31973R2553

20 . 9 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 264/ 15

REGULATION (EEC) No 2553/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 19 September 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 (*) 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 1346/73 (2 ), and in particular Article of account per 100 kilogrammes of basic product ; 1 4 (4) thereof ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1080/68 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/ 1 047/73 (9), 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 1 2 (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 Regulation from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC) (EEC) No 1052/68 ( 10), as last amended by Regulation No , 2368 / 73 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) (EEC) No 881 /73 ( u), as fixed in the Annex to the No 2542/73 ( 7) ; amended Regulation (EEC) No 2368/73, are hereby altered as shown in the Table annexed to this Regula­ Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, tion . 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 20 on their effective parity ; September 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels , 19 September 1973 . For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(!) OJ No 117 , 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269/ 67 . (i) 0"| No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p. 8 . (>) O'j No 1 74, 31.7. 1 967, p. I . (4) O'J No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14 . ( s ) OJ No L 181 , 27 . 7 . 1968 , p. 6 . (5) O'j No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 5 . • o o'l No L 104, 19 . 4. 1973, p . .}(). (») OJ No L 245 , 1 . 9 . 1973 , p. 14 . ( I0) Ol No L 179 , 25 . 7 . 1968 , p. 8 . (7) O'l No L 262, 19 . 9 . 1973 , p. 30 . (") O'j No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973, p. 30 .

No L 264/ 16 Official Journal of the European Communities 20. 9 . 73

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 19 September 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

Levies in j. 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 I o 2165 1-665 11.01 E II (») 1-194 0-944 11.02 A Va ) 1 (*) 0-500 0 11.02 A V a) 2 H 2-165 1-665 11.02 A V b ) H 1-194 0-944 11.02 B II c) (») 1-730 1-480 11.02 C V (») 1-730 1-480 11.02 D V H 1-194 0-944 11.02 E II c) (*) 2-165 ' 1-665 11.02 F V i 1) 2-165 1-665 11.02 G II 1-194 0-694 11.06 B I 1-700 0 11.06 B II 3-189 1-309 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 falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 shall be those meeting the following specifications : — a starch content (determined by the modified Ewers poiarimetric method), referred to dry matter , exceeding 45 °/o 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 */o for buckwheat, 5 •/« for oats and 2 •/« for other cereals . Germ 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 .