CELEX: 31973R1303
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-19 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1303/73 of the Commission of 18 May 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

19 . 5 . 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 132/ 5
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 1303/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 18 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 19 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, 18 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.
(J) 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 18 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                   38·06
                       10.01 B             Durum wheat                                 40·12 ( J )(4 )
                       10.02               Rye                                         48·56 (5)
                       10.03               Barley                                      35·02
                       10.04               Oats                                        24·76
                       10.05 B             Maize other than hybrid maize
                                              for sowing                               23·37 ( 2 )(3)
                      10.07 A              Buckwheat                                      0
                      10.07 B              Millet                                      26·77
                      10.07 C              Grain sorghum                               26·56
                      10.07 D              Canary seed ; other cereals                    0    («)
                      11.01 A              Wheat or meslin flour                       72·04
                       11.01 B             Rye flour                                   78·35
                       11.02 Ala           Durum wheat groats and meal                 71·10
                      11.02 Alb            Common wheat groats and meal                76·10
                      (») 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 reduced by 6 u.a. /metric ton .
                      (s) 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 .