AGENCY ; WHEREAS THE TONNAGE OF WHEAT THUS SOLD ON THE ITALIAN MARKET HAS NOT PROVED SUFFICIENT TO RESTORE THE SUPPLY SITUATION TO NORMAL ; WHEREAS IT SEEMS THAT THIS CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED BY MAKING SOME OF THE COMMON WHEAT STILL HELD BY INTERVENTION AGENCIES OF A NUMBER OF OTHER MEMBER STATES AVAILABLE TO THE ITALIAN INTERVENTION AGENCY SO THAT IT CAN BE PUT ON THE MARKET IN AREAS WHERE THE SUPPLY SITUATION IS STILL UNSATISFACTORY ; WHEREAS THE GERMAN , FRENCH AND BELGIAN INTERVENTION AGENCIES ARE HOLDING CERTAIN QUANTITIES OF WHEAT ;
WHEREAS DETAILED RULES FOR TAKING OVER THE WHEAT AND FOR THE TRANSFER OF RESPONSIBILITY SHOULD BE LAID DOWN ;
WHEREAS , TO ENSURE THAT NONE OF THE INTERVENTION AGENCIES CONCERNED IS REQUIRED TO PART WITH VIRTUALLY ITS ENTIRE STOCK OF COMMON WHEAT WITHIN A SHORT SPACE OF TIME , IT SHOULD BE SPECIFIED THAT THE QUANTITIES OF WHEAT TAKEN OVER BY THE ITALIAN INTERVENTION AGENCY FROM EACH OF THE OTHER INTERVENTION AGENCIES SHOULD BE IN PROPORTION TO THE TONNAGES THAT THESE AGENCIES ARE MAKING AVAILABLE TO IT ;
WHEREAS PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE FOR THIS OPERATION BEING INTEGRATED INTO THE ARRANGEMENTS CONTAINED IN COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 787/69 ( 7 ) OF 22 APRIL 1969 ON THE FINANCING OF INTERVENTION ON THE INTERNAL MARKET IN CEREALS AND IN RICE , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2092/70 ( 8 ) ;
WHEREAS THIS OPERATION IMPLIES THAT THE GUARANTEE SECTION OF THE EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND MUST ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR TRANSPORT COSTS ; WHEREAS IT SHOULD ALSO BE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE COMMUNITY'S MONETARY REGULATIONS WILL NOT APPLY TO THIS OPERATION ;
WHEREAS , TO ENABLE THE WHEAT TO BE SOLD ON THE ITALIAN MARKET BY THE ITALIAN INTERVENTION AGENCY , THE PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE SALE OF CEREALS HELD BY INTERVENTION AGENCIES SHOULD BE WAIVED AND SPECIAL CONDITIONS ANALOGOUS TO THOSE DEFINED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1984/73 ADOPTED ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
THE GERMAN , FRENCH AND BELGIAN INTERVENTION AGENCIES , SHALL , UNTIL 30 SEPTEMBER 1973 , HOLD 150 000 , 47 000 AND 3 000 METRIC TONS RESPECTIVELY OF COMMON WHEAT AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE ITALIAN INTERVENTION AGENCY WHICH MAY TAKE DELIVERY OF IT UNDER THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN ARTICLES 2 TO 5 .
ARTICLE 2
THE ITALIAN INTERVENTION AGENCY SHALL TAKE DELIVERY OF THE WHEAT AT THE PLACE IN WHICH IT IS STORED , THEREUPON ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT .
ARTICLE 3
THE ITALIAN INTERVENTION AGENCY SHALL , AS FAR AS POSSIBLE , TAKE OVER WHEAT FROM EACH OF THE INTERVENTION AGENCIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 IN PROPORTION TO THE QUANTITIES PUT AT ITS DISPOSAL BY EACH OF THEM .
IN ANY EVENT QUANTITIES TAKEN OVER MUST BE IN PROPORTION TO QUANTITIES MADE AVAILABLE BY 30 SEPTEMBER 1973 .
ARTICLE 4
1 . THE GERMAN , FRENCH AND BELGIAN INTERVENTION AGENCIES SHALL SHOW THE QUANTITIES OF COMMON WHEAT TRANSFERRED UNDER