CELEX: 31973R2690
Language: en
Date: 1973-10-03 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2690/73 of the Commission of 2 October 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

3 . 10 . 73                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 276/ 15
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 2690/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 2 October 1973
                     altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
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/
67/EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                     Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­                 differs from the average levy by more than 0-25 unit
lation (EEC) No 1 346/73 (2), and in particular Article                 of account per 100 kilogrammes of basic product ;
14 (4) thereof ;                                                       whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                        1080/68 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                             1047/73 (9), the levies at present in force must there­
67/EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                      fore be altered as shown in the Table annexed to this
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the                      Regulation ;
Act (4) annexed to the Treaty (5) on the Accession of
new Member States to the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy
                                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,
and in particular Article 1 2 (4) thereof ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                                                       Article 1
Committee ;
                                                                        The import levies to be charged on products
Whereas the import levies on products processed                         processed from cereals and rice covered by Regulation
from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC)                    (EEC) No 1052/68 (10), as last amended by Regulation
No 2640/73 (6), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                       (EEC) No 881 /73 ( u ), as fixed in the Annex to the
2670/73 (7) ;                                                           amended Regulation (EEC) No 2640/73, are hereby
                                                                        altered as shown in the Table annexed to this Regula­
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                     tion .
levies should be calculated on the following basis :
— 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 3 October
     on their effective parity ;                                         1973 .
               This Regulation shall- be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
                Done at Brussels, 2 October 1973 .
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                       P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                Member of the Commission
 ') OJ   No  117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269 / 67 .
 2) OJ   No  L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 8 .
 3) OJ   No  174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 1 .
 4) OJ   No  L 73, 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14 .                              (s) OJ No L 181 , 27 . 7 . 1968 , p . 6 .
 5) OJ   No  L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 5 .                              O OJ No L 104, 19 . 4 . 1973 , p . 30 .
 6) OJ   No  L 273 , 29 . 9 . 1973 , p . 13 .                           ( I0) OJ No L 179 , 25 . 7 . 1968 , p . 8 .
 7  OJ   No  L 273, 29 . 9 . 1973, p . 106 .                            (") OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p . 30 .
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                                                                      ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 2 October 1973 altering the import levies on products
                                                        processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                         Levies in u.a . / 100 kg
                             CCT heading No                            Third countries
                                                                                                      AASM , OCT , Tanzania , Uganda
                                                             (other than AASM and OCT ,                              and Kenya
                                                               Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya )
                         11.01  H f1)                                        1.146                                      0.896
                         11.02  A VIII (*)                                   1.146                                      0.896
                         11.02  B I a) 4 H                                   1.655                                      1.405
                         11.02  B lb) 4 H                                    1.655                                      1.405
                         11.02  C VII H                                      1.655                                      1.405
                         11.02  D VII (»)                                    1.146                                      0.896
                         11.02  E I a) 4 (!)                                 1.146                                      0.896
                        11.02 E I b) 4 (')                                   2.080                                      1.580
                         11.02 F VIII P )                                    1.146                                      0.896
             (') For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 and those
                 falling within subheading 23.02 A , products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 shall be those meeting
                 the following specifications :
                 — a starch content (determined by the modified Ewers polarimetric                 method ),      referred to dry matter ,
                     exceeding 45 °/o by weight
                 — an ash content, by weight, referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not exceeding
                      1.6 */o for rice, 2.5% for wheat, 3% for barley , 4 °/o for buckwheat, 5 '/« for oats and 2 '/» for
                     other cereals .
                 Germ of cereals , whole, rolled , flaked or ground , falls in all cases within heading No 11.02 .