31973R0975

12 . 4. 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 97/21

REGULATION (EEC) No 975/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 11 April 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/ contained in Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 to the 67/EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organi­ offer prices and today's quotations known to the zation of the market in cereals, as last amended by Commission that the levies at present in force should be altered as shown in the Annex to this the Act ( 2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Acces­ sion of new Member States to the European Regulation ; Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in particular Article 13 (5 ) HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : thereof ;

Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Article 1 Committee ; Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye The import levies to be charged on the products flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by listed in Article 1 (a), (b ) and (c) of Regulation No Regulation ( EEC) No 244/73 (4) and subsequent 120/67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table amending Regulations ; 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 curren­ cies which are floating or whose central rate differs This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 April from 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, 11 April 1973 . For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(») 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 . (4) OJ No L 30, 1 . 2 . 1973 , p. 1 .

No L 97/22 Official Journal of the European Com munities 12 . 4 . 73

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 11 April 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 mesiin 46-19 10.01 B Durum wheat 41-89 (*)(«) 10.02 Rye 42-96 (5) 10.03 Barley 34-00 10.04 Oats 26-40 10.05 B Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 37-65 (2)(3) 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 38-19 10.07 C Grain sorghum 37-21 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals o n 11.01 A Wheat or mesiin flour 83-42 11.01 B Rye flour 70-51 11.02 Ala Durum wheat groats and meal 73-82 11.02 Alb Common wheat groats and meal 89-13

') 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 . 2) 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 . 4 ) 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 from that country to the Community is laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1234/71 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .