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REGULATION (EEC)No1470/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of4June1974
fixingforthe1974harvesttheamountsofthepremiumgrantedtopurchasersofleaf
tobacco
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,Whereastheamountofthepremiumtheoretically
applicabletoalltobaccosoftherelevantvarietyis
tobefixed,foreachofthevarietiesproducedinthe
Communityandforthecorresponding reference
quality,perkilogrammeofleaftobaccowhichhas
notundergonefirstprocessingandpreparationfor
market;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No727/
70(*)of21April1970onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinrawtobacco,aslastamendedbythe
ActofAccession(2),andinparticularArticle4(4)
thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ;Whereas,applyingtheserulesandcriteriatothe
situationonthemarketinrawtobacco,thepremium
shouldbebasedonthepricesforbaledtobacco;
whereasinternational tradeisinsuchtobacco;
whereasthepriceofthirdcountryandCommunity
baledtobaccoshouldthereforebetakenintocon­
sideration;whereasthispricecanbecalculatedfor
Communitytobaccoonthebasisofthenormprice
foreachvarietyofleaftobacco,asadjustedby
acoefficientexpressingthelossinweightresulting
fromfirstprocessingandfrompreparationformar­
ket,andasincreasedbyanamountrepresenting
costsdirectlyrelatedtosuchprocessingandprep­
aration;
Whereasithasbeenfoundthatthecostpriceof
Communitybaledtobaccosocalculatedishigher
thanthepricewhichwouldenablethattobaccoto
competewithsimilarimportedtobacco;whereasthe
premiumgrantedtopurchasersofCommunity
tobaccoisintendedtoenablethosepurchasersto
paytoleaftobaccoproducersapricewhichisthe
sameasthenormprice;Whereasthepurposeofthepremiumgrantedto
purchasersofeachofthevarietiesofleaftobacco
istosecurethenormpriceandtoensurethattobacco
producedintheCommunityissold;
Whereas,tothisend,thepremiummustbefixedat
anamountmadeup,foreachvariety,ofacomponent
calculatedwithregardtoforeseeableoutletsonthe
Communitymarketand,whereappropriate,the
influenceoftrendsinpricesofimportedtobaccos
whicharecompetitiveassubstitutesfortobacco
producedintheCommunity ,andastandardcom­
ponentdesignedtosecureguaranteedpriceand
incomeandtoensurethatCommunitytobaccois
sold;
Whereas,forthepurposeoffixingtheamountofthe
premiumforleaftobaccooutletsforbaledtobacco
shouldbeassessed;whereastothisendthecostsof
firstprocessingandofmarketpreparationforeach
varietyshouldbetakenintoaccount;whereasthese
costsshouldcorrespondtothoseofwell-managed
undertakingsestablishedintheCommunity ;whereas
accountshouldalsobetaken,foreachvariety,of
theaveragelossesinweightresultingfromfirst
processingandpreparationformarket;Whereasthedifferencebetweenthepricethuscal­
culatedandthecostpricewasestablishedatthe
baledtobaccostage;whereasthisdifferenceshould
beadjustedtotheleaftobaccostagebyaformula
similartothatdescribedabove;
Whereas,underthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle4
(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No727/70,thepremium
mayexceptionally befixedatanamountaboveor
belowthatnormallyapplicabletoalltobaccoofa
givenvariety;whereasthispossibilityshouldbeused
inrespectofthelowestqualityoftheVirginSCRC1)OJNoL94,28.41970,p.1.
I2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : variety,sincethevalueofthisqualityissubstantially
lowerthanthatofthereferencequality;
Whereastheincreasesinthenormpriceandinfirst
processingandmarketpreparationcostsforthe1974
harvestcouldentailacorresponding increaseinthe
amountofthepremium;whereas,however,the
trendinworldmarketpricesin1973indicatesthat
theobjectivesforwhichthepremiumwasintroduced
canbeattainedbyleavingtheamountsthereof,with
theexceptionofthreevarietiesoftobacco,atthe
levelfixedforthe1973harvest,SoleArticle
Forthe1974harvesttheamountsofthepremium
grantedtopurchasersofleaftobaccoandprovided
forinArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)No727/70shall
beasshownintheAnnex.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,4June1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.ERTL

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ANNEX
Amountofthepremiumperkilogrammeofleaftobacco
Serial
NoVarietiesAmount
(u.a./kg)
1a)BadischerGeudertheimer
b)ForchheimerHavannaIIc)1-338
2BadischerBurleyE 1-335
3VirginSCR 1-200(*)
4a)Paraguayandhybridsthereof
b)Dragonvertandhybridsthereof1-048
5Nijkerk 1-119
6Burley(BurleyXBel) 0-917
7a)Misioneroandhybridsthereof
b)RioGrandeandhybridsthereof1-002
8a)Philippin
b)PetitGrammont (Flobecq)
c)Burley(ErgoX6410andErgoXBursana)0-697
9a)Semois
b)Appelterre0-876
10Bright 1-118
11a)BurleyI 0-688
11b)Maryland . 0-848
12a)Kentuckyandhybridsthereof
b)MorodiCori
c)Salento0-546

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Serial
NoVarietiesAmount
(u.a./kg)
13a)NostranodelBrenta
b)Resistente142 1-180
c)Gojano
14Beneventano 0-805
15Xanti-Yakà 1-435
16Perustitza 1-348
17Erzegovinaandhybridsthereof 1-202
18a)RoundTip
b)Scafati 5-655
c)SumatraI
19a)BrasilSelvaggio
b)Othervarieties0-228
(*)Excludingthelowestquality(ClassIII)forwhichtheamountofthepremiumis0-616u.a./kg.