CELEX: 31974R0722
Language: en
Date: 1974-03-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 722/74 of the Commission of 29 March 1974 authorizing the United Kingdom to grant a decreasing national subsidy to pig producers

1 . 4. 74                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 88/35
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 722/74 Of THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 29 March 1974
              authorizing the United Kingdom to grant a decreasing national subsidy to pig
                                                          producers
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
COMMUNITIES,                                                      are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                  ment Committee for Pigmeat,
Having regard to the Treaty ^) on the Accession of
new Member States to the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy
Community, and in particular Article 63 of the Act (2)            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
annexed thereto ;
Whereas in the United Kingdom there is a particular                                       Article 1
problem for pork ; whereas before Accession there
existed a national system of guaranteed prices based              From 25 March 1974 the United Kingdom is autho­
on a national formula for a feeding ration ; whereas by           rized to grant the following decreasing national
the provisions of the Act of Accession this formula               subsidy to pig producers licensed under the 'Fatstock
could be maintained ; whereas the price for cereals in           guarantee scheme' :
the United Kingdom is at the same level as in the
other Member States ; and the price of cereal feeding­                                Units of account per 100 kilogrammes
stuffs is at present higher on the world market than                                              of pork weight
on the Community markets ;                                        from 25 March to 2 June 1974        1 1-90
Whereas resulting from the factors given above there              from 3 June to 30 June 1974           8-35
is an appreciable rise in the price of cereal feeding­            from 1 July to 28 July 1974           3-58
stuffs in proportion to those registered on the national
market before Accession ;
                                                                                          Article 2
Whereas it is necessary in these conditions, given the
request of the United Kingdom in this matter, to auth­            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
orize this Member State to grant a temporary and tran­            following its publication in the Official Journal of
sitory decreasing subsidy to pig producers ;                      the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 29 March 1974.
                                                                           For 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.