CELEX: 51974PC2063
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-10
Title: Proposal for a REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL laying down general rules to be applied in the event of a substantial fall in pigmeat prices (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                            COM(74)2063 final
                                                           Brussels , 10 December 1974
                                  Proposal for a
                        ' REGULATION ( ESC) O? THE COUNCIL
                 laying down general rules to be applied in "the
                  event of a substantial fall in pigmeat prices
                  ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
  CQM(74) 2063 final
 ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY IEMCHA10UM
1 . On 17 September 1974i "the Commission made a proposal to the
     Council for a regulation supplementing Regulation No 12l/67/SEC
     as regards measures to "be taken in the ca.se of a substantial
    fall in prices for pigneat .
     Since the aforesaid proposal laid down the creation of a legal
    "base allowing the adoption of measures appropriate for the
    mitigation of the effects of such a price fall , some general
    rules of application should be defined in a further Council
    regulation .
2 . The present proposal defines these rules and in particular :
    - the idea of a substantial fall
    - the principles for deciding that this fall is likely to persist
    - the measures which can be taken :
       . the granting of subsidies for publicity campaigns favouring
         pigmeat consumption
       . sale of pigmeat r.t reduced prices to certain categories of
         underprivileged consumers
 ---pagebreak---                                     Proposal for a
                        REGULATION ( EEC) OP THE COUNCIL
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               laying down general' " rules * "Co "be applied in the
               event of a substantial fall in pigmeat prices
THE COUNCIL OP 1HE EUROPEAN" COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ;
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Having regard to Council Regulation No l2l /67/EEC^ ' of June 196? on the
common organization of the market in pigmeat , as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No        /74^\ and in particular Article 19 a thereof 5
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission 5
Whereas the fact of a substantial fall in prices as referred to in Article
19a of Regulation No 121/67/EEC may be ascertained by reference to the level
of the basic price for pig carcases and the trend in prices as recorded on
the representative Community markets listed in the Annex to Council Regula­
tion No 213/67/EEC^^ of 27 June 1 967 establishing the list of representat­
ive markets for pigmeat in the Community , as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 1708/72^ j
Whereas, in assessing whether such a fall, will continue , account should be
taken in particular of the surveys and estimates made in pursuance of the
                                            ( 5)
Council Directive of 27 March 1968               concerning surveys of pig production
to be made by Member States, as amended by the Aot of Accession^ ^ ;
Whereas the means appropriate to apply in the event of a substantial fall
in the prices are in particular those encouraging the consumption of pig-
meat ;    whereas to this end provision should be made for publicity campaigns
designed to promote the consumption of pigmeat and for the sale at reduced
prices to certain categories of particularly underprivileged consumers ;
 | 1 ) OJ No 117 , 19 June 1967 , p . 2283/67 .
 , 2) OJ No
   3 ) OJ No 135 , 30 June 1967 , p . 2887/67 .
 k 4 ) OJ No L 291 , 28 December 1972 , p . 6 .
 '5) OJ No L 76., 28 March 1968 , p. 13 .
 , 6) OJ No L 73 . 27 March 1972, p. 78 .
 ---pagebreak--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION »
                             ' "-  Article- '1
1 , For the purposes of Article 19a of Regulation No 121 /67/EEC, a substan­
     tial fall in prices shall "be considered to have occurred when the average
     price of pig oarcases on the representative markets of the Community is
     at a level below that of the basic price ,
2,   A substantial fall in prices shall be regarded as likely to continue if
     there is an imbalance between supply and demand in respect of pigmeat
     and this imbalance is likely to continue^ having regard in particular to :
     ( a) current trends in the number of sows mated and in the price of
          piglets ;
     ( b) the surveys and estimates made pursuant to the Council Directive
          of 27 March 1968 concerning surveys of pig production to be made
          by Member States ;
     ( c) foreseeable trends in market prices for pig oarcases.
                    i ,            Article 2
Where , having regard to the criteria laid down in Article 1 of this Regulation
it is established that the circumstance specified in the first paragraph of
Artiole 19a of Regulation No 121/67/ESC obtains, a decision may be taken t
( a) to grant assistance for advertising and publicity campaigns to promote
     the consumption of pigmeat ;
(b) to sell pigmeat at reduced prices to certain categories of particularly
     underprivileged consumers . ■
                                   Artide 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities ,
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and. directly, applicable in
all Member States.
Done at Brussels ,                              - For the Counoil ,
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