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COMMISSION OFTHEEURQPEANCQMMUMÏ1E5
COM(74)881final
Brussels,19June1974
Proposalfora
REGULATION(EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
amendingRegulationNo120/67/EEConthe
commonorganization ofthemarketincereals
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
COM174)881final

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
1.Themarketingyearforcereals,apartfrommaize,startson1Augustand
finisheson31Julyofthefollowingyear.Formaizethemarketingyear
hasbeenfixed,byanamendmenttoArticle3ofRegulationNo120/67/EEC,
asstartingon1Octoberandfinishingon30September.Theaimofthat
amendment,whichtakesgreateraccountoftheculturalcycleformaize,
wastoavoiddifficulties withthesaleofbarleyandabnormalinterven­
tionforthiscerealatthebeginningofthemarketingyear.How,the
samereasonswhichledtoachangedsystemformaizeareequallyvalid
forsorghum,acerealwhichhas,asregardstheculturalcycle,the
rhybhraofsales,thepricelevelandnutritivevalue,thesamecharac­
teristicsasmaize.Itisthereforeproposedtoapplytosorghumthesame
marketingyearasformaize.
2.Article16(4)ofRegulationNoI20/67/EECprovidesthat,inthecaseof
advancefixingoftheexport-refund oncereals,acorrectiveamountshall
beappliedtoit.
Thiscorrective amountisfixed
–bytheCommissionatthesametimeasthepremiumwhichisappliedto
theimportlevy(ie.allworkingdaysexceptthedayoftheManagement
Committee),
-inaccordancewithManagement Committeeprocedureatthetimeofthe
weeklyfixingoftherefund.
Thismethoddoesnottakesufficient accountofthenatureofthecorrec­
tivewhichistoincreaseortodecreasetherefundvalidonthedayof
applicationforprefixingandwhichappliestoanexporttotakeplace
inamonthafterthemonthofissueofthecertificate .
Thecorrectivemustberegardedthenasanintegralpartoftherefund.
Itshouldthusbeassessedinthesamewayastherefundandsubmittedto
theruleswhicharevalidfortherefund.
SinceArticle16(4)hasbeenamendedseveraltimesitisproposed,inthe
interestofclarity,topublishthewholeofit.Thisis,hoivever,onlya
questionofrepeatingthecurrenttextasfarasthefirstsentenceofthe
firstsub-paragraph andthelasttwosub-paragraphs areconcerned.

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3.ThemeasuresreferredtoinArticle19ofRegulationNoI20/67/EECand
definedbyCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1968/73(OJNoL201,p.10)can
onlybetriggeredifthec.i.f.priceishigherthanthethresholdprice
byatleasttwopercent.Thisprovisionhasprovedinsufficient ,as
regardsexportsfromtheCommunity,tocopewithahighpricesituation
ontheworldmarket.Infact,theriskofdisturbance canexistbythe
timetheworldmarketlevelsignificantly exceedstheintervention price
applicableattheCommunityportsorexitpointsbecausetheinterven­
tionpricehasgreaterinfluenceonCommunityexportmarketthandoes
thethresholdprice,thelatterbeinganimportpricereferencefirst
andforemost.Further,intheexportcontextthec.i.f.priceinCommu­
nityportsisonlyoneofthecriteriawhichcouldbeusedtoassessthe
situationontheworldmarket5onecouldequallytakeintoaccountother
pricesorquotationsascertained onthismarket.Becauseofthis,itis
proposedtoadaptArticle19totheneedsofabettermanagementofthe
market.

Proposalfora
REGULATION(EEC)OF1HECOUNCIL
amendingRegulationNoI20/67/EEConthecommonorganisation
ofthemarketincereals
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMUNITIES ,
Havingregard,totheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle43thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament
WhereasaccordingtoArticle3ofCouncilRegulationNoI20/67/EECof
13June1967onthecommonorganisation ofthemarketincereals,aslast
amended "byRegulation(EEC)No1125/74 "themarketingyearformaize,
witheffectfromthe1975/76marketingyearstartson1Octoberandfinishes
on30Septemberofthefollowingyear;whereasthereasonswhichledtothis
systemareequallyvalidforsorghum,acerealwhichhas,asregardsthe
culturalcycle,therhythmofsales,thepricelevelandnutritivevalue,the
samecharacteristics asmaize;whereasthesamedatesforthebeginningand
endofthemarketingyearshouldthereforebelaiddownforsorghum;
WhereasArticle16(4)ofCouncilRegulationNoI20/67/EECprovidesforcorrec­
tiveamountstobeappliedincaseswheretheexportrefundsforcerealsare
subjecttoadvancefixing;whereas,accordingtothatArticle,thiscorrective
amountmustbefixedatthesametimeasthepremiumreferredtoinArticle
15(2)ofthesameRegulation;whereas,inthelightofexperienceandwith
regardtothegoodmanagementofthemarket,theexistinglinkbetweenthe
fixingofthepremiumandthatofthecorrectiveamountshouldnolongerbe
retained;
WhereasArticle19ofRegulationNo120/67/EECaimsatavoidingdisturbances
ontheCommunitymarketandatensuringstabilitythereoninthecaseof
significantincreasesintheworldmarketprice;whereas,inordertoascertain
thenecessityfortriggeringthemeasuresappropriatetotheintendedresult,
(1)OJNo
(2)OJNo117,19-6.1967,p.2269/67
(3)OJNoL

