5.10.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL271/77
REGULATION (EEC)No2546/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of4October1974
concerningcertainmeasurestobetaken,followingtheraisingwitheffectfrom
7October1974ofthethresholdpricesforcerealsandrice,asregardslicences
forthoseproductswheretheimportlevyorexportrefundisfixedinadvance
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;intheworldmarketpricesoftheproductsinquestion
hasoverrecentmonthsbeensuchthatithasbeen
possibleprogressively toabolishtherefund
completely ;whereasinthecaseofcertainofthese
productssuchlicencesinvolvingtheadvancefixingof
arefundashavenotyetbeenusedwillaccordingly
expireshortly;whereasitmaythereforebeassumed
thattheproductstobeexportedundersuchlicences
havealreadybeensoldontheCommunitymarketat
pricesdeterminedbythecommonpricelevel
obtainingbefore7October1974;whereas,inviewof
normalcommercialpracticeinrespectoftheexporta­
tionoftheproductsconcerned,thesameassumption
canbemadeinrespectofproductsforwhichthe
periodofvalidityoftheexportlicenceislonger;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCerealsandRice,HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2496/74(J)of2October1974amendingtheprices
applicableinagricultureforthe1974/75marketing
year,andinparticularArticle4thereof;
WhereasCommission Regulation (EEC)No
2518/74(2)of4October1974onthemeasurestobe
takenfollowingtheall-roundincreaseinagricultural
pricestakingeffecton7October1974alteredthe
thresholdpricesforcerealsandricesoastobring
theminlinewiththenewpriceswhichwillapply
from7October1974forthe1974/75marketingyear;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle^15(2)andthesecond
subparagraph ofArticle16(3)ofCouncilRegulation
No120/67/EEC(3)of13June1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketincereals,aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No1996/74(4),andtoArticles
13(2)and17(4)ofCouncilRegulationNo359/
67/EEC(5)of25July1967onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinrice,aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1129/74(6),importleviesandexport
refundswhicharefixedinadvancearetobeadjusted
byreferencetothethresholdpriceinforceduringthe
monthofimportationorexportationasthecasemay
be;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Whereanimportlevyoranexportrefundona
productcomingunderRegulationNo120/67/EECor
underRegulationNo359/67/EEChasbeenfixedin
advanceandthedayonwhichthelicencewasapplied
for,asdefinedinArticle6ofRegulation (EEC)No
1373/70(7),isadaypriorto7October1974,suchlevy
orrefundshallnotbeadjustedasregardsthatpartof
theincreaseinthethresholdpricewhichresultsfrom
theincreaseinagriculturalpricestakingeffecton7
October1974.Whereassuchadjustmentwouldhoweverhavethe
effectofincreasingsuchleviesandrefundsina
mannerforwhichthereisnoeconomicjustification ;
whereas,asregardsimportlevies,sinceworldmarket
pricesareatpresenthigh,sothattheincreasein
thresholdpriceswillnotprovoketheintroductionofa
levy,theCommunitymarketwillremainadequately
protected ;whereasasregardsexportrefundsthetrend Article2
(')OJNoL268,3.10.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL270,5.10.1974,p.1.
(J)OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon7October
1974.(«)OJNoL209,31.7.1974,p.1.
(5)OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.20.
(*)OJNoL128,10.3.1974,p.20. (7)OJNoL158,20.7.1970,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4October1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI