5) thereof ;                                                     be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye
                                                                                            Article 1
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 2076/73 (5) and subsequent amending                    The import levies to be charged on the products listed
Regulations ;                                                        in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No 120/
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                  67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                 annexed to this Regulation .
— 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 25 August
     on their effective parity ;                                     1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 24 August 1973 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269 / 67 .
I1) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5. 1973, p. 8 .
(3 ) OJ No L 212, 1 . 8 . 1 973 , p . 1 .
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                                                           ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 24 August 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat
                                               or rye flour, groats and meal
                              CCT
                             heading                   Description of goods                       ti . a . / ton
                               No
                       10.01 A              Common wheat, and meslin                            0
                      10.01 B               Durum wheat                                         0          (*)(«)
                       10.02                Rye                                                10·12 (8)
                       10.03                Barley                                              0
                      10.04                 Oats                                                0
                      10 05 B               Maize other than hybrid maize
                                              for sowing                                        1·99 (2)(3)
                       10.07 A              Buckwheat                                           0
                       10.07 B              Millet                                              0
                       10.07 C              Grain sorghum                                       8·26
                      10.07 D               Canary seed ; other cereals                         0          (4)
                       11.01    A           Wheat or meslin flour                               0
                       1 1.01  B            Rye flour                                         32·92
                       11.02    A I a       Durum wheat groats and meal                         0
                       11.02    Alb         Common wheat groats and meal                        0
                       (') 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 in reduced by 6 u . a . /metric ton .
                      (') 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 .