CELEX: 31973R1495
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-07 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1495/73 of the Commission of 6 June 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

No L 151 /8                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                                    7 . 6 . 73
                              REGULATION ( EEC) No 1495 /73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                                of 6 June 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 ; whereas the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                              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 (') of 18 December 1967 on the common                                   provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 254/73
organization of the market in sugar, as last amended                           to the information at present available to the Commis­
by Regulation (EEC) No 174/73 (2), and in particular                           sion that the levies at present in force should be
Article 1 4 (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 254/73 (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 :
                                                                               The levies referred to in Article 14(1 ) of Regulation
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                               No 1009/ 67/EEC are, in respect of white sugar and
     relation to each other, at any given moment,                              standard quality raw sugar, hereby fixed as shown in
     within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based                        the Annex to this Regulation .
     on their effective parity ;
— 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 7 June 1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
                Done at Brussels, 6 June 1973 .
                                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                                             P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                     Member of the Commission
(') OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973 , p . 1 .
(3 ) OJ No L 30 , 1 . 2. 1973 , p . 30 .
                                                                     ANNEX
                                                                                                                          (;u.a.1100 kg)
                      CCT
                    heading                                     Description of goods                                         Levy
                      No
               17.01                  Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                      A. Denatured :
                                           L White sugar                                                                     6-70
                                          II. Raw sugar                                                                      4-10 (*)
                                      B. Undenatured :
                                           I. White sugar                                                                    6-70
                                          II. Raw sugar                                                                      4-10 (*)
              (') 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.