31973R2396

1 . 9 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 245/79

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2396/73 OF THE COMMISSION

of 31 August 1973

altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

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 the levy on the basic product as last fixed 67/ EEC ( 1 ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ differs from the average levy by more than 0-25 unit tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­ lation ( EEC) No 1 346/ 73 (2 ), and in particular Article of account per 100 kilogrammes of basic product ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC) No 14 (4) thereof ; 1080/68 ( 7), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/ 1047/ 73 (8), the levies at present in force must there­ 67/ EEC (3 ) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­ fore be altered as shown in the Table annexed to this tion of the market in rice , as last amended by the Regulation ; Act (4) annexed to the Treaty (5 ) on the Accession of new Member States to the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof ;

Article 1 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; The import levies to be charged on products Whereas the import levies on products processed processed from cereals and rice covered by Regulati­ from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC) on(EEC) No 1052/68 0, as last amended by Regula­ No 2368 / 73 (fe) ; tion (EEC) No 881 /73 ( 10), as fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2368 /73 , are hereby altered as Whereas , if the levy system is to operate normally, shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation . levies should be calculated on the following basis :

— 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 1 September on their effective parity ; 1 973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 31 August 1973 .

Fur the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

(') O ] No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269 / 67 . I1 ) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p. 8 . (■') OJ No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p . 1 . (?) OJ No L 181 , 27 . 7 . 1968 , p . 6 . (4 ) O J No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1973 , p . 14. ( S ) OJ No L 104, 19 . 4 . 1973 , p . 30 . (5 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1973 , p. 5 . ('') OJ No L 179 , 25 . 7 . 1968 , p. 8 . (b) See page 14 of this Official Journal . ( 10 ) OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p. 30 .

No L 245/80 Official Journal of the Eurooean Communities 1 . 9. 73

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 August 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

Levies in u. a. / 100 kg

CCT heading No Third countries AASM , OCT, Tanzania , Uganda (other than AASM and OCT, and Kenya Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya)

11.01 E 1 (!) 1715 1-215 11.01 E II 0 ) 0-939 0-689 1-269 1-019 11.01 K (») 11.02 A Va) 1 i 1 ) 0-500 . 0 11.02 A V a) 2 1-715 1-215 11.02 A V b ) H 0-939 0-689 1-269 1-019 11.02 A IX (') 11.02 B II c) i 1 ) 1-330 1-080 11.02 B II d) i 1 ) 1-848 1-598 1-330 1-080 11.02 C v o 11.02 C VIII i 1 ) 1-848 1-598 11.02 D V i 1 ) 0-939 0-689 11.02 D VIII i 1 ) 1-269 1-019 11.02 E II c) Π 1-715 1-215 11.02 E II d ) H 2-298 1-798 11.02 F V H 1-715 1-215 11.02 F IX H 1-269 1-019 11.02 G II 1-006 0-506 11.06 B I 1-700 0 11.06 B II 2-787 0-907 11.08 AI 1-700 0 11.08 AIV 1-700 0 11.08 A V 1-700 0 17.02 B II a) ( 2 ) 8-000 0 17.02 B II b) (2 ) 5-500 0 17.05 B I 8-000 0 17.05 B II 5-500 0 23.03 A I 15-000 0

(') For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 and those falling within subheading 23.02 A , products tailing within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 shall be those meeting the following specifications : — a starch content (determined by the modified Ewers polarimetric method ), referred to dry matter , exceeding 45 % by weight — an ash content, by weight, referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not exceeding 1-6 •/• for rice , 2-5 % for wheat , 3 % for barley , 4 % for buckwheat, 5 */o for oats and 2 •/• for other cereals . Orm of cereals , whole, rolled , flaked or ground , falls in all cases within heading No 11.02. (') Pursuant to Regulation No 189/66/EEC the product falling within subheading No 17.02 B I is subject to the same levy as products falling within subheading No 17.02 B II .