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3 . 7 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 179 / 1

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REGULATION (EEC) No 1775/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 2 July 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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 the Opinion of the Monetary Committee was requested ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ 67/EEC ( 1) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ Whereas it follows from applying the provisions tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by the contained in Regulation (EEC) No 244/73 to the offer Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of prices and today's quotations known to the Commis­ new Member States to the European Economic sion that the levies at present in force should be Community and the European Atomic Energy altered as shown in . the Annex to this Regulation ; Community signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in particular Article 1 3 (5) thereof ; Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 244/73 (4) and subsequent amending Article 1 Regulations ;

Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, The import levies to be charged on the products listed levies should be calculated on the following basis : in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No 120/ — in the case of currencies which are maintained in 67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table relation to each other, at any given moment, annexed 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 3 July 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 2 July 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. (3 ) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 . 4) OJ No L 30 , 1 . 2. 1973, p. 1 .

No L 179/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 3 . 7. 73

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 2 July 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

CCT heading Description of goods u. a. /ton No

10.01 A Common wheat, and mesiin 32-34 10.01 B Durum wheat 18-88 (x )(4) 10.02 Rye 40-77 («) 10.03 Barley 11-97 10.04 Oats 14-74 10.05 B Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 13-33 (2)(s) 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 20-35 10.07 C Grain sorghum 16-14 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals o (*) 11.01 A Wheat or mesiin flour 64-04 11.01 B Rye flour 68-78 11.02 A I a Durum wheat groats and meal 38-21 11.02 A I b Common wheat groats and meal 67-96

(') 'Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community , the levy is reduced by 0-50 u.a./metric ton . (*) Where maize originating in the AASM and OCT is imported into the French Overseas Departments , the levy in reduced by 6 u.a. /metric ton . (') Where maize originating in Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya is imported into the Community , the levy is reduced by 1 u.a. /metric ton . (*) Where wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0-50 u.a./metric ton . (•) The import levy charged on rye produced in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Community is laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1234/71 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .