CELEX: 31973R1778
Language: en
Date: 1973-07-03 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1778/73 of the Commission of 2 July 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

3 . 7 . 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                                    No L 179/7
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 1778 /73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                                of 2 July 1973
                                 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                      relation to the Community currencies referred to
COMMUNITIES,                                                                        in the previous subparagraph ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                          Whereas the Opinion of the Monetary Committee was
Economic Community ;                                                           requested ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/                                   Whereas it follows from aipplying the rules and other
67/ EEC (J) of 18 December 1967 on the common                                  provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1738/73
organization of the market in sugar, as last amended                           to the information at present available to the Commis­
by Regulation (EEC) No 1014/73 (2), and in particular                          sion that the levies at present in force should be
Article 1 4 (7) thereof ;                                                      altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
Whereas the import levies on white sugar and raw
sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1738/73 (3) ;                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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 levies referred to in Article 14(1 ) of Regulation
     relation to each other, at any given moment,                               No 1009/67/EEC are, in respect of white sugar and
     within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based                         standard quality raw sugar, hereby fixed as shown in
     on their effective parity ;                                                the Annex to this Regulation .
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the                                                          Article 2
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
     of these currencies recorded for a given period, in                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 July 1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 2 July 1973 .
                                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                              P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                      Member of the Commission
(!) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 106, 20. 4. 1973, p. 1 .
h) OJ No L 176, 30. 6. 1973, p. 30.
                                                                      ANNEX
                                                                                                                           (u.a.1100 kg)
                      CCT
                     heading                                    Description of goods                                         Levy
                       No
              17.01                   Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                      A. Denatured :
                                           I. White sugar                                                                    7-44
                                          II. Raw sugar                                                                      5-23 H
                                      B. Undenatured :
                                           I. White sugar                                                                    7-44
                                          II. Raw sugar                                                                      5-23 (*)
               (') 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.