CELEX: 31973R2446
Language: en
Date: 1973-09-07 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2446/73 of the Commission of 6 September 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 250/44                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                7 . 9 . 73
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 2446/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 6 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 ( ! ) 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 1346/73 (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 3 59/                            1047/73 (9), the levies at present in force must there­
67/EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 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 ;
                                                                                                     Article 1
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
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 2430/73 ( 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 7 September
     on their effective parity ;                                         1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
                Done at Brussels, 6 September 1973 .
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                        P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                 Member of the Commission
(')  OJ  No  117 , 19 . 6 . 1967 , p . 2269 / 67 .
0    OJ  No  L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 8 .
(3 ) OJ No   174, 31 . 7 . 1967 , p . 1 .
C)   OJ  No  L 73 , 27 . .5 . 1972, p . 14 .                            ( s ) O ) No L 181 , 27 . 7 . 1968 , p . 6 .
(5 ) 0|  No  L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 5 .                              (") OJ No L 104, 19 . 4 . 1973 , p . 30 .
(b) Oj No L 245, I. 9 . 1973 , p . 14.                                  ( I0 ) 0 1 No L 179, 25 . 7 . 1968 , p . 8 .
( 7) Oj No L 249 , 6 . 9 . 1973 , p . 17 .                              (") O'l No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p . 30 .
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                                                                       ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 6 September 1973 altering the import levies on products
                                                        processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                         Levies in u.a. / lOO kg
                           CCT heading No                              Third countries
                                                                                                      AASM , OCT, Tanzania , Uganda
                                                             (other than AASM and OCT,                              and Kenya
                                                               Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya)
                      11.01   K (!)                                         1-779                                      1-529
                      11.01   A IX H                                        1-779                                      1-529
                      11.02  B II d ) (»)                                   2-648                                      2-398
                      11.02   C VIII ( x )                                  2-648                                     2-398
                      11.02   D VIII H                                      1-779                                      1-529
                      11.02  E II d) ( x )                                  3-198                                     2-698
                      11.02  F IX (»)                                       1-779                                     1 -529
                      23.02  A I a)                                         0-125                                     0-125
                      23.02  A I b) 1                                       0-200                                     0-200
                      23.02  A I b) 2                                       0-399                                     0-399
                      23.02 A II a )                                        0-100                                     0-100
                      23.02 A II b )                                        0-399                                     0-399
          ( l) 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 falling 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 % by weight
               — an ash content, by weight, referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not exceeding
                   1-6 °/o for rice , 2-5 % for wheat, 3 % for barley, 4 °/o for buckwheat,              5 */o  for   oats  and 2 •/« for
                   other cereals .
               Grrm of cereals , whole , rolled , flaked or ground , falls in all cases within heading No 11.02 .