CELEX: 31973R0561
Language: en
Date: 1973-02-28 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 561/73 of the Commission of 27 February 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 55 6                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           28 . 2 . 73
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 561/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 27 February 1973
                          fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    central rate of these currencies and, in the case of
COMMUNITIES,                                                      the US dollar, on the change in parity announced
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                on 13 February 1973 ;
pean Economic Community;
                                                                  Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                    contained in Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 to the
EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                   offer prices and today's quotations known to the
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by the             Commission that the levies at present in force should
Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession                be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
of new Member States to the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy Com­
munity, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
in particular Article 13 (5 ) thereof ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                                              Article 1
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and                   The import levies to be charged on the products
rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed by               listed in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation
 Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 (4) and subsequent                    No 120/67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the
 amending Regulations ;                                            Table annexed to this Regulation.
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
levies should be calculated on the basis of an                                           Article 2
exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies
which are floating or whose central rate differs from             This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 February
the official parity, on the effective rate or the                  1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 27 February 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) 0} No L 30, 1 . 2. 1973 , p. 1 .
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                                                             ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 27 February 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat
                                                 or rye flour, groats and meal
                               CCT
                              heading                   Description of goods                 u. a. /ton
                                 No
                       10.01 A               Common wheat, and mesiin                     47-33
                       10.01 B               Durum wheat                                  41-93 m
                       10.02                 Rye                                          36-48 (5)
                       10.03                 Barley                                       27-91
                       10.04                 Oats                                         17-65
                       10.05 B               Maize other than hybrid maize
                                                for sowing                                36-41 (2)(8)
                       10.07 A               Buckwheat                                     0
                       10.07 B               Millet                                       26-54
                       10.07 C               Grain sorghum                                32-63
                       10.07 D               Canary seed; other cereals                    0        (4)
                       11.01 A               Wheat or mesiin flour                        85-01
                       11.01 B               Rye flour                                    61-45
                       11.02 Ala             Durum wheat groats and meal                  73-82
                       11.02 Alb             Common wheat groats and meal                91-09
                       (') 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 is 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 2622171 .