ORDER TO PREVENT THE MAINTENANCE OF UNCHANGED RATES FOR THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY FROM LEADING TO AN INCREASE IN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRICE LEVELS EXPRESSED IN NATIONAL CURRENCIES WHEN PRICES ARE INCREASED AND IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT CERTAIN ADJUSTMENTS MAY BE MADE TO THE RATES TO ADAPT THEM TO THE REAL ECONOMIC SITUATION IN THE MEMBER STATES , REPRESENTATIVE RATES FOR THE CURRENCIES OF THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNED SHOULD BE FIXED AT LEVELS MORE CLOSELY RELATED TO THE ACTUAL ECONOMIC SITUATION ; WHEREAS , AT THE SAME TIME , ALL THE REPRESENTATIVE RATES SHOULD BE REPUBLISHED IN A NEW TEXT ; WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 878/77 ( 5 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 771/83 ( 6 ) , MUST ACCORDINGLY BE REPEALED ;
WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE IMPACT OF THIS MEASURE ON THE ECONOMIES OF THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNED SHOULD BE MODERATED AS FAR AS POSSIBLE ; WHEREAS , FOR THIS REASON , THE NEW RATES SHOULD BE APPLIED WITHIN A REASONABLE PERIOD , COINCIDING IF POSSIBLE WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE MARKETING YEAR OR WITH A CHANGE IN PRICES ; WHEREAS DEROGATIONS MUST BE MADE NOTABLY FOR CERTAIN AMOUNTS CONTAINED IN COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 OF 5 FEBRUARY 1979 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN WINE ( 7 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3082/82 ( 8 ) , IN ORDER TO GUARANTEE EQUALITY OF TREATMENT FOR THE PARTIES CONCERNED DURING THE PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF A GIVEN INTERVENTION OF DESTILLATION MEASURE ;
WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO AVOID DIFFERING TREATMENT OF INTERDEPENDENT PRODUCTS , PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE NEW RATES TO APPLY WITH EFFECT FROM THE SAME DATE FOR THE CEREALS SECTOR , WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DURUM WHEAT AND DURUM WHEAT GROATS AND MEAL , AND FOR THE EGGS AND POULTRYMEAT , OVALBUMIN AND LACTALBUMIN SECTORS ;
WHEREAS FIXING A REPRESENTATIVE RATE LEADS TO AN ADJUSTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL PRICES ; WHEREAS THE PROBLEMS RAISED BY THE MODIFICATION OF EXCHANGE RATES ARE THE SUBJECT OF COMMUNITY PROVISIONS , IN PARTICULAR COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1134/68 OF 30 JULY 1968 LAYING DOWN RULES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 653/68 ON CONDITIONS FOR ALTERATIONS TO THE VALUE OF THE UNIT OF ACCOUNT USED FOR THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY ( 9 ) ; WHEREAS THESE PROVISIONS ONLY COVER THE CASE OF A CHANGE IN THE PARITY OF A CURRENCY ; WHEREAS THEY SHOULD ALSO BE APPLIED IN THIS CASE ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , IN SO FAR AS THE PARTIES CONCERNED MAY REQUEST THE CANCELLATION OF DOCUMENTS OR CERTIFICATES , SUCH APPLICATION WOULD BE JUSTIFIED ONLY IF THEY ARE PLACED AT A DISADVANTAGE AS A RESULT OF THE FIXING OF THE NEW REPRESENTATIVE RATES ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE FOR THIS RIGHT TO BE REPLACED BY ANOTHER GIVING RISE TO COMPENSATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGE SUFFERED ;
WHEREAS