CELEX: 31973R0887
Language: en
Date: 1973-04-03
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 887/73 of the Commission of 2 April 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 87/2                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 3 . 4. 73
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 887/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 2 April 1973
                           fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     central rate of these currencies and, in the case of
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      the US dollar, on the change in parity announced
                                                                   on 13 February 1973 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community ;                                          Whereas it follows from applying the provisions
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                       contained in Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 to the
 67/EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organi­                  offer prices and today's quotations known to the
zation of the market in cereals, as last amended by                Commission that the levies at present in force
the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (8) on the Acces­                should be altered as shown in the Annex to this
 sion of new Member States to the European                         Regulation ;
 Economic Community and the European Atomic
 Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22
January 1972, and in particular Article 13 (5 )                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
thereof ;
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
                                                                                             Article 1
 Committee ;
 Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye                The import levies to be charged on the products
 flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by                     listed in Article 1 ( a), ( b) and ( c) of Regulation No
 Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 (4) and subsequent                      120/67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
 amending Regulations ;                                            annexed to this Regulation.
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
levies should be calculated on the basis of an                                               Article 2
 exchange rate which is based, in the case of curren­
 cies which are floating or whose central rate differs             This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 April
from the official parity, on the effective rate or the             1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 2 April 1973 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(») OJ  No  117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
(») OJ  No  L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(») OJ  No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
(*) OJ  No L 30, 1 . 2 . 1973 , p. 1 .
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                                                           ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 2 April 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                       47·35
                     10.01 B              Durum wheat                                    46·26 m
                     10.02                Rye                                            45·28 ( 5)
                     10.03                Barley                                         38·31
                     10.04                Oats                                           25·15
                     10.05 B              Maize other than hybrid maize
                                             for sowing                                  38·62 (2)(3)
                     10.07 A              Buckwheat                                          0
                     10.07 B              Millet                                         37.20
                     10.07     C          Grain sorghum                                  37·21
                     10.07     D          Canary seed ; other cereals                        0     («)
                     11.01     A          Wheat or meslin flour                          85·05
                     11.01     B          Rye flour                                      73·76
                     11.02     Ala        Durum wheat groats and meal                    80·59
                     11.02     Alb        Common wheat groats and meal                   90·89
                     (') 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 .
                     (') 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 .