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26 . 5 . 73 No L 139 / 1 Official Journal of the European Communities

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REGULATION (EEC) No 1390/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 25 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 120/ Whereas it follows from applying the provisions 67/EEC (l ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ contained in Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 to the offer tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by the prices and today's quotations known to the Commis­ Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of sion that the levies at present in force should be 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 January 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 26 May 1973 . exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies

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

Done at Brussels, 25 May 1973 .

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

0 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 139 /2 Official Journal of the European Communities 26 . 5 . 73

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 25 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 meslin 30·53 10.01 B Durum wheat 32·24 (!)(4 ) 10.02 Rye 47·23 (5 ) 10.03 Barley 29-21 10.04 Oats 18-96 10.05 B Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 19-64 (2)( 3 ) 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 26-77 10.07 C Grain sorghum 23-58 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 («) 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 61·50 , 11.01 B Rye flour 76·49 ' 11.02 Ala Durum wheat groats and meal 58·89 11.02 Alb Common wheat groats and meal 65·34

(') 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 . (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 . (•) 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 .