31973R3064

13 . 11 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 312/ 17

REGULATION (EEC) No 3064/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 12 November 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 ( 1 ) 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 1 4 (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 processed from cereals and rice covered by Regulation Whereas the import levies on products processed (EEC) No 1052/68 ( 10), as last amended by Regulation from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 2968 / 73 ( 6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) (EEC) No 881 /73 ( n ), as fixed in the Annex to the amended Regulation (EEC) No 2968/73, are hereby No 3053 / 73 (7); altered as shown in the Table annexed to this Regula­ Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, tion . 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 13 on their effective parity ; November 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 12 November 1973 . For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67. \l) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5. 1973, p. 8 . (3) 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 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 5. (9) OJ No L 104, 19 . 4. 1973 , p . 30. (6) OJ No L 303, 1.11 . 1973 , p . 21 . H OJ No L 179, 25. 7 . 1968 , p . 8 . ( 7) OJ No L 310 , 10 . 11 . 1973 , p . 18 . (") OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973, p . 30 .

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 12 November 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)

11.02 A H n 3-312 2-812 11.02 B II b) (») 2-327 2-077 1 1.02 C II C1 ) 2-749 2-499 11.02 D IK1) 1-843 1-593 11.02 E II b) (») 3-312 2-812 1 1.02 F II H 3-3,12 2-812

(') For the purpose of distinguishing between products falling within heading 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 •/• by weight — an ash content, by weight, referred to dry matter (after deduction of any added minerals), not exceeding 1-6 */» for rice, 2-5 % for wheat, 3 % for barley , 4 */t for buckwheat, 5 */• for oats and 2 '/• for other cereals . (ierm of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground , falls in all cases within heading No 11.02 .