CELEX: 31973R2893
Language: en
Date: 1973-10-26
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2893/73 of the Commission of 25 October 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

26 . 10 . 73                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 298 / 1
                                              (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 2893/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 25 October 1973
                     fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
COMMUNITIES,                                                            arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                        of these currencies recorded for a given period , in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   relation to the Community currencies referred to
Economic Community ;                                                    in the previous subparagraph ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                         Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
67/EEC (") of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                  contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2076/73 to the
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­             offer prices and today's quotations known to the
lation ( EEC) No 1346/73 ('), and in particular Article             Commission that the levies at present in force should
 1 3 (5) thereof ;                                                  be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye
                                                                                           Article 1
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 2076/73 (') and subsequent amending                   The import levies to be charged on the products listed
Regulations ;                                                       in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No 1 20/
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                 67/ EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                annexed to this Regulation .
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                                           Article 2
      relation to each other, at any given moment,
      within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based            This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 October
      on their effective parity ;                                   1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels , 25 October 1973 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/67 .
(-) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973, p. H.
(3 ) O J No L 212, I. 8 . 1973 , p . 1 .
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                                                              ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 25 October 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat
                                                   or rye flour, groats and meal
                                 CCT
                                heading                   Description of goods                        n . a . / ton
                                  No
                       10.01 A                  Common wheat and meslin                             0
                       10.01 B                  Durum wheat                                         o         on
                       10.02                    Rye                                                 7·28 (5)
                       10.03                    Barley                                              9·76
                       10.04                    Oats                                                3·33
                       10.05 B                  Maize other than hybrid maize
                                                   for sowing                                      12·89 (»)(»)
                       10.07 A                  Buckwheat                                           0
                       10.07 B                  Millet                                              9·58
                       10.07 C                  Grain sorghum                                       9·26
                        10.07 D                 Canary seed ; other cereals                         0          (*)
                        1 1.01 A                Wheat or meslin flour                               0
                        1 1.01 B                Rye flour                                          28·93
                        1 1 . 02 A I a          Durum wheat groats and meal                         0
                        1 1 .02 Alb             Common wheat groats and meal                        0
                       ( i ) where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from
                              that country to the Community , the levy is reduced by 0-50 u . a . /metric ton .
                        (') Where maize originating in the A ASM and OCT is imported into the
                             French Overseas Departments , the levy in reduced by 6 ti . a . /metric ton .
                        (') Where maize originating in Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya is imported into
                              the Community , the levy is reduced by 1 u . a . /metric ton .
                        (') Where wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported directly
                              from that country to the Community , the levy is reduced by 0-50 u . a . /metric
                              ton .
                         (8) The import levy charged on rye produced in Turkey and transported directly
                               from that country to the Community is laid down in Council Regulation
                               (EEC) No 1234 /71 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .