CELEX: 31975R0665
Language: en
Date: 1975-03-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 665/75 of the Council of 4 March 1975 amending Regulation No 120/67/EEC on the common organization of the market in cereals

No L 72/ 14                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                 20 . 3 . 75
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 665/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                      of 4 March 1975
             amending Regulation No 120/67/EEC on the common organization of the market in
                                                            cereals
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                           experience, the granting of this refund does not
                                                                    seem necessary in all circumstances ; whereas,
                                                                    consequently, the principle of a discretionary refund
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                        should replace that of a compulsory refund ; whereas
European Economic Community, and in particular                      it no longer appears necessary to grant a refund
Article 43 thereof;                                                 for the production of maize groats and meal for use
                                                                    by the brewing industry in the manufacture of beer,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Opinion of the European
Parliament;
                                                                                            Article 1
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee ;                                                  Article 3 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC shall be
                                                                    replaced by the following :
Whereas Council Regulation No 120/67/EEC ( 1 ) of                       'The marketing year for all products referred to
13 June 1.967 on the common organization of the                         in Article 1 shall begin on 1 August and end
market in cereals, as last amended by Regulation                        on 31 July of the following year.'
(EEC) No 85/75 (2), fixes the beginning of the
marketing year for maize and sorghum at a different
date from that valid for other cereals, in view of the
                                                                                             Article 2
different agricultural cycle of these two products ;
whereas this disrupts the uniformity of the marketing
year for all cereals ; whereas this disruption makes
for difficulty at a time when an improved price                     Article 4 (3 ) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC shall
scale could be introduced ; whereas, in order to avoid              be replaced by the following :
these difficulties, the marketing year for maize and
sorghum should no longer be fixed in accordance                         '3 . Intervention prices shall be valid from
with their agricultural cycle, but should be brought                    1 August to 31 May of the following year. From
into line with that of other cereals ; whereas,                         1 June to 31 July the intervention prices valid
however, the previous system should be retained                         for August of the following marketing year shall
until 31 July 1975 in order to avoid disturbing the                     apply.'
current marketing year ;
                                                                                             Article 3
Whereas Article 11 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC
provides for a production refund for certain products
used 'for the manufacture of starch or potato starch                Article 11 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC shall
or intended for the manufacture of glucose or beer                  be replaced by the following :
by the brewing industry; whereas, in the light of
                                                                         ' 1 . A production refund may be granted :
H OJ No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p . 2269/67.                                  (a) for maize and common wheat used in the
(2) OJ No L 11 , 16. 1 . 1975 , p. 1 .                                         Community for the manufacture of starch ;
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     (b ) for potato starch ;                                                           Article 4
                                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
                                                               day following its publication in the Official Journal
     (c) for maize groats and meal (gritz) used in the         of the European Communities.
          Community for the manufacture of glucose
          by the process known as "direct hydrolysis ".'       It shall take effect from 1 August 1975 .
               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