CELEX: 31974R2503
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-02 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2503/74 of the Council of 2 October 1974 fixing the guide price for soya beans for the 1974/75 marketing year

No L 268/ 14                          Official Journal of the European Communities                            3. 10. 74
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2503/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                    of 2 October 1974
                    fixing the guide price for soya beans for the 1974/75 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      a balanced relationship should be maintained between
COMMUNITIES,                                                     this price and the price of other oilseeds ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           Whereas in accordance with these criteria the guide
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                 price should be fixed at the level indicated below ;
thereof ;
                                                                Whereas the guide price must be fixed for a standard
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     quality to be determined by reference to the average
1 900/74 (^ of 15 July 1974 laying down special                  quality of beans harvested in the Community,
measures for soya beans, and in particular Article 1 ( 1 )
and (3) thereof ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­                                    Article 1
ment ;
                                                                 For the 1974/75 marketing year, the guide price for
Whereas, when the guide price for soya beans is fixed,           beans shall be 23-31 units of account per 100 kg.
account should be taken of the objectives of the
common agricultural policy and of the contribution                                      Article 2
which the Community desires to make to the harmon­
ious development of world trade ; whereas the objec­             The price referred to in Article 1 relates to beans :
tives of the Common agricultural policy are in parti­            — in bulk, of sound, fair and marketable quality, and
cular to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricul­
tural community, to ensure that supplies are available           — with an impurity content of 2 % and, for the
and that they reach consumers at reasonable prices ;                 beans as such, a humidity and oil content of 14 %
                                                                     and 18 % respectively.
Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 1 (1 ) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1900/74 provides more specifi­                                      Article 3
cally that this price shall be fixed at a level which is
fair to producers, account being taken of the supply             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
requirements of the Community ; whereas to this end               1974.    ,
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Luxembourg, 2 October 1974.
                                                                             For the Council
                                                                              The President
                                                                              Ch . BONNET
(!) OJ No L 201 , 23 . 7. 1974, p. 5.