31973R1473

5 . 6 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 148 /7

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1473/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 4 June 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN of these currencies recorded for a given period, in COMMUNITIES, relation to the Community currencies referred to in the previous subparagraph ; 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 by Regulation (EEC) No 1 74/73 (2), and in particular altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; Article 14(7) thereof ; Whereas the import levies on white sugar and raw HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 254/73 (3) and subsequent amending Regulations ; Article 1 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : The levies referred to in Article 14(1 ) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC are, in respect of white sugar and — in the case of currencies which are maintained in standard quality raw sugar, hereby fixed as shown in relation to each other, at any given moment, the Annex to this Regulation. within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on their effective parity ; Article 2 — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 June 1973.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 June 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 . (') OJ No L 30, 1 . 2. 1973, p. 30 .

ANNEX (u.a./lOO kg)

CCT heading Description of goods Levy No

17.01 Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid : A. Denatured : I. White sugar 3-94 II. Raw sugar 2-91 f1)

B. Undenatured : I. White sugar 3-94 II. Raw sugar 2-91 i1 )

(*) 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 .