CELEX: 31973D0445
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-17 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 17 December 1973 extending the system of minimum prices

29 . 12 . 73                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No L 360 / 65
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                                                  (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                             COUNCIL
                                                          COUNCIL DECISION
                                                           of 17 December 1973
                                               extending the system of minimum prices
                                                                (73/445/ EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                               No 81 6/70 (6) of 28 April 1970 , laying down addi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                              tional provisions for the common organization of the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     market in wine and of Council Regulation (EEC) No
Economic Community, and in particular Article 44                          2142/70 ( 7) of 20 October 1970 , on the common
thereof ;                                                                 organization of the market in fishery products ;
Having regard to the proposal of the Commission ;                         Whereas in respect of the products to which that Deci­
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­                      sion continues to apply, namely potatoes, including
ment ;
                                                                          seed potatoes, and edible vinegars and edible substi­
                                                                          tutes therefor, other than wine measures for the
Whereas in its Decision of 4 April 1 962 ( ') on                          common organization of markets will still not be
minimum prices the Council laid down objective                            applicable on 31 December 1973 ; whereas the
criteria for the establishment of a system of minimum                     validity of the Decision of 20 December 1969 should
prices and for the fixing of those prices ;                               be extended for the period necessary to implement
Whereas the Council , in its Decision of 20 December                      the said measures and until 31 December 1974 at the
 1962 (2) extended, for the Member States concerned,                      latest ,
the system of minimum prices effective on 31
December 1969 ; whereas it did however authorize the                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
levying of countervailing charges to replace the
minimum prices on imports into Germany of edible                                                       Article 1
vinegars and edible substitutes therefor, and on
imports into France of seed potatoes and certain                          In Article 3 of the Council Decision of 20 December
products in the fisheries sector ;                                         1969 on the system of minimum prices, as last
Whereas the Decision of 20 December 1969 , which                          amended by the Decision of 19 December 1972, the
was applicable until 31 December 1970 at the latest,                      date 31 December 1973 is replaced by 31 December
                                                                           1 974 .
was extended by the Decision of 1 5 December
 1970 ( 3 ) and the Decision of 20 December 1 971 (4 )
                                                                                                       Article 2
and the Decision of 19 December 1 972 (5 ) succes­
sively ; whereas, when these extensions were made in                      This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
December 1970 and December 1971 , the Council
took into account the fact that for wine vinegar and
the fisheries products referred to in the Decision of 20                   Done at Brussels , 17 December 1973 .
December 1969 , the authorization for the Member
                                                                                                             For the Council
States concerned to levy countervailing charges to
replace the minimum prices expired on 1 June 1970                                                               The President
and 1 February 1971 respectively, these being the
dates of implementation of Council Regulation ( EEC)                                                          I. N0RGAARD
(')  OJ  No  30 , 20 . 4 . 1962, p . 995/ 62 .
(2 ) O)  No  L 328 ,   30 . 12 . 1969 , p . 1 1 .
(3 ) OJ  No  L 281 ,   27. 12 . 1970 , p . 25 .
(4)  OJ  No  L 2, 4 .   1 . 1 972, p. 23 .                                ('■) O ) No L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p. 1 .
(5 ) OJ  No  L 291 ,   28 . 12 . 1972, p . 152 .                          (") OJ No L 236, 27 . 10 . 1970 , p. 5 .