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21.4.72 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL94/7
REGULATION (EEC)No796/72OFTHECOUNCIL
of17April1972
.amendingRegulationNo120/67/EECasregardstherulesforfixingcerealpricesand
theimportsystemforfeedgraininItaly
—atargetpriceforcommonwheat,durum
wheat,barley,maizeandrye;
—abasicinterventionpriceforcommonwheat,
barleyandrye;
—aguaranteedminimumpricefordurum
wheat;'
Article2THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article43thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ;
WhereasCouncilRegulationNo120/67/EEC1of13
June1967onthecommonorganizationofthemarket
incereals,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2727/71,2providesforthefixingofabasic
interventionpricefortwocereals,namelydurum
wheatandmaize,ofwhichthereisadeficit;whereas
experiencehasshownthatthistypeoffixingshould
bereplacedbythefixingofasingleintervention
priceforeachofthetwocereals;
WhereasArticle23ofRegulationNo120/67/EEC
laysdownprovisionalmeasuresforimportsof
feedgrainintoItaly;whereasthechangeoverfrom
thisprovisionalsystemtothepermanentsingleprice
systemshouldbeprepared;ThefollowingshallbesubstitutedforArticle4of
RegulationNo120/67/EEC:
'1.Inordertoguaranteetoproducersthatthe
marketpricedoesnotfallbelow,aminimum
level,derivedinterventionpricesforcommon
wheat,barleyandryeshallbefixedforthe
Community,inadditiontothebasicintervention
price.
Thederivedinterventionpricesshallbefixedfor
thesamestandardquality,atthesamestageand
underthesameconditionsasthetargetprice,for
allmarketingcentresintheCommunityexcept
Duisburg.Thelevelofthederivedintervention
pricesshallbefixedinsuchawaythatthe
.differencesbetweenthemcorrespondtothe
disparitiesinpricestobeexpectedinanormal
harvestundernaturalconditionsofprice
formationonthemarketandthattheyallowthe
freemovementofcerealswithintheCommunity
inaccordancewiththerequirements ofthe
market.
2.Fordurumwheatandmaizeforwhicha
basicinterventionpricehasnotbeenfixed,single
intervention pricesshallbefixedforthe
Communityandshallbeoperativeforallthe
marketingcentresforthesecereals.Theseprices
shallcorrespond tothelowestderived
interventionpriceswhichwouldhavebeenfixed
intheCommunityiftheprovisionsofthe
precedingparagraphhadbeenapplied.
3.Interventionpricesforcommonwheat,
durumwheat,barleyandryeshallbeoperative
from1Augustto31Mayofthefollowingyear.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
•ThefollowingshallbesubstitutedforArticle2(1)of
RegulationNo120/67/EEC:
'1.Simultaneously andbefore1Augusteach
yearthefollowingpricesshallbefixedforthe
Communityforthemarketingyearbeginning
duringthefollowingcalendaryear:
1OJNoL117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
2OJNoL282,23.12.1971,p.88.

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Article3
ThefollowingshallbesubstitutedforArticle23of
RegulationNo120/67/EEC:
'1."Wherebarley,oats,maize,grainsorghum
andmilletareimportedbyseaintotheItalian
Republic,thatMemberStatemayuntiltheendof
the1972/73marketingyear,reducethelevyby
7-5unitsofaccountpermetricton.
Formarketingyearssubsequentto1972/73the
amountofthereductioninthelevyshallbefixed
bytheCouncil,actinginaccordancewiththe
votingprocedurelaiddowninArticle43(2)of
theTreatyonaproposalfromtheCommission,
atthesametimeasthepricesforeachmarketing
year.
Thisreductionmayonlybemadeifanequal
subsidyisgrantedfordeliveriesofthesame
cerealsbyseafromMemberStatesunlessthis
subsidyhas,attherequestofthesenderofthe
cereals,beenpaidtohimbytheMemberStateof
originwhichshallinformtheItalianRepublic
forthwith.TheItalianRepublicshallkeepall
MemberStatespermanently informedofthe
amountofsubsidyinforce.
2.IfItalymakesuseofthepowerconferredby
paragraph1,theCouncil,actinginaccordance
withthevotingprocedurelaiddowninArticle43
(2)oftheTreatyonaproposalfromthe
Commission,shalltakethemeasuresnecessaryto
avoiddiscrimination betweenCommunity
producersanddistortionsofcompetitionintrade
betweendenaturedwheat,ontheonehand,and
thecerealsreferredtoinparagraph 1,in
particularbarley,ontheotherhand.
3.Detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthis
Articleshallbeadoptedinaccordancewiththe
procedurelaiddowninArticle26.'From1Juneto31Julytheinterventionprices
operativeforAugustofthefollowingmarketing
yearshallapply.
Interventionpricesformaizeshallbeoperative
from1Augustto31Julyofthefollowingyear.
4.TheCouncil,actinginaccordancewiththe
votingprocedurelaiddowninArticle43(2)of
theTreatyonaproposalfromtheCommission
shalllaydowneachyearbefore15Marchforthe
followingmarketingyear:
'(a)themarketingcentretowhichthelowest
derivedinterventionpriceappliesandthe
priceinquestioninrespectofeachMember
Stateandeachkindofcerealproducedinany
quantityinthatMemberState,exceptfor
durumwheatandmaize;
(b)theprincipalmarketingcentresandthe
derivedinterventionpriceseffectiveinthose
centres;
(c)thesingleinterventionpricesfordurumwheat
andmaize.
5.TheCouncil,actinginaccordancewiththe
votingprocedurelaiddowninArticle43(2)of
theTreatyonaproposalfromtheCommission ,
shalladoptrulesfor:
(a)determiningmarketingcentresotherthan
thosementionedinparagraph4(b);
(b)derivinginterventionpricesoperativebothfor
theprincipalmarketingcentresandforother
centres.
6.Themarketingcentresmentionedin
paragraph5(a)andthederivedintervention
pricesoperativeforthesecentresshallbe
determined ,afterconsultation withtheMember
Statesconcerned,before15Mayeachyearforthe
followingmarketingyear,inaccordancewiththe
procedurelaiddowninArticle26.'Article4
This.Regulationshallenterintoforceon1August
1972.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17April1972.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.P.BUCHLER