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COMMISSION O F TH E EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
C O M  (83 )  369 final
Brussels, 15 June 1983
Proposal for a  
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
amending Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 as regards the calculation  
of the monetary compensatory amounts in the pigmeat sector
(submitted to the Council by the Commission)
COM(83) 369 final

EXPLAN ATO R Y  MEMORANDUM
1. Monetary compensatory amounts (MCMs) are calculated on the basis of the  
intervention prices in the agricultural sectors concerned.
In the pigmeat sector the intervention price is determined within a  
bracket ranging from 78$ to 92$ of the basic price ("buying-in price").
The monetary compensatory amounts have always been calculated on the basis  
of the lower limit of the buying-in price.
2. Experience has shown that in the management of the market it was not  
necessary to resort to intervention involving buying in. In recent years  
when the market situation called for an intervention measure, private  
storage aid only has been used to support the price level on the market.
In these circumstances it can be stated with justification that the level  
of the buying-in price has virtually no effect on the trend of the market.
3* The Commission will set out in greater depth its position in this respect  
in its forthcoming report to the Council. It seems desirable  
nevertheless to reduce forthwith the MCMs applicable in the pigmeat sector 
by taking as a basis in the future a lower price level than that applied 
up to now. A standard abatement could be adopted.

Proposal for a
C O U N C IL  R E G U L A T IO N  (E E C )
amending Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 as regards the calculation of the monetary  
compensatory amounts in the pigmeat sector ____________________________________
TH
E COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and  
in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 of 12 May 1971 on certain measures 
of conjunctural policy to be taken in agriculture following the temporary  
widening of the margins of fluctuation for the currencies of certain Member  
States (l), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3439/82 (2), provides that  
the monetary compensatory amounts shall be calculated on the basis of the  
intervention price for products covered by intervention arrangements;  
whereas for other products the monetary compensatory amounts are to be  
derived from the monetary compensatory amounts applicable to the  
above-mentioned products;
Whereas in the pigmeat sector the monetary compensatory amounts have unti l  
now been calculated in accordance with those rules on the basis of the lower  
limit fixed for determining the buying-in price provided for under the common  
organization of the market in that sector;
Whereas, however, in the course of the last few years it has not been  
necessary to resort to intervention in the form of buying in in the sector  
concerned; whereas the buying-in price, therefore, has a limited effect only  
on the trend of market prices; whereas in these circumstances it seems  
appropriate, in order to limit the impact of monetary compensatory amounts, to  
calculate them in future on the basis of a lower price level,
( 1 )  O J N o  L 1 0 6 ,  1 2 . 0 5 . 1 9 7 1 ,  p .  1 .
( 2 )  O J N o L 3 6 2 ,  2 3 . 1 2 . 1 9 8 2 ,  p .  4.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The following paragraph 3a is hereby inserted in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)  
No 974/71:
"3a. The monetary compensatory amounts for products in the pigmeat sector  
shall be calculated on the basis of 90% of the lower limit of the  
buying-in price applicable to pig carcases."
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the  
Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 August 1983.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  
Member States.
D on e at Brussels, 1983. F o r the Council