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2 . 10 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 275/ 1

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

REGULATION (EEC) No 2672/73 OF THE COMMISSION

of 1 October 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 1 20/ 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 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 2 October on their effective parity ; 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 1 October 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 . (} ) OJ No L 212, I. 8 . 1 973 , p. 1 .

No L 275/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 2. 10. 73

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 1 October 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 (»)(«) 10.02 Rye 0.74 (5) 10.03 Barley 0 10.04 Oats 0 10.05 B Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 11.82 (2)(3) 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 8.49 10.07 C Grain sorghum 5.51 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 («) 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 0 11.01 B Rye flour 19.78 11.02 Ala 0 Durum wheat groats and meal 11.02 Alb 0 Common wheat groats and meal

(') 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 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 u . 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 1234/72 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .