CELEX: 31975R0666
Language: en
Date: 1975-03-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 666/75 of the Council of 4 March 1975 fixing cereal prices for the 1975/76 marketing year

No L 72/ 16                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             20 . 3 . 75
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 666/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                      of 4 March 1975
                                   fixing cereal prices for the 1975/76 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                         Whereas the target prices of the main cereals must
                                                                  be fixed at rates which take account of the levels
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                      and intended trends of production, the uses made
European Economic Community, and in particular                    of the products and the improvement of farm
Article 43 thereof;                                               incomes ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                    Whereas application of these criteria entails fixing
EEC ( 1 ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organization              prices at levels higher than those adopted for the
of the market in cereals, as last amended by                      preceding marketing year,
Regulation (EEC) No 665 /75 (2), and in particular
Article 2 (4) thereof;
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                                                         Sole Article
Having regard to the Opinion of the European
Parliament;                                                       For the 1975/76 marketing year, the target prices
                                                                  of cereals, the basic intervention price of common
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic                      wheat and the guaranteed minimum price of durum
and Social Committee;                                             wheat shall be as follows :
                                                                                                           u.a. /l 000 kg
Whereas, when cereal prices are fixed, account should
be taken of the objectives of the common agricultural             (a) Target price:
policy and of the contribution which the Community                     Common wheat                         139-44
desires to make to the harmonious development of
world trade ; whereas the objectives of the common                     Rye                                  138-74
agricultural policy are in particular to ensure a fair                 Barley                               126-99
standard of living for the agricultural Community,                     Maize                                126-41
to ensure that supplies are available and that they
reach consumers at reasonable prices ;                                 Durum wheat                         207-33
                                                                  (b ) Basic intervention price:
Whereas, moreover, cereals play a major part in the
agricultural economy of the Community and the                          Common wheat                         125-93
price of cereals affects the price of many agricultural
products and therefore the incomes of persons                     (c) Guaranteed minimum price:
engaged in agriculture;                                                Durum wheat                         215-45
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 4 March 1975.
                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                   The President
                                                                                 M. A. CLINTON
H OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p . 2269/67.
(2) See page 14 of this Official Journal .