31973R3567

31 . 12 . 73 No L 364/ 1 Official Journal of the European Communities

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

REGULATION ( EEC) No 3567 / 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 28 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 1346/73 (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 Î 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 1 January 1 974 . on their effective parity ;

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

Done at Brussels, 28 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 . (3 ) OJ No L 212, 1 . 8 . 1973 , p . 1 .

No L 364/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 31 . 12 . 73

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 28 December 1973 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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

10.01 A Common wheat and meslin 0 10.01 B Durum wheat o on 10.02 Rye 11·25 (5) 10.03 Barley 0 10.04 Oats 0 10.05 B Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing 0 ( 2 )( 9) 10.07 A Buckwheat 0 10.07 B Millet 0 10.07 C Grain sorghum 0 10.07 n Canary seed ; other cereals 0 («} 1 1 . 01 A Wheat or meslin flour 0 11.01 B Rye flour 34·48 Durum wheat groats and meal 0 I ! . 02 A I a Common wheat groats and meal 0 11.02 A ! h

• (') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community , the levy is reduced by 0·50 ti . a . /metric ton . (') Where maize originating in the AASM and OCT is imported into the French Overseas Departments , the levy in reduced by 6 II . a . /metric ton . (') Where maize originating in Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya is imported into the Community , Inc levy is reduced by 1 u . a . /metric ton . (') Where wheal and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported directly from that country to 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 1234 /71 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 .