CELEX: 31973R3139
Language: en
Date: 1973-11-21 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3139/73 of the Commission of 20 November 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

21 . 11 . 73                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                                No L 320/7
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 3139/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 20 November 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 (J) 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 1928/73 (2), and in particular                          altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,
Article 1 4 (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 21
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                          November 1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 20 November 1973 .
                                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                                            P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                     Member of the Commission
(') OJ No 308, 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 199 , 19 . 7. 1973, p. 7 .                                ANNEX
(') 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                                                                 2·85
                                           IL Raw sugar                                                                    2·68 n
                                       B. Undenatured :
                                            I. White sugar                                                                 2·85
                                           II. Raw sugar                                                                   2·68 (»)
                (*) 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.