CELEX: 31973R3324
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-11 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3324/73 of the Commission of 10 December 1973 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

11 . 12. 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 340 / 1
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                                               (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 3324/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 10 December 1973
                 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
COMMUNITIES,                                                             arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                         of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    relation to the Community currencies referred to
Economic Community ;                                                     in the previous subparagraph ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                          Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
67/EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                   contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2076/73 to the
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­              offer prices and today's quotations known to the
lation (EEC) No 1 346/73 (2), and in particular Article              Commission that the levies at present in force should
13 (5) thereof ;                                                     be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye
                                                                                            Article 1
flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­
tion ( EEC) No 2076/73 (3) and subsequent amending                   The import levies to be charged on the products listed
Regulations ;                                                        in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No 120/
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                  67/ EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                 annexed to this Regulation .
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                                            Article 2
      relation to each other, at any given moment,
     within a band of 2.25 % , a rate of exchange based              This Regulation shall enter into force on            11
      on their effective parity ;                                    December 1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels , 10 December 1973 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/ 67 .
(') OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 8 .
(3 ) O J No L 212, 1 . 8 . 1973 , p . 1 .
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                                                              ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 10 December 1973 fixing the import levies on cereals and
                                           on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                CCT
                               heading                   Description of goods                         II . a . / ton
                                  No
                        10.01 A               Common wheat and meslin                               0
                        10.01 B               Durum wheat                                           0          (')(«)
                        10.02                 Rye                                                 12.62 («)
                        10.03                 Barley                                                0
                        10.04                 Oats                                                  0
                        10.05 N               Maize oilier than hybrid maize
                                                for sowing                                          0          ( ! )(3)
                       10.07 A                Buckwheat                                             0
                       10.07 B                Millet                                                3.54
                       10.07 C                Grain sorghum                                         0
                        10.07 D               Canary seed ; other cereals                           0         {«)
                        11.01 A               Wheat or meslin flour                                 0
                        11.01 B               Rye flour                                           36.40
                        1 1 . 02 A I a        Durum wheat groats and meal                          0
                        11.02 A I b           Common wheat groats and meal                          0
                      ( i ) Where durum wheal originating in Morocco is transported directly from
                            that country to the Community , the levy is reduced by 0.50 u . a . /metric ton .
                       (') Where maize originating in the AASM and OCT is imported into the
                            French Overseas Departments , the levy in reduced by 6 it . a . /metric ton .
                      (•) Where maize originating in Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya is imported into
                            the Community , the levy is reduced by 1 it . a . /metric ton .
                      {') Where wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported directly
                            from that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0.50 u . a . /metric
                            ton .
                      (') The import levy charged on rye produced in Turkey and transported directly
                            from that country to the Community is laid down in Council Regulation
                            (EEC) No 1234 /71 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .