CELEX: 31974R2496
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-02 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2496/74 of the Council of 2 October 1974 amending the prices applicable in agriculture for the 1974/75 marketing year

3. 10. 74                          Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 268 / 1
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                            REGULATION (EEC) No 2496/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                 of 2 October 1974
              amending the prices applicable in agriculture for the 1974/75 marketing year
THE CQUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                   because of the lack of any favourable outlook for the
COMMUNITIES,                                                  near future ; whereas in the current economic situa­
                                                              tion the agricultural sector is no longer able to pass on
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         in market prices the considerable rise in production
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43              costs ; whereas this situation calls for exceptional
thereof ;                                                     measures in the field of pricing policy ;
Having regard to the Treaty ^) concerning the acces­          Whereas it is necessary therefore, by way of exception,
sion of new Member States to the European Economic            to reach a decision, in derogation from the principle
Community and to the European Atomic Energy                   of fixing prices annually, imposed by the basic Regula­
Community, and in particular Article 54 (4) of the Act        tions on the common organization of the market for
annexed thereto ;                                             the products concerned, on a general increase in agri­
                                                              cultural prices for the 1974/75 marketing year or for
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;           the remainder of that year ; whereas, however, the
                                                              special situation of certain products and that existing
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­          in certain Member States must be taken into account ;
ment ;
                                                              Whereas milk in the United Kingdom raises a special
Whereas since the Council's Decisions taken in                problem by reason of Article 4 of Council Regulation
March 1974 on the common prices for the 1974/75               (EEC) No 749/73 (2) of 19 March 1973 on production
                                                              subsidies which the United Kingdom is authorized to
marketing year, events have occurred with serious
economic implications for agriculture ; whereas, on           retain in respect of certain agricultural products ;
the one hand, the agricultural sector was faced with a        whereas this provision would prevent the desired
sudden unprecedented increases in the prices of               increase in prices from being passed on to producers ;
certain important means of production and whereas             whereas, therefore, the application of this provision
this sharp rise in production costs is worsening the          should be suspended ;
effect of overall inflation on agriculture ; whereas, on      Whereas, finally, bearing in mind the exceptional
the other hand, the agricultural sector was not able to       circumstances, it should be possible to adopt the alter­
bring about an increase in market prices so as to cover       ations to be made as a result of this Regulation to
the rise in production costs ; whereas in the cattle and      other prices and amounts fixed within the context of
pig breeding sectors there has even been a marked fall        the common agricultural policy in accordance with
in market prices ; whereas for other products such as         the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Council
common wheat, feed grains and sugar, agricultural             Regulation No 120/67/EEC (3) of 13 June 1967 on
producers were unable to take advantage of the very           the common organization of the market in cereals, as
high prices recorded on the world market ; whereas            last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1996/74 (4) or
the Community, motivated by the concern both to               in the corresponding Articles of the other Regulations
ensure the stability of the internal markets and to           on the common organization of the market in agricul­
guarantee adequate supplies, considered it undesirable        ture, whichever is the case ; whereas it should be
to allow the increase in prices for these products on         possible, where appropriate, to adopt the alterations by
the world market to be reflected in the level of prices       derogation from the rules for fixing contained in the
within the Community ;                                        Regulations concerned to the extent and for the dura­
                                                              tion strictly necessary to take into account this Regula­
Whereas this situation has given rise to serious diffi­       tion ,
culties throughout the agricultural sector both because
of its immediate effect on farmers' incomes and
                                                              (2) OJ No L 72, 20 . 3 . 1973 , p. 1 .
                                                              (3) OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269/67 .
(•) OJ No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 5.                            (4) OJ No L 209, 31 . 7. 1974, p. 1 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                        drawal prices referred to in Article 18 ( 1 ) (a) of
                                                                     Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 035/72 (2) of 18
                          Article 1                                  May 1972 on the common organization of the
                                                                     market in fruit and vegetables as last amended by
By way of derogation from the principle of the annual                Regulation 2745/72 (3).
fixing of prices :
1 . For the 1974/75 marketing year or, as regards those                                   Article 2
    products for which it has already begun, for the            The application of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
    remainder of that year, prices and amounts shall be          No 749/73 shall be suspended for the remainder of
    fixed   as shown    in   the   Annex    for each   such
                                                                the 1974/75 milk year.
    product.
    However, as regards wine, the prices shown in the                                     Article 3
    Annex shall apply for the period from 16
    December 1974 to 15 December 1975.                          Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 663/74 (4)
                                                                of 28 March 1974 fixing the target price for milk and
2. In the rice and cereals sector, the amounts laid              the intervention prices for butter, skimmed-milk
    down in Articles 1 , 3 ( 1 ) and 4 of Council Regula­        powder and Grana Pandano and Parmigiano Reggiano
    tion (EEC) No 11 32/74 (!) of 29 April 1974 on               cheese for the 1974/75 milk year shall be repealed.
