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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73)1290 final
Brussels ,19July 1973
Proposal for a
REGULATION' (EEC )OFTHE COUNCIL
defining special conditions for the sale
ofcommon wheat held bytheItalian inter­
vention agency
(submitted bytheCommission totheCouncil )
COM (73)1290 final

.Proposal for a
Regulation (EEC )No /73oftheCouncil
■defining special conditions for the sale ofcommon wheat
held bytheItalian intervention agency
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ;
Having regard toCouncil Regulation No120/67/EEC^of June 196?onthe
common organization ofthemarket incereals ,aslast amended bytheAct–S' ' .2concerning the6onditions ofAccession andtheAdjjteujtments tothe .Treaties •
Having regard toCouncil Regulation No132/67/EEC^of 13June "1967 laying'
C'\)
down general rules forintervention /£jrvthemarket incereals ,asamended
BYRegulation (EEC)NO1938/70^,and^particular Article thereof ;
Whereas the.j[talian government hasinformed theCouncil andtheCommission
that considerable difficulties : have arisen inconnection with bread
r"u v
supplies for thepopulation ofcertain areas ofsouthern Italy ,! the
problem being particularly acute inNaples ,Palermo ,/^agusa and
Caltanissetta ;
Whefceas this unusual situation calls fortheadoption ofspecial measures
which# would make itpossible tomake availabia ,within avery short space of
»
time ,alarge qual^titiy ofcommon wheat nowheld bythe ,Italian intervention
agency® wheraas thenormal procedure ":''that \rj\istosay ,an
invitation _totender ,does not maf^s itpossible fortheCommunity to
react rapidly tospecial circumstances ofthis kind ;whereas Italy should
therefore beauthorized toarrange sales bymutual agreement,;"' 'provision
being made toensure that the operation is .carried through smoothly ;
(1)OJNo'-17,19.6 O1967 ,p2269/67
(2)OJNoL73# .27.3.1972 ,p .
(3)OJN0 120 ,21.6.1967 ,p236V67 -
S)OJNoL215,30.9.1970 ,P1

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
. 
Article 1
1oByway ofderogation from the provisions ofArticle ofRegulation No
132/67/EEC, Italy ishereby authorized tosell ,onthe terms set out
below ,kO000metric tons ofcommon wheat held byitsintervention agency 0
20Ivaly shall all necessary steps toensure that the product sold under
^thisRegulation sterbfefeS-^used exclusively forthe(^i|anufacture ofbread toI
areas ofsouthern Italy , inparticular thetowns of/^aplcs ,
.Palermo ,Ragusa andCaltamissettao
Ar61cle 2 . ■&A
Theprice atwhich theproduct shall besold bytheintervent jon^nge^c ^
begoverned bytheprovisions ofArticle 3(2)(a)and (b^of/&egulation (EEC)
No376/70of27February 197$ laying down theprocedure andconditions forthe
disposal ofcereals held byintervention agencies ,aslast amended by
Regulation (EEC)No129/736„
However ,'J'where the sale _•relates toadelivery toa'
place situated inthe areas affected ,th<2 selling prace shall correspond to
the market price inthe place inwhuch the product isstored ,plus the
cost oftransporting it from that place tofriri/pt%those areas 0
Article 3
Should thesupply situ(t /Sjion inareas ofsouthern Italy
not improve sufficently because the • >\quantity setout
in -Article 1is inadequate ,italy maybeauthorized inaccordance with
theprocedure laid down in/Vrticle 26of/^gulation Wo120/67/EE^to .c^z^–
anadditional quantitiy ofnot more than 60000metric tons ■on
terms analogous tothose defined inthepresent Regulation
(5 OJNo"47,28.2.1970 ,p^9
(6)OJNoL17,20o1o1973 ,P17

Article k
™hisRegulation shall enter into force onthe dayofitspublicatuon in
Official Journal ofthe European Communities g
Itshall apply until JOSeptember 1973 «
This Regulation 'shall bebinding inits entirety anddirectly applicable
inall Member States#
Cone atBrussels , For t&e Council
The President