31973R1801

5 . 7 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 183/ 11

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1801 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 4 July 1973 fixing the import levy on molasses

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN relation to the Community currencies referred toin COMMUNITIES, 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 (1) of 18 December 1967 on the common provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1739/73 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 levy at present in force should be altered Article 14(7) thereof ; as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; Whereas the import levy on molasses was fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1739/73 (3); HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : Article 1 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in The levy referred to in Article 14(1 ) of Regulation No relation to each other, at any , given moment, 1009/67/EEC is, in respect of molasses, hereby fixed within a band of 2.25 % , a rate of exchange based as shown in the Annex to this Regulation. on their effective parity ; — 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 5 July 1973.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 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 . 3) OJ No L 176, 30 . 6. 1973 , p. 32.

ANNEX (u.a. /100 kg)

CCT heading Description of goods Levy No

17.03 Molasses, whether or not decolourized 0