provisionismadeforcomparisonbetweenthec.i.f.priceandthethreshold
priceswhereas,infact,thethroatofdisturbanceontheinternalCommunity
marketmayalreadyexist,aboveallinthesurplusareaswherethemarket
priceisgenerallyinfluencedbythelevelofthein-'erventionprice,even
beforeworldmarketpricesreachthe'levelofthethresholdpriceswhereas,
atsuchatime,areferencelevelofCommunitypricemoreappropriatetothe
intendedresultthani3thethresholdprice,shouldbefollowedforthe
triggeringofsuchmeasures;whereas,inthesamecontext,theconceptof
thec.i.f.priceshouldbereplacedbyaconceptmoresuitedtoahighprice
situationontheworldmarket5
WhereasArticle16(4)ofRegulationNoI20/67/EEChasbeenamendedseveral
times;whereasthatparagraphshouldthereforebepublishedintotality;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION !
Article1
Article3ofRegulation No120/67/EECshallbereplacedbythefollowing;
"Withtheexceptionofmaizeandsorghum,forwhichitshallbeginon1
Octoberandendon30Septemberofthefollowingyear,themarketingyear
forallproductsreferredtoinArticle1shallbeginon1Augustandend
on31Julyofthefollowingyearsthe1974/75marketingyearformaizeand
sorghumshall,however,beginon1August1974andon30September1975*"
' Article2
Article16(4)ofRegulationNoI20/67/EECshallbereplacedbythefollowing:
MHowever,fortheproductsreferredtoinArticle1(a)and(b)theexport
refundapplicableonthedayonwhichtheapplicationforthecertificateis
lodged,adjustedonthebasisofthethresholdpricevalidinthemonthof
exportationshallbeapplied,ifthepartyconcernedsorequestsatthesame
timeastheapplicationforthecertificateismade(therequesttobemade
notlaterthan-1300hours),toexportseffectedduringtheperiodofvalidi­
tyofthecertificate.Inthatcaseacorrectiveamount,whichmaybefixed
atthesametimeastherefundandaccordingtothesameprocedure,shall
beappliedtotherefundshowever,whennecessary,theCommission,following
arequestfromaMemberStateoronitsowninitiative,maytakeadifferent
decisionintheinterval.

Theprovisionsoftheprecedingsubparagraph maybeapplied,inwholeor
inpart,toanyoftheproductslistedinArticle1(c)and(d)andto
Article1productsexportedintheformofgoodslistedinAnnexB.
Ifthecarry-overpaymentenvisagedbyArticle9isnotgrantedforbarley
andmaltandifanadvancefixingoftherefundhasbeenlaiddownformalt,
therefundonexports,duringthefirsttwomonthsofthemarketingyear,
ofmaltinstockattheendoftheprecedingmarketingyearormadefrom
barleyinstockatthattimeshallbeadjustedforthethresholdpricein
forceinthelastmonthoftheprecedingmarketingyear,"
Article3
ThetextofArticle19ofRegulationBoI20/67/EECshallbereplacedbythe
following ?
"1.Whenthequotationsorpricesontheworldmarketforoneormoreofthe
productsmentionedinArticle2aresignificantly higherthantheinter­
ventionpricelevelsvalidintheportsorexitpointsforthesurplus
areasoftheCommunity,andwhenthatsituationislikelytocontinue,
therebydisturbingtheCommunitymarket,appropriate measuresmaybe
taken.
2.TheCouncil,actinginaccordancewiththevotingprocedurelaiddo™in
Article43(2)oftheTreatyonaproposalfromtheCommission,shall
adoptgeneralrulesfortheapplicationofthisArticle.
3.ThedetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthisArticleshallbeadopted
inaccordancewiththeprocedurela-iddowninArticle26."
Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingitspubli­
cationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePrésident