NoL128/12 OffioialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 10.5.74
REGULATION (EEC)No1125/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of29April1974
amendingRegulationNo120/67/EEConthecommonorganizationofthemarket
incereals
Whereasamanufacturing processknownasdirect
hydrolysisisatpresentbeingusedintheCommunity
wherebyglucoseisproducedfrommaizegroatsthus
bypassingthe'starch'stage;whereasglucose
producedfromstarchinthetraditionalmanner
benefitsindirectlyfromtheproductionrefund
grantedformaizetobeusedinthemanufactureof
starch;whereas,inordertoavoidanydistortionof
competition betweenglucosemanufacturers
accordingtowhichofthetwomanufacturing
processestheyuse,aproductionrefundshouldbe
grantedformaizegroatsormealusedinthe
Communityforthemanufactureofglucosebydirect
hydrolysis;
Whereas,pursuanttoAnnexAtoRegulationNo
120/67/EEC,ricepelletsareincludedunderthe
commonorganizationofthemarketincereals,while,
infact,theproductcomesunderthecommonorgan­
izationofthemarketinrice;whereasthisproduct
shouldthereforenolongerappearinthesaidAnnex,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article43thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ;
WhereasCouncilRegulationNo120/67/EEC(*)of
13June1967onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1346/73(2),providesforthefixingofa
basicinterventionpriceforbarley;whereas,inthe
lightofexperience,thefixingofsuchapriceshould
beabolishedandreplacedbythefixingofasingle
interventionpricewithaviewtopromotingthe
interplayofmarketforcesinrespectofbarley;
Whereasthefixingofthemarketingyearformaize
from1Augustto31Julydoesnotcorrespondto
theagriculturalcycleofthecerealinquestion;
whereasthisdiscrepancyencouragestheuseofmaize
onthemarketatthebeginningofthemarketing
yearforbarley,whichresultsatsuchtimesinan
abnormaldegreeofinterventiononthemarketin
barley;whereas,inordertoavoidsuchasituation,
anewdateshouldbefixedforthebeginningofthe
marketingyearformaizewhichismoreinlinewith
itsagriculturalcycleandasystemofcarry-over
paymentssimilartothatforothercerealsshouldbe
introducedformaizeinstockattheendofthe
marketingyear;
Whereastheproductionrefundforquellmehlwas
initiallygrantedwithaviewtopromotingcertain
specificusesofquellmehlasafoodforhuman
consumption ,accountbeingtakenofthepossibility
ofitscompetingwithanumberofotherproducts;
Whereasexperiencehasshownthattheopportunity
forsuchsubstitution iseconomically slight,ifnot
non-existent ;whereastheproductionrefundfor
quellmehlshouldthereforebeabolished;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThesecondindentofArticle2(1)ofRegulation
No120/67/EECshallbereplacedbythefollowing:
'—abasicintervention priceforcommon
wheat;'.
Article2
Article3ofRegulationNo120/67/EECshallbe
replacedby,thefollowing:
'Article3
Withtheexceptionofmaize,forwhichitshall
beginon1Octoberandendon30Septemberof
thefollowingyear,themarketingyearforall
productsreferredtoinArticle1shallbeginon
1Augustandendon31Julyofthefollowing
year;the1974/75marketingyearformaizeshall,
however,beginon1August1974andendon
30September1975.'0OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
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Article3 Article4
InArticle9ofRegulationNo120/67/EEC:
—maizeshallbeaddedtothelistofcerealsin
paragraph1forwhichacarry-overpaymentmay
begranted;
—paragraph2shallbereplacedby:
'Formaize,thecarry-overpaymentshallbe
limitedtoquantitiesinstockinareasofsurplus
production.'
Article5
ThetextofArticle11(1)ofRegulationNo120/67/
EECshallbereplacedbythefollowing:
'1.Aproductionrefundshallbegranted:
(a)formaizeandcommonwheatusedinthe
Communityforthemanufactureofstarch;
(b)forpotatostarch;
(c)formaizegroatsandmeal(gritz)usedinthe
Communityforthemanufactureofglucose
bydirecthydrolysis;
(d)formaizeusedintheCommunitybythe
maizeindustryforthemanufactureofmaize
groatsandmeal(gritz)usedinthe
Community brewingindustryforthe
productionofbeer.'InArticle4ofRegulationNo120/67/EEC:
1.Thefirstsubparagraph ofparagraph1shallbe
replacedbythefollowing:
'Inordertoguaranteetoproducersthatthe
marketpricedoesnotfallbelowaminimum
level,derivedinterventionpricesforcommon
wheatshallbefixedfortheCommunity,in
additiontothebasicinterventionprice.'
2.Paragraph2shallbereplacedbythefollowing:
'Forbarley,rye,durumwheatandmaize,for
whichnobasicinterventionpriceislaiddown,
singleinterventionpricesshallbefixedforthe
Communityforallthemarketingcentres
determinedforthosecereals.Thesepricesshall
correspondtothelowestderivedintervention
priceswhichwouldhavebeenfixedinthe
Community,hadparagraph 1beenappliedin
respectofthesaidcereals.'
3.Thesecondsubparagraph ofparagraph3shall
bereplacedbythefollowing:
'Theinterventionpriceformaizeshallbe
effectivefrom1Octoberto31Julyofthe
followingyear.From1Augustto30September,
theinterventionpriceseffectiveforOctoberof
thefollowingmarketingyearshallapply.
However,forthe1974/75marketingyear,the
interventionpriceformaizeshallbeeffective
from1August1974to31July1975.'
4.Paragraph4(a)shallbereplacedbythe
following :
'foreachMemberState,themarketingcentre
forcommonwheattowhichthelowestinter­
ventionpriceappliesandtherelevantprice;'
5.Paragraph4(c)shallbereplacedbythe
following:
'thesingleinterventionpricesforbarley,rye,
durumwheatandmaize.'Article6
Witheffectfrom1September1974,thetextof
tariffsubheadingNoex11.02FinAnnexAto
RegulationNo120/67/EECshallbereplacedby:
'ex11.02exF.Pelletsexceptricepellets.'
Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1August
1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,29April1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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