CELEX: 31973R2398
Language: en
Date: 1973-09-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2398/73 of the Commission of 3 September 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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                                                (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2398 /73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 3 September 1973
                     fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
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/                          Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
 67/EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                   contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2076/73 to the
 tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­              offer prices and today's quotations known to the
 lation (EEC) No 1 346/73 (2 ), and in particular Article             Commission that the levies at present in force should
 13 (5) thereof ;                                                     be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
 Committee ;                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye
                                                                                             Article 1
 flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 2076/73 (3 ) and subsequent amending                   The import levies to be charged on the products listed
 Regulations ;                                                        in Article 1(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No 120/
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                   67/ EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
 levies should be calculated on the following basis :                 annexed to this Regulation .
— 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 4 September
       on their effective parity ;                                    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 117 , 19 . 6 . 1967 , p . 2269 / 67 .
(') OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 8 .
( 3 ) OJ No L 212, I. 8 . 1 973 , p . 1 .
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                                                              ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 3 September 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                            0
                       10.01 B                Durum wheat                                         0
                        10 .02                Rye                                                11-66 (5)
                        1 0.0.3               Barley                                              0
                       10.04                  Oats                                                6-26
                       10 05 B                Maize other than hybrid maize
                                                 for sowing                                       8-73 (2)(3)
                        10.07 A               Buckwheat                                           0
                        10.07 B               Millet                                              0-18
                       10.07 C                Grain sorghum                                       9-80
                       1 0.07 D               Canary seed ; other cereals                         0       («)
                       11.01 A                Wheat or mesiin flour                               0
                       11.01 B                Rye flour                                         34-26
                       1 1.02 A I a           Durum wheat groats and meal                         0
                       1 1.02 A Ih            Common wheat groats and meal                        0
                       (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from
                            that country (<> 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 in 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 couniry 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 couniry to the Community is laid down in Council Regulation
                            (EEC) No 1234 /71 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .