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21 . 2 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 48 / 1

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REGULATION (EEC) No 481 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 20 February 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 120/67/ contained in Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 to the EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ offer prices and today's quotations known to the tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by the Commission that the levies at present in force should Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; of new Member States to the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Com­ munity, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : in particular Article 13 (5 ) thereof ; Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Article 1 Committee ; Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and The import levies to be charged on the products rye flour, and wheat groats and meal, were fixed by listed in Article 1 ( a), ( b) and ( c) of Regulation Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 (4) and subsequent No 120/67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the amending Regulations ; Table 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 currencies which are floating or whose central rate differs from This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 February 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, 20 February 1973 .

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

( 1 ) OJ No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67 . ( 2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14 . (3) O ! No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 5 . (4 ) O J No L 30 , 1 . 2 . 1973 , p. 1 .

No L 48 /2 Official Journal of the European Communities 21 . 2 . 73

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 20 February 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 50·14 10.01 B Durum wheat 43·17 m 10.02 Rye 35·44 (5) 10.03 Barley 25·42 10.04 Oats 17·65 10.05 B Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 36·41 (2)(3) 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 24·06 i 0.07 C 30·35 Grain sorghum 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 (4 ) 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 88·95 11.01 B Rye flour 59·99 11.02 A I a Durum wheat groats and meal 75·74 11.02 Alb Common wheat groats and meal 95·34

(') 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 . (3) 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 .