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6 . 10 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 280/ 1

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REGULATION ( EEC) No 2715 / 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 5 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 1346/73 (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 6 October 1973 . on their effective parity ;

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

Done at Brussels, 5 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 . (3 ) OJ No L 212, I. 8 . 1 973 , p . 1 .

No L 280/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 6. 10. 73

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 5 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 0 )(4) 10.02 Rye 3-75 (5) 10.03 Barley 0 10.04 Oats 0 10.05 B Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 13-18 (2)(8) 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 9-24 10.07 C Grain sorghum 7-02 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals o n 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour o 11.01 B Rye flour 23-99 11.02 A I a Durum wheat groats and meal 0 11.02 Alb Common wheat groats and meal 0

C ) Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transportée! 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 . (5) The import levy charged on rye produced in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Community is laid down in Council Régulation (EEQ No 1234/71 and Commission Régulation ( EEC) No 2622/71 .