29.6.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL175/1
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(Actswhosepublicationisobligatory)
REGULATION (EEC)No1704/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of26June1973
fixingthemaininterventioncentresforoilseedsforthe1973/74marketingyear
andthederivedinterventionpricesapplicableinthesecentres
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle24ofRegulation
No136/66/EEC,derivedinterventionpricesmustbe
fixedatalevelpermittingseedtomovefreelywithin
theCommunity ,undernaturalconditionsofprice
formationandinaccordancewiththeneedsofthe
market;whereas,tothatend,interventionprices
shouldbefixedsothatthedifferencesbetweenthem
correspondtothepricedifferencestobeexpectedin
thecaseofanormalharvest;whereastheapplication
ofthesecriterianecessitatescertainalterationstothe
derivedinterventionprices;
Whereasthederivedinterventionpricesforthe
1972/73marketingyearwerefixedinDenmarkand
theUnitedKingdomatalevellowerthanthe
commonlevel;whereasthesepricesshouldmove
towardsalignmentwiththecommonprices,inaccor­
dancewithArticle52(2)oftheActwithregardto
DenmarkandArticle52(2)and(3)withregardtothe
UnitedKingdom ;
Whereastheexperiencegainedduringthecourseof
the1972/73marketingyearhasshownthatthemain
interventioncentresforthatyearshouldberetained;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheTreatyconcerningtheAccession
ofnewMemberStatestotheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtotheEuropeanAtomicEnergy
Community('),andinparticularArticle52(3)first
subparagraph oftheAct(2)annexedthereto,here­
inaftercalledtheAct;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/
66/EEC(3)of22September1966ontheestablish­
mentofacommonorganizationofthemarketinoils
andfats,aslastamendedbytheAct,andinparticular
thefirstsubparagraph ofArticle22(2)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParli­
ament;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle22(2)ofRegula­
tionNo136/66/EEC,themainintervention centres
forcolza,rapeandsunflowerseeds,andthederived
interventionpricesapplicabletheretomustbefixed
forthe1973/74marketingyear;
Whereastheplaceswiththelargestmarketssituated
inthemainproductionareasshouldbetakenasthe
mainintervention centres;whereas,toensurean
appropriatepricelevelforCommunityseedsindeficit
areas,themostrepresentative placesfortheprocessing
ofseedsshouldalsobeused,aswellasplacessituated
outsideproductionareaswhicharerepresentative as
regardsinternaltradeandtheexportofseeds;Article1
Forthe1973/74marketingyear,themaininterven­
tioncentresforcolza,rapeandsunflowerseedsand
thederivedinterventionpricesapplicableinthese
centresshallbethoseshownintheAnnex.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,26June1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
R.VANELSLANDE
(')OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(3)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.

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ANNEX
Maininterventioncentresandinterventionpricesapplicableatthosecentres
A.Forcolzaandrapeseed
CentresInterventionpricesinu.a.per100kg
ofstandardqualityseed
Châteauroux
Bourges
Chartres
LeHavre
Rouen
Gennevilliers
Dijon
Châlons-sur-Marne
Laon
Dunkirk
Antwerp
Rotterdam
Dusseldorf
Mannheim
Strasbourg
Hamm/Westphalia )
Hanover
Hamburg
Kiel
Emden
Regensburg
Lyons
LePouzin
Marseilles
Bordeaux
Sète
Ravenna
Florence
Genoa
Aarhus
Copenhagen
Dublin
Waterford
Hull
Liverpool
Southampton
Tilbury18·80
18·88
19·11
19·68
19·68
19·41
19·01
19·22
19·08
19·69
19·79
19·88
19·79
19·76
19·53
19·42
19·32
19·78
19·44
19·88
19·05
19·33
19·39
19·78
19·52
19·54
20·45
20·45
20·45
18·23
18·23
20·27
19·83
15·13
15·13
14·35
14·35
B.Forsunflowerseed
CentresInterventionpricesinu.a.per100kg
ofstandardqualityseed
Bourges
Bordeaux
Marseilles
LePouzin
Rouen
Genoa18·96
20·30
20·60
20·12
19·84
20·65