CELEX: 31973R2401
Language: en
Date: 1973-09-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2401/73 of the Commission of 3 September 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

4 . 9 . 73                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                                     No L 247/7
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 2401 /73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 3 September 1973
                                  fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                       of these currencies recorded for a given period , in
COMMUNITIES ,                                                                        relation to the Community currencies referred to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                in the previous subparagraph ;
Economic Community ;                                                            Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/                                    provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1738 /73
67/ EEC (') 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 1928 /73 (2 ), and in particular                         altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
Article 14(7) thereof ;
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
 Committee ;                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the import levies on white sugar and raw
 sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1738 /73 (3)                                                          Article 1
 and subsequent amending Regulations ;
                                                                                 The levies referred to in Article 14(1 ) of Regulation
 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                             No 1009/67/ EEC are, in respect of white sugar and
 levies should be calculated on the following basis :                            standard quality raw sugar, hereby fixed as shown in
 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in                             the Annex to this Regulation .
       relation to each other, at any given moment,
      within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based                                                        Article 2
       on their effective parity ;
 — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 September
       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                          1973 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                 Done at Brussels, 3 September 1973 .
                                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                                P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                        Member of the Commission
 (•) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p . 1 .
  (2) OJ No L 199, 19 . 7 . 1973, p . 7 .
 P) OJ No L 176, 30 . 6. 1973 , p. 30 .
                                                                        ANNEX
                                                                                                                              {u.a. /lOO kg)
                        CCT
                       heading                                    Description of goods                                          Levy
                         No
                 17.01                  Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                        A. Denatured :
                                             I. White sugar                                                                     8-82
                                            II. Raw sugar                                                                       7-23 i 1 )
                                        B. Undenatured :
                                             L White sugar                                                                      8-82
                                            II. Raw sugar                                                                       7-23 (»)
                 (*) Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 °/o ; if the yield is other than 92 °/o, the levy applicable is calculated
                     in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 837/68 .