CELEX: 31973R1254
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-16 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1254/73 of the Commission of 15 May 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

16 . 5. 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 129/ 1
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                                               (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1254/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 15 May 1973
                    fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       which are floating or whose central rate differs from
COMMUNITIES,                                                         the official parity, on the effective rate or the central
                                                                     rate of these currencies and, in the case of the US
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                dollar, on the change in parity announced on 13
Economic Community ;                                                 February 1973 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No                               Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
120/67/EEC (J) of 13 June 1967 on the common                         contained in Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 to the offer
organization of the market in cereals, as last amended               prices and today's quotations known to the Commis­
by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Acces­               sion that the levies at present in force should be
sion of new Member States to the European Economic                   altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
Community and the European Atomic Energy
Community signed at Brussels on 22 Janaury 1972,
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
and in particular Article 1 3 (5) thereof ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                                                 Article 1
Committee ;
                                                                     The import levies to be charged on the products listed
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye                  in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No 120/
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­               67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
tion (EEC) No 244/73 (4) and subsequent amending                     annexed to this Regulation .
Regulations ;
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
levies   should   be    calculated      on   the   basis of  an      This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 May
exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies              1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 15 May 1973 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No  117, 19 . 6. 1967, p . 2269/67.
(2) OJ  No  L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(3) OJ  No  L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 5.
(4) OJ  No  L 30, 1 . 2. 1973 , p . 1 .
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                                                           ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 15 May 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 meslin                   39·85
                       10.01 B             Durum wheat                                41·78 (*)(«)
                       10.02               Rye                                        46·49 (5)
                       10.03               Barley                                     35·84
                       10.04               Oats                                       28·90
                       10.05 B             Maize other than hybrid maize
                                              for sowing                              24·62 (2)(8)
                       10.07 A             Buckwheat                                     0
                       10.07 B             Millet                                     28·27
                       10.07 C             Grain sorghum                              27·31
                       10.07 D             Canary seed ; other cereals                   0    (*)
                       11.01 A             Wheat or meslin flour                      74·55
                       11.01 B             Rye flour                                  75·45
                       11.02 Ala           Durum wheat groats and meal                73·02
                       11.02 Alb           Common wheat groats and meal               79·43
                      (») 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 seduced 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.
                      (4) 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 .