31973R2701

5 . 10 . 73 No L 279 / 2 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION (EEC) No 2701 /73 OF THE COMMISSION

of 4 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 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/ 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 5 October on their effective parity ; 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 4 October 1973 .

For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

(') OJ No 117 , 19 . 6 . 1967 , p . 2269/ 67 . (2) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 8 . (J ) OJ No L 212, 1 . 8 . 1973 , p . 1 .

5 . 10. 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 279/3

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 4 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 CM4) 10.02 Rye 2-24 (5) 10.03 Barley 0 10.04 Oats 0 10.05 B Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 12-20 (2 )(3) 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 9-24 10.07 C 7-02 Grain sorghum 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 (<) 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 0 1 1.01 B 21-88 Rye flour 11.02 A 1 a Durum wheat groats and meal 0 11.02 Alb Common wheat groats and meal 0

( t ) 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 . (3) 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 . (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 .