20.10.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL293/31
REGULATION (EEC)No2859/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of19October1973
amendingRegulation (EEC)No1897/73,fixingthedenaturingpremiumforcommon
wheatforthe1973/74marketingyear
(EEC)No1897/73H,of11July1973fixingthe
denaturingpremiumforcommonwheatforthe
1973/74marketingyearshouldbediminished ;
WhereastheproperfunctioningofCommunitycon­
trolnolongerrequires,inprinciple,themaintaining
ofthespecialsystemforthedenaturingpremiumin
thenewMemberStates;whereas,however,forIre­
landtheabolitionofthespecialsystemwouldhave
toosevereanimpactandthatthereforeitshould
beretained,buttoalesserdegreethanformerly;
WhereastheManagement CommitteeforCereals
hasnotdeliveredanOpinionwithinthetimelimit
setbyitsChairman.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HaivinigregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo120/67/
EEC(*)of13June1967onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1346/73(2),andinparticular
Article7(5);
WhereasCouncilRegulationNo172/67/EEC(3)of
27June1967ongeneralrulesgoverningthedena­
turingofwheatandryeofbread-makingquality,as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2096/68(4),
specifiesthatthedenaturingpremiummustbefixed
beforethebeginningof,andforthedurationofthe
marketingyear,butmayexceptionally beamended
wherethereisathreatofdisturbancesontheCom­
munitymarketincereals;
Whereastheworldmarketincommonwheathas
movedrapidlytowardsatightsituation;whereas
thissituationbroughtaboutsuccessivelythelimita­
tionofthedurationofvalidityofexportcertificates,
theterminationofimportlevies,thesettingupofan
exportlevy;whereas,inviewofthedevelopmentof
suchasituation,theincentiveforthedenaturingof
commonwheatshouldbefurtherreducedbecause
thepremiumisexcessiveinthecurrentcircum­
stances,itcompetesinparticularwithbarleyfor
whichthemarketsituationgivesrisetofearsof
largescaleintervention :
Whereascollectivelytheseelementsthreatento
disturbthemarketandthereforethedenaturingpre­
miumasitisdefinedinCommissionRegulationArticle1
Asfrom1November1973thedenaturingpremium
fixedbyArticle1(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No1897/
73increasedaccordingtotheprovisionsofthesecond
paragraphofthatArticle,shallbeamendedinac­
cordancewiththetablesetoutintheAnnex.
Article2
ThefallowingshallreplacethetextofArticle2of
Regulation (EEC)No1897/73:
'Theamountofthepremiumshallbeincreased
inIrelandby3unitsofaccountpermetricton.'
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1Novem­
ber1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19October1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(!)OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
(*)OJNoL141,28.5.1973,p.8.
(3)OJNo130,26.6.1967,p.2602/67.
(4)OJNoL308,23.12.1968,p.12. (5)OJNoL193,14.7.1973,p.25.

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ANNEX
Amountofthedenaturingpremium(l)forcommonwheatfortheperiodfrom1November
1973to31July1974,includingtheincreasesresultingfromtheapplicationoftheprovisions
ofArticle1(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No1897/73
u.a./metricton
7.00
7.22
7.44
7.66
7.88
8.10
8.32
8.32
8.32November1973
December1973
January1974
February1974
March1974
April1974
May1974
June1974
July1974
(*)ThetotalamountofthepremiumisincreasedinIrelandby3u.a./metricton.