CELEX: 31973R2461
Language: en
Date: 1973-09-11 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2461/73 of the Commission of 10 September 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

11 . 9 . 73                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                                    No L 254/7
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2461 /73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 10 September 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
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 ( J ) 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                        11
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                          September 1973.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
               Done at Brussels, 10 September 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.
                                                                     ANNEX
(3) OJ No L 176, 30. 6. 1973, p. 30.
                                                                                                                           (u .a.1100 kg)
                      CCT
                    heading                                    Description of goods                                          Levy
                       No
              17.01                  Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                     A. Denatured :
                                          I. White sugar                                                                     8·82
                                         II. Raw sugar                                                                       7·23 C)
                                     B. Undenatured :
                                          I. White sugar                                                                     8·82
                                         II. Raw sugar                                                                       7·23 (*)
              (*) Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 •/. ; if die yield is other than 92 •/., the levy applicable is calculated
                  in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 837/68.