CELEX: 31974R1123
Language: en
Date: 1974-04-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1123/74 of the Council of 29 April 1974 fixing the main intervention centres for oil seeds for the 1974/75 marketing year and the derived intervention prices applicable in these centres

10 . 5 . 74                          Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 128 /9
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 1123/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 29 April 1974
              fixing the main intervention centres for oil seeds for the 1974/75 marketing year and the
                                derived intervention prices applicable in these centres
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                        Whereas, in accordance with Article 24 of Regulation
                                                                 No 136/66/EEC, derived intervention prices must be
                                                                 fixed at a level permitting seed to move freely
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                     within the Cofnmunity, under natural conditions of
 European Economic Community ;
                                                                 price formation and in accordance with the needs
                                                                 of the market; whereas, to that end, intervention
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/                   prices should be fixed so that the differences between
EEC (*) of 22 September 1966 on the establishment                them correspond to the price differences to be
of a common organization of the market in oils                   expected in the case of a normal harvest;
and fats, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
1707/73 (2), and in particular Article 22 ( 2), first
subparagraph, thereof;                                           Whereas the derived intervention prices for the
                                                                 1973 /74 marketing year were fixed in Denmark and
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;              the United Kingdom at a level lower than the
                                                                 common level ; whereas these prices should move
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                     towards alignment with the common prices, in
Parliament;                                                      accordance with Article 52 of the Act of Accession ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and                 Whereas the experience gained during the course of
Social Committee ;                                               the 1973 /74 marketing year has shown that the
                                                                 number of intervention centres for colza and rape
Whereas, in accordance with Article 22 (2) of                    seeds adopted in the course of that marketing year
Regulation No 136/66/EEC the main intervention                   should be reduced for the 1974/75 marketing year,
centres for colza, rape and sunflower seeds, and the
derived intervention prices applicable thereto must
be fixed for the 1974/75 marketing year ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the places with the largest markets situated
in the main production areas should be taken as
the main intervention centres ; whereas, to ensure                                      Sole Article
an appropriate price level for Community seeds in
deficit areas, the most representative places for the
processing of seeds should also be used, as well as              For the 1974/75 marketing year, the main inter­
places situated outside production areas which are               vention centres for colza, rape and sunflower seeds
representative as regards internal trade and the                 and the derived intervention prices applicable in
export of seeds ;                                                these centres shall be those shown in the Annex .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Luxembourg, 29 April 1974.
                                                                                       For the Council
                                                                                        The President
                                                                                           J. ERTL
C) OJ No 172 , 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ No L 175, 29. 6. 1973 , p. 5 .
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                                                          ANNEX
                   Main intervention centres and derived intervention prices applicable in these centres
              A. For colza and rape seed :
                                                                        Intervention prices in units of
                                   Centres                              account per 100 kilogrammes of
                                                                               standard quality seed
              Antwerp                                                                 20·90
              Copenhagen                                                              19·32
              Århus                                                                   19·32
              Düsseldorf                                                             20·90
              Hamburg.                                                               20·90
              Mannheim                                                               20·85
              Regensburg                                                              19·37
              Bordeaux                                                                20·06
              Bourges                                                                 19·78
              Châlons-sur-Marne                                                       20·11
              Chartres                                                                20·17
              Châteauroux                                                             19·68
              Dijon                                                                   19·95
              Dunkerque                                                               20·80
              Gennevilliers                                                           20·48
              Le Pouzin                                                              20·04
              Lyon                                                                    19·95
              Marseille                                                               20·54
              Rouen                                                                   20·80
              Sète                                                                   20·06
              Strasbourg                                                              20·59
              Dublin                                                                 21·27
              Genoa                                                                   21·27
              Rotterdam                                                               21·00
              Hull                                                                    17·05
              Liverpool                                                               17·05
              Tilbury                                                                 16·14
              B. For sunflower seed :
                                                                       Intervention prices in    units of
                                   Centres                             account per 100 kilogrammes of
                                                                              standard quality seed
              Bordeaux                                                                21·53
              Bourges                                                                 20·11
              Le Pouzin                                                               21·22
              Marseille                                                               21·84
              Rouen                                                                   21·04
              Genoa                                                                   21·89