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Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
onspecialmeasuresforsoyabeans
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1*TheCouncil,inregulation(EEC)no.2809/75laiddownforthe1975/1976
marketingyearthecriteriaforthedetermination oftheaverageworld
marketpriceandthegeneralrulesconcerningthegrantingandthecontrol
ofthesubsidyforsoyaandbeansharvestedintheCommunity*
ThevalidityofthisRegulationhaslimitedtoenablehiseffectiveness
tobeassessed*
2*TheCommissionproposedtomaintaintheprovisionscurrentlyinforce
forfuturemarketingyears,-adaptingtheminaccordanceintheexperience
acquired*Thusitisspecifiedthattheindicativeyieldmaybedifferenciated
accordingtowhetherthemethodofproductionisdryorirrigated,aswell
asinfunctionoftheyieldsperhectareascertainedinthemainproduction
areasoftheCommunity *

Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)NO..../76OPTHECOUNCIL
onspeoialmeasuresforsoyabeans
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEoonomioCommunity;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1900/74of15July1974layingdownspecial 1
(1)measuresforsoyabeans,andinparticularArticle2(3)thereof, *
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission }
WhereaspursuanttoArtiola2(3)thereof,criteriafordetermining «
theaverageworldmarketprioe,togetherwithgeneralrulesforgrantingthesubsidy
andfortheoontrolofbeansharvestedwithintheCommunity,havebeenlaiddownforthe
1974/75and1975/76marketingyearsrespectively byCounciIRegulations (EEC)No2783/74.
of4November1974^and2809/75of29October1975^"Onspecialmeasuresforsoya
beans;whereastheperiodofvalidityoftheseregulationshasbeenlimitedtoenableits
effectiveness tobeassessed;whereastheprovisionsofthesetwoRegulations
shouldbemaintainedforfuturemarketingyearswithsuitableadaptationinthe
lightofexperienceacauired;
Whereasthesaidaverageworldmarketpricemustbedeterminedonthebasisofthemost
favourablepurchasingtermsavailableonthatmarket;
Whereasthefigurestobetakenintoconsideration ghouldbethoserecordedoverthemar­
ketingperiodforCommunitybeansinreppeotofoffersontheworldmarketandpricesquote
onthemajorinternational exchanges;whereas,however,offersnotconsideredrepresentati ?
ιofthetruetrendofthemarketshouldbeignored;
WhereasunderArtiole2(l)ofthesaidRegulationtheaveragepricemustberecor­
dedforaCommunityfrontiercrossingpoint;whereasinfixingthispointaccountshould
betakenoftheextentiflwhiohitisrepresentative forimportsofsoyabeansandthe
pointselectedshouldaccordingly betheportofRotterdam;whereasoffersandquotations
mustbeadjustediftheyrelatetoadifferentfrontierorossingpoint;
Whereassuohadjustmentshouldalso-bemadeintheeventofanyvariationfromthepresen­
tationandqualityspecifiedforthepurposeoffixingtheguideprioe;
(1)OJNoL201,23.7.1974,P.5
(2)OJNoL297»5.11.1974,P.1
(3)OJNoL280,31.10.1975,P*3

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WhereastheproduoerMemberStatesshouldberequiredtosetupthecontrolarrangements
necessarytoensuretheproperfunctioningofitstsubsidysystem;
WhereasunderArticle2(2)ofthesaidRegulationthesubsidyistobe.granted
forproductionobtainedbyapplyinganindicativeyieldtothesurfaoeareassownand
harvested;wherHas,inordertoensuretheproperapplicationofthesubsidysystem,the
indicativeyieldshouldbedeterminedbyreferencetoyieldsrecordedintheprinoipal
productionareas;whereas,havingregardtothecharacteristics ofsoyaproduction,
theindicativeyieldshouldbedifferentiated topreventitdivergingtoofarfrom
therealyield,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION I

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Ατϋοΐθ 1
1.Theaverage world market price foreoyabeans asreferred toinArticle 2ofRegulation
(EEC)No1900/74shall bedetermined taking intoaccount thefigures recorded overa
period mostrepresentative ofthetrade inbeans originating intheCommunity in
respeot ofoffers ontheworld market andofprices quoted onthemajor International
exohanges .
2.Theaverage world market price shall bedetermined onthebasis oftheaverage ofthe *
moBtfavourable offers andquotations recorded during theperiod referred toin 5
paragraph 1,butexcluding offers andquotations which cannot beregarded asrepresen­
tative ofthetrue trend ofthemarket *
Article 2
Theaverage world market price shall bedetermined forloose beans ofstandard quality
delivered atRotterdam .
Thenecessary adjustments shall bemadewhere offers andquotations donotsatisfy the
requirements referred tointhefirst paragraph .
Article \
Producer Member States shall setupacontrol eastern whereby ,inthecaseofeachsoya
beangrower towhomaidisgranted under Article 2(l)ofRegulation (EEC)ffo1900/74,
itnaybeverified thatthecropareainrespeot ofwha6h asubsidy hasbeenapplied
forcorresponds totheareaonwhioh soyahasactually ;beensownandharvested .
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Artiole 4
1.Astandard Comaunity iridi.ative yield forsoyabean,shall b„det.rained forbeana
ofstandard quality .
2.Theindicative yield maybedifferent !atedtaking intoaccount themethod ofproduc­
tionusedandtheyields ascertained inthemainproduoidg areas intheCommunity .
Article 5
Theindicative yield referred toinArticle 4-hallbedetermined byreference prima­
rilytotheyields perhectare ascertained byrandom sampling intheproduction
areas oftheCommunity .
Artiole 6
isRegulation sljall enter intoforoe onthedayofitspublication intheOffioial
Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
ThisRegulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable inall
Member States .
Done at....
For the Coun&Ll