NoL334/42 14.12.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
REGULATION (EEC)No3161/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of13December 1974
determining theworldmarketpriceforcolzaandrapeseed
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
Economic Community ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation No136/
66/EEC(1)of22September 1966ontheestablish­
mentofacommonorganization ofthemarketsinoils
andfats,aslastamended byRegulation (EEC)No
1707/73(2);
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1569/72(3)of20July1972layingdownspecial
measures forcolzaandrapeseed,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No3477/73(4);
HavingregardtoCommission Regulation (EEC)No
2300/73(5)of23August1973layingdowndetailed
rulesforapplyingdifferential amountsforcolzaand
rapeseedandrepealing Regulation (EEC)No
1464/73,aslastamended byRegulation (EEC)No
456/74(6),andinparticularArticle9(4)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinion oftheMonetary
Committee ;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle9(4)ofRegulation (EEC)
No2300/73,theCommission mustdetermine the
worldmarketpriceforcolzaandrapeseed;
Whereastheworldmarketpriceshouldbedeter­
minedinaccordance withtherulesandthecriteria
setoutinCommission Regulation (EEC)No
2535/74(7)of4October1974fixingtheamountofthesubsidyonoilseeds,aslastamended byRegula­
tion(EEC)No3160/74(8);
Whereas toenablethepricesystemtooperate
normally ,theworldmarketpriceshouldbecalculated
onthefollowing basis:
—inthecaseofcurrencies whicharemaintained in
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment ,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmetic meanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrencies recordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunity currencies referredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereas ,applying alltheseprovisions ,theworld
marketpriceforcolzaandrapeseedshouldbefixed
asshownintheTableannexedtothisRegulation ,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article 1
TheworldmarketpricereferredtoinArticle9(4)of
Regulation (EEC)No2300/73andtheratestobeused
forconverting themintonationalcurrencies shallbe
asshownintheTableannexedtothisRegulation .
Article 2
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon16
December 1974.
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels ,13December 1974.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
2)OJNoL175,29.6.1973,p.5.
i)OJNoL167,25.7.1972,p.9.
*)OJNoL357,28.12.1973,p.6.
5)OJNoL236,24.8.1973,p.28.
6)OJNoL51,23.2.1974,p.30.
7)OJNoL271,5.10.1974,p.38. (8)Seepage40ofthisOfficialJournal .

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ANNEX
Worldmarketpriceapplicable from16December 1974forcolzaandrapeseed(CCTheading
Noex12.01)
u.a./100kg(*)
32-330 Worldmarketprice:
Worldmarketpricewherethesubsidyisfixedinadvance :
—forthemonthofDecember 1974
—forthemonthofJanuary1975
—forthemonthofFebruary1975
—forthemonthofMarch1975
—forthemonthofApril1975
—forthemonthofMay197532-330
32-330
32-330
33-176
33-176
31-099
(')Theconversion ratesfromunitsofaccountintonationalcurrencyasforeseenbyArticle9(5)(a)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2300/73arethefollowing :
1u.a.=DM 3-21978
1u.a.=F1 3-35507
1u.a.=Bfr/Lfr48-6572
1u.a.=FF 6-04833
1u.a.=Dkr 7-57831
1u.a.=£ 0-555642
1u.a.=I£ 0-555642
1u.a.-Lit 867-273