CELEX: 31973R1351
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-15 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1351/73 of the Council of 15 May 1973 fixing the basic price and the standard quality for slaughtered pigs for the period from 1 November 1973 to 31 October 1974

28 . 5 . 73                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 141 / 15
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 1351 /73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                         of 15 May 1973
                fixing the basic price and the standard quality for slaughtered pigs for the period from
                                             1 November 1973 to 31 October 1974
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                          Whereas the application of those criteria results in
                                                                    the basic price being fixed at a level higher than that
                                                                    adopted for the previous period ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
 European Economic Community, and in particular
 Article 43 thereof ;                                               Whereas it is desirable to allow for a stage in
                                                                    anticipation of a return to market unity once the rule
                                                                    on maintaining at any given moment a maximum
 Having       regard      to    Council    Regulation     No        spread between Member State currencies of 2-25 %
 121 /67/EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common                      for spot transactions is applied by all Member States ;
 organization of the market in pigmeat, as last                     whereas this purpose is served by a 1 % price
 amended by the Act ( 2) concerning the Conditions of               increase which is not reflected in price-levels
 Accession and the Adjustments to the Treaties, and in              expressed in terms of the national currencies of
 particular Article 4 (4) thereof;                                  Member States whose currencies have increased in
                                                                    value in relation to the conversion rate used under
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                the Common Agricultural Policy;
 Having regard to the Opinion of the European
 Parliament;                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas, when the basic price for slaughtered pigs is                                     Article 1
 fixed, account should be taken of the objectives of
 the Common Agricultural Policy and of the                          For the period from 1 November 1973 to 31 October
contribution which the Community desires to make                    1974, the basic price for slaughtered pigs of the
to the harmonious development of world trade;                       standard quality shall be fixed at 86 units of account
whereas the objectives of the Common Agricultural                   per 100 kilogrammes.
Policy are in particular to ensure a fair standard of
living for the agricultural community, to ensure that
supplies are available and that they reach consumers
at reasonable prices ;                                                                     Article 2
Whereas the basic price must be fixed in accordance                The standard quality shall be the quality for pig
with the criteria laid down in Article 4 ( 1 ) of                  carcasses of Class II of the Community scale for
Regulation No 121 /67/EEC for a standard quality                   classifying pig carcasses determined by Regulation
defined according to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                  ( EEC) No 2108 /70, excluding those carcasses with a
2108/70 (3 ) of 20 October 1970 determining the                    weight of less than 60 kilogrammes and those with a
Community scale for classifying pig carcasses, as last             weight equal to or greater than 160 kilogrammes .
amended by the Act of Accession ;
                                                                                          Article 3
Whereas the most representative class and categories
of weight in Community production should be
adopted as the standard quality;                                   1.    The price shall be increased by 1 % when all
                                                                   Member States maintain at any given moment a
                                                                   maximum spread of 2-25 % between their currencies.
(^ OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2283/67.
(2 ) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14 .                           This provision shall be applicable as from the
(3) OJ No L 234, 23 . 10. 1970, p . 1 .                            1973 /74 marketing year; the increase shall take effect
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on the first day of the month following the date               Member States whose currencies have increased in
determined       in     accordance   with     the    first     value in relation to the conversion rate used under
subparagraph ; however, if the marketing year begins           the Common Agricultural Policy.
after that date, the increase shall take effect at the
beginning of that marketing year.                              3 . The Council, acting on a proposal from the
                                                               Commission in accordance with the voting procedure
2 . This increase shall not be reflected in price              laid down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty shall adopt
levels expressed in terms of national currencies of            the methods of implementation of this Article.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 15 May 1973 .
                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                  The President
                                                                                   A. LAVENS