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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73)474final
Brussels.29March1973
PROPOSAL FORA
OPTEECOUNCIL
amendingRegulation No121/67/SECasregardstheprice
recordedforpigcarcasesintheCommunity
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(73)474final

VI/1109/73-E
VI-C--1
Brussels,16March1973
Explanatory memorandum
Theaveragemarketpriceforpigcarcasestobecomparedwith
thebasicpriceisascertained ,pursuanttoArticle4of
CouncilRegulationNo121/67/EEC,byctlculatingthe
arithmetic meanofpigcarcasepricesrecordedonthe
representative marketsoftheCommunity.
Sinceitisnowpossible,followingthesurveysofthepig
populations ofeachMemberStatecarriedoutunderthe
CouncilDirectiveof27March1968,toobtainaprecise
assessmentofthenumbersofpigaineachMemberState,it
isproposedthattheaveragemarketpriceforpigcarcases
beascertained asaccuratelyaspossiblebycalculating
theweightedaveragepigcarcaseprices,reflectingthe
relativesizesofthepigpopulationsofeachMemberState,
andtoamendArticle4ofRegulationHo121/67/EEC
accordingly.

vT-C–1VI/1109/73-E
Brussels ,19February ,1973
proposal for a
• )
REGULATION (EECj OPTH3COUÏTCÎL "
amending Regulation No121/67/EECasregards theprice recorded forpig
carcases intheCommunity
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,and
inparticular Article 43thereof ;
Having regard totheProposal from theCommission ;
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament ;
Whereas Council Regulation No12l/67/EEC^^of13June1967onthecommon
2)organization ofthemarket inpigmeat ,aslast amended bytheAct v/annexed
totheTreaty concerning theaccession ofnewMember States totheEuropean
Economic Community andtotheEuropean Atomic Energy Community ^\signed at
Brussels on22January 1972 ,setupaCommunity intervention system seared to
theaverage price trend forpigcarcases ontherepresentative markets ofthe
Community .
Whereas ,byreason oftheimprovement inprices recorded andinthenumber of
pigs ,itisnowpossible todetermine anaverage price ,which ismore balanced
asbetween supply anddemand intheCommunity ,byweighting these prices by
means ofcoefficients reflecting therelative size ofthepigherd ineach
Member State :
1<0JNo117,19June1967 ,p.2283/67.
^<0JNoL73,27March 1972 ,p.14.
^'OJNoL73,27March 1972 ,p.5.
\

-2- VI/1109/73–E
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
Article4(2)ofRegulation No121/67/EECisreplacedbythefollowing:
"2.Intervention measuresmaybe.takenwhentheaveragepriceofpig
carcasesontherepresentative marketsoftheCommunity,weighted
bymeansofcoefficients expressingtherelativesizeofthepig
herdineachMemberState,is,andislikelytoremain,below
103%ofthebasicprice."
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingitspub­
licationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, 19–• FortheCouncil
ThePresident