31973R2597

26 . 9 . 73 No L 269 / 11 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2597 / 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 25 September 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN of these currencies recorded for a given period, in COMMUNITIES , relation to the Community currencies referred to in the previous subparagraph ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009 / provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1738 /73 67/ EEC (') of 18 December 1967 on the common to the information at present available to the Commis­ organization of the market in sugar, as last amended sion that the levies at present in force should be by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 928 /73 (2), and in particular altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; Article 14 (7) thereof ; Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1738 / 73 (3) Article 1 and subsequent amending Regulations ; The levies referred to in Article 14 (1 ) of Regulation Whereas , if the levy system is to operate normally, No 1009/67/EEC are, in respect of white sugar and levies should be calculated on the following basis : standard quality raw sugar, hereby fixed as shown in — in the case of currencies which are maintained in the Annex to this Regulation . relation to each other, at any given moment, within a band of 2.25 % , a rate of exchange based Article 2 on their effective parity ; — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each 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 308 , 18 . 12. 1967 , p . 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 199 , 19 . 7. 1973 , p . 7. (J ) OJ No L 176, 30 . 6 . 1973 , p . 30 . ANNEX (u.a./100 kg)

CCT heading Description of goods Levy No

17.01 Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid : A. Denatured : I. White sugar 8.15 II. Raw sugar 6.37 (i) B. Undenatured : I. White sugar 8.15 II. Raw sugar 6.37 (*)

(') Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 % ; if the yield is other than 92% , the levy applicable is calculated in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 837/68.