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1 . 8 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 212/ 1

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

REGULATION (EEC) No 2076/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 31 July 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN munity market ; whereas the quality of the goods COMMUNITIES, offered must also be taken into account, whether this quality corresponds to the standard quality fixed in Regulations ( EEC ) No 768 /69 (9) and Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ pean Economic Community ; ( EEC ) No 1397/69 , or whether adjustments need to be made by applying the coefficients of equivalence provided for in Regulation No 158 /67/EEC ( 10), as Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/ last amended by Regulation (EEC ) No 1637/71 ( n ), EEC ( 1 ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organization and in Regulation No 159/67/EEC ( 12 ) ; of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regula­ tion ( EEC) No 1346/73 ( 2 ), and in particular Article Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on 13 ( 5 ) thereof ; the basis of the abovementioned elements , offers for Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary other ports being adjusted, account being taken of Committee ; the corrections necessitated by the differences in transport charges in relation to Rotterdam ; Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 13 ( 1 ) of Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regula­ Regulation No 120/67/EEC stipulates that a levy tion No 120/ 67/ EEC, the nomenclature provided must be charged on imports of the products listed in for in this Regulation is incorporated in the Com­ Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of that Regulation ; whereas mon Customs Tariff ; the levy is equal for each product to the threshold price less the cif price ; Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : Whereas the threshold prices for cereals and for — in the case of currencies which are maintained in wheat and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal , relation to each other, at any given moment, were fixed for the 1973/74 marketing year by Regula­ within a band of 2-25 °/o, a rate of exchange based tions ( EEC ) No 1397/69 ( 3 ), ( EEC ) No 1964/73 ( 4 ), on their effective parity ; ( EEC ) No 1966/73 ( 5 ) and ( EEC ) No 2006/73 (») ; Whereas for the purpose of calculating the cif prices — for other currencies an exchange rate based on used to determine the levies, the Commission must the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of take into account the factors indicated in Regulation each of these currencies recorded for a given 156/67/EEC (7), as amended by Regulation ( EEC ) period, in relation to the Community currencies No 1607/71 (8 ), and in particular the most favour­ referred to in the previous subparagraph ; able purchasing opportunities on the world market among those which are most representative of the Whereas, it follows from applying all the provisions real trend of the market, account being taken in par­ of the abovementioned Regulations that the levies ticular of the need to prevent sudden variations should be fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regu­ likely to cause abnormal disturbances on the Com­ lation ; whereas these levies should be altered only where variations in the components used to calcu­ late them would have the effect of increasing or (») OJ No 117, 19.6 . 1967, p . 2269/67. reducing them by 0-60 unit of account or more ; (2) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 8 . (*) OJ No L 179, 21.7. 1969, p . 6 . ( 4) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7 . 1973 , p . 3 . ( 5) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7 . 1973 , p . 5 . ( ®) OJ No L 100, 28 . 4 . 1969 , p . 8 . (6) OJ No L 205 , 26 . 7 . 1973 , p . 14 . ( 10 ) OJ No 128 , 27 . 6 . 1967, p . 2536/67 . (7) OJ No 128 , 27 . 6 . 1967, p. 2533/67. (») OJ No L 170, 29 . 7. 1971 , p . 20. (8) OJ No L 168 , 27.7 . 1971 , p . 16 . (") OT No 128 , 27 . 6 . 1967, p . 2542/67 .

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HA$ ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 120/67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation . Article 1 Article 2 The import levies to be charged on the products This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August listed in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 31 July 1973 .

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 July 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat cr rye flour, groats and meal

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

10.01 A Common wheat, and mesiin 12-48 10.01 B Durum wheat o C )(4 ) 10.02 Rye 34-99 (5 ) 10.03 Barley 0-79 10.04 Oats 12-30 10.05 B Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 5-05 («)(») 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 15-51 10.07 C Grain sorghum 11-62 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 (4 ) 11.01 A Wheat or mesiin flour 36-22 11.01 B Rye flour 67-74 11.02 A I a Durum wheat groats and meal 0 11.02 Alb Common wheat groats and meal 39-12

(') 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 is reduced by 6 11 . a . /metric ion . ;') 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 .