31973R1185

8 . 5 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 121 /9

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1185/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 7 May 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN rate of these currencies and, in the case of the US COMMUNITIES , dollar, on the change in parity announced on 13 February 1973 ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/ provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 254/73 67/ EEC ( 1 ) of 18 December 1967 on the common to the information at present available to the Commis­ organization of the market in sugar, as last amended sion that the levies at present in force should be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; by Regulation (EEC) No 174/73 (2 ), and in particular Article 14 (7) thereof ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; Article 1 Whereas the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 254/73 (3) The levies referred to in Article 14 (1 ) of Regulation and subsequent amending Regulations ; No 1009/67/EEC are, in respect of white sugar and standard quality raw sugar, hereby fixed as shown in Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the Annex to this Regulation . levies should be calculated on the basis of an 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 central This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 May 1973.

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

Done at Brussels , 7 May 1973 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973, p. 1 . (3 ) OJ No L 30 , 1 . 2. 1973 , p . 30 . ANNEX < u.a. / 100

CCT heading Description of goods Levy No

17.01 Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid : A. Denatured : I. White sugar 6-25 II . Raw sugar 5.21 n

B. Undenatured : I. White sugar 6.25 II . Raw sugar 5.21 (»)

(*) 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 .