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No L 177/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 30 . 6 . 73

REGULATION (EEC ) No 1773/73 OF THE COMMISSION

of 29 June 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the COMMUNITIES , arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period , in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European relation to the Community currencies referred to Economic Community ; in the previous subparagraph ;

Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/ Whereas the Opinion of the Monetary Committee was EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organization requested ; of the market in cereals , as last amended by the Whereas the levy on the basic product as last fixed yet (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of differs from the average levy by more than 0-25 unit new Member States to the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy of account per 100 kilogrammes of basic product ; Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, whereas , pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1080/68 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof ; 1047/73 ( 7), the levies at present in force must there­ Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/ fore be altered as shown in the Table annexed to this EEC (4) of 25 July 1967 on the common organization Regulation ; of the market in rice, as last amended by the Act annexed to the Treaty on the Accession of new HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Member States to the European Economic Com­ munity and the European Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972 , and in par­ Article 1 ticular Article 12 (4) thereof ; The import levies to be charged on products Whereas the import levies on products processed processed from cereals and rice covered by Regulation from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC) (EEC) No 1052/68 (8), as last amended by Regulation No 1734/73 (5 ) ; (EEC) No 881 /73 (9), as fixed in the Annex to Whereas , if the levy system is to operate normally, Regulation (EEC) No 1734/73 , are hereby altered as shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation . levies should be calculated on the following basis :

— in the case of currencies which are maintained in Article 2 relation to each other, at any given moment , within a band of 2-25% , a rate of exchange based This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July on their effective parity ; 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels , 29 June 1973 . For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No 117 , 19 . 6. 1967 , p . 2269/67 . ( 2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p . 14 . f6) OJ No L 181 , 27. 7. 1968 , p . 6. ( 3) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p . 5 . ( 7 ) OJ No L 104, 19 . 4 . 1973 , p . 30 . (4) OJ No 174 , 31 . 7. 1967 , p . 1 . ( 8) OJ No L 179 , 25 . 7. 1968 , p . -8 . (5) OJ No L 176 , 30 . 6 1973 , p 14. H OJ No L 86 , 31 . 3 . 1973 , p . 30 .

30 . 6 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 177/23

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 29 June 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

Levies in u.a. / 100 kg

CCT heading No Third countries AASM , OCT, Tanzania , Uganda (other than AASM and OCT , and Kenya Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya )

11.01 E I (') 3·214 2·714 11.01 E II ( J ) 1·788 1·538 11.02 A V a ) 1 (>) 0·500 0 11.02 A V a ) 2 C) 3·214 2·714 11.02 A V b ) (') 1·788 1·538 11.02 B II c) (') 2·663 2·413 11.02 C V ( l) 2·663 2·413 11.02 D V ( l ) 1·788 1·538 11.02 E II c) ( l) 3·214 2·714 11.02 F V ( 1 ) 3·214 2·714 11.02 G II 1·631 1·131 11.06 B I 1·700 0 11.06 B II 4·128 2·248 11.08 A I 1·700 0 11.08 A IV 1·700 0 11.08 A V 1·700 0 17.02 B II a ) (2) 8·000 0 17.02 B II b ) ( 2) 5·500 0 17.05 B I 8·000 0 17.05 B II 5·500 0 23.03 A 1 15·000 0

t1 ) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 and those falling within subheading No 23.02 A, products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 shall be those meeting the following specifications : — a starch content (determined by the modified Ewers polarimetric method), referred to dry matter, exceeding 45% by weight , * — an ash content, by weight , referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not exceeding 1·6 % for rice, 2·5 % for wheat, 3% for barley , 4% for buckwheat , 5% for oats and 2% for other cereals . Germ of cereals , whole , rolled , flaked of ground , falls in all cases within heading No 11.02 . (2) Pursuant to Regulation No 189/66 / EEC the product falling within subheading No 17.02 B I is subject to the same levy as products falling within subheading No 17.02 B II .