31973R1306

19 . 5 . 73 No L 132/ 11 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1306/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 18 May 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN dollar, on the change in parity announced on 13 COMMUNITIES , February 1 973 ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other Economic Community ; provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 254/73 Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009 / to the information at present available to the Commis­ 67/ EEC (') of 18 December 1967 on the common sion that the levies at present in force should be organization of the market in sugar, as last amended 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 The levies referred to in Article 14 (1 ) of Regulation sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 254/ 73 (3) No 1009/67/EEC are, in respect of white sugar and and subsequent amending Regulations ; 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 19 May rate of these currencies and, in the case of the US 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 18 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 . P OJ Nc L 30, 1 . 2. 1973, p. 30 .

ANNEX (u.a. /100 kg)

CCT heading Description of goods Levy No

17.01 Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid : A. Denatured : I. White sugar 5·86 II. Raw sugar 4·42 ( J ) B. Undenatured : I. White sugar 5·86 II. Raw sugar 4·42 (*)

(i) 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 .