31973R0874

No L 85 / 72 Official Journal of the European Communities 31 . 3 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 874/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 30 March 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies COMMUNITIES, which are floating or whose central rate differs from the official parity, on the effective rate or the central Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European rate of these currencies and, in the case of the US Economic Community ; dollar, on the change in parity announced on 13 Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ February 1 973 ; 67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by the differs from the average levy by more than 0*25 unit Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of of account per. 100 kilogrammes of basic product ; new Member States to the European Economic whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No Community and the European Atomic Energy 1 080/68 (7), the levies at present in force must there­ Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, fore be altered as shown in the Table annexed to this and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof ; Regulation ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/ 67/EEC (4) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in rice , as last amended by the Act HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : annexed to the Treaty on the Accession of new Member States to the European Economic Commu­ Article 1 nity and the European Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in parti­ The import levies to be charged on products cular Article 12 (4) thereof ; processed from cereals and rice covered by Regulation Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary (EEC) No 1052/68 (8), as fixed in the Annex to Committee ; amended Regulation (EEC) No 581 /73, are hereby altered as shown in the Table annexed to this Regula­ Whereas the import levies on products processed tion . from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 581 /73 (5) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Article 2 No 830/73 (6) ;

Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 March levies should be calculated on the basis of an 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 30 March 1973 . For the Commission

The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(•) OJ No 117, 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. (") OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 . (5) OJ No L 56, 1 . 3 . 1973, p. 22. (7) OJ No L 181 , 27. 7. 1968, p. 6. b) OJ No L 81 , 29. 3. 1973, p. 11 . (8) OJ No L 179, 25. 7. 1968, p. 8 .

31 . 3 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 85/73

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 30 March 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

Levies in u.a./100 kg CCT heading No Third countries AASM , OCT, Tanzania , Uganda (other than AASM and OCT, and Kenya Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya)

07.06 A 0-652 i 1 ) 0-532 H 11.01 C (2) 7-020 6-520 11.02 All (2 ) 8:451 7-951 11.02 A III 7-020 6-520 11.02 B I a) 1 (2 ) 6-045 5-795 11.02 B I b) 1 (2) 6-045 5-795 11.02 B II b ) (2) 6-125 5-875 11.02 C II (2 ) 7-317 7-067 11.02 C III (2) 9-555 9-055 11.02 D II (2) 4-755 4-505 11.02 D III (2) 3-944 3-694 11.02 E I a) 1 (2) 3-944 3-694 11.02 E I b) 1 (2) 7-744 7-244 11.02 E II b) (2) 8-451 7-951 11.02 F II (2) 8-451 7-951 11.02 F III (2 ) 7-020 6-520 11.06 A 0-902 0-472 11.07 A II a) 7-347 6-447 11.07 A II b ) 5-717 4^817 11.07 B 6-514 5-614

(') This levy is limited to 6 °/o of the value for customs purposes . (') For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within headings Nos 11.01 and 11.02 and thoso falling within subheading 23.02 A , products falling within headings Nos 11.01 and 11.02 shall be those meeting the following specifications : — a starch content (determined by the modified Ewers polarimetric method), referred to dry matter, exceeding 45 °/o by weight — an ash content, by weight, referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not exceeding 1*6 % for rice , 2-5 % for wheat, 3 % for barley , 4 °/o for buckwheat, 5 ?/o for oats and 2 °/o for other cereals . Germ of cereals , whole, rolled , flaked or ground , falls in all cases within heading No 11.02.