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31 . 8 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 243/ 1

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2344/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 30 August 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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 to Economic Community ; in the previous subparagraph ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ Whereas it follows from applying the provisions 67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ contained in Regulation ( EEC) No 2076/73 to the tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­ offer prices and today's quotations known to the lation ( EEC) No 1 346 / 73 (2 ), and in particular Article Commission that the levies at present in force should 13 ( 5) thereof ; be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye Article 1 flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 2076/73 (3 ) and subsequent amending The import levies to be charged on the products listed Regulations ; in Article 1 (a ), (b) and (c) of Regulation No 120 / 67/ EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : annexed 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 31 August on their effective parity ; 1 973 .

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

Done at Brussels , 30 August 1 973 . For the Co in miss ion

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/ 67 . (2 ) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 8 . (3 ) OJ No L 212, I. 8 . 1973 , p . 1 .

No L 243 /2 Official Journal of the European Communities 31 . 8 . 73

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 30 August 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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

10.01 A Common wheat, and mesiin 0 10.01 B Durum wheat o on 10.02 Rye 11 -66 (5) 10.03 Barley 0 10.04 Oats 8-18 10 05 B Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 7-96 m . 10.07 Λ Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 0-18 10.07 C Grain sorghum 10-57 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals o (*) 11.01 A Wheat or mesiin flour 0 11.01 B Rye flour 35-07 11.02 A I a Durum wheat groats and meal 0 11.02 Alb Common wheat groats and meal 0

(') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country 10 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 in reduced by 6 u . a . /metric ton . (•) Where maize originating in Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya is imported into the Community , die 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 .