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16 . 10 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 289 / 1

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REGULATION ( EEC) No 2799/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 15 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 Articlc 1 flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­ tion ( EEC) No 2076 / 73 (-') 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 Artiele 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 16 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 5 October 1 973 . For the C.onini ission

P.J. LARDINOIS /Member of the C.om in ission

(') O ) No 117, l L>. 6 . 1967 , p . 2269 / 67 . (-') O'l No L 141 , 2K . v 197.?, p. 8 . (■'•) O'l No I. 212, I. S. 1 97/5 , p . I.

No L 289/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 16 . 10 . 73

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 15 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 mesiin 0 10.01 B Durum wheat 0 (*)( 4 ) 10.02 Rye 3-75 («) 10.03 Barley 0 10.04 Oats 0 10.05 B Maize other than hybrid mai /.e for sowing 10-69 (2)(3) 1 0.07 A Buckwheat 0 1 0.07 B Millet 5-10 10.07 C Grain sorghum 6 - 27 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 n 1 1.01 A Wheat or mesiin flour 0 1 1.01 B Rye flour 23-99 I 1 . 02 A I a Durum wheat groats and meal 0 1 1 .02 A I b Common wheat groats and meal 0

(') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country lo 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 . (') 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 .