CELEX: 31973R2333
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-30 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2333/73 of the Commission of 29 August 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

30 . 8 . 73                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 242/ 1
                                                                I
                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 2333/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 29 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 J 20/                       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 1 346/73 (2), and in particular Article            Commission that the levies at present in force should
1 3 (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 (3 ) 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 30 August
     on their effective parity ;                                   1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 29 August 1973 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') O ! No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p . 2269/67.
(:) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5. 1 973, p. 8 .
(y) OJ No L 212, I. 8 . 1973, p. 1 .
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                                                            ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 29 August 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat
                                                or rye flour, groats and meal
                              CCT
                             heading                   Description of goods                     II . a . / ton
                                 No
                       10.01 A              Common wheat, and meslin                         0
                       10.01 B              Durum wheat                                      0          (*)(«)
                       10.02                Rye                                             10·12 (5)
                       10.03                Barley                                           0
                       10.04                Oats                                             0·67
                       10 05 B              Maize other than hybrid maize
                                               for sowing                                    7·96 (2)(3)
                       10.07     A          Buckwheat                                        0
                       10.07    B           Millet                                           0·18
                       10.07    C           Grain sorghum                                    8·26
                       10.07    D           Canary seed ; other cereals                      0          («)
                       11.01     A          Wheat or meslin flour                            0
                       11.01    B           Rye flour                                      32·92
                       11.02 Ala            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 .