CELEX: 31973R3196
Language: en
Date: 1973-11-27 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3196/73 of the Commission of 26 November 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

27 . 11 . 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                                 No L 326/ 9
                              REGULATION ( EEC) No 3196/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 26 November 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 1 928 /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 1 738 /73 (-')                                                    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  27
      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                         November 1 973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
                Done at Brussels , 26 November 1973 .
                                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                                             P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                      Member of the Commission
(') O ) No 308 , IX . 12 . 1967 , p . I.
(-) O") No L 199 , 19 . 7. 1973, p . 7.
(3 ) O") No L 176, 30 . 6 . 1973, p. 30 .
                                                                      ANNEX
                                                                                                                         fU. a J 100 kg)
                       OCT
                     heading                                     Description of goods                                      Levy
                        No
                17.01                  Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                       A. Denatured :
                                            I. White sugar                                                                 3.14
                                           II . Raw sugar                                                                  3.24
                                        B. Undenatured :
                                            I. White sugar                                                                 3.14
                                           II . Raw sugar                                                                  3.24 (*)
                (!) 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 .