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REGULATION (EEC)No2783/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of4November 1974
onspecialmeasuresforsoyabeansforthe1974/75marketingyear
adjustediftheyrelatetoadifferentfrontiercrossing
point;
Whereassuchadjustmentshouldalsobemadeinthe
eventofanyvariationfromthepresentationand
qualityspecifiedforthepurposeoffixingtheguide
price;
WhereastheproducerMemberStatesshouldbe
requiredtosetupthecontrolarrangements necessary
toensuretheproperfunctioningofthesubsidy
system;
WhereasunderArticle2(2)oftheaforementioned
Regulationthesubsidyistobegrantedforproduction
obtainedbyapplyinganindicativeyieldtothesurface
areassownandharvested ;whereas,inordertoensure
theproperapplicationofthesubsidysystem,theindi­
cativeyieldshouldbedeterminedbyreferenceto
yieldsrecordedintheprincipalproductionareas;
Whereastheperiodofvalidityoftheforegoingrules
shouldbelimitedtothatnecessarytoenabletheir
effectiveness tobeassessed;
WhereaslastyearcertainMemberStatesdecided,
whileawaitingCommunityrulesonthesubject,to
grantsubsidiestopromotetheproductionofsoya
beans;whereasiftheCommunitysubsidyweretobe
fixedatalevellowerthanthatfornationalsubsidies
theabolitionofthosesubsidieswouldbeprejudicial
toproducerswhohadembarkeduponcultivationof
thiscrop;whereas,inordertoavoidthis,Member
Statesshouldbeauthorized ,subjecttocertaincondi­
tions,tomaintaintheirnationalsubsidiesforthe
1974/75marketingyear,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/
66/EEC(')of22September1966ontheestablish­
mentofacommonorganizationofthemarketinoils
andfats,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1707/73(2),andinparticularArticle36thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1900/74(3)of15July1974layingdownspecial
measuresforsoyabeans,andinparticularArticle2(3)
thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle2(3)ofRegulation (EEC)
No1900/74,criteriafordeterminingtheaverage
worldmarketprice,togetherwithgeneralrulesfor
grantingthesubsidyandforthecontrolofbeansharv­
estedwithintheCommunity ,shouldbelaiddown;
Whereasthesaidaverageworldmarketpricemustbe
determined onthebasisofthemostfavourable
purchasingtermsavailableonthatmarket;
Whereasthefigurestobetakenintoconsideration
shouldbethoserecordedoverthemarketingperiod
forCommunitybeansinrespectofoffersonthe
worldmarketandpricesquotedonthemajorinterna­
tionalexchanges ;whereas,however,offersnotconsid­
eredrepresentative ofthetruetrendofthemarket
shouldbeignored;
WhereasunderArticle2(1)ofRegulation (EEC)-No
1900/74theaveragepricemustberecordedfora
Communityfrontiercrossingpoint;whereasinfixing
thispointaccountshouldbetakenoftheextentto
whichitisrepresentative forimportsofsoyabeans
andthepointselectedshouldaccordinglybetheport
ofRotterdam ;whereasoffersandquotationsmustbeHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.Article1
1.Theaverageworldmarketpriceforsoyabeansas
referredtoinArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No(2)OJNoL175,29.6.1973,p.5.
(3)OJNoL201,23.7.1974,p.5.

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1900/74-shallbedeterminedonorbefore15January
1975.
2.Forthepurposeofdeterminingsuchaverage
worldmarketprice,accountshallbetakenofthe
figuresrecordedoveraperiodmostrepresentative of
thetradeinbeansoriginatingintheCommunityin
respectofoffersontheworldmarketandofprices
quotedonthemajorinternationalexchanges .
3.Theaverageworldmarketpriceshallbedeter­
minedonthebasisoftheaverageofthemostfavour­
ableoffersandquotationsrecordedduringtheperiod
referredtoinparagraph2,butexcludingoffersand
quotationswhichcannotberegardedasrepresentative
ofthetruetrendofthemarket.
Article2
Theaverageworldmarketpriceshallbedetermined
forloosebeansofastandardqualitydeliveredat
Rotterdam .
Thenecessaryadjustmentsshallbemadewhereoffers
andquotationsdonotsatisfytherequirements
referredtointhefirstparagraph .
Article3
ProducerMemberStatesshallsetupacontrolsystem
whereby,inthecaseofeachsoyabeangrowerto
whomaidisgrantedunderArticle2(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1900/74,itmaybeverifiedthatthecrop
areainrespectofwhichasubsidyhasbeenapplied
forcorrespondstotheareaonwhichsoyahasactually
beensownandharvested .Article4
1.AstandardCommunityindicativeyieldforsoya
beansshallbedeterminedonorbefore15January
1975.
2.Theindicativeyieldshallbedeterminedforsoya
beansofastandardquality.
3.Theindicativeyieldshallbedeterminedbyrefer­
enceprimarilytotheyieldsperhectareascertainedby
randomsamplinginthemainproductionareasofthe
Community .
Article5
1.Until31October1975andinrespectofsoya
beansharvestedbefore1January1975,MemberStates
maycontinuetoapplytheirrespectivenational
productionsubsidyarrangements .
2.Theamountofthesubsidyundersucharrange­
mentsmaynot,however,exceedthedifference
betweentheamountthereofapplicableon1
November1974andthatofthesubsidyunderArticle
2ofRegulation (EEC)No1900/74.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
Itshallapplyfrom1November1974to31October
1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4November1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
Ch.BONNET