CELEX: 31973R1198
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-09 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1198/73 of the Commission of 8 May 1973 fixing the import levy on molasses

No L 122/ 16                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                    9 . 5 . 73
                              REGULATION ( EEC) No 1198 /73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 8 May 1973
                                               fixing the import levy on molasses
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           rate of these currencies and , in the case of the US
COMMUNITIES,                                                             dollar, on the change in parity announced on 13
                                                                         February 1973 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                                     Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
                                                                         provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1395/72
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/                             to the information at present available to the Commis­
67/ EEC (') of 18 December 1967 on the common                            sion that the levy at present in force should be altered
organization of the market in sugar, as last amended                     as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 74/73 (2), and in particular
Article 14(7) thereof ;
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;
                                                                                                 Article 1
Whereas the import levy on molasses was fixed by
Regulation (EEC) No 1 395/72 (3) and subsequent                          The levy referred to in Article 14(1 ) of Regulation No
amending Regulations ;                                                   1009/67/ EEC is, in respect of molasses, hereby fixed
                                                                         as shown in the Annex to this Regulation .
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
levies    should   be     calculated     on  the   basis of  an
                                                                                                 Article 2
exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies
which are floating or whose central rate differs from                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 May
the official parity, on the effective rate or the central                1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 8 May 1973 .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                     P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                               Member of the Commission
( 1 ) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 .
(2) O ) No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973 , p . 1 .
b) OJ No L 149, 1 . 7. 1972, p. 61 .
                                                               ANNEX
                                                                                                           (u.a./100 kg )
                      CCT
                                                          Description of goods                               Levy
                   heading
                       No
                                     Molasses, whether or not decolourized                                     0
               17.03