CELEX: 31973R2306
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-25 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2306/73 of the Commission of 24 August 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

25 . 8 . 73                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                                    No L 237/7
                             REGULATION ( EEC) No 2306/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                            of 24 August 1973
                                fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                     of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
COMMUNITIES,                                                                       relation to the Community currencies referred to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                              in the previous subparagraph ;
Economic Community ;                                                          Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/                                  provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1738 /73
67/EEC (') of 18 December 1967 on the common                                  to the information at present available to the Commis­
organization of the market in sugar,, as last amended                         sion that the levies at present in force should be
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 928 /73 (2), and in particular                       altered as shown in the Annex . to this Regulation ;
Article 14 (7) thereof ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the import levies on white sugar and raw
sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1738 /73 (3)                                                         Article 1
and subsequent amending Regulations ;
                                                                              The levies referred to in Article 14 (1 ) of Regulation
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                           No 1009/67/EEC are, in respect of white sugar and
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                          standard quality raw sugar, hereby fixed as shown in
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                           the Annex to this Regulation .
     relation to each other, at any given moment,
     within a band of 2·25 % , a rate of exchange based                                                      Article 2
     on their effective parity ;
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 August
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                          1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 24 August 1973.
                                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                                             P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                     Member of the Commission
(') OJ No 308, 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 .
                                                                    ANNEX
(2) OJ No L 199, 19. 7. 1973, p. 7.
P) OJ No L 176, 30 . 6. 1973 , p. 30 .                                                                                    {u.a./100 kg)
                     CCT
                   heading                                     Description of goods                                         Levy
                      No
              17.01                  Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                     A. Denatured :
                                          I. White sugar                                                                    8·82
                                         II. Raw sugar                                                                      7·04 (*)
                                     B. Undenatured :
                                          I. White sugar                                                                    8·82
                                         II. Raw sugar                                                                      7·04 (*)
              (*) 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.