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8 . 12 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 339/31

REGULATION ( EEC) No 3323/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 7 December 1973 altering the special export levy on white sugar and raw sugar

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 1009/ Whereas it follows from applying the rules, criteria 67/ EEC (') of 18 December 1967 on the common and other provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) organization of the market in sugar, as last amended No 3150/73 to the information at present available to by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 928 /73 (-') ; the Commission that the special export levy at present Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No in force should be altered as shown in the Annex to 608 / 72 (3) of 23 March 1972 laying down rules to be this Regulation , applied in cases of considerable price rises on the world sugar market, and in particular Article 1 (2) theteo'f ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Article 1 Committee ; Whereas the special export levy on white sugar and The special export levy on sugar provided for in the raw sugar was fixed by Regulation (EEC) No second subparagraph of Article 16 ( 1 ) of Regulation 3150 /73 ("*) ; No 1009/67/ EEC fixed in the Annex to Regulation ( EEC) No 3150 / 73 , is altered as shown in the Annex Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, to this Regulation . levies should be calculated on the following basis : — in the case of currencies which are maintained in Art icli- 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 1 973 . on their effective parity ;

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

Done at Brussels , 7 December 1 973 . For the Commission P.J. LARD I NO IS /Member of the Commission

(') Oj No 308 , 18 . 12 . 1967 , p . I. (-) OJ No L 199 , 19 . 7 . 1 973 , p . 7 . (3) 0*| No L 75, 28 . 3 . 1972, p . 5 . h ) 0"| No L 321 , 22 . II . 1973, p. 16 .

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ANNEX

(u.a.1100 kg) Amount of the CCT heading special export No Description of goods levy

17.01 Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :

A. Denatured : I. white sugar 4-00 II. raw sugar 3-68 (») B. Undenatured : I. White sugar 4-00 ex II . Raw sugar other than candy sugar 3-68 i 1 ) .

(*) This amount applies to raw sugar with a 92 % yield . If the yield of the exported raw sugar is different from 92 % the levy to be applied shall be calculated in conformity with Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1076/72 .