CELEX: 31974R0242
Language: en
Date: 1974-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 242/74 of the Commission of 30 January 1974 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

31 . 1 . 74                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                      No L 27/ 11
                           REGULATION (EEC) No 242/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 30 January 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 1928/73 (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 2-25 % , 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 31 January
     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, 30 January 1974.
                                                                               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.
0 OJ No L 176, 30. 6. 1973, p. 30.
                                                          ANNEX
                                                                                                      (u .a . 1100 kej
                   CCT
                  heading                             Description of goods                              Levy
                    No
              17.01              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