CELEX: 31973R2148
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-07 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2148/73 of the Commission of 6 August 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

7 . 8 . 73                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                                      No L 219 / 7
                              REGULATION ( EEC) No 2148 /73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                             of 6 August 1973
                                 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
                                                                                    in the previous subparagraph ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
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 (') 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 14(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 2-2.5 % , 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 7 August
      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                          1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
                Done at Brussels, 6 August 1973 .
                                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                              P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                      Member of the Commission
 (') 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 .
                                                                      ANNEX
                                                                                                                            (u.a./1100 kg )
                      CCT
                     heading                                    Description of goods                                          Levy
                       No
               17.01                  Beer sug.-ii" and cane sugar, solid :
                                      A. Denatured :
                                            i White sugar                                                                     8-1 1
                                           II . Raw sugar                                                                     6-50 (')
                                      B. Undenatured
                                            I. White sugar                                                                    8-11
                                           II . Raw sugar                                                                     6-.50 .(»)
               (') 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 .