CELEX: 31973R1888
Language: en
Date: 1973-07-13 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1888/73 of the Commission of 12 July 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 192/40                                Official Journal of the European Communities                               13 . 7 . 73
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 1888 /73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 12 July 1973
                     altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                              within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
COMMUNITIES,                                                                on their effective parity ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
Economic Community ;                                                        arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                            of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                                 relation to the Community currencies referred to
67/EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                          in the previous subparagraph ;
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by the
Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of                 Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
new Member States to the European Economic                            differs from the average levy by more than 0-25 unit
Community and the European Atomic Energy                              of account per 100 kilogrammes of basic product ;
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                     whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof ;                            1 080/ 68 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      1 047/73 (8), the levies at present in force must there­
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                           fore be altered as shown in the Table annexed to this
67/ EEC (4) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                   Regulation ;
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the Act
annexed to the Treaty on the Accession of new
Member States to the European Economic Commu­                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
nity and the European Atomic Energy Community,
signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in par­
ticular Article 12 (4) thereof ;                                                                    Article 1
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                          The import levies to be charged on products
Committee ;                                 .                         processed from cereals and rice covered by Regulati­
Whereas the import levies on products processed                       on(EEC) No 1052/68 (9), as last amended by Regula­
from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC)                  tion (EEC) No 881 /73 ( 10), as fixed in the Annex to
No 1 734/73 (5 ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                 amended Regulation (EEC) No 1734/73, are hereby
No 1871 /73 (6);                                                      altered as shown in the Table annexed to this Regula­
                                                                      tion .
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                                                Article 2
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 July
     relation to each other, at any given moment,                      1 973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 12 July 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 .
 3)  OJ No   L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 5 .                            ( 7) OJ No L 181 ,    27 . 7. 1968 , p. 6.
 4)  OJ No   174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p . 1 .                              (8) OJ No L 104,      19 . 4. 1973 , p. 30 .
 5)  OJ No   L 176, 30 . 6 . 1973 , p . 14.                           O OJ No L 179 ,      25 .  7. 1968 , p. 8.
 b)  OJ No   L 191 , 12. 7. 1973 , p . 24 .                           ( I0) OJ No L 86,    31 .  3. 1973 , p. 30 .
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                                                                     ANNEX
                        to the Commission Regulation 12 July 1973 altering the import levies on products
                                                       processed from cereals arid rice
                                                                                        Levies in u. a. / 100 kg
                             CCT heading No                           Third countries
                                                                                                      AASM , OCT, Tanzania , Uganda
                                                            ( other than AASM and OCT ,                             and Kenya
                                                               Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya )
                      11.01 E I (!)                                        3-214                                      2-714
                      11.01 E II (»)                                       1-788                                      1-538
                      11.02 A V a ) 1 i 1 )                                0-500                                        0
                      11.02 A V a) 2 i 1 )                                 3-214                                      2-714
                       11.02 A V b ) i 1 )                                 1-788                                      1-538
                      11.02 B II c) (*)                                    2-663                                      2-413
                      11.02 C V i 1 )                                      2-663                                      2-413
                      11.02 D V (»)                                         1-788                                     1-538
                      11.02 E II c) i 1 )                                  3-214                                      2-714
                      11.02 F V i 1 )                                      3-214                                      2-714
                       11.02 G II                                          1-631                                      1-131
                      11.06 B I                                            1-700                                        0
                      11.06 B II                                           4-128                                      2-248
                      11.08 A I                                             1-700                                       0
                      11.08 A IV                                            1-700                                       0
                       11.08 A V                                            1-700                                       0
                       17.02 B II a) (2 )                                   8-000                                       0
                      17.02 B II b) (2 )                                   5-500                                        0
                       17.05 B I                                            8-000                                       0
                       17.05 B II                                          5-500                                        0
                      23.03 A I                                           15-000                                        0
           (*) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 and those
                falling within subheading 23.02 A , products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 shall be those meeting
                the following specifications :
                — a starch content (determined by the modified Ewers polarimetric method), referred to dry matter,
                    exceeding 45 ° /o by weight
                — an ash content, by weight , referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not exceeding
                    1-6 '/o for rice , 2-5 % for wheat , .3 % for barley , 4 % for buckwheat,              5%    for  oats  and 2 •/» for
                    other cereals .
                Oi»rm of cereals, whole, roiled , flaked or ground , falls in all cases within heading No 11.02.
           ( J) Pur.su , inr to Regulation No 189/66 KKC the product falling within subheading No 17.02 B I is subject to the
                same levy as products falling within subheading No 17.02 B 11 .