31973R3034

No L - 309 / 23 9 . 1 1 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 3034/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 8 November 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN of these currencies recorded for a given period, in COMMUNITIES , relation to the Community currencies referred to in the previous subparagraph ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/ provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1738/73 67/ EEC (1) of 18 December 1967 on the common to the information at present available to the Commis­ organization of the market in sugar, as last amended sion that the levies at present in force should be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 928 /73 (2 ), and in particular Article 14 (7) thereof ; Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas the import levies on white sugar and raw Article 1 sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1 738 /73 (J) and subsequent amending Regulations ; The levies referred to in Article 14 (1) of Regulation Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, No 1009/67/EEC are, in respect of white sugar and levies should be calculated on the following basis : standard quality raw sugar, hereby fixed as shown in — in the case of currencies which are maintained in the Annex to this Regulation . relation to each other, at any given moment, within a band of 2·25 % , a rate of exchange based Article 2 on their effective parity ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 November — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the 1973 . arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each

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

Done at Brussels, 8 November 1973 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p. L (2 ) OJ No L 199 , 19 . 7 . 1973, p . 7. ANNEX 3 OJ No L 176, 30 . 6. 1973 , p . 30 . (u.a./100 kg)

CCT heading Description of goods Levy No

17.01 Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid : A. Denatured : I. White sugar 5·26 II. Raw sugar 4·50 ( x ) B. Undenatured : I. White sugar 5·26 II. Raw sugar 4·50 H

(i) Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 % j if the yield is other than 92 % , the levy applicable is calculated in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 837/68.