31973R1778

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

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1778 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 2 July 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 aipplying the rules and other 67/ EEC (J) of 18 December 1967 on the common provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1738/73 organization of the market in sugar, as last amended to the information at present available to the Commis­ by Regulation (EEC) No 1014/73 (2), and in particular sion that the levies at present in force should be Article 1 4 (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 1738/73 (3) ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, Article 1 levies should be calculated on the following basis : — in the case of currencies which are maintained in The levies referred to in Article 14(1 ) of Regulation relation to each other, at any given moment, No 1009/67/EEC are, in respect of white sugar and within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based standard quality raw sugar, hereby fixed as shown in on their effective parity ; the Annex to this Regulation . — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the Article 2 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period, in 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 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 106, 20. 4. 1973, p. 1 . h) OJ No L 176, 30. 6. 1973, p. 30. ANNEX (u.a.1100 kg) CCT heading Description of goods Levy No

17.01 Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid : A. Denatured : I. White sugar 7-44 II. Raw sugar 5-23 H B. Undenatured : I. White sugar 7-44 II. Raw sugar 5-23 (*)

(') 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.