CELEX: 31973R0969
Language: en
Date: 1973-04-11 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 969/73 of the Commission of 10 April 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

11 . 4. 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                              No L 95/7
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 969/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                              of 10 April 1973
                                      fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                the US dollar, on the change in parity announced
COMMUNITIES,                                                                  on 13 February 1973 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                            Whereas it follows from applying the rules and
pean Economic Community;                                                      other provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/67/                               254/73 to the information at present available to
EEC (*) of 18 December 1967 on the common organ­                              the Commission that the levies at present in force
                                                                               should be altered as shown in the Annex to this
ization of the market in sugar, as last amended by
Regulation ( EEC) No 174/73 (2), and in particular                            Regulation ;
Article 14 (7) thereof;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Committee ;
                                                                                                        Article 1
Whereas the import levies on white sugar and raw
sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 254/                                  The levies referred to in Article 14 ( 1 ) of Regulation
73 (3) and subsequent amending Regulations ;                                  No 1009/67/EEC are, in respect of white sugar and
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                           standard quality raw sugar, hereby fixed as shown
levies should be calculated on the basis of an                                 in the Annex to this Regulation.
exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies
                                                                                                        Article 2
which are floating or whose central rate differs from
the official parity, on the effective rate or the                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 April
central rate of these currencies and, in the case of                           1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 10 April 1973 .
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                           P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                      Member of the Commission
(») OJ No 308, 18. 12. 1967, p. 1 .
(l) OJ No L 25, 30. 1 . 1973, p. 1 .
(») OJ No L 30, 1 . 2. 1973, p. 30.
                                                                     ANNEX
                                                                                                                    (u.a. /100 kg)
                     CCT
                    heading                                     Description of goods                                  Levy
                      No
              17.01                   Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                      A. Denatured :
                                           I. White sugar                                                             6.39
                                          II. Raw sugar                                                               5.61 (»)
                                      B. Undenatured :
                                           I. White sugar                                                             6.39
                                          II . Raw sugar                                                              5.61 (>)
              (') Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92% ; if the yield is other than 92%, the levy applicable is calculated
                  in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 837/68.