31973R2163

No L 221 / 8 Official Journal of the European Communities 9 . 8 . 73

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2163/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 8 August 1973 ' fixing the import levy on molasses

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 toin Economic Community ; the previous subparagraph ; 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 1928 /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 ; Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas the import levy on molasses was fixed by Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1739/73 and subsequent amending Regulations (3) ; The levy referred to in Article 14(1 ) of Regulation No Whereas if the levy system is to operate normally, 1009/67/EEC is, in respect of molasses, hereby fixed levies should be calculated on the following basis : as shown in the Annex to this Regulation .

— 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 9 August on their effective parity ; 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 8 August 1973. For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(!) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 199, 19 . 7. 1973, p. 7. (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