CELEX: 31973R3017
Language: en
Date: 1973-11-08 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3017/73 of the Commission of 7 November 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

8 . 1 1 . 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                               No L 308 / 7
                              REGULATION ( EEC) No 3017 / 73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 7 November 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 (') 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 8 November
      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                         1 973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
                Done at Brussels, 7 November 1973 .
                                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                                            P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ No 308 , 18 . 12 . 1967, p . 1 .
(-') OJ No L 199 , 19 . 7. 1973, p. 7.
(3 ) OJ No L 176, 30 . 6 . 1973 , p . 30 .
                                                                     ANNEX
                                                                                                                       (u.a./100 kg)
                      CCT
                     heading                                    Description of goods                                     Levy
                       No
               17.01                  Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                      A. Denatured :
                                            I. White sugar                                                               6·84
                                           II. Raw sugar                                                                 4·68 H
                                      B. Undenatured :
                                            I. White sugar                                                               6·84
                                           II . Raw sugar                                                                4·68 (*)
               (') Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 % ; if the yield is other than 92 %, the levy applicable is calculated
                   in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 837/68.