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2.13.  Article  18 
In connection  with  the  proposed  amendments  to 
Article  16, the Committee  proposes  that  the words  at 
the end  of the  sentence  in line  4 'the  following 
period  for  applications'  be replaced  by the  words 
'the following  financial  year  .. Accordingly,  the Committee  proposes  that  Article  21 
(1) (b) should  read  as follows: 
'(b) in respect  of the sale  of vessels  for breaking 
up or to non-member  countries:  200  units  of 
account  per gross  registered  metric  ton'. 
2.14.  Article  21 
The Committee  stresses  that  the limits  laid  down  in 
Article  21  refer  to EAGGF  reimbursements  to 
Member  States.  They  are  not  limits  so far  as 
beneficiaries  are  concerned,  since  they  may  obtain 
greater  annuities  than  those  set out  in this  Article. 
Furthermore,  Article  21 must  be altered  to make 
allowance  for  that  which  has  been  proposed  in 
respect  of Article  11 (1) (b). 2.15.  Article  24 
The Committee  trusts  that  the date  stipulated  in this 
Article  for the entry  into  force  of the Regulation  can 
be met. 
Done  at Brussels,  26 May  1976. 
The Chairman 
of the Economic  and  Social  Committee 
Henri  CANONGE 
Opinion  on  the  proposal  for  a Council  Regulation  fixing  the  main  intervention 
centres  for oil seeds  for the 1976/77  marketing  year  and  the derived  intervention  prices 
applicable  at these  centres 
The text  referred  to the  Committee  has  been  published  in Official  Journal  of the 
European  Communities  No  C 128  of 10 June  1976,  page  46. 
A. LEGAL  BASIS  FOR  THE  OPINION 
On 27 April  1976,  the Council  referred  the abovementioned  proposal  to the Economic 
and Social  Committee  in accordance  with  Articles  43 and  198  of the Treaty  establishing 
the European  Economic  Community. 
B. OPINION  OF THE  ECONOMIC  AND  SOCIAL  COMMITTEE 
The Economic  and  Social  Committee  prepared  its opinion  on the above  matter  at its 
1.39th  plenary  session,  held  in Brussels  on 25 and  26 May  1976. 
The full  text  of the opinion  is as follows: 
THE  ECONOMIC  AND  SOCIAL  COMMITTEE, 
Having  regard  to Articles  43 and  198  of the Treaty 
establishing  the European  Economic  Community, 
Having  regard  to the request  for an opinion  made  by 
the Council  of the European  Community  on 27 April 
1976, 
Having  regard  to  the  decision  taken  by  the 
Chairman  under  Articles  46  and  47  (urgency procedure)  of the Rules  of Procedure,  instructing  the 
Section  for Agriculture  to draw  up an opinion  on the 
matter, 
Having  regard  to previous  work  on the  matter,  in 
particular  its opinion  of 25 June  1975  (*), 
Having  regard  to the  oral  report  made  by  the 
Rapporteur,  Mr Schnieders, 
(*) OJ No C 263,  17. 11. 1975. 
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Having  regard  to the  opinion  issued  by the  Section 
for Agriculture  at its meeting  held  on 6 May  1976, 
Having  regard  to the  discussions  at its 139th  plenary 
session,  held  on 25 and  26 May  1976  (meeting  of 25 
May  1976), 
HAS  ADOPTED  THE  FOLLOWING  OPINION 
unanimously: intervention  centres  which  are  calculated  in relation 
to the  Hamburg  price,  the  Committee  considers  that 
the comments  that  it made  in its opinion  of 25 June 
1975  are  still  largely  valid.  Therefore,  like  last  year, 
the derived1  intervention  prices  proposed  for  Arhus 
and Copenhagen  in 1976  do not  appear  to allow  a 
sufficient  margin  for actual  transport  costs. 
Done  at Brussels,  25 May  1976. 
The Committee  approves  the  Commission's 
proposal.  However,  with  regard,  in particular,  to the 
derived  prices  proposed  for  the  two  Danish The Chairman 
of the Economic  and  Social  Committee 
Henri  CANONGE 
Opinion  on the  new  strategy  communication  from  the  Commission  to the  Council  on 
the implementation  of the  energy  policy  guidelines  drawn  up by the  European  Council 
at its meeting  in Rome  on 1 and  2 December  1975 
The opinion  of the  Committee  is not  based  on  any  text  published  in the  Official 
Journal  of the European  Communities. 
A. LEGAL  BASIS  FOR  THE  OPINION 
On 24  February  1976  the  Bureau  of the  Committee  decided,  in accordance  with 
Article  20,  third  paragraph,  of its Rules  of Procedure,  to draw  up an additional  opinion 
on the  abovementioned  subject. 
B. OPINION  OF  THE  ECONOMIC  AND  SOCIAL  COMMITTEE 
The Economic  and  Social  Committee  prepared  its opinion  on the  above  matter  at its 
139th  plenary  session,  held  in Brussels  on 25 and  26 May  1976. 
The full  text  of the opinion  is as follows: 
THE  ECONOMIC  AND  SOCIAL  COMMITTEE, 
Having  regard  to  Article  20 (3)  of its Rules  of 
Procedure, 
Having  regard  to the  Committee's  opinions  of 18 
July  1974  (1) and  of 29  October  1975  {'-) on the 
communication  from  the  Commission  to the  Council 
entitled  'Towards  a new  energy  policy  strategy  for 
the Community', 
Having  regard  to  the  communication  from  the 
Commission  to the  Council  on the  implementation 
of the  energy  policy  guidelines  drawn  up  by  the 
(!) OJ No C 125,  16. 10. 1974,  p. 58. 
(2) OJ No  C 15, 22. 1. 1976,  p. 21. F.uropean  Council  at its meeting  in Rome  on 1 and  2 
December  1975, 
Having  regard  to the  decision  taken  by its Bureau  on 
24 February  1976,  instructing  the  Section  for  Energy 
and Nuclear  Questions  to draw  up  an  additional 
opinion, 
Having  regard  to the  additional  opinion  adopted  by 
the abovementioned  Section  at its meeting  of 9 April 
and 7 May  1976, 
Having  regard  to the  additional  report  submitted  by 
the Rapporteur,  Mr  Renaud,  at these  meetings, 
Having  regard  to the  discussions  at its 139th  plenary 
session  held  on 25 and  26 May  1976  (meeting  of 25 
May  1976),