    production refunds in the cereals and rice sectors,
    shall be amended so that, for the remainder of the                                    Article 4
    1974/75 marketing year, the refunds to producers
    laid down in that Regulation shall be maintained at          Detailed rules for the application of Articles 1 and 2
    the level resulting from the implementation of the           and any transitional measures which may be adopted
    rules which were valid when the present Regula­              by reason of the repeal referred to in Article 3 and the
    tion entered into force.                                     alterations to be made as a result of this Regulation to
                                                                 other prices and amounts fixed within the context of
3. The norm prices and intervention prices valid for             the common agricultural policy shall be adopted in
    tobacco from the 1974 harvest shall be increased in
                                                                 accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26
    such a way that the increase for the different varie­        of Regulation No 120/67/EEC or in the corres­
    ties shall be an average of 5 % .                            ponding Articles of the other Regulations on the
4. The guide prices, intervention prices and Commu­              common organization of the markets in agriculture,
    nity producer price fixed for fishery products shall         whichever is the case, where appropriate by deroga­
    be increased by 5 % for the remainder of 1974.               tion from the rules for fixing contained in the Regula­
                                                                 tions concerned to the extent and for the duration
5. In    the seeds sector for the ' remainder of the             strictly necessary to take into account this Regulation .
    1974/75 marketing year, aid shall be increased in
    such a way that the increase for the various species                                  Article 5
    and groups of varieties shall be 5 % ;
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
6. As regards fruit and vegetables, the basic prices and         publication in the Official Journal of the European
    buying-in prices shall be altered so as to increase          Communities.
    by 5 % for the 1974/75 marketing year after 6
    October 1974 the maximum levels of the with­                 It shall apply from 7 October 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
                                                                 0 OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
                                                                 P) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 147.
(!) OJ No L 128 , 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 24.                          (4) OJ No L 85, 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 52.
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                                                 ANNEX
                                           A. Common prices
          Products                    Nature of price or amount                      Amounts
             (1)                                  (2)                                   (3)
Durum wheat        Target price                                        191*97 u.a./metric ton
                   Single intervention price                           175-17 u.a./metric ton
                   Guaranteed minimum producer price (wholesale stage) 205-17 u.a./metric ton
Common wheat       Target price                                        127-93 u.a./metric ton
                   Basic intervention price                            115-53 u.a./metric ton
Barley             Target price                                        116-08 u.a./metric ton
                   Single intervention price                           101-43 u.a./metric ton
Rye                Target price                                        124-99 u.a./metric ton
                   Single intervention price                           106-93 u.a./metric ton
Maize              Target price                                        114-92 u.a./metric ton
                   Single intervention price                            94-03 u.a./metric ton
Rice               Target price for husked rice                         23-73 u.a./100 kg
                   Intervention price for paddy rice                    14-34 u.a./100 kg
Sugar              Minimum price for beet                               19-78 u.a./metric ton
                   Target price for white sugar                         27-88 u.a./100 kg
                   Intervention price for white sugar                   26-48 u.a./100 kg
Olive oil          Producer target price                               144-03 u.a./lO0 kg
                   Market target price                                 101-86 u.a./lOOkg
                   Intervention price                                   94-61 u.a./100 kg
Oil seeds          Target price :
                   — Colza and rape seeds                               23-00 u.a./100 kg
                   — Sunflower seeds                                    23-67 u.a./100 kg
                   Basic intervention price :
                   — Colza and rape seeds                               22-33 u.a./100 kg
                   — Sunflower seeds                                    22-98 u.a./100 kg
Dried fodder       Standard aid                                          6-30 u.a./metric ton
Cotton seeds       Standard aid                                         87-78 u.a./ha
Flax and hemp      Standard aid :
                   — Flax                                              168-00 u.a./ha
                   — Hemp                                              141-75 u.a./ha
Table wine         Guide price :
                   — Type R I                                            1-70 per degree/hi
                   — Type R II                                           1-66 per degree/hi
                   — Type R III                                         26-58 per hi
                   — Type A I                                            1-60 per degree/hi
                   — Type A II                                          35-43 per hi
                   — Type A III                                         40-45 per hi
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           Products                             Nature of price or amount                              Amounts
              (1)                                           (2)                                           (3)
Milk and milk products       Target price for milk                                        14-08 u.a./100 kg
                             Intervention price :
                            — For butter                                                183-58 u.a./100 kg
                            — For skimmed-milk powder                                     82-74 u.a./100 kg
                            — For cheese
                                — Grana padano 30 to 60 days                            183-10 u.a./100 kg
                                — Grana padano six months                               214-60 u.a./100 kg
                                — Parmigiano Reggiano six months                        231-60 u.a./100 kg
Beef and veal               Guide price for adult bovine animals                        101-33 u.a./100 kg live weight
                            Guide price for calves                                      118-65 u.a./100 kg live weight
Pigmeat                     Basic price                                                  97-65 u.a./100 kg
                                                                                                slaughtered weight
Silkworms                   Aid per box of silkworm eggs                                 33-18 per box
                                B. Separate prices and amounts for the new Member States
       Product                Member State                           Nature of amount                     Amount
         (D                        (2)                                      (3)                               (4)   ''
Flax                 United Kingdom                  Aid                                         96-60 u.a./ha
Butter               Denmark                                                                   179-81 U.3./100 kg
                     Ireland                         Intervention price                        170-43 u.a./100 kg
                     United Kingdom                                                            108-95 u.a./100 kg
Beef and veal        Ireland and                     — Guide price for adult bovine animals      86-10 u.a ./100 kg
                     United Kingdom                                                                    live weight
                                                     — Guide price for calves                  100-80 u.a ./100 kg
                                                                                                       live weight