CELEX: 31973R1185
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-08
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1185/73 of the Commission of 7 May 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

8 . 5 . 73                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                                No L 121 /9
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 1185/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                                of 7 May 1973
                                  fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                 rate of these currencies and, in the case of the US
COMMUNITIES,                                                                   dollar, on the change in parity announced on 13
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                          February 1973 ;
Economic Community ;                                                           Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/                                   provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 254/73
67/ EEC ( 1 ) 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 174/73 (2 ), and in particular                          altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
Article 14 (7) thereof ;
                                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;
                                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas the import levies on white sugar and raw
sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 254/73 (3)                             The levies referred to in Article 14 (1 ) of Regulation
and subsequent amending Regulations ;                                          No 1009/67/EEC are, in respect of white sugar and
                                                                               standard quality raw sugar, hereby fixed as shown in
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                            the Annex to this Regulation .
levies    should     be   calculated     on     the  basis     of   an
exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies                                                     Article 2
which are floating or whose central rate differs from
the official parity, on the effective rate or the central                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 May 1973.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 7 May 1973 .
                                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                                            P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                      Member of the Commission
(') OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973, p. 1 .
(3 ) OJ No L 30 , 1 . 2. 1973 , p . 30 .
                                                                      ANNEX
                                                                                                                         < u.a. / 100
                      CCT
                     heading                                     Description of goods                                       Levy
                       No
                17.01                  Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                       A. Denatured :
                                            I. White sugar                                                                  6-25
                                           II . Raw sugar                                                                   5.21 n
                                       B. Undenatured :
                                            I. White sugar                                                                  6.25
                                           II . Raw sugar                                                                   5.21 (»)
               (*) 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 .