31973R1716

No L 175 / 24 29 . 6 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1716/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 28 June 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

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 (') of 18 December 1967 on the common provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 254/73 organization of the market in sugar, as last amended to the information at present available to the Commis­ by Regulation (EEC) No 1 74/73 (2), and in particular sion that the levies at present in force should be Article 14(7) thereof ; altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; Whereas the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 254/73 (3) HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 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 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in No 1009/67/ EEC are, in respect of white sugar and standard quality raw sugar, hereby fixed as shown in relation to each other, at any given moment, within a band of 2·25 % , a rate of exchange based the Annex to this Regulation . 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 29 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, 28 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 . 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 6·79 II. Raw sugar 4·75 (*) B. Undenatured : I. White sugar 6·79 II. Raw sugar 4·75 (')

(*) 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.