CELEX: 31974R0723
Language: en
Date: 1974-03-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 723/74 of the Commission of 29 March 1974 concerning aid to Irish pig producers

No L 88 /36                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           1 . 4. 74
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 723/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 29 March 1974
                                           concerning aid to Irish pig producers
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
COMMUNITIES,                                                       are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                   ment Committee for Pigmeat,
Having regard to the Treaty {}) on the Accession of
new Member States to the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Community, and in particular Article 63 of the Act (2)
annexed thereto ;
                                                                                           Article 1
Whereas under Commission Regulation (EEC) No
722/74 (3) of 29 March 1974 the United Kingdom was                 Whenever the United Kingdom grants aid to pig
authorized to grant a degressive national aid to pig               producers under Regulation (EEC) No 722/74, Ireland
producers ;                                                        shall grant a like aid of a like amount.
Whereas the economic position of pig producers in
Ireland is very much the same as that of their counter­                                    Article 2
parts in the United Kingdom ; whereas, in order to
prevent distortion of competition between those two                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
Member States, it is therefore necessary to provide for            following its publication in the Official Journal of
a like aid to be granted to Irish pig producers ;                  the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 29 March 1974 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                The President
                                                                           Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 5 .
(2) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(3) See page 35 of this Official Journal .