1.2.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL30/79
REGULATION (EEC)No272/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of31January1973
onprovisionalmeasurestoensureinparticulartheapplicationofthesystemof
compensatory amountsprovidedforintheTreatyconcerningtheAccessionofnew
MemberStatestotheCommunity
wine,oilsandfats,cereals,pigmeat,eggsandpoultry­
meat,sugar,milkandmilkproducts,beefand
fisheryproducts;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Foraslongasthelevyingorgrantingofthecompen­
satoryamountsprovidedforinArticles47and55of
theActmeetswithappreciabledifficultiesowingto
thelatepublicationofmeasuresfortheirapplica­
tion,MemberStatesshalltaketheappropriatetransi­
tionalmeasurestoensurethatthesystemofcompen­
satoryamountsisappliedwitheffectfrom1Feb­
ruary1973.
Thesetransitionalmeasuresmayconsist,inparticu­
lar,oftheintroductionofasystemofdeposits.
Article2
TheprovisionsreferredtoinArticle1shallapplyby
analogytothecomponentreferredtoinArticle61
oftheAct.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheTreatyconcerningtheAcces­
sionofnewMemberStatestotheEuropeanEcono­
micCommunityandtotheEuropeanAtomic
EnergyCommunity(*),signedatBrusselson22Jan­
uary1972,andinparticularArticle63oftheAct(2)
annexedthereto,hereinaftercalledthe'Act';
WhereasArticle63oftheActmakesprovisionfor
theadoptionofthenecessarytransitionalmeasures,
particularlyifforcertainproductstheimplementa­
tiononthescheduleddateofthearrangements re­
sultingfromthecommonorganizationofthemar­
kets,asprovidedforbyTitleIIofPartFourofthe
Act,meetswithappreciabledifficulties ;
Whereas,underArticle151(1)oftheAct,thesystem
ofcompensatory amountstobeappliedfollowing
theaccessionofnewMemberStatestotheCommu­
nityistobeappliedasfrom1February1973;where­
as,moreover,thesystemofcompensatory amounts
introducedbyCouncilRegulation (EEC)No974/
71(3)of12May1971oncertainmeasures
ofconjuncturalpolicytobetakeninagriculture,
asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2746/72(4),
mustasregardsitsapplicationtothenewMember
Statesbeamendedasfromthesamedate;whereas
itappearsthatitwillnotbepossibletopublishon
thesaiddatealltheRegulationsenablingthese
systemstocomeintooperation ;
Whereas,underthesecircumstances ,provision
shouldbemadefortheMemberStatestotakethe
necessarytransitionalmeasurestoenablethesesys­
temstobeappliedwhicheffectfrom1February
1973;whereas,wherenecessary,thesemeasures
shouldenabletheamountofthesubsidyforcertain
oilseedstobecorrected,andtheleviesbeadjusted;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegula­
tionareinaccordancewiththeOpinionsofthe
Management Committeesforfruitandvegetables,Article3
Foraslongasthelevyingorgrantingofthecompen­
satoryamountsprovidedforbyRegulation (EEC)No
974/71meetswithappreciabledifficulties,owingto
thelatepublicationofsuchamounts,intradebet­
weenthenewMemberStatesontheonehandand
Belgium,Germany,Luxembourg andtheNether­
landsontheotherhand,thelatterJvlemberStates
shalltaketheappropriatemeasurestoensurethatthe
saidamountsareleviedorgrantedwitheffectfrom
1February1973.
Thesemeasuresmayconsist,inparticular,ofthein­
troductionofasystemofdepositsofamounts
equaltothecompensatory amountsfixedfortrade
betweenFranceandItaly.
Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February
1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31January1973.
FurtheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(»)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(3)OJNoL106,12.5.1971,p.1.
(4)OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.148.