CELEX: 31974R0189
Language: en
Date: 1974-01-25
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 189/74 of the Commission of 24 January 1974 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

No L 21 /26                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                     25 . 1 . 74
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 189/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 24 January 1974
                               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 1 738 /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 January
      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                  1974 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
                Done at Brussels, 24 January 1974.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                     P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                               Member of the Commission
( i ) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p . 1 .
0 OJ No L 199 , 19 . 7. 1973 , p. 7.
 (3) OJ No L 176, 30 . 6. 1973 , p. 30 .
                                                              ANNEX
                                                                                                          lu.a. /lOO kg !
                      CCT
                    heading                               Description of goods                              Levy
                       No
                17.01                 Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                       A. Denatured :
                                           I. White sugar                                                     0
                                          II . Raw sugar                                                      0
                                       B. Undenatured :
                                           I. White sugar                                                     0
                                          II . Raw sugar                                                      0