31973R2206

4 . X. 73 Official Journal ot the European Communities No L 226 / 7

REGULATION ( EEC ) No 2206 / 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 13 August 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

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 it follows from applying the rules and other Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009 / provisions contained in Regulation ( EEC) No 1738 /73 67/ EECC ) of 18 December 1967 on the common to the information at present available to the Commis­ organization of the market in sugar, as last amended sion that the levies at present in force should be by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 928 / 73 ( : ), and in particular altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; Article 14(7 ) thereof ; Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar were fixed by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 738 /73 (3 ) Article 1 and subsequent amending Regulations ; The levies referred to in Article 14(1 ) of Regulation Whereas , if the levy system is to operate normally , No 1009 / 67/ EEC are , in respect of white sugar and levies should be calculated on the following basis : standard quality raw sugar, hereby fixed as shown in — in the case of currencies which are maintained in the Annex to this Regulation . relation to each other, at any given moment, within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based Artie c 2 on their effective parity ; — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 August arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels , 13 August 1973 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p . 1 . (-') OJ No L 199 , 19 . 7 . 1973 , p . 7 . (3 ) OJ No L 176, 30 . 6 . 1973 , p . 30 . ANNEX (iu.a.i'100 kg)

CCT heading Description of goods Levy No

17.01 Beet rugar and cane sugar, solid : A. Denatured : I. White sugar 8-62 II . Raw sugar 6-84 i 1 ) B. Undenatured : I. White sugar 8-62 II. Raw sugar 6-84 i 1 )

(') Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 •/« ; if the yield is other than 92 ·/·, the levy applicable it calculated in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 137/68.