CELEX: 31973R2670
Language: en
Date: 1973-09-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2670/73 of the Commission of 28 September 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 273 / 106                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                29 . 9 . 73
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 2670/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 28 September 1973
                           altering, the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
 COMMUNITIES,                                                                  arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                               of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                         relation to the Community currencies referred to
 Economic Community ;                                                          in the previous subparagraph ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/
 67/EEC ( 1 ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                     Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
 tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­                  differs from the average levy by more than 0*25 unit
 lation (EEC) No 1 346/73 (2 ), and in particular Article                 of account per 100 kilogrammes of basic product ;
  14 (4) thereof ;                                                        whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                           1080/68 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                               1 047/73 (9), the levies at present in force must there­
 67/EEC (3) of 25 July 1 967 on the common organiza­                      fore be altered as shown in the Table annexed to this
 tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the                       Regulation ;
 Act (4) annexed to the Treaty (5) on the Accession of
 new Member States to the European Economic
 Community and the European Atomic Energy
                                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,
 and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof ;
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                                                        Article 1
 Committee ;
                                                                          The import levies to be charged on products
 Whereas the import levies on products processed                          processed from cereals and rice covered by Regulation
 from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC)                     (EEC) No 1052/68 ( 10), as last amended by Regulation '
 No 2368 /73 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                     (EEC) No 881 /73 ( n ), as fixed in the Annex to the
 No 2602/73 (7) ;                                                         amended Regulation (EEC) No 2368/73, are hereby
                                                                          altered as shown in the Table annexed to this Regula­
 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                      tion .
 levies should be calculated on the following basis :
 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in                                                 Article 2
      relation to each other, at any given moment,
      within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based                  This Regulation shall          enter into   force on 29
      on their effective parity ;                                         September 1973.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 28 September 1973 .
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                        P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                 Member of the Commission
C)   OJ  No   1 I 7 , I 9 . 6 1967, p. 2269/ 67.
(-)  oj  No   I. 141 , 28 5 . 1973 , p. 8 .
C')  oj  No   174 , U. 7 1967 , p. 1 .
(4 ) oj  No  I. 73 , 27 .       1972 , p. 14 .                           ( s) OJ No L 181 , 27 . 7 . 1968 , p . 6 .
(5)  OJ  No  1 . 73 , 27 . 5 . 1972 , p. 5 .                             H OJ No L 104, 19 . 4 . 1973, p. 30 .
( h) OJ  No  I. 245 , I. 9 . 1973 , p. 14 .                              ( i0) OJ No L 179, 25. 7 . 1 968 , ^. 8 .
C")  oj  No  L 269 , 26 9 . 1973 , p. 23 .                               (") OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p. 30 .
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                                                                    ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 28 September 1973 altering the import levies on products
                                                     processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                      Levies in u . a. / 100 kg
                          CCT heading No                            Third countries
                                                                                                     AASM , OCT, Tanzania , Uganda
                                                          (other than AASM and OCT,                                 and Kenya
                                                            Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya)
                     11.01 E I (!)                                        2-615                                       2-115
                    11.01 Ell H                                           1-449                                       1-199
                     11.02 A V a) 1 H                                     0-500                                          0
                     11.02 A V a) 2 i1 )                                  2-615                                       2-115
                     11.02 A V b) H                                       1-449                                       1-199
                     11.02 B II c) i 1 )                                  2-130                                       1-880
                     11.02 C V H                                          2-130                                       1-880
                     11.02 D V ( x )                                      1-449                                       1-199
                     11.02 E II c) i 1 )                                  2-615                                       2-115
                     11.02 F V (*)                                        2-615                                       2-115
                     11.02 G II                                           1-381                                       0-881
                     11.06 B I                                            1-700                                         0
                     11.06 B II                                           3-592                                       1-712
                     11.08 AI                                             1-700                                          0
                     11.08 AIV                                            1-700                                          0
                     11.08 A V                                            1-700                                          0
                     17.02 B II a) (2 )                                   8-000                                          0
                     17.02 B II b ) ( 2)                                  5-500                                          0
                     17.05 B I                                            8-000                                          0
                     17.05 B II                                           5-500                                          0
                    23.03 A I                                           15-000                                           0
          (') For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 and those
              falling within subheading 23.02 A , products tailing within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 shall be those meeting
              the following specifications :
              — a starch content (determined by the modified Ewers polarimetric method ), referred to dry matter ,
                  exceeding 45 °/o by weight
              — an ash content, by weight, referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not exceeding
                  1-6 •/« for rice, 2-5 % for wheat, 3 % for barley, 4 % for buckwheat,                  5%     for   oats  and 2 •/« for
                  other cereals .
              Germ of cereals , whole, rolled , flaked or ground , falls in all cases within heading No 11.02 .
          (') Pursuant to Regulation No 189/66/EEC the product falling within subheading No 17.02 B 1 is subject to the
              same levy as products falling within subheading No 17.02 B II.