CELEX: 31973R0140
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-23 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 140/73 of the Commission of 22 January 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

23 . 1 . 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                                No L 18 /9
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 140/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                             of 22 January 1973
                                      fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                the Monetary Committee, be used for the purpose
COMMUNITIES ,                                                                 of calculating levies ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                            Whereas it follows from applying the rules and
pean Economic Community ;                                                     other provisions contained in Regulation (EEC ) No
                                                                              1394/72 to the information at present available to
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/67/                               the Commission that the levies at present in force
EEC (*) of 18 December 1967 on the common organ­                              should be altered as shown in the Annex to this
isation of the market in sugar, as last amended by                            Regulation ;
Regulation (EEC ) No 2429/72 (2 ), and in particular
Article 14 (7) thereof;                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the import levies on white sugar and raw                                                       Article 1
sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC ) No 1394/                                The levies referred to in Article 14 ( 1 ) of Regulation
72 (3 ) and subsequent amending Regulations ;                                 No 1009/67/EEC are, in respect of white sugar and
                                                                              standard quality raw sugar, hereby fixed as shown
Whereas, if the currency of a third country moves                             in the Annex to this Regulation .
outside the margins of fluctuation agreed under the
Washington agreement of 18 December 1971 , a con­                                                      Article 2
version rate based on the current market rate for                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 January
that currency should , following consultation with                             1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 22 January 1973 .
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                           P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                      Member of the Commission
(!) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12 . 1967, p . 1 .
(2) OJ No L 264 , 23 . 11 . 1972, p . 1 .
(3 ) OJ No L 149 , 1 . 7. 1972, p . 59 .
                                                                     ANNEX
                                                                                                                   ' u . a J 100 kg)
                     CCT
                    heading                                     Description of goods                                  Levy
                      No
              17.01                   Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                      A. Denatured :
                                           I. White sugar                                                             5.26
                                          II . Raw sugar                                                              3.25 (>)
                                      B. Undenatured :
                                           I. White sugar                                                             5.26
                                          II . Raw sugar                                                              3.25 ( i )
              (') 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 .