CELEX: 31973R0989
Language: en
Date: 1973-04-13 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 989/73 of the Commission of 12 April 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

13 . 4. 73                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 99/9
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 989/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 12 April 1973
                            fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
    THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    central rate of these currencies and, in the case of
    COMMUNITIES,                                                     the US dollar, on the change in parity announced
                                                                     on 13 February 1973 ;
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
   pean Economic Community ;                                         Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
   Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                       contained in Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 to the
   67/EEC 0 ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organi­                  offer prices and today's quotations known to the
   zation of the market in cereals, as last amended by               Commission that the levies at present in force
   the Act ( 2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Acces­              should be altered as shown in the Annex to this
   sion of new Member States to the European                         Regulation ;
   Economic Community and the European Atomic
   Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22
   January 1972, and in particular Article 13 (5 )                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
   thereof ;
  Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                                                Article 1
  Committee ;
  Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye                The import levies to be charged on the products
   flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by                    listed in Article 1 ( a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No
   Regulation ( EEC) No 244/73 (4 ) and subsequent                   120/67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
  amending Regulations ;                                            annexed to this Regulation.
  Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
  levies should be calculated on the basis of an                                              Article 2
  exchange rate which is based, in the case of curren­
  cies which are floating or whose central rate differs             This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 April
  from the official parity, on the effective rate or the            1973 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 12 April 1973 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(») OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
(2) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p. 14 .
( s) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
(4) OJ No L 30 , 1 . 2 . 1973 , p. 1 .
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                                                            ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 12 April 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat
                                                or rye flour, groats and meal
                               CCT
                             heading                   Description of goods                   u. a. /ton
                                 No
                        10.01 A             Common wheat, and mesiin                     46-19
                        10.01 B             Durum wheat                                  41-06 H (4)
                        10.02               Rye                                          42-96 (5)
                        10.03               Barley                                       34-99
                        10.04               Oats                                         27-22
                        10.05 B             Maize other than hybrid maize
                                               for sowing                                37-65 («)(»)
                       10.07 A              Buckwheat                                         0
                       10.07 B              Millet                                       38-19
                       10.07 C              Grain sorghum                                37-21
                       10.07     D          Canary seed ; other cereals                       o     (4)
                       11.01     A          Wheat or mesiin flour                        83-42
                       11.01     B          Rye flour                                    70-51
                       11.02     AI a       Durum wheat groats and meal                  72-53
                      11.02 Alb             Common wheat groats and meal                 89-13
                       (') 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 AASM and OCT is imported into the
                           French Overseas Departments, the levy is reduced by 6 u . a . /metric ton .
                       (3) 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 .
                      (·) 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 .