CELEX: 31971R2604
Language: en
Date: 1971-12-06
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2604/71 of the Commission of 6 December 1971 amending for the second time Regulation (EEC) No 1013/71 as regards the observance of certain import prices in connection with the application of compensatory amounts introduced in agriculture following the monetary measures taken by certain Member States

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                                    REGULATION (EEC) No 2604/71 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 6 December 1971
                 amending for the second time Regulation (EEC) No 1013/71 as regards the observance of
                 certain import prices in connection with the application of compensatory amounts introduced
                         in agriculture following the monetary measures taken by certain Member States
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     the margins of fluctuation for the currencies of certain
  COMMUNITIES,                                                       Member States, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      1871/ 7 1 3, should therefore be supplemented;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Economic Community ;                                               Whereas the provisions of this Regulation are in accord­
                                                                     ance with the Opinion of the Management Committees
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 974/                  for Pigmeat, Poultrymeat and Eggs, Milk and Milk
   71 1 of 12 May 1971 on certain measures of conjunctural           Products , and Wine,
  policy to be taken in agriculture following the temporary
  widening of the margins of fluctuation for the currencies
  of certain Member States, and in particular Article 6              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  thereof;
                                                                                                Article 1
  Whereas failure to respect a lower price limit results in           The following Article is added to Regulation (EEC) No
  an increased import charge for certain agricultural prod­           1013/ 71 ;
' ucts which are subject, following monetary measures                   'Article 3a
   taken by certain Member States, to compensatory
  amounts ;                                                             As regards imports from third countries :
                                                                        1 . Sluice-gate prices for pigmeat, eggs, poultry and
   Whereas, since parities declared to the International                    albumins ;
   Monetary Fund must be applied, this system leads to
   increased prices for the products concerned; whereas, in             2. Free-at-frontier values for milk and milk products
  fact, the price in question expressed in the currency of a                falling within subheading Nos 04.04 A I , 04.04 D I ,
  Member State which has taken the monetary measures in                     04.04 E I(b)2, 04.04 E I(b)3 and 04.04 E I(b)4,
   question is increased in relation to the same price ex­              3 . reference prices for wine :
  pressed in the currency of a third country ; whereas, in
                                                                            shall be regarded as having been respected if the
   addition, the compensatory amount is charged at the
                                                                            offer price for the product in question increased by
   time of importation;
                                                                            (a) the highest compensatory amount in force dur­
  Whereas this difficulty may be overcome by a system                            ing the fourteen day period immediatly preced­
  whereby the import price would be considered to have                           ing the day of importation,
  been complied with if the offer price of the product sup­                 (b) in the case of wine, by customs duties,
  plied, plus the compensatory amount, does not fall below
   it; whereas allowance should be made where possible for              is not lower than the relevant sluice-gate price, free-at­
  the uncertainty as to the compensatory amount valid on                 frontier value or reference price.'
  the day of importation ; whereas Commission Regulation
                                                                                                 Article 2
  (EEC) No 10 13/71 2 of 17 May 1971 laying down de­
  tailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
  974/ 7 1 on certain measures of conjunctural policy to be          following its publication in the Official Journal of the
  taken in agriculture following the temporary widening of           European Communities.
  1 OJ No L 106 , 12.6.1971 , p.l .
  2 OJ No L 110, 18.5.1971 , p.8.                                    3 OJ No L 195, 30.8.1971 , p.l .
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   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
   Done at Brussels , 6 December 1971 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                   The President
                                                                              Franco M. MALFATTI