CELEX: 31973R1542
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-09 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1542/73 of the Commission of 8 June 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 154/34                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             9 . 6. 73
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 1542/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 8 June 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 Opinion of the Monetary Committee was
                                                                   requested ;
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by the
Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of              Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
new Member States to the European Economic                         differs from the average levy by more than 0-25 unit
Community and the European Atomic Energy                           of account per 100 kilogrammes of basic product ;
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                  whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof ;                          1080/68 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                         1047/73 (7), the levies at present in force must there­
                                                                   fore be altered as shown in the Table annexed to this
67/EEC (4) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the Act             Regulation ;
annexed to the Treaty on the Accession of new
Member States to the European Economic Commu­
nity and the European Atomic Energy Community,                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in par­
ticular Article 1 2 (4) thereof ;                                                           Article 1
Whereas the import levies on products processed
from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                   The import levies to be charged on products
                                                                   processed from cereals and rice covered by Regulation
No 1433/73 0 ;
                                                                   (EEC) No 1052/68 (8), as last amended by Regulation
                                                                   (EEC) No 881 /73 (9), as fixed in the Annex to Regula­
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                tion (EEC) No 1433/73, are hereby altered as shown
levies should be calculated on the following basis :               in the Table annexed to this Regulation .
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
     relation to each other, at any given moment,                                           Article 2
    within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
     on their effective parity ;                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 June 1973.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 8 June 1973 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(!) OJ  No   117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269/67.
(J) OJ  No   L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.                           (6) OJ No L 181 , 27. 7. 1968 , p . 6.
P)  OJ  No   L 73, 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 5 .                           \7) OJ No L 104, 19. 4. 1973, p. 30.
(4) OJ  No   174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .                             (8) OJ No L 179, 25. 7. 1968 , p. 8 .
(5) OJ  No   L 144, 31 . 5 . 1973, p. 17.                          H OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973, p . 30 .
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                                                                   ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 8 June 1973 altering the import levies on products
                                                    processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                    Levies in u.a. / lOO kg
                            CCT heading No                         Third countries
                                                          (other than AASM and OCT,              AASM , OCT, Tanzania , Uganda
                                                            Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya)                    and Kenya
                       11.02 A II (»)                                   9-342                                 8-842
                       11.02 B II b) (i)                                6-783                                 6-533
                       11.02 C II (*>                                   8-109                                 7-859
                       11.02 D II i1 )                                  5-260                                 5-010
                       11.02 E II b) (*)                                9-342                                 8-842
                       11.02 F II (*)                                   9-342                                 8-842
           (l) 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 meetiiig
               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 °/o for buckwheat, 5 •/« for oats and 2 % for
                   other cereals .
               Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground, falls in all cases within heading No 11.02.