31973R2593

26. 9 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 269 /3

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2593/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 25 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 (1) 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 1346/73 (2), and in particular Article Commission that the levies at present in force should 1 3 (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 26 on their effective parity ; September 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 25 September 1973 . For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(>) OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/ 67. I2 ) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5. 1973, p. 8 . (') OJ No L 212, I. 8 . 1973 , p. 1 .

No L 269/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 9. 73

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 25 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 meslin 0 10.01 B Durum wheat 0 ( l )(4) 10.02 Rye 0 (8) 10.03 Barley 0 10.04 Oats 0.22 10.05 B Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 5.93 (2)(8) 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 7.53 10.07 C Grain sorghum 8.31 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 (*) 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 0 11.01 B Rye flour 13.75 11.02 Ala 0 Durum wheat groats and meal 11.02 Alb Common wheat groats and meal 0

( i) where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0.50 u . a . /metric top . (') 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 country to the Community, the levy is reduced by 0.50 u.a./metric ton . (5) 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.