31973R0708

No L 68 /4 Official Journal of the European Communities 15 . 3 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 708/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 14 March 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 oi 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 15 March 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, 14 March 1973 . For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

( 1 ) OJ No 1 17, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/67 . (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14 . ( 3) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 . < 4) O ] No 1. 30, 1 . 2 . 1973 , p. 1 .

15 . 3 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 68/5

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 14 March 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat cr rye flour, groats and meal

CCT heading Description ot goods up . / ton No

10.01 A Common wheat, and meslin 47-86 10.01 B Durum wheat 42-23 (»)(«) 10.02 Rye 39-51 ( 5) 10.03 Barley 29-59 10.04 Oats 19-33 10.05 B Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 40-27 t)( . 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 1 0.07 B Millet 32-37 i 0.07 C Grain sorghum 34-73 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 (4 ) 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 86-39 L 1.01 B Rye flour 65-69 11.02 Ala Durum wheat groats and meal 74-32 11.02 Alb Common wheat groats and meal 92-46

(') 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 ion . ;:1) 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 . ( 5) The import levy charged on rye produced in Turkey and transported directly trom that country to the Community is laid down in Council Regulation ( EEC) No 1234/71 and Commission Regulation (EEC ) No 2622/71 .