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( 1 ) OJ NO L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) SEE PAGE 1 OF THIS OFFICIAL JOURNAL .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1257/78

OF 12 JUNE 1978

FIXING THE MONTHLY PRICE INCREASES FOR CEREALS , WHEAT AND RYE FLOUR AND WHEAT GROATS AND MEAL FOR THE 1978/79 MARKETING YEAR

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2727/75 OF 29 OCTOBER 1975 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN CEREALS ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1254/78 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 6 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS , WHEN THE NUMBER AND AMOUNT OF THE MONTHLY INCREASES AND THE FIRST MONTH DURING WHICH THESE ARE TO APPLY ARE FIXED , ACCOUNT SHOULD BE TAKEN OF THE STORAGE COSTS AND INTEREST CHARGES FOR STORINGCEREALS IN THE COMMUNITY AND OF THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE DISPOSAL OF STOCKS OF CEREALS CONFORMS TO MARKET REQUIREMENTS ;

WHEREAS TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF SUCH CRITERIA THERE SHOULD BE NO CHANGE IN THE LEVEL OF THE MONTHLY INCREASES FIXED FOR THE 1977/78 MARKETING YEAR ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

FOR THE 1978/79 MARKETING YEAR , THE MONTHLY INCREASES TO BE APPLIED TO THE TARGET PRICE , THRESHOLD PRICE AND INTERVENTION PRICE FOR THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ARTICLE 1 ( A ), ( B ) AND ( C ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2727/75 AND TO THE REFERENCE PRICE FOR COMMON WHEAT OF BREAD-MAKING QUALITY , SHALL BE AS SET OUT IN THIS REGULATION .

ARTICLE 2

THE MONTHLY INCREASES TO BE APPLIED TO THE TARGET PRICE , THRESHOLD PRICE AND INTERVENTION PRICE FOR COMMON WHEAT , RYE , BARLEY , MAIZE AND DURUM WHEAT AND TO THE REFERENCE PRICE FOR COMMON WHEAT OF BREAD-MAKING QUALITY , OPERATIVE FOR THE FIRST MONTH OF THE MARKETING YEAR , SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :

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PERIOD // COMMON WHEAT , RYE , BARLEY AND MAIZE // DURUM WHEAT //

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AUGUST 1978 // - // - //

SEPTEMBER // 1.46 // 1.56 //

OCTOBER // 2.92 // 3.12 //

NOVEMBER // 4.38 // 4.68 //

DECEMBER // 5.84 // 6.24 //

JANUARY 1979 // 7.30 // 7.80 //

FEBRUARY // 8.76 // 9.36 //

MARCH // 10.22 // 10.92 //

APRIL // 11.68 // 12.48 //

MAY // 13.14 // 14.04 //

JUNE // ( 14.60 ) // ( 15.60 ) //

JULY // ( 14.60 ) // ( 15.60 ) //

THE MONTHLY INCREASES IN PARENTHESES SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE REFERENCE PRICE FOR COMMON WHEAT OF BREAD-MAKING QUALITY OR TO INTERVENTION PRICES .

ARTICLE 3

THE MONTHLY INCREASES TO BE APPLIED TO THE THRESHOLD PRICE FOR MESLIN , OATS , BUCKWHEAT , MILLET , CANARY SEED AND SORGHUM , OPERATIVE FOR THE FIRST MONTH OF THE MARKETING YEAR , SHALL BE THE SAME AS THOSE APPLICABLE TO CEREALS OTHER THAN DURUM WHEAT .

ARTICLE 4

THE MONTHLY INCREASES TO BE APPLIED TO THE THRESHOLD PRICE FOR WHEAT , MESLIN AND RYE FLOUR AND TO THE THRESHOLD PRICE FOR GROATS AND MEAL OF COMMON OR OF DURUM WHEAT , OPERATIVE FOR THE FIRST MONTH OF THE MARKETING YEAR , SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :

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PERIOD // WHEAT AND MESLIN FLOUR , COMMON WHEAT GROATS AND MEAL , RYE FLOUR // GROATS AND MEAL OF DURUM WHEAT //

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AUGUST 1978 // - // - //

SEPTEMBER // 2.19 // 2.46 //

OCTOBER // 4.38 // 4.92 //

NOVEMBER // 6.57 // 7.38 //

DECEMBER // 8.76 // 9.84 //

JANUARY 1979 // 10.95 // 12.30 //

FEBRUARY // 13.14 // 14.76 //

MARCH // 15.33 // 17.22 //

APRIL // 17.52 // 19.68 //

MAY // 19.71 // 22.14 //

JUNE // 21.90 // 24.60 //

JULY // 21.90 // 24.60 //

ARTICLE 5

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 AUGUST 1978 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT LUXEMBOURG , 12 JUNE 1978 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

K . OLESEN