25.2.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL52/1
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REGULATION (EEC)No449/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of6February1973
amendingRegulation (EEC)No1013/71asregardsthecalculationofthecompensatory
amountsapplicableinconsequenceofmonetarydevelopmentstotradeinagricultural
productswiththenewMemberStates
situationbyreducingthemonetarycompensatory
amountbytheamountdetailedbyapplyingtothe
compensatory amountasprovidedforbytheActthe
percentageusedforcalculatingthesaidmonetary
compensatory amount;
Whereas,however,compensatory amountsaspro­
videdforbytheAct,andinparticulartheamounts
applicablebywayofsuchcompensatory amounts,
aresubjecttofrequentvariation;
Whereas,inordertoavoidtoorapidchangesinthe
monetarycompensatory amounts,whichareinany
caseofafixednature,itisnecessarytoprovide
thattheCommissionshouldadjustthelatteramount
onlyincaseswheresuchadjustmentwouldbeofa
certaineconomicimportance ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionsoftheManage­
mentCommitteesforFruitandVegetables,forWine,
forOilsandFats,forCereals,forPigmeat,for
PoultrymeatandEggs,forSugar,forMilkandMilk
Products,forBeefandVeal,forProductsprocessed
fromFruitandVegetables,forTobacco,forFlax
andHempandforFisheryProducts;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
974/71i1)of12May1971oncertainmeasuresof
conjuncturalpolicytobetakeninagriculturefollowing
thetemporarywideningofthemarginsoffluctuation
forthecurrenciesofcertainMemberStates,asamen­
dedbyRegulation (EEC)No2146/72(2),andinpar­
ticularArticle6thereof;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No1013/71(3)
of17May1971,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No2342/72(4),laiddowndetailedrulestocalculating
thecompensatory amountsintroducedpursuantto
Regulation (EEC)No974/71hereinaftercalled'mon­
etarycompensatory amounts';whereasthoserulesdo
covertradeinagriculturalproductswiththenew
MemberStates,wherepricelevelsaregenerallylower
thantheseofthecommonpricesintheoriginal
MemberStates;whereasthisdifferenceismadeupby
thecompensatory amountsintroducedintoArticle55
oftheAct(5)annexedtotheTreatyconcerningthe
AccessionofnewMemberStatestotheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheEuropeanAtomic
EnergyCommunity (6),signedatBrusselson
22January1972,or,wheretheamountofthelevy
islessthansuchcompensatory amount,bythe
amountsapplicablebywayofthesaidcompensatory
amounts;whereasaccountmustbetakenofthisHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Witheffectfrom1February1973,thefollowing
ArticleisaddedtoRegulation (EEC)No1013/71:
'Article2aHOJNoL106,12.5.1971,p.1.
(2)OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.148.
(3)OJNoL110,18.5.1971,p.8.
(4)OJNoL252,8.11.1972,p.16.
(5)OJNoL73,21.3.1972,p.14.
(8)OJNoL73,21.3.1972,p.5.1.InthecaseoftradewiththenewMember
Statesthecompensatory amountshallbeequalto
thatcalculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisions

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ofArticle2(1)and(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
974/71,lessanamountobtainedbymultiplying
bythepercentagespecifiedinthesaidArticle2(1)
either:
—thecompensatory amountasprovidedforin
Article55oftheAct,or,asthecasemaybe,
theamountappliedbytheCommunityas
originallyconstituted,bywayofsuchcompen­
satoryamounts,withthenewMemberState
concerned .inRegulation (EEC)No974/71totakeaccountof
thisvariation;howevertheCommissionshallonly
makesuchadjustmentwherethedifferencebetween
thenewandtheoldcompensatory amountas
calculatedinaccordancewithparagraph 1is
significantinrelationtotheaveragevalueofthe
productconcerned.
TheCommission shalltakeintoaccountforthis
purposetheeffectsoftheadjustmentontradein
theproductsconcerned.'
2.Intheeventofanyvariationinthecompen­
satoryamountsasprovidedforinArticle55ofthe
Act,asintheamountsapplicablebywayofsuch
compensatory amounts,theCommission shall
adjustthecompensatory amountsasprovidedforArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayof
itspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,6February1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI