ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DELACOMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (74)1445
Vol.1974/0233

Disclaimer
Conformément aurèglement (CEE, Euratom) n°354/83 duConseil du1erfévrier 1983
concernant l'ouverture aupublic desarchives historiques delaCommunauté économique
européenne etdelaCommunauté européenne del'énergie atomique (JOL43du15.2.1983,
p.1),telquemodifié par lerèglement (CE, Euratom) n°1700/2003 du22septembre 2003
(JOL243du27.9.2003, p.1),cedossier estouvert aupublic. Lecaséchéant, lesdocuments
classifiés présents dans cedossier ontétédéclassifiés conformément àl'article 5dudit
règlement.
Inaccordance with Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No354/83 of1February 1983
concerning theopening tothepublic ofthehistorical archives oftheEuropean Economic
Community andtheEuropean Atomic Energy Community (OJL43,15.2.1983, p.1),as
amended byRegulation (EC, Euratom) No1700/2003 of22September 2003 (OJL243,
27.9.2003, p.1),this fileisopen tothepublic. Where necessary, classified documents inthis
filehave been declassified inconformity with Article 5oftheaforementioned regulation.
InÜbereinstimmung mitderVerordnung (EWG, Euratom) Nr.354/83 desRates vom 1.
Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft undderEuropäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI. L43vom 15.2.1983,
S.1),geändert durch dieVerordnung (EG, Euratom) Nr.1700/2003 vom 22.September 2003
(ABI. L243vom 27.9.2003, S.1),istdiese Datei derÖffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit
erforderlich, wurden dieVerschlusssachen indieser Datei inÜbereinstimmung mitArtikel 5
dergenannten Verordnung freigegeben.

COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(74)1445 final
Brussels,6,September1974
Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
amendingRegulation (EEC)No974/71oncertainmeasures
ofconjunctural policytobetokeninagriculture
followingthetemporarywideningofthemarginsof
fluctuation forthecurrencies ofcertainMemberStates
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
001.1(74)1445final

Unrevisedtranslation vi/2770/74-E
Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
amendingRegulation(EEC)No974/71oncertainmeasuresof
conjunctural policyto"betakeninagriculturefollowingthe
temporarywideningofthemarginsoffluctuationforthe
currencies ofcertainMemberStates
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticles28,43>and235thereof;
Havingregardtot>heproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament ;
WhereasunderArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No974/71of12Way
ofalltheMemberStatesthecompensatory amountiscalculatedbytakinginto
accountthedifferenceinthecaseofagivencurrencybetweenitsreal
policy;
Whereasthissystemmeansthatnationalpricesarekeptatdifferentlevels;
whereasthereturntoasinglepricesystemcanbefacilitated bymeasuresto
bringnationalpricesintolinewiththecommonprice;
Whereasthisaimcanbeachievedbyreducingthecompensatory amountsinthose
MemberStateswhosecurrencieshavenotkeptwithinamaximumspread,at
anygivenmoment,of2.25$.
Whereas,however,itisjnecessarytoaotwithcautioninordertoavoid
disturbingthemarketsoftheotherMemberStates; '''•-,~..../\-,-.–r(2.)1974,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3450/73»forthecurrencies
valueandits tvalueforthepurposesofthecommonagricultural
[IOJNoL106,12.5.1971,p.1
OJNoL353,22.12.1973,p.25

VI/2770/74-E
-2-
Whereas ,under Article 4a(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No974/71,intrade
"between theMember States andwith third countries ,thecompensatory
amounts applicable duetothedecrease invalue ofthe currency concerned
maynotbehigher than the charge onproducts imported from third countries ;
Whereas difficulties have arisen asaresult ofapplying this rule ;
whereas incertain cases ithas caused deflection oftrade and distortion
ofcompetition ;whereas ,moreover ,thesituation ontheworld market
isvery different from that existing atthetime when therule inquestion
wasintroduced ;whereas inthese circumstances itappears desirable to
repeal it;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
vThefollowing sentence isadded toArticle 2(l)(b )ofRegulation (EEC)
vNo974/71:
"However ,this mean shall bereduced by2points ".
Article 2
Thefollowing shall berepealed _ ,,.
(a)Article 4a(2 )ofRegulation (EEC)No974/71,
(b)Council Regulation (EEC)No885/73^of31March 1973onthe
non-application ofthefirst subparagraph ofArticle 4a(2)of
Regulation (EEC)No974/71tosugar ,and
(c)Council Regulation (EEC)NO1695/73 of25June 1973 determining to
what extent themonetary compensatory amounts applicable tobeef and
veal byreason ofthedepreciation ofacurrency maybehigher than
the charge onimports from third countries .
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on1October 1974 *
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inall Member States .
Done atBrussels , FortheCouncil
The President
(1)OJNoL86,31.3.1973 ,p.35
(2)OJ .NoL173 ,28.6.1973 ,p.1