CELEX: 31973R2156
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-08 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2156/73 of the Commission of 7 August 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

8 . 8 . 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                                     No L 220/7
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 2156/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                             of 7 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
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 8 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, 7 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.
P) OJ No L 176, 30. 6. 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                                                                    8·29
                                          II. Raw sugar                                                                      6·50 (»)
                                      B. Undenatured :
                                           I. White sugar                                                                    8·29
                                          II. Raw sugar                                                                      6·50 (»)
               (i) 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.