31974R0141

19 . 1 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 16/21

REGULATION ( EEC) No 141 /74 OF THE COMMISSION of 18 January 1974 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 amended Regula­ organization of the market in sugar, as last amended tion (EEC) No 3150/73 to the information at present by Regulation (EEC) No 1 928 /73 (2) ; available to the Commission that the special export Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No levy at present in force should be altered as shown in 608 /72 (3) of 23 March 1972 laying down rules to be the Annex to this Regulation , applied in cases of considerable price rises on the world sugar market, and in particular Article 1 (2) thereof ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; Article 1

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 (4), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No No 1009/ 67/ EEC fixed in the Annex to amended 116/ 74 (5 ) ; Regulation (EEC) No 3150/73 , is altered as shown in Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the Annex to this Regulation . levies should be calculated on the following basis : — in the case of currencies which are maintained in A rticle 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 19 January on their effective parity ; 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels, 18 January 1974 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No 308 , 18 . 12 . 1967, p. 1 . {2) OJ No L 199, 19 . 7. 1973, p. 7 . (3 ) OJ No L 75, 28 . 3 . 1972, p. 5 . (4) OJ No L 321 , 22 . 11 . 1973 , p . 16 . (5 ) OJ No L 14, 17 . 1 . 1974, p. 17 .

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ANNEX

f u.a . i 100 kg) Amount of the CCT heading No Description of goods special export levy

17.01 Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :

A. Denatured : I. white sugar 16-00 II . raw sugar 14-50 (>) B. Undenatured : I. White sugar 16-00 ex II . Raw sugar other than candy sugar 14-50 (')

i This amount applies to raw sugar with a 92 °/o 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 .