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22 . 11 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 321 / 3

REGULATION (EEC) No 3142/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 21 November 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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 it follows from applying the provisions 67/ EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2076/73 to the tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­ offer prices and today's quotations known to the lation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2), and in particular Article Commission that the levies at present in force should 1 3 ( 5) thereof ; be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye Article 1 flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 2076/73 (3 ) and subsequent amending The import levies to be charged on the products listed Regulations ; in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No 120/ Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, 67/ EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table levies should be calculated on the following basis : annexed to this Regulation .

— 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 22 on their effective parity ; November 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 21 November 1973 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p . 2269/67. (*) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973, p. 8 . (3) OJ No L 212, 1 . 8 . 1973, p . 1 .

No L 321 /4 Official Journal of the European Communities 22 . 11 . 73

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 21 November 1973 fixing the levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

CCT heading Description of goods u. a. / ton No

10.01 A Common wheat and mesiin 0 10.01 B Durum whent o (' K «) 10.02 Rye 10-56 ( 5) 10,0.3 Barley 10-13 : 0.04 Oats 0 10.05 li Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 0 (*)(») 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 6-24 10.07 C Grain sorghum 0 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 ( 4 ) 1 1.01 A Wheat or mesiin flour 0 1 1.01 B Rye flour 33-52 1 1.02 A I n Durum wheat groats and meal 0 11.02 Λ I h Common wheat groats and meal 0

{') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country lo the Community , the levy is reduced by 0-50 u . a . /metric ton . (*) Where maize originating in the AASM and OCT is imported into the French Overseas Departments , the levy in reduced by 6 u . a . /metric ton . (') Where maize originating in Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya is imported into the Community , the levy is reduced by 1 u . a . /metric ton . ( 4 ) Where wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported directly from that country to the Community , the levy is reduced by 0-50 u . a . /metric ton . (') The import levy charged on rye produced in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Community is laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1234 /71 and Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No 2622/71 .