CELEX: 31973R0975
Language: en
Date: 1973-04-12
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 975/73 of the Commission of 11 April 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

12. 4. 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 97/21
                                    REGULATION (EEC) No 975/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 11 April 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
                                                                      on 13 February 1973 ;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
 pean Economic Community ;                                            Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
  Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                         contained in Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 to the
  67/EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organi­                    offer prices and today's quotations known to the
  zation of the market in cereals, as last amended by                 Commission that the levies at present in force
 the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Acces­                  should be altered as shown in the Annex to this
  sion of new Member States to the European                           Regulation ;
 Economic Community and the European Atomic
  Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22
 January 1972, and in particular Article 13 (5 )                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 thereof ;
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                                                 Article 1
 Committee ;
 Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye                  The import levies to be charged on the products
 flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by                       listed in Article 1 (a), (b ) and (c) of Regulation No
 Regulation ( EEC) No 244/73 (4) and subsequent                       120/67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
 amending Regulations ;                                              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 curren­
 cies which are floating or whose central rate differs               This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 April
 from 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, 11 April 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 11 April 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                      46-19
                      10.01 B              Durum wheat                                   41-89 (*)(«)
                      10.02                Rye                                           42-96 (5)
                      10.03                Barley                                        34-00
                      10.04                Oats                                          26-40
                      10.05 B              Maize other than hybrid maize
                                              for sowing                                 37-65 (2)(3)
                      10.07 A              Buckwheat                                        0
                      10.07 B              Millet                                        38-19
                      10.07 C              Grain sorghum                                 37-21
                      10.07 D              Canary seed ; other cereals                      o        n
                      11.01 A              Wheat or mesiin flour                         83-42
                      11.01 B              Rye flour                                     70-51
                      11.02 Ala            Durum wheat groats and meal                   73-82
                      11.02 Alb            Common wheat groats and meal                  89-13
                       ') 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 .
                       2) 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 .
                       3) 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 .
                       5) 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 .