31973R1565

No L 157/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 6. 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 1565/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 13 June 1973 fixing the import levy on molasses

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN relation to the Community currencies referred to COMMUNITIES, in the previous subparagraph ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas the Opinion of the Monetary Committee was Economic Community ; requested ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/ Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other 67/EEC (1 ) of 18 December 1967 on the common provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1395/72 organization of the market in sugar, as last amended to the information at present available to the Commis­ by Regulation (EEC) No 174/73 (2), and in particular sion that the levy at present in force should be altered Article 14(7) thereof ; as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; Whereas the import levy on molasses was fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1395/72 (3) and subsequent HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : amending Regulations ; Whereas if the levy system is to operate normally, Article 1 levies should be calculated on the following basis : The levy referred to in Article 14(1 ) of Regulation No — in the case of currencies which are maintained in 1009/67/EEC is, in respect of molasses, hereby fixed relation to each other, at any given moment, as shown in 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 14 June 1973 . of these currencies recorded for a given period, in

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

Done at Brussels, 13 June 1973 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

( i ) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p . 1 . (2) OJ No L 25, 30. 1 . 1973, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 149 , 1 . 7. 1972, p . 61 .

ANNEX (u.a. /100 kg)

CCT heading Description of goods Levy No

17.03 Molasses, whether or not decolourized 0