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18 . 5 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 131 /1

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1281 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 17 May 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN which are floating or whose central rate differs from COMMUNITIES , the official parity, on the effective rate or the central rate of these currencies and, in the case of the US Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European dollar, on the change in parity announced on 13 Economic Community ; February 1973 ; Having regard to Council Regulation No Whereas it follows from applying the provisions 120/67/EEC ( ! ) of 13 June 1967 on the common contained in Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 to the offer organization of the market in cereals, as last amended prices and today's quotations known to the Commis­ by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3 ) on the Acces­ sion that the levies at present in force should be sion of new Member States to the European Economic altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; Community and the European Atomic Energy Community signed at Brussels on 22 Janaury 1972, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : and in particular Article 13(5) thereof ;

Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Article 1 Committee ; The import levies to be charged on the products listed Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No 120/ flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­ 67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table tion (EEC) No 244/73 (4) and subsequent amending annexed to this Regulation . Regulations ; Article 2 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the basis of an This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 May exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 17 May 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. (J) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 . (4) OJ No L 30 , 1 . 2. 1973 , p . 1 .

No L 131 /2 Official Journal of the European Communities 18 . 5 . 73

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 17 May 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 38-06 10.01 B Durum wheat 41-15 H (<) 10.02 Rye 47-73 (5 ) 10.03 Barley 35-84 10.04 Oats 25-59 10.05 B Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 22-46 (2 )(3 ) 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 26-77 10.07 C Grain sorghum 26-56 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 (4 ) 11.01 A Wheat or mesiin flour 72-04 11.01 B Rye flour 77-19 11.02 Ala Durum wheat groats and meal 72-70 11.02 Alb Common wheat groats and meal 76-72

t1) 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 . (■) 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 . (') Where maize originating in Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya is imported into the Community , the levy is reduced by 1 u . a . /metric ton . (') 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 . (») 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 .