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8 . 12 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 339 / 1

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REGULATION ( EEC) No 3307 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 7 December 1973 fixing the import 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 1 346/73 (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 / 67/ EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, annexed to this Regulation . 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 8 December on their effective parity ; 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 7 December 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 . {>) OJ No L 212, 1 . 8 . 1973, p . 1 .

No L 339/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 8 . 12 . 73

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 7 December 1973 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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

10.01 A Corninoti whenr mid mesiin 0 10.01 B D ii ru m wheat o C )( 4 ) 10.02 Rye 12-62 ( 5) 10.03 Bailey 0 ; 0.04 Oats 0 10.05 B Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing o ( 2 )( 3 ) 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 i 0.07 B Millet 3-54 10.07 C Grain sorghum 0 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereal *-' 0 (<? 1 1 .0 i A Wheat or mesliti flour 0 1 1 .0 1 B Rye flour 36-40 I 1.02 Λ I .i Durum wheat groats and mea ! 0 M. 02 A 1 b Common wheat groats and meal 0

(') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from lhal couniry to llie Community , the levy is reduced by 0-50 u . a . /metric ton . (') Where maize originating in the A ASM and OCT is imported into ( he 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 n . a . / metric ton . [') Where wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported directly from lhat country to the Community , the levy is reduced by (MO n . 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 .