CELEX: 31973R1390
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1390/73 of the Commission of 25 May 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

26. 5 . 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 139/ 1
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                                               (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 1390/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 25 May 1973
                     fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       which are floating or whose central rate differs from
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        the official parity, on the effective rate or the central
                                                                     rate of these currencies and, in the case of the US
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               dollar, on the change in parity announced on 13
 Economic Community ;                                                February 1973 ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                         Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
 67/EEC (l ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                 contained in Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 to the offer
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by the                prices and today's quotations known to the Commis­
Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of                sion that the levies at present in force should be
 new Member States to the European Economic                          altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
 Community and the European Atomic Energy
 Community signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
and in particular Article 13(5) thereof ;
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                                                Article 1
 Committee ;
                                                                     The import levies to be charged on the products listed
Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye                  in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No 120/
 flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­              67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
tion (EEC) No 244/73 (4) and subsequent amending                     annexed to this Regulation .
Regulations ;
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
levies   should    be     calculated    on   the  basis of  an       This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 May
exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies              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
0    OJ No  117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269/ 67.
(2)  OJ No  L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.
(3)  OJ No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
(4 ) OJ No  L 30, 1 . 2. 1973 , p. 1 .
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                                                            ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 25 May 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat
                                               or rye flour, groats and meal
                             CCT
                            heading                    Description of goods                 u.a. / ton
                               No
                       10.01 A             Common wheat, and meslin                      30·53
                      10.01 B              Durum wheat                                   32·24 (!)(4 )
                      10.02                Rye                                           47·23 (5 )
                      10.03                Barley                                        29-21
                       10.04               Oats                                          18-96
                      10.05 B              Maize other than hybrid maize
                                              for sowing                                 19-64 (2)( 3 )
                      10.07 A              Buckwheat                                        0
                      10.07 B              Millet                                        26-77
                      10.07 C              Grain sorghum                                 23-58
                      10.07 D              Canary seed ; other cereals                     0 («)
                      11.01 A              Wheat or meslin flour                         61·50 ,
                      11.01 B              Rye flour                                     76·49 '
                       11.02 Ala           Durum wheat groats and meal                   58·89
                      11.02 Alb            Common wheat groats and meal                  65·34
                      (') Where durum wheat 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 is reduced by 6 u . a . /metric ton .
                      (') Where maize originating in Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya is imported into
                          the Community , the levy is reduced by 1 u . a . /metric ton .
                      (4) 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 .