CELEX: 31974R1996
Language: en
Date: 1974-07-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1996/74 of the Council of 29 July 1974 amending Regulation No 120/67/EEC on the common organization of the market in cereals

31 . 7 . 74                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 209 / 1
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                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 1996/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                         of 29 July 1974
               amending Regulation No 120/67/EEC on the common organization of the
                                                        market in cereals
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 COMMUNITIES,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                       Article 1
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
 thereof ;
                                                                     The text of Article 3 of Regulation No 120/67/ EEC
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                 shall be replaced by the following :
 Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­                    'With the exception of maize and sorghum , for '
 ment ;                                                                  which it shall begin on 1 October and end on 30
                                                                         September of the following year, the marketing
                                                                         year for all products referred to in Article 1 shall
Whereas according to Article 3 of Council Regulation                     begin on 1 August and end on 31 July of the
 No 1 20/ 67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common                      following year ; the 1974/75 marketing year for
organization of the market in cereals, as last amended                   maize and sorghum shall however begin on 1
by Regulation (EEC) No 11 25/74 (2 ), the marketing                      August 1974 and end on 30 September 1975 .'
year for maize, with effect from the 1975/76
 marketing year starts on 1 October and ends on 30
September of the following year ; whereas the reasons
which led to this system are equally valid for                                               Article 2
sorghum , a cereal which has, as regards the agricul­
tural cycle, the rhythm of sales and the nutritive value,
the same characteristics as maize ; whereas the same                 The text of Article 16 (4) of Regulation No 120/
dates for the beginning and end of the marketing year                67/ EEC shall be replaced by the following :
should therefore be laid down for sorghum ;
                                                                         '4.    However, for the products referred to in
Whereas Article 16 (4) of Regulation No 120/ 67/ EEC                     Article 1 (a) and (b) the export refund applicable
provides for corrective amounts to be applied in cases                   on the day on which the application for the
                                                                         licence is made, adjusted on the basis of the
where the export refunds for cereals are subject to
advance fixing ; whereas, according to the above provi­                  threshold price valid during the month of exporta­
sion , this corrective amount must be fixed at the same                  tion , shall be applied , if the party concerned so
as the premium referred to in Article 15 (2) of the                      requests at the time when the application for the
                                                                         licence is made (the request to be made not later
same Regulation ; whereas, in the light of experience
and with regard to the good management of the                            than 13.00 hours), to exports effected during the
                                                                         period of validity of the licence .
market, the existing link between the fixing of the
premium and that of the corrective amount should no
longer be retained ;                                                     A corrective amount may be fixed . It shall be
                                                                         applied to the refund where this is fixed in
Whereas Article 16 (4) of Regulation No 120/ 67/ EEC                     advance . The corrective amount shall be fixed at
has been amended several times ; whereas the whole                       the same time as the refund according to the same
of that paragraph should therefore be published ,                        procedure ; however, when necessary, the Commis­
                                                                         sion , following a request from a Member State or
(') OJ No 117 , 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269 / 67 .                            on its own initiative , may modify the corrective
(-) OJ No L 128 , 10, 5 . 1974, p. 12 .                                  amounts in the interval .
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  The provisions of the preceding subparagraphs                months of the marketing year, of malt in stock at
  may be applied, in whole or in part, to any of the           the end of the preceding marketing year or made
   products listed in Article 1 (c) and (d) and to             from barley in stock at that time shall be adjusted
   products listed in Article 1 and exported in the            for the threshold price in force in the last month
  form of goods listed in Annex B.                             of the preceding marketing year.'
   If the carry-over payment envisaged by Article 9 is                            Article 3
   not granted for barley and malt and if an advance
   fixing of the refund has been laid down for malt,        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August
   the refund on exports, made during the first two         1974 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 29 July 1974.
                                                                       For the Council
                                                                        The President
                                                                       B. DESTREMAU