CELEX: 31973D0216
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 8 June 1973 authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany to apply special intervention measures for rye

6 . 8 . 73                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 217/ 13
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                            of 8 June 1973
              authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany to apply special intervention measures
                                                                 for rye
                                                   ( Only the German text is authentic)
                                                              (73/216/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          year ; whereas , as compensation does not cover the
COMMUNITIES ,                                                           whole of the difference between the prices prevailing
                                                                        during one marketing year and the next, holders of
                                                                        rye of bread making quality will be inclined to offer
                                                                        their stocks for intervention before 31 May ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                        Whereas , in view of the size of stocks held at present
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                          in the Federal Republic of Germany by the intervention
EEC (x) of 13 June 1967 on the common organization                      agency, a situation which would require the German
of the market in cereals , as last amended by Regulation                intervention agency to buy in large quantities of rye
(EEC) No 1346/73 ( 2), and in particular the second                     of bread-making quality before theendof the marketing
paragraph of Article 8 thereof ;                                        year should not be permitted to arise ; whereas flat-rate
                                                                        compensation should be granted to holders of rye
Having regard to Council Regulation No 174/67/                          of bread-making quality in the Federal Republic of
EEC (3) of 27 June 1967 on special intervention                         Germany to induce them to retain the stocks in their
measures for cereals , as amended by Regulation (EEC)                   mills until 31 July 1973 ;
No 445/68 (4), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
                                                                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
Having regard to the request submitted by the Federal                    are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
Republic of Germany to the Commission on 16 May                          ment Committee for Cereals ;
1973 describing the particularly difficult situation
experienced by German holders of rye of bread­
making quality at the end of the 1972/73 marketing
year as a result of the introduction of the new price
system for rye for the 1973/74 marketing year, and                       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
requesting that special intervention measures be
applied ;
                                                                                                   Article 1
Whereas the stock of rye of bread-making quality
required by the German milling industry to ensure                       In pursuance of Article 1 of Regulation No 174/67/EEC
that it continues to operate normally during the                        the Federal Republic of Germany may authorize its
transition from one marketing year to the next is                        intervention agency to take special intervention
generally about 100 000 metric tons ;                                    measures for rye.
Whereas , as a single intervention price has been
fixed for rye with effect from 1 August 1973 , the                       Those measures shall take the form of the grant of
amount of compensation granted at the end of the                         compensation at a flat rate of 2-75 units of account
1972/73 marketing year for rye of bread-making                           per metric ton , up to a total quantity of 100 000 metric
quality will be minimal in comparison with that                          tons , to holders whose stocks of rye of bread-making
granted (for rye) at the end of the previous marketing                   quality satisfy the requirements of Commission
                                                                         Regulation (EEC) No 1554/73 (5) of 7 June 1973
                                                                         on the conditions for the granting of compensation
                                                                         in respect of common wheat, rye of bread-making
r) OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967 , p . 2269/67.
(2) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 8 .
( 3) O ] No 130, 28 . 6 . 1967 , p . 2609/67 .
(4) OT No L 91 , 12 . 4. 1968 , p . 3 .                                   (5) OJ No L 156, 13 . 6. 1973 , p. 13 .
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quality and maize held in storage at the end of the                              Article 3
1972/73 marketing year .
                                                           This Decision is adressed to the Federal Republic of
                                                           Germany .
                     Article 2
                                                           Done at Brussels , 8 June 1973 .
The Federal Republic of Germany shall keep the                                           For the Commission
Commission informed of the progress of the measures                                          The President
provided for in this Decision .                                                         François-Xavier ORTOLI