CELEX: 31973R1800
Language: en
Date: 1973-07-05 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1800/73 of the Commission of 4 July 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

No L 183/ 10                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                                  5 . 7 . 73
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 1800/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                               of 4 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 applying the rules and other
67/EEC (1) 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 14(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 :
and subsequent amending Regulations ;
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 5 July 1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
               Done at Brussels, 4 July 1973 .
                                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                                              P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                      Member of the Commission
( 1) OJ No 308, 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 106, 20 . 4. 1973, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 176, 30. 6. 1973, p. 30.
                                                                     ANNEX
                                                                                                                         (u.a./100 kg)
                      CCT
                     heading                                    Description of good*                                       Levy
                       No
              17.01                   Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                      A. Denatured :
                                           I. White sugar                                                                  7.77
                                          II. Raw sugar                                                                    5.81 (*)
                                      B. Undenatured :
                                           I. White sugar                                                                  7.77
                                          II. Raw sugar                                                                    5.81 (*)
               (i) Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 •/• ; if the yield is other than W'/i, the levy applicable is calculated
                   in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 137/68.