31973R0979

No L 97/28 Official Journal of tine European Communities 12 . 4 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 979/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 11 April 1973 fixing the import levy on molasses

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 rules and other provisions contained in Regulation (EEC ) No Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/67/ 1395/72 to the information at present available to EEC ( 1 ) of 18 December 1967 on the common organ­ the Commission that the levy at present in force ization of the market in sugar, as last amended by should be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation (EEC) No 174/73 (2), and in particular Regulation ; Article 14 ( 7) thereof;

Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Committee ; Article 1 Whereas the import levy on molasses was fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1395/72 (3) and subsequent The levy referred to in Article 14 ( 1 ) of Regulation amending Regulations ; No 1009/67/EEC is, in respect of molasses, hereby fixed as shown in the Annex 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 12 April 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 308 , 18 . 12 . 1967, p. 1 . («) OJ No L 25 , 30 . 1 . 1973 , p. 1 . (») OJ No I 149, 1 . 7. 1972, p. 61 .

ANNEX

(u.a. /lOO kg)

CCT heading Description of goods Levy No

17.03 Molasses, whether or not decolourized 0