CELEX: 31973R0388
Language: en
Date: 1973-02-15 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 388/73 of the Commission of 14 February 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

15. 2. 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            Ho L 43/ 1
                                                                I
                                              (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 388/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 14 February 1973
                           fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    be used for the purpose of calculating levies ; whereas
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      the Monetary Committee has been consulted ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                 Whereas it fallows from applying the provisions
pean Economic Community;                                           contained in Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 to the
                                                                   offer prices and today's quotations known to the
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                     Commission that the levies at present in force should
EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                    be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by the
Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession
of new Member States to the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy Com­                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
munity, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and
in particular Article 13 (5 ) thereof ;
                                                                                          Article 1
Whereas the import levies on cereails, wheat and
rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed by                The import levies to be charged on the products
 Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 (4) and subsequent                     listed in Article 1 (a), (b) and ( c) of Regulation
amending Regulations ;                                             No 120/67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the
Whereas a change in the parity of the US dollar was                Table annexed to this Regulation.
officially announced on 13 February 1973 ; whereas,
pending the completion of procedures for the formal                                      Article 2
declaration of the new parity of this currency to the
 International Monetary Fund , an exchange rate based              This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 February
on the change in parity already announced should                   1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 14 February 1973 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(») OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
(•) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(8) O J No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
(4 ) OT No L 30, 1 . 2 . 1973 , p . 1 .
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                                                           ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 14 February 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 meslin                    50·14
                      10.01 B                Durum wheat                                 44·83 (!)(4)
                      10.02                  Rye                                         35·44 (6)
                      10.03                  Barley                                      25·42
                      10.04                  Oats                                       17·65
                      10.05 B                Maize other than hybrid maize
                                               for sowing                                36·49 (2 )(3)
                      10.07 A                Buckwheat                                    0
                       10.07 B               Millet                                     22·40
                       10.07 C               Grain sorghum                               30·35
                       10.07 D              Canary seed; other cereals                    0      (4 )
                      11.01 A                Wheat or meslin flour                       88·95
                      11.01 B                Rye flour                                   59·99
                      11.02 Ala              Durum wheat groats and meal                 78·32
                      11.02 Alb              Common wheat groats and meal                95·34
                       (') 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.
                      (s) 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.