31973R2841

19 . 10 . 73 No L 292/31 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2841 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 18 October 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

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 the levy on the basic product as last fixed 67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ differs from the average levy by more than 0-25 unit tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­ of account per 100 kilogrammes of basic product ; lation (EEC) No 1 346/73 (2), and in particular Article whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC) No 14 (4) thereof ; 1080 /68 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/ 1047/73 (9), the levies at present in force must there­ 67/ EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­ fore be altered as shown in the Table annexed to this tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the Regulation ; Act (4) annexed to the Treaty (5 ) on the Accession of new Member States to the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof ; Article 1 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; The import levies to be charged on products Whereas the import levies on products processed processed from cereals and rice covered by Regulation from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation ( EEC) ( EEC) No 1052/68 ( 10), as last amended by Regulation No 2640/73 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) (EEC) No 881 /73 ( n ), as fixed in the Annex to the No 2775 / 73 ( 7) ; amended Regulation ( EEC) No 2640/73 , are hereby altered as shown in the Table annexed to this Regula­ tion . Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, 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 19 October on their effective parity ; 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 18 October 1973 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

') O J No 117 , 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/ 67 . -') O'j No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973, p. 8 . •') Oj No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 . 4) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14 . ( 8) OJ No L 181 , 27 . 7. 1968 , p . 6 . 5 ) O") No L 73, 27 . 3 . 1972, p. S. H OJ No L 104, 19 . 4 . 1973 , p. 30 . o) OJ No L 273 , 29 . 9 . 1973 , p . 13 . ( I0) OJ No L 179, 25 . 7 . 1968 , p . 8 . 7) OJ No L 285 , 12 . 10 . 1973 , p . 39 . (") OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p . 30 .

No L 292/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 19 . 10 . 73

ANNEX

to the. Commission Regulation of 18 October 1973 altering the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice

Levies in u.a . / 100 kg CCT heading No Third countries AASM , OCT , Tanzania , Uganda (other than AASM and OCT, and Kenya Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya)

07.06 A 0·135 (!) 0·015 (») 11.01 C (2 ) 1·850 1·350 11.02 A II (2 ) 2·190 1·690 11.02 A III (2 ) 1·850 1·350 11.02 B I a) 1 (2) 1·450 1·200 11.02 Bib ) 1 (2) 1·450 1·200 11.02 B II b ) (2 ) 1·499 1·249 11.02 C II (2) 1·752 1·502 11.02 C III (2) 2·375 1·875 11.02 D II (2) . 1·208 0·958 11.02 D III (2 ) 1·015 0·765 11.02 E I a) 1 (2) 1·015 0·765 11.02 E lb ) 1 (2) 2·000 1·500 11.02 E II b ) (2) 2·190 1·690 11.02 F II (2 ) 2·190 1·690 11.02 F III (2 ) 1·850 1·350 11.06 A 0·385 0 11.07 A II a) 2·235 1·335 11.07 All b ) 1·898 0·998 11.07 B 2·063 1·163 23.02 A I a) 0·184 0·184 23.02 A I b ) 1 0·295 0·295 23.02 A I b ) 2 0·589 0·589 23.02 A II a) 0·147 0·147 23.02 A II b) 0·589 0·589

(') This levy is limited to 6 °/o of the value for customs purposes . (2) For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within headings Nos 11.01 and 11.02 and those falling within subheading 23.02 A , products falling within heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 shall be those meeting the following specifications : — a starch content ( determined by the modified Ewers polarimetric method ), referred to dry matter , exceeding 45 °/o by weight — an ash content, by weight , referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not exceeding 1·6 »/o for rice , 2·5 % for wheat, 3 % for barley , 4 % for buckwheat, 5 °/o for oats and 2 e/o for other cereals . Gr rm of cereals , whole , rolled, flaked or ground , tails in all cases within heading No 11.02 .