31973R0022

No L 5 / 18 Official Journal of the European Communities 5 . 1 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 22/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 4 Tanuåf 73 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN the Monetary Committee , be used for the purpose COMMUNITIES , of calculating levies ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ Whereas it follows from applying the rules and pean Economic Community ; <0ther provisions contained in Regulation ( EEC ) No 1394/72 to the information at present available to Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/67/ the Commission that the levies at present in force EEC ( l ) of 18 December 1967 on the common organ­ Should foe altered as shown in the Annex to this isation of the market in sugar, as last amended by Regulation ; Regulation ( EEC ) No 2429/72 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 14 (7) thereof; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Whereas the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC ) No 1394/ The levies referred to in Article 14 ( 1 ) of Regulation 72 (3 ) and subsequent amending Regulations ; No 1009/67/EEC are , in respect of white sugar and standard quality raw sugar, hereby fixed as shown Whereas, if the currency of a third country moves in the Annex to this Regulation . outside the margins of fluctuation agreed under the Article 2 Washington agreement of 18 December 1971 , a con­ version rate based on the current market rate foi This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 January that currency should, following consultation with *$73 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 4 January 1973 . For the Commission The Vice-President Carlo SCARASCIA MUGNOZZA

(!) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12 . 1967, p. 1 . (2) Oj No T. 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 149 , 1 . 7 . 1972 , p. 59 .

ANNEX

(u.a.HOO kg)

OCT ; heading Description of goods Levy No :

17.01 Beet sugar and cane sugar, A. Denatured : I. White sugar 4-99 II . Raw sugar 3-06 (-) B. Undenatured : I. White sugar 4-99 II . Raw sugar 3-06 (')

( ! ) 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 .