CELEX: 31974R0397
Language: en
Date: 1974-02-16 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 397/74 of the Commission of 15 February 1974 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

16. 2. 74                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 44/ 1
                                                             I
                                          (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                           REGULATION (EEC) No 397/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                  of 15 February 1974
                             fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
COMMUNITIES,                                                        relation to the Community currencies referred to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               in the previous subparagraph ;
Economic Community ;                                            Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/                    provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1738/73
67/EEC (1) of 18 December 1967 on the common                    to the information at present available to the Commis­
organization of the market in sugar, as last amended            sion that the levies at present in force should be
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 928/73 (2), and in particular          altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,
Article 1 4 (7) thereof ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the import levies on white sugar and raw
sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1738/73 (3)                                    Article 1
and subsequent amending Regulations ;
                                                                The levies referred to in Article 14(1 ) of Regulation
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,             No 1009/67/EEC are, in respect of white sugar and
levies should be calculated on the following basis :            standard quality raw sugar, hereby fixed as shown in
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in             the Annex to this Regulation.
     relation to each other, at any given moment,
    within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based                                 Article 2
    on their effective parity ;
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the            This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 February
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each           1974.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 15 February 1974.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(i) OJ No 308, 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 199, 19. 7. 1973, p. 7.
(3) OJ No L 176, 30. 6. 1973, p. 30 .
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                                                   ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 15 February 1974 fixing the import levies on white sugar
                                                and raw sugar
                                                                                        (u.a. /lOO kg)
                CCT
              heading                          Description of goods                       Levy
                 No
           1701            Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                           A. Denatured :
                               I. White sugar                                               0
                              II. Raw sugar                                                 0
                           B. Undenatured :
                               I. White sugar                                               0
                              II. Raw sugar                                                 0