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COMMISSION O?THEEURGPEÂN COMMIINIXES
COM(74)133 final
Brussels ,4Febrary 1974
Amendment toAnnex Itotheproposal fora
Regulation (EEC)oftheCouncil fixing thenorm prices ,
the intervention prices andthereference qualities
for leaf tobacco from the 1974 harvest .
(Present edbytheCommission totheCouncil
pursuant tothe second paragraph ofArticle
149oftheEECTreaty )
C0II(74 )133final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Atthe time ofimplementing the comm noorganization ofthe
market inrawtobacco itwasnecessary todefine abasis
forcalculating prices andpremiums inorder toavoid a
situation arising where theCommunity would beresponsible
forunusable products ;
Because oftechnical difficulties itwas notpossible atthe
start tolay down precise rules fordetermining moisture
content forthe entire Community .Aninvestigation was
undertaken and while waiting for the results astandard
rate ,based onnational practices ,was applied .
Theresults oftheinvestigation have just become known .On
thebasis ofthese results theCommission proposes the rates
ofcontent .which are thesubject oftheproposal attached
hereto .The government experts ofall theMember States who
were consulted bythe Commission have agreed onthereasonableness
ofthese rates .The .results oftheinvestigation suggest that
certain rates applying atpresent should beretained andthat
others should beamended .
Itseems appropriate ,therefore ,that thecommunity moisture
content rate forleaf tobacco should beapplied asquickly
aspossible starting from the197^harvest and that these
amendments should beinserted inAnnex I(Leaf tobacco :
varieties andreference qualities thereof )totheproposal for
aCouncil Regulation (EEC )No /7bof 7bfixing the
norm prices ,theintervention prices and thereference qualities
forleaf tobacco from the 197^harvest .

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anamendment under the second paragraph of
Article 1^9 oftheTreaty toAnnex Itotheproposal
foraRegulation (EEC ) oftheCouncil
fixing thenorm prices ,theintervention prices and the
reference qualities forleaf tobacco from the197^harvest .
InAnnex I:
Under Order No 1,reference quality read moisture content :26%
tt n H P tf H tt v ir ,23%
h t; n er n »iIl I! Il 19%
IT Unlla il » it n 3.99g
it it 11b » H .. Il ]_Q^
I liii12 » » H II 11 23%
n n n2.3 u " •i n «i 22%
n n Il Il I! « M it 2k%
I! «I Il TC II II H II M 17#
il i; »16 " " il li n Y?%
n nil37 II II Il il II 17%
Il il ni8 » n n n ii 22%