31973R2990

No L 303 / 78 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . II . 73

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2990 / 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 31 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 (-'), and in particular Article whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1 4 (4) thereof ; 1 080/68 ( 7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/ 1 047/73 (8), 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 processed from cereals and rice covered by Regulation Whereas the import levies on products processed from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC) (EEC) No 1 052/68 (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 881 /73 ( l0), as fixed in the Annex to Regula­ No. 2968 /73 (b), tion (EEC) No 2968/73, are hereby altered as shown Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, in the Table 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 1 November 1973 . on their effective parity ;

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

Done at Brussels , 31 October 1973 . For the Commission P. j : LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269/67. i2) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973, p . 8 . (3 ) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 . (7) OJ No L 181 , 27. 7. 1968 , p. 6 . (■») OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14 . (8) OJ No L 104, 19 . 4 . 1973, p . 30 . (5 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 5. H OJ No L 179, 25. 7 . 1968 , p. 8 . (6) See page 21 of this Official Journal . ( 10) OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p. 30 .

1 . 11 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 303 /79

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 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 0-189 0 ) 0,069 (») 11.01 C (2) 2-392 1,892 , , 11.01 H (2) 1-343 1,093 11.02 A II (2 ) 2-412 1,912 . 11.02 A III (2) 2-392 1,892 11.02 A VIII (2) 1-343 1,093 11.02 B I a) 1 (2) 1-932 1,682 11.02 B I a ) 4 (2) 1-965 1,715 11.02 B I b ) 1 ( 2 ) 1-932 . 1,682 11.02 B I b ) 4 (2) 1-965 1,715 11.02 B II b ) (2 ) 1-662 1,412 11.02 C II (2) 1-949 1,699 1 1.02 C III (2) ' 3-128 2,628 11.02 C VII ( 2 ) 1-965 1,715 11.02 D II (2) 1-333 1,083 11.02 D III ( 2 ) 1-322 1,072 11.02 D VII (2) 1-343 1,093 11.02 E I a ) 1 . (2 ) 1-322 1,072 11.02 E I a ) 4 ( 2 ) 1-343 1,093 11.02 E I b ) 1 (-') 2-602 2,102 11.02 E I b ) 4 (2) 2-430 1,930 11.02 E II b ) ( 2 ) 2-412 1,912 11.02 F II ( 2) 2-412 1,912 11.02 F III (2 ) 2-392 1,892 11.02 F VIII (2) 1-343 1,093 11.06 A 0-439 0,009 , 1 1.07 A II a ) 2-771 1,871 1 1.07 A II b) 2-298 1,398 1 1.07 B 2-529 1,629 23.02 A 1 a ) 0-223 0,223 23.02 A 1 b ) 1 0-357 0,357 23.02 A I b ) 2 0-714 0,714 23.02 A 11 a ) 0-178 0,178 23.02 A II b ) 0-714 0,714

(') This levy is limited to 6 '/o of the value for customs purposes . (s)' 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 meeiing 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 (afier deduction <>( any added minerals), nor exceeding 1-6 Vo for rice , 2-5%. tor wheat , 3% for barley , 4% for oucKwneat , j% for oats and z ®/o tor other cereals . » Cirrm of cereals , whole, rolled , flaked or ground , talis in all cases within heading No 11.02 .