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14 . 12 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 344/ 1

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REGULATION (EEC) No 3359/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 13 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 14 on their effective parity ; December 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 13 December 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 . (J ) OJ No L 212, I. 8 . 1973 , p . I.

No L 344/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 14 . 12 . 73

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 13 December 1973 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

CCT heading Description of goods ii . n . / ton No

10.01 A Common when I and meslin 0 10.01 n Durum wheat 0 (')(<) 10.02 Rye 11.12 (5) 10.03 Barley 0 10.04 Oats 0 10.05 B Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 0 C-)( 3 ) 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 10.07 n Millet 0 10.07 C Grain sorghum 0 10.07 D Canary seed ; other cereals 0 ( 4 ) 11.01 A Wheat or meslin flour 0 I 1 . 01 B Rye flour 34.30 Durum w heal groats and meal 0 I 1.02 A I . Common wheat groats and meal 0 I 1 . 02 A I I

(') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community , t lie levy is reduced by 050 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 n . a . / metric ton . (:l) Where maize originating in Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya is imported into the Community , the levy is reduced by 1 u . a . / metric ton . {') Where wheal and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported directly from that country lo 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 1 234 / 71 and Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 2622/71 .