NoL194/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 16.7.73
COMMISSION DECISION
of13June1973
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrand
DuchyofLuxembourgtoapplyspecialinterventionmeasuresforrye
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(73/194/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,Whereas,becauseasingleinterventionpricehas
beenfixedforryefrom1August1973,thecompensa­
toryallowanceforryeofbread-makingqualityat
theendofthe1972/73seasonwillbefarlessthan
thecorrespondingallowanceattheendofthepre­
cedingseason;andwhereas,becausethecompensa­
toryallowancecannot,overall,coverthedifference
inpricesbetweenthelastseasonandthenew
season,thestockholdersofryeofbread-making
qualitywillbeinclinedtodelivertheirstocktothe
interventionagenciesbefore31May;
Whereas,iftheinterventionagenciesinBelgium,the
NetherlandsandLuxembourgarenottobeobliged
topurchase,beforetheendoftheseason,excessive
amountsofryeofbread-making qualitycompared
withtheamountmarketed,itwillbenecessaryto
grantalump-sumallowancetothestockholdersof
ryeofbread-making qualityintheseMemberStates
inordertoencouragethemtoretaintheirstocks
until31July1973;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheCouncilRegulationNo120/67/
EECof13June1967establishingacommonmarket
forcereals(1),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No1346/73(2),andinparticularArticle8,second
paragraphthereof;
HavingregardtotheCouncilRegulationNo174/67/
EEC(3)of27June1967onspecialintervention
measuresforcereals,asamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No445/68(4),andinparticularArticle1
thereof;
HavingregardtotherequestsoftheKingdomof
Belgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlandsandthe
GrandDuchyofLuxembourg ,madetotheCom­
missionon30May1973,inwhichtheseMember
Statespointouttheparticularlydifficultsituationof
theirnationalsholdingstocksofryeofbread-making
qualityattheendofthe1972/73seasonbecauseof
theimplementation ofthenewmethodfordetermin­
ingthepriceofryeforthe1973/74season,and
requestthatspecialinterventionmeasuresbeapplied;
Whereasthestockofryeofbread-making quality
requiredbythemillingtradeintheseMemberStates
toensurethenormalfunctioningofthattradebet­
weenoneseasonandthenextisgenerallyabout
10000metrictonsinBelgium,5000metrictonsin
theNetherlandsand200metrictonsinLuxembourg ;HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
InpursuanceoftheprovisionsofArticle1of
CouncilRegulationNo174/67/EEC,theintervention
agenciesoftheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgmayapplyspecialmeasuresforrye.
Thesemeasuresconsistofgrantingalump-sum
allowanceof2·75unitsofaccountpermetrictonin
respectofatotalquantitynotexceeding10000
metrictonsinBelgium,5000metrictonsinthe
Netherlandsand200metrictonsinLuxembourg to
stockholderswhosestocksofryeofbread-making(2)OJNoL141,28.5.1973,p.8.0)OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
(3)OJNo130,28.6.1967,p.2609/67.
(4)OJNoL91,12.4.1968,p.3.

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oftheoperationsprovidedforinthisDecision.
Article3qualitycomplywiththeconditions 'laiddowninthe
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No1554/73(*)of7
June1973ontheconditionsforgrantingcompensa­
toryallowancesforcommonwheat,ryeofbread­
makingqualityandmaizeinstockattheendofthe
1972/73.season.
Article2ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlandsandthe
GrandDuchyofLuxembourg .
DoneatBrussels,13June1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLITheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomofthe
NetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg
shallkeeptheCommissioninformedoftheprogress
i1)OJNoL156,13.6.1973,p.13.