CELEX: 31973R0705
Language: en
Date: 1973-03-14 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 705/73 of the Commission of 13 March 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 67/26                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             14. 3 . 73
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 705/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 13 March 1973
                            altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       exchange rate which is based, in the case of cur­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                         rencies which are floating or whose central rate
                                                                      differs from the official parity, on the effective rate
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                    or the central rate of these currencies and, in the
pean Economic Community ;                                             case of the US dollar, on the change in parity
                                                                     announced on 13 February 1973 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No
 120/67/EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common or­                    Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
ganization of the market in cereals, as last amended                 differs from the average levy by more than 0-25 units
 by the Act (2 ) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Acces­             of account per 100 kilogrammes of basic product ;
sion of new Member States to the European Econo­                     whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC)
mic Community and the European Atomic Energy                         No 1080/68 (7), the levies at present in force must
 Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                  therefore be altered as shown in the Table annexed
 and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof ;                          to this Regulation ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No
359/67/EEC (4) of 25 July 1967 on the common or­
ganization of the market in rice, as last amended by
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the Act annexed to the Treaty on the Accession of
new Member States to the European Economic Com­
munity and the European Atomic Energy Commu­                                                  Article 1
nity, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in
particular Article 12 (4) thereof ;                                 The import levies to be charged on products pro­
                                                                    cessed from cereals and rice covered by Regulation
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                         ( EEC ) No 1052/68 (8), as fixed in the Annex to
Committee ;                                                          amended Regulation ( EEC) No 581 /73 , are hereby
Whereas the import levies on products processed                     altered as shown in the Table annexed to this Re­
from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation                       gulation .
(EEC ) No 581 /73 (5 ), as last amended by Regulation
 (EEC ) No 691 /73 ( 6 ) ;                                                                    Article 2
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 March
 levies should be calculated on the basis of an                     1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 13 March 1973 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(!)  OJ No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p . 2269/67.
(*)  OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 14 .
(3)  OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 5 .
(4)  OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 1 .
( 5) OJ No L 56 , 1 . 3 . 1973 , p. 22 .                            ( 7) OJ No L 181 , 27. 7. 1968, p. 6.
(•)  OJ No L 66 , 13 . 3 . 1973 , p. 24 .                           ( 8) OJ No L 179, 25 . 7. 1968 , p. 8 .
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                                                                    ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 13 March 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)
                       23.02 A I a)                                       1-165                                 1-165
                       23.02 A I b) 1                                     1-864                                 1-864
                       23.02 A I b ) 2                                   3-728                                  3-728
                       23.02 A II a )                                    0-932                                  0-932
                       23.02 A II b )                                    3-728                                  3-728
           ( 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 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 and rye, 3 °/o for barley, 4 % 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.