CELEX: 31973R1496
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-07 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1496/73 of the Commission of 6 June 1973 fixing the import levy on molasses

7 . 6 . 73                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                   No L 151 /9
                           REGULATION ( EEC) No 1496/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 6 June 1973
                                            fixing the import levy on molasses
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                             of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
COMMUNITIES,                                                               relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                           in the previous subparagraph ; whereas the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      Opinion of the Monetary Committee was
Economic Community ;                                                       requested ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/                          Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
67/ EEC (') of 18 December 1967 on the common                          provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1395/72
organization of the market in sugar, as last amended                   to the information at present available to the Commis­
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 74/73 (2), and in particular                  sion that the levy at present in force should be altered
Article 14(7) thereof ;                                                as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
Whereas the import levy on molasses was fixed by
Regulation (EEC) No 1 395/72 (3 ) and subsequent
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
amending Regulations ;
Whereas if the levy system is to operate normally,                                             Article 1
levies should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                       The levy referred to in Article 14(1 ) of Regulation No
                                                                       1009/67/ EEC is, in respect of molasses, hereby fixed
     relation to each other, at any given moment,                      as shown in the Annex to this Regulation .
     within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
     on their effective parity ;
                                                                                               Article 2
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 June 1973.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 6 June 1973 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                             Member of the Commission
(>) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p . 1 .
(2) OJ No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 149 , 1 . 7. 1972, p. 61 .
                                                             ANNEX
                                                                                                         (u.a.HOO kg)
                    CCT
                  heading                               Description of goods                               Levy
                     No
              17.03                Molasses, whether or not decolourized                                     0