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6 . 9 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 249 / 1

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REGULATION ( EEC) No 2422/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 5 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/ Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, 67/ EEC are hereby fixed as 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 6 September on their effective parity ; 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels , 5 September 1973 .

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') O ) No 117 , 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269 / 67 . (-') O'j No L 141 , 28 . v 1973 , p . 8 . (•') Oj No L 212, I. 8 . 1 973, p. 1 .

No L 249/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 6 . 9 . 73

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 5 September 1973 fixing the levies on cereals arid on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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

10.01 A Common wlient, and mesiin 0 10.01 B Durimi wheat o C )( 4 ) 10.02 Rye 11-66 (5) 10.03 Barley 0 10.04 Oats 8-37 10 05 n Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 10-84 (2)(3 ) 10.07 Λ Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 2-48 10.07 C Grain sorghum 9-80 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 («) I 1.01 Λ Wheat or mesiin flou r 0 I I.Ol B Rye flour 34-26 1 1 . 02 A I a Durum wheat groats and meal 0 I 1.02 A 1 b Common wheat groats and meal 0

(') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from char camicty (o ( lie 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 . (4) Where wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported directly from that country to the Community , the levy is reduced by 0-50 . ti . 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 .