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27 . 11 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 326 / 9

REGULATION ( EEC ) No 3196 / 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 26 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 (') 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 1 928 /73 (2 ), and in particular altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation , 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 sugar were fixed by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 738 / 73 (-') 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 27 November 1 973 . 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 , 26 November 1973 . For the Commission P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') O ) No 308 , IX . 12 . 1967 , p . I. (-) O") No L 199 , 19 . 7. 1973, p . 7. (3 ) O") No L 176, 30 . 6 . 1973, p. 30 . ANNEX fU. a J 100 kg)

OCT 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 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 .