31973R1720

29 . 6 . 73 No L 175/31 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION (EEC) No 1720/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 28 June 1973 fixing the difference in the prices of white sugar to be used for calculating, the levy for products processed from fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN of white sugar used in fixing the levies on white sugar, COMMUNITIES, calculated for a period covering the first 15 days of the month preceding the quarter for which the difference Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European is being determined and the two months immediately Economic Community ; preceding that month ; whereas, pursuant to Article Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2 (3) of that Regulation, this difference must be deter­ mined by the Commission for each quarter of the 865/68 (') of 28 June 1968 on the common organiza­ calendar year ; tion of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2429/72 (2 ), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas, in order to enable the Member States to Article 1 determine the amount of the levy applicable in respect of the various added sugars on imports of the For the period 1 July to 30 September 1973, the differ­ products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No ence provided for in Article 2 (2) of Council Regula­ 865/68 , it is necessary, in accordance with Article 2(2) tion (EEC) No 865/68 is fixed at 0·0645 unit of of that Regulation, to determine the difference account . between the average of the threshold prices for one kilogramme of white sugar for each month of the Article 2 quarter for which the difference is being determined and the average of the cif prices for one kilogramme This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 28 June 1973 . For the Commission

The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No L 153 , 1 . 7. 1968 , p. 8 . (2) OJ No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p . 1 .