31973R3168

Vjo L 322/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 23 . 11 . 73

REGULATION ( EEC) No 3168 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 22 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 by Regulation (EEC) No 1928 /73 (2), and in particular altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation, Article 1 4 (7) thereof ; Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1738/73 (3) Article 1 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 ; — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each November 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 22 November 1973 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

0) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 199, 19 . 7. 1973, p. 7. 3) OJ No L 176, 30 . 6. 1973, p. 30 . ANNEX (u.a.1100 kg)

CCT heading Description of goods Levy No

17.01 Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid : A. Denatured : I. White sugar 3-14 II . Raw sugar 3-24 ( x) B , Undenatured : I. White sugar 3-14 II. Raw sugar 3-24 (*)

(*) Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 % ; 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.