28.5.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL141/49
REGULATION (EEC)No1364/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of15May1973
fixingthepremiumsgrantedtopurchasersofleaftobaccofromthe1973harvest
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
727/70(*)of21April1970onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinrawtobacco,aslast
amendedbytheAct(2)concerningtheConditionsof
AccessionandtheAdjustmenttotheTreaties,andin
particularArticle4(4)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ;
Whereasthepurposeofthepremiumgrantedto
purchasersofeachofthevarietiesofleaftobaccois
tosecurethenormpriceandtoensurethatthereare
outletsfortobaccoproducedintheCommunity ;
Whereas,tothisend,thepremiummustbefixedat
anamountmadeup,foreachvariety,ofa
componentcalculatedwithregardtoavailableoutlets
ontheCommunitymarketand,whereappropriate,
withregardtotheinfluenceoftrendsinpricesof
importedtobaccoswhicharecompetitive as
substitutesfortobaccoproducedintheCommunity,
andofastandardcomponentdesignedtosecure
guaranteedpriceandincomeandtoensurethatthere
areoutletsforCommunitytobacco;
Whereas,forthepurposeoffixingtheamountofthe
premiumforleaftobacco,availableoutletsforbaled
tobaccoshouldbeassessed;whereas,tothisend,the
costsoffirstprocessingandofmarketpreparation
foreachvarietyshouldbetakenintoaccount;
whereasthesecostsshouldcorrespondtothoseof
well-managed undertakings establishedinthe
Community ;whereasaccountshouldalsobetaken,
foreachvariety,oftheaveragelossesinweightresultingfromfirstprocessingandpreparationfor
market;
Whereastheamountofthepremiumtheoretically
applicabletoalltobaccosoftherelevantvariety
shouldbefixed,foreachofthevarietiesproducedin
theCommunityandforthecorresponding reference
quality,perkilogrammeofleaftobaccowhichhas
notundergonefirstprocessingandpreparationfor
market;
Whereas,applicationoftheserulesandcriteriatothe
marketsituationinrawtobaccoentailsfixingthe
premiumonthebasisofthepricesforbaledtobacco;
whereasthereisinternationaltradeinthistobacco;
whereasthepriceofthirdcountryandCommunity
baledtobaccoshouldthereforebetakeninto
consideration ;whereasthispricemaybecalculated
forCommunitytobaccoonthebasisofthenorm
priceforeachvarietyofleaftobacco,asadjustedby
acoefficientexpressingthelossinweightresulting
fromfirstprocessingandfrompreparationfor
market,andasincreasedbyanamountrepresenting
costsdirectlyrelatedtosuchprocessingand
preparation ;
Whereasithasbeenfoundthatthecostpriceof
Communitybaledtobaccosocalculatedishigher
thanthepricewhichwouldenablethattobaccoto
competewithsimilarimportedtobacco;whereasthe
premiumgrantedtopurchasersofCommunity
tobaccoisintendedtoenablethosepurchaserstopay
toleaftobaccoproducersapricewhichisthesameas
thenormprice;
Whereasthedifferencebetweenthepricethus
calculatedandthecostpricewasestablishedatthe
baledtobaccostage;whereasthisdifferenceshould
beadjustedtotheleaftobaccostagebyaformula
similartothatdescribedabove;
Whereastobaccopricesontheinternationalmarket
havenotchangedsufficientlysincethepremiumsfor
the1972harvestwerefixedbyCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2483/72(3)of29November1972,to
justifyachangeinthelevelofpricesonthe
(3)OJNoL269,30.11.1972,p.1. (!)OJNoL94,28.4.1970,p.1.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.

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Whereasallthefactorstakenintoconsideration for
calculatingtheamountofthepremiumincludethose
factorswhicharedesignedtoenabletheobjectivesof
Article4(1)(b)ofRegulation (EEC)No727/70to
berealized;Communitymarket;whereas,moreover,theflat-rate
assessmentofthecostsoffirstprocessingand
preparationformarket,usedwhenpriceswerelast
fixed,shouldagainbeused,sincethatassessment
maystillbeconsideredvalid;whereas,consequently ,
theincreaseinthenormpriceforthe1973harvest
shouldaffectonlytheamountofthepremiums;
Whereas,underthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle4
(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No727/70,thepremium
mayexceptionally befixedatanamountaboveor
belowthatnormallyapplicabletoalltobaccoofa
givenvariety;whereasthispossibilityshouldbeused
inrespectofthe,lowestqualityoftheVirginSCR
variety,sincethevalueofthisqualityissubstantially
lowerthanthatofthereferencequality;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
SoleArticle
ThepremiumsreferredtoinArticles3and4of
Regulation (EEC)No727/70andgrantedto
purchasersofleaftobaccoshallbeasshowninthe
Annexforeachvarietyofthe1973harvest.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15May1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.LAVENS

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ANNEX
Amountofthepremiumperkilogrammeofleaftobacco
Serial
NoVarieties u.a./kg
1(a)BadischerGeudertheimer
(b)ForchheimerHavannaII(c)1-338
2BadischerBurleyE 1-335
3VirginSCR 1-180i1)
4(a)Paraguayandhybrids
(b)Dragonvertandhybrids1-038
5Nijkerk 1-119
6Burley(BurleyXBel) 0-917
7(a)Misioneroandhybrids
(b)RioGrandeandhybrids1-002
8(a)Philippin
(b)PetitGrammont (Flobecq)
(c)Burley(ErgoX6410andErgoXBursana)0-697
9(a)Semois
(b)Appelterre0-876
10Bright 1-118
11(a)BurleyI 0-688
11(b)Maryland 0-848
12 (a)Kentuckyandhybrids
(b)MorodiCori
(c)Salento0-546
13 (a)NostranodelBrenta
(b)Resistente142
(c)Gojano1-156
14Beneventano 0-805

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Serial
NoVarieties u.a./kg
15Xanti-Yakà 1-435
16Perustitza 1-348
17Erzegovinaandhybrids 1-202
18(a)RoundTip
(b)Scafati 5-655
(c)SumatraI
19 (a)BrasileSolvaggio
(b)othervarieties0-228
(J)Excludingthelowestquality(ClassIII)forwhichtheamountofthepremiumis0-606u.a./kg.