NoL139/30 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.5.73
REGULATION (EEC)No1406/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of25May1973
fixingacarry-overpaymentforstocksofcommonwheat,ryeofbreadmakingquality
andmaizeremainingattheendofthe1972/73marketingyear
1973,sinceinthiscasenocostincreaseshavebeen
incurredasaresultofstorage;whereas,sincethe
carry-overpaymentislinkedtotheintervention
system,thatpaymentshouldbemadeonlyinrespect
ofcerealsoffair,soundandmerchantablequalityas
definedbytherulesadoptedpursuanttoArticle7(5)
ofRegulationNo120/67/EEC;
Whereas,whenappliedinthenewMemberStates,
thecarry-overpaymentmustbeadjustedinrelation
totheirpricelevels,whichstilldifferfrompricesin
theCommunityasoriginallyconstituted ;whereas,
inordertomakesuchadjustment,thebasisfor
calculationofthepaymentshouldbe,notthetarget
price,butthetargetpricereducedbythe'accession'
compensatory amountapplicabletoeachcerealand
foreachofthenewMemberStatesconcerned ;
whereasthecarry-overpaymentmustthereforebe
reducedinthenewMemberStatesbythedifference
betweenthe'accession'compensatory amountappli­
cablefor1972/73andthatapplicablefor1973/74;
whereas,shouldthisreductiongiveanegativefigure,
theCommunitycarry-overpaymentshouldbere­
ducedtozerowhenappliedinthenewMember
Statesconcerned :THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo120/67/
EEC(*)of13June1967onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1346/73(2),andinparticular
Article9(1)and(5)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommis­
sion;
Whereasthecarry-overpaymentprovidedforin
Article9(1)ofRegulationNo120/67/EECisde­
signed,inparticular,toavoidlarge-scaletransfers
ofcerealstointerventionagencieswhenthemonthly
increasesininterventionpricescometoanend,when
alargeproportionofthestocksofcerealscouldbe
solddirectlyonthemarketbeforethenewharvest;
whereasthepositionofstocksofcommonwheat
throughouttheCommunityandofstocksofryeof
breadmakingqualityincertainregionsoftheCom­
munityissuchthatthecarry-overpaymentshould
begrantedforsuchcereals;
Whereasthereisariskofcertainquantitiesofmaize
beingofferedtointerventionagenciesinparticular
regionsdespitethegeneralshortagethroughoutthe
Community ;whereasitisthereforedesirablethat
acarry-overpaymentalsobefixedforthatcereal;
whereas,sincethemarketingofagivenharvestnor­
mallyextendsbeyondtheendofthemarketingyear,
thegrantofacarry-overpaymentwouldprevent
substantialquantities,whichinthenormalway
wouldstillbeheldinstockattheendofthemarket­
ingyear,fromreachingthemarketonlyduringthe
lastfewmonthsofthatyear;
Whereastheamountofthecarry-overpayment
shouldbedefinedasthedifferencebetweenthetarget
pricesfixedforthe1973/74marketingyearandthose
applicableforthelastmonthofthepresentmarketing
year;
Whereasthecarry-overpaymentcannotbegranted
inrespectofcerealsharvestedintheCommunityinHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Acarry-overpaymentshallbegrantedinrespect
ofstocksofcommonwheatandryeofbreadmaking
qualityremainingintheCommunityattheendof
the1972/73marketingyear.
Theamountofthispaymentshallbe9·56unitsof
accountpermetrictoninrespectofcommonwheat
and1·79unitsofaccountpermetrictoninrespect
ofryeofbreadmakingquality.
2.InthenewMemberStatesthepaymentinres­
pectofcommonwheatandofryeofbreadmaking
qualityshallbeasfollows:
Ryeof
breadmaking
quality
1·79 Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdomCommonwheat
7·98
8·37
3·35(!)OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
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Article2 the1973harvestnorinrespectofcerealswhichare
notoftheminimumqualityrequiredforintervention
buying.Moreover,asregardsryeofbreadmaking
qualitywhichdoesnotsatisfytheconditionslaid
downforpriceincreasesinaccordancewithArticle
7(5)ofRegulationNo120/67/EEC,thecarry-over
paymentshallnotbegranted.Theamountofthecarry-overpaymenttobegranted
inaccordancewithArticle9(2)ofRegulationNo
120/67/EECinrespectofstocksofmaizeremaining
inthesurplusproductionareasattheendofthe
1972/73marketingyearshallbe5·78unitsofaccount
permetricton.
Article4
Article3
Thecarry-overpaymentsprovidedforinArticles1
and2shallnotbegrantedinrespectofcerealsofThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinall
MemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,25May1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.LAVENS