21.7.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL201/43
REGULATION (EEC)No1984/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of19July1973
definingspecialconditionsforthesaleofcommonwheatheldbytheItalian
intervention agency
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,2.Italyshalltakeallnecessarystepstoensurethat
thewheatsoldunderthisRegulationisusedexclu­
sivelyforthemanufactureoffoodstuffstobesupplied
tothepopulationoftheareasofsouthernItaly,in
particularthetownsofNaples,Palermo,Ragusaand
Caltanissetta .
3.TheprovisionsofArticle8ofCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No376/70(5)of27February1970laying
downtheprocedureandconditionsforthedisposalof
cerealsheldbyinterventionagencies,aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No129/73(6),andconcerning
theinformationoftheCommissionshallbeappli­
cablebyanalogy.
Article2HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity .;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo120/
67/EEC(1)of13June1967onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals,aslastamendedbythe
Act(2)concerningtheConditionsofAccessionand
theAdjustmentstotheTreaties;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo132/
67/EEC(3)of13June1967layingdowngeneralrules
forinterventiononthemarketincereals,asamended
byRegulation(EEC)No1938/70(4),andinparticular
Article4thereof;
WhereastheItalianGovernment hasinformedthe
CouncilandtheCommission thatconsiderable diffi­
cultieshaveariseninconnectionwithwheatsupplies
forthepopulationofsouthernItaly,particularlythat
ofNaples,Palermo,RagusaaridCaltanissetta ;
Whereasthisunusualsituationcallsfortheadoption
ofspecialmeasuresenablingalarge.quantityof
commonwheatnowheldbytheItalianintervention
agencytobemadeavailablewithinaveryshortperiod
oftime;whereasthenormalsaleprocedure,namely
aninvitationtotender,isnotsuchastopermita
rapidreaction,atCommunitylevel,tothisspecialsitu­
ation;whereasItalyshouldthereforebeauthorizedto
arrangesalesbymutualagreement,provisionbeing
madetoensurethattheoperationiscarriedout
smoothly;Thepriceatwhichtheproductshallbesoldbythe
interventionagencyshallbegovernedbytheprovi­
sionsofArticle3(2)(a)and(b)ofCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No376/70.
However,whenthesalerelatestoadeliverytoaplace
intheareasconcerned,thesellingpriceshallcorres­
pondtothelocalmarketpriceintheplacewherethe
productisstored,plusthecostoftransportingitto
theareaconcerned .
ArticleJ
ShouldthesupplysituationinareasofsouthernItaly
notdevelopsatisfactorilybecausethequantitysetout
inArticle1isinadequate,Italymaybeauthorizedin
accordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle26
ofRegulationNo120/67/EECtosellanadditional
quantityofnotmorethan60000metrictonson
termsanalogoustothosedefinedinthepresentRegu­
lation.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
/
Article1.
Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .1.Bywayofderogationfromtheprovisionsof
Article3ofRegulationNo132/67/EEC,Italyis
herebyauthorizedtosell,bymutualagreementonthe
termssetoutbelow,40000metrictonsofcommon
wheatheldbyitsinterventionagency. Itshallapplyuntil30September1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19July1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.KAMPMANN
(')OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(>)OJNo120,21.6.1967,p.2364/67.b)OJNoL215,30.9.1970,p.1.(5)OJNoL47,28.2.1970,p.49.
(6)OJNoL17,20.1.1973,p.17.