CELEX: 31973R3277
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-06 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3277/73 of the Commission of 5 December 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

6 . 12. 73                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                               No L 337/7
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 3277/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 5 December 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 (') 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 6 December
     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, 5 December 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.aJ100 kg)
                      CCT
                     heading                                    Description of goods                                       Levy
                       No
               17.01                  Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                      A. Denatured :
                                           I. White sugar                                                                 2-24
                                          II. Raw sugar                                                                   2-68 i1)
                                      B. Undenatured :
                                           L White sugar                                                                  2-24
                                          II. Raw sugar                                                                   2-68 (*)
               (x) 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.