31973R3087

15 . 11 . 73 No L 314/ 27 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 3087 / 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 14 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 (*) 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 ; 1 080/68 (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 fore be altered as shown in the Table annexed to this 67/EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­ 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 1 2 (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) (EEC) No 881 /73 ( n ), as fixed in the Annex to the No 2968 /73 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) amended Regulation (EEC) No 2968 /73 , are hereby No 3064/73 (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 15 November 1973 . on their effective parity ;

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

Done at Brussels, 14 November 1973 .

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269 /67 . (2) 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 . H OJ No L 104, 19 . 4. 1973 , p . 30 . (6) OJ No L 303 , 1 . 11 . 1973, p . 21 . ( 10) OJ No L 179 , 25 . 7. 1968 , p. 8 . (7) OJ No L 312, 13 . 11 . 1973 , p . 17. (") OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p. 30 .

No L 314/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 15 . 11 . 73

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 14 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 )

11.01 H ( x ) 1-088 0·838 11.02 A II H 2·412 1·912 11.02 A VIII 1-088 0·838 11.02 B I a) 4 (») 1·565 1-315 11.02 B I b ) 4 (!) 1·565 1-3,15 11.02 B II b ) (») 1·662 1·412 11.02 C II H 1·949 1·699 11.02 C VII H 1·565 1-315 11.02 D II i 1 ) 1·333 1-083 11.02 D VII 1-088 0·838 11.02 E I a ) 4 H 1-088 0·838 11.02 E I b ) 4 i 1 ) 1·980 1·480 11.02 E II b) (M 2·412 1·912 11.02 F IK 1 ) 2·412 1·912 11.02 F VIII (M 1-088 0·838 23.02 A I a) 0·148 0·148 23.02 A I b) 1 0·237 0·237 23.02 A I b) 2 0·74 0·74 23.02 A II a ) 0·118 0·118 23.02 A II b) 0·74 0·74

{') 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 °/o by weight — in 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 % for buckwheat, 5 */o for oats and 2 •/« for other cereals . Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground , falls in all cases within heading No 11.02 .