CELEX: 31973R1973
Language: en
Date: 1973-07-21 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1973/73 of the Commission of 20 July 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

21 . 7 . 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                              No L 201 / 19
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 1973/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                                of 20 July 1973
                                   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 ( 1) 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 1014/73 (2), and in particular                           altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
Article 14(7) thereof ;
Having regard tp 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 1738/73 (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 21 July
      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                          1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 20 July 1973 .
                                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                                             P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                      Member of the Commission
(») OJ No 308, 18. 12. 1967, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 106, 20 . 4. 1973, p. 1 .
P) OJ No L 176, 30. 6. 1973, p. 30.
                                                                      ANNEX
                                                                                                                         (u.a./lOO kg)
                       CCT
                     heading                                     Description of goods                                      Levy
                       No
               17.01                   Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                       A. Denatured :
                                            L White sugar                                                                  7-91
                                           II. Raw sugar                                                                   6-28 H
                                       B. Undenatured :
                                            I. White sugar                                                                 7-91
                                           II. Raw sugar                                                                   6-28 f1)
                (*) Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 % ; if the yield is other than 92 Vo, the levy applicable is calculated
                    in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 837/68.