31973R0772

22 . 3 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities .No L 74/7

REGULATION (EEC) No 772/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 21 March 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN the US dollar, on the change in parity announced COMMUNITIES, on 13 February 1973 ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ Whereas it follows from applying the rules and pean Economic Community; other provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 254/73 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 ( 1) of 18 December 1967 on the common organ­ should be altered as shown in the Annex to this ization of the market in sugar, as last amended by Regulation ; Regulation (EEC) No 174/73 (2), and in particular Article 14 (7) thereof; Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Committee ; Article 1 Whereas the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 254/ The levies referred to in Article 14 ( 1 ) of Regulation 73 (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 levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the basis of an in the Annex to this Regulation. exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies Article 2 which are floating or whose central rate differs from the official parity, on the effective rate or the This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 March central rate of these currencies and, in the case of 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 21 March 1973 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(») OJ No 308, 18. 12. 1967, p. 1 . (*) OJ No L 25, 30. 1 . 1973 , p. 1 . (•) OJ No L 30, 1 . 2 . 1973, p. 30.

ANNEX (u.a.1100 ka )

CCT heading Description of goods Levy No

17.01 Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid : A. Denatured : ,. I. White sugar 5-85 II. Raw sugar 5-79 H B. Undenatured : I. White sugar 5-85 II. Raw sugar 5-79 (')

(') 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 .