CELEX: 31973R1404
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1404/73 of the Commission of 25 May 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 139 /26                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           26 . 5 . 73
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 1404/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 25 May 1973
                            altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       exchange rate which is based, in the case of cur­
COMMUNITIES,                                                         rencies which are floating or whose central rate
                                                                     differs from the official parity, on the effective rate
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                   or the central rate of these currencies and, in the
pean Economic Community ;                                            case of the US dollar, on the change in parity
Having regard to Council Regulation No                               announced on 13 February 1973 ;
120/67/EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common or­
ganization of the market in cereals, as last amended                 Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed
by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (s) on the Acces­               differs from the average levy by more than 0"25 unit
                                                                     of account per 100 kilogrammes of basic product ;
sion of new Member States to the European Econo­
                                                                     whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC)
mic Community and the European Atomic Energy
                                                                      No 1080/68 (7 ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,
and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof ;                           No 1047/73 (8) the levies at present in force must
                                                                     therefore be altered as shown in the Table annexed
Having regard to Council Regulation No                               to this Regulation ;
359/67/EEC (4) of 25 July 1967 on the common or­
ganization of the market in rice, as last amended by
the Act annexed to the Treaty on the Accession of                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
new Member States to the European Economic Com­
munity and the European Atomic Energy Commu­                                                     Article 1
nity, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in
particular Article 12 (4) thereof ;                                  The import levies to be charged on products pro­
                                                                     cessed from cereals and rice covered by Regulation
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                          ( EEC) No 1052/68 (9 ), as fixed in the Annex to
Committee ;                                                           amended Regulation ( EEC ) No 1124/73 , are hereby
                                                                      altered as shown in the Table annexed to this
Whereas the import levies on products processed
from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation                        Regulation .
 (EEC) No 1124/73 (5 ), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 1375/73 (6) ;                                                                           Article 2
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally ,                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 May
levies should be calculated on the basis of an                        1973 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 25 May 1973 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                             Member of the Commission
 11 ) OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
 ( 2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 14.
 (s)  OJ No L 73, 27 . 3 . 1972 , p. 5 .
 (4)  OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 1 .                                ( 7) OJ No L 181 , 27. 7. 1968, p. 6.
 (5)  OJ No L 115 , 1 . 5 . 1973 , p . 14 .                           (8) OJ No L 104 , 19 . 4 . 1973, p. 30.
 (•) OJ No L 137, 24. 5 . 1973 , p . 22 .                             ( 9) OJ No I , 179, 25 . 7. 1968, p . 8.
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                                                                   ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 25 May 1973 altering the import levies on products
                                                     processed from cereals and rice
                                                                                      Levies in  . a . / 100 kg
                          CCT heading No                            Third countries
                                                          (other than AASM and OCT,                 AASM , OCT, Tanzania , Uganda
                                                                                                                and Kenya
                                                            Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya)
                     11.02 A II ( 1 )                                    8·845                                    8·345
                     11.02 B II b) I 1 )                                 6·416                                    6·166
                     11.02 C II (1 )                                     7·668                                    7·418
                     11.02 D II i 1 )                                    4·979                                    4·729
                     11.02 E II b) ( l )                                 8·845                                    8·345
                     11.02 F II (*)                                       8·845                                   8·345
           (') 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 •/« for rice, 2·5 % for wheat, 3 % for barley, 4 % for buckwheat, 5 */o for oats ' and 2 e/o for
                   other cereals .
               Germ of cereals , whole, rolled, flaked or ground , falls in all cases within heading No 11.02.