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4 . 9 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 247/ 1

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REGULATION (EEC) No 2398 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 3 September 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, 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 4 September 1973 . on their effective parity ;

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

Done at , Brussels, 3 September 1973 .

For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No 117 , 19 . 6 . 1967 , p . 2269 / 67 . (') OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 8 . ( 3 ) OJ No L 212, I. 8 . 1 973 , p . 1 .

No L 247/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 9. 73

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 3 September 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 0 10 .02 Rye 11-66 (5) 1 0.0.3 Barley 0 10.04 Oats 6-26 10 05 B Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 8-73 (2)(3) 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 0-18 10.07 C Grain sorghum 9-80 1 0.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 («) 11.01 A Wheat or mesiin flour 0 11.01 B Rye flour 34-26 1 1.02 A I a Durum wheat groats and meal 0 1 1.02 A Ih Common wheat groats and meal 0

(') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country (<> 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 , the levy is reduced by 1 u . a . /metric ton . (') Where wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported directly from that couniry 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 couniry to the Community is laid down in Council Regulation (EEC ) No 1234 /71 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .