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1.12.72 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL270/1
REGULATION (EEC)No2496/72OFTHECOUNCIL
of21November1972
supplementing Regulation (EEC)No1332/72fixing,forthenewMember
States,themaininterventioncentresforoilseedsforthe1972/73marketing
yearandthederivedinterventionpricesapplicableinthosecentres
fixedatthecommonlevel,whereasfor
DenmarkandtheUnitedKingdomtheyshould
befixedatalowerlevel;
Whereas,theplaceswiththelargestmarkets
situatedinthemainproductionareasshould
betakenasthemaininterventioncentres;
whereas,toensureanappropriatepricelevel
forCommunityseedsinthedeficitareas,the
mostrepresentative placesfortheprocessing
ofseedsshouldalsobetaken,aswellasplaces
situatedoutsideproductionareaswhichare
representative asregardsinternaltradeandthe
exportofseeds;whereasthesecriteriashould
thereforebeappliedinordertofixthemain
interventioncentresforcolzaandrapeseeds
inthenewMemberStatestogetherwiththe
derivedinterventionpricesapplicableinthose
centres;whereassunflowerseedsareneither
producednorprocessedtoasignificantextent
inanyofthenewMemberStates,itisunneces­
sarytofixinterventioncentresorintervention
pricesforthisproduct;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNI­
TIES,
HavingregardtotheTreaty1concerningthe
accessionofnewMemberStatestotheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheEuropeanAtomic
EnergyCommunity,signedon22January1972;
andinparticulartoArticle153oftheAct2
annexedthereto(hereinafterreferredtoas'the
Act');
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCom­
mission;
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No1332/723has
fixedthemaininterventioncentresforoilseeds
forthe1972/73marketingyearandthederived
interventionpricesapplicableinthesecentres;
whereas,inconsequenceoftheenlargementof
theCommunities ,dieAnnextothisRegulation
shouldbesupplemented bytheadditionofthe
mainintervention centresforoilseedsinthe
newMemberStatesandthederivedintervention
pricesapplicableinthosecentres;
WhereasArticle70(2)oftheActprovidesthat
foroilseedstheinterventionpricesapplicable
inthenewMemberStatesuntilthefirstmove
towardsalignmentshallbefixedinaccordance
withtherulesprovidedforunderthecommon
organisationofthemarkets,accountbeing
takenofthenormalrelationshipwhichshould
existbetweentheincometobeobtainedfrom
oilseedsandthatobtainedfromtheproduction
ofproductswhichcompeteincroprotation
withoilseeds;whereas,whenaccountistaken
ofthisproduction,andinparticularofthe
incomeearnedbywheatproducers,itseems
thatinIrelandtheinterventionpricesmaybe
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginits
MemberStates.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
PartAoftheAnnextoRegulation (EEC)
No1332/72shallbesupplementedbytheAnnex
tothisRegulation.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
Accession .
Itshallapplyasfrom1February1973.
DoneatBrussels,21November1972.entiretyanddirectlyapplicableinall
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.LARDINOIS1OJ(SpecialEdition),27.3.1972,p.5.
2OJ(SpecialEdition),27.3.1972,p.14.
8OJNoL147,29.6.1972,p.2.

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ANNEX
CentresInterventionpricesinunits
ofaccountper100kgof
standardqualityseed1
Aarhus 18-96
Copenhagen 18-96
Dublin 21-23
Waterford 20-79
Hull 15-20
Liverpool 15-20
Southampton 14-42
Tilbury 14-42
1ThesepricesincludethemonthlyincreasesapplicableforFebruary1973.Theyshallbesubjecttothemonthly
increasesoccurringfortherestofthemarketing/ear,inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofCommunityregula­
tionsinthisfield.