CELEX: 31973R0272
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 272/73 of the Commission of 31 January 1973 on provisional measures to ensure in particular the application of the system of compensatory amounts provided for in the Treaty concerning the Accession of new Member States to the Community

1 . 2. 73                                     Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 30/79
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 272/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 31 January 1973
               on provisional measures to ensure in particular the application of the system of
               compensatory amounts provided for in the Treaty concerning the Accession of new
                                                    Member States to the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           wine, oils and fats, cereals, pigmeat, eggs and poultry­
COMMUNITIES ,                                                            meat, sugar, milk and milk products, beef and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                       fishery products ;
pean Economic Community ;
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Treaty concerning the Acces­
sion of new Member States to the European Econo­                                                  Article 1
mic Community and to the European Atomic
Energy Community (*), signed at Brussels on 22 Jan­                      For as long as the levying or granting of the compen­
uary 1972, and in particular Article 63 of the Act (2 )                  satory amounts provided for in Articles 47 and 55 of
annexed thereto, hereinafter called the 'Act' ;                          the Act meets with appreciable difficulties owing to
                                                                         the late publication of measures for their applica­
Whereas Article 63 of the Act makes provision for                        tion, Member States shall take the appropriate transi­
the adoption of the necessary transitional measures ,                    tional measures to ensure that the system of compen­
particularly if for certain products the implementa­                     satory amounts is applied with effect from 1 Feb­
tion on the scheduled date of the arrangements re­                       ruary 1973 .
sulting from the common organization of the mar­
kets, as provided for by Title II of Part Four of the                    These transitional measures may consist, in particu­
Act, meets with appreciable difficulties ;                               lar, of the introduction of a system of deposits .
                                                                                                  Article 2
Whereas, under Article 151 ( 1 ) of the Act, the system
of compensatory amounts to be applied following                          The provisions referred to in Article 1 shall apply by
the accession of new Member States to the Commu­                         analogy to the component referred to in Article 61
nity is to be applied as from 1 February 1973 ; where­                   of the Act .
as, moreover, the system of compensatory amounts
introduced by Council Regulation (EEC) No 974/                                                    Article 3
71 (3) of 12 May 1971 on certain measures                                For as long as the levying or granting of the compen­
of conjunctural policy to be taken in agriculture,                       satory amounts provided for by Regulation (EEC ) No
as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2746/72 ( 4),                         974/71 meets with appreciable difficulties, owing to
must as regards its application to the new Member                        the late publication of such amounts, in trade bet­
States be amended as from the same date ; whereas                        ween the new Member States on the one hand and
it appears that it will not be possible to publish on                    Belgium , Germany, Luxembourg and the Nether­
the said date all the Regulations enabling these                        lands on the other hand, the latter Jvlember States
systems to come into operation ;                                         shall take the appropriate measures to ensure that the
Whereas,     under        these      circumstances,      provision      said amounts are levied or granted with effect from
should be made for the Member States to take the                         1 February 1973 .
necessary transitional measures to enable these sys­                    These measures may consist, in particular, of the in­
tems to be applied which effect from 1 February                         troduction of a system of deposits of amounts
1973 ; whereas, where necessary, these measures                          equal to the compensatory amounts fixed for trade
should enable the amount of the subsidy for certain                     between France and Italy .
oil seeds to be corrected , and the levies be adjusted ;
                                                                                                  Article 4
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­
tion are in accordance with the Opinions of the                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
Management Committees for fruit and vegetables,                          1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 31 January 1973 .
                                                                                   Fur 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) OJ No  L  106 , 12 . 5 . 1971 , p . 1 .
 ( 4) OJ No  L  291 , 28 . 12 . 1972 , p . 148 .