31973R1437

No L 144/33 31 . 5 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION (EEC) No 1437/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 30 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 1973 ; 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 to the information at present available to the Commis­ Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/ sion that the levies at present in force should be 67/EEC (! ) of 18 December 1967 on the common altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; organization of the market in sugar, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 174/73 (2), and in particular Article 1 4 (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 31 May 1973 . rate of these currencies and, in the case of the US

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

Done at Brussels, 30 May 1973 . For the Commission P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

( 1 ) 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 kg)

CCT heading Description of goods Levy No

17.01 Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid : A. Denatured : I. White sugar 2·99 II. Raw sugar 1·80 (*) B. Undenatured : I. White sugar 2·99 II. Raw sugar 1·80 (M

(*) Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 °/o ; if the yield is other than 92 °/o , the levy applicable is calculated in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 837/68 .