CELEX: 31972R2496
Language: en
Date: 1972-11-21 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2496/72 of the Council of 21 November 1972 supplementing Regulation (EEC) No 1332/72 fixing, for the new Member States, the main intervention centre for oilseeds for the 1972/73 marketing year and the derived intervention prices applicable in those centres

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1.12.72                         Official Journal of the European Communities                   No L 270/1
                       REGULATION (EEC) No 2496/72 OF THE COUNCIL
                                             of 21 November 1972
           supplementing Regulation (EEC) No 1332/72 fixing, for the new Member
           States, the main intervention centres for oilseeds for the 1972/73 marketing
                   year and the derived intervention prices applicable in those centres
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNI­                      fixed at the common level, whereas for
TIES,                                                     Denmark and the United Kingdom they should
                                                          be fixed at a lower level;
Having regard to the Treaty1 concerning the               Whereas, the places with the largest markets
accession of new Member States to the European            situated in the main production areas should
Economic Community and the European Atomic                be taken as the main intervention centres;
Energy Community , signed on 22 January 1972;             whereas, to ensure an appropriate price level
and in particular to Article 153 of the Act2              for Community seeds in the deficit areas, the
annexed thereto (hereinafter referred to as 'the          most representative places for the processing
Act');                                                    of seeds should also be taken, as well as places
Having regard to the proposal from the Com­               situated outside production areas which are
mission;                                                  representative as regards internal trade and the
                                                          export of seeds; whereas these criteria should
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1332/723 has                  therefore be applied in order to fix the main
fixed the main intervention centres for oilseeds          intervention centres for colza and rape seeds
for the 1972/73 marketing year and the derived            in the new Member States together with the
intervention prices applicable in these centres;          derived intervention prices applicable in those
whereas, in consequence of the enlargement of             centres ; whereas sunflower seeds are neither
the Communities, die Annex to this Regulation             produced nor processed to a significant extent
should be supplemented by the addition of the             in any of the new Member States, it is unneces­
main intervention centres for oilseeds in the             sary to fix intervention centres or intervention
new Member States and the derived intervention            prices for this product;
prices applicable in those centres;
Whereas Article 70 (2) of the Act provides that           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
for oilseeds the intervention prices applicable
in the new Member States until the first move                                  Article 1
towards alignment shall be fixed in accordance
with the rules provided for under the common              Part A of the Annex to Regulation (EEC)
organisation of the markets, account being                No 1332/72 shall be supplemented by the Annex
taken of the normal relationship which should             to this Regulation.
exist between the income to be obtained from
oilseeds and that obtained from the production                                 Article 2
of products which compete in crop rotation
with oilseeds; whereas, when account is taken
                                                          This Regulation shall enter into force on
of this production, and in particular of the              Accession.
income earned by wheat producers, it seems
that in Ireland the intervention prices may be            It shall apply as from 1 February 1973.
           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
           Member States .
           Done at Brussels, 21 November 1972.
                                                                           For the Council
1 OJ (Special Edition), 27.3.1972, p. 5.                                    The President
2 OJ (Special Edition), 27.3.1972, p. 14.
8  OJ No L 147, 29.6.1972, p. 2.                                            P. LARDINOIS
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                                                      ANNEX
                                                                           Intervention prices in units
                           Centres                                           of account per 100 kg of
                                                                               standard quality seed1
  Aarhus                                                                              18-96
  Copenhagen                                                                          18-96
  Dublin                                                                              21-23
  Waterford                                                                           20-79
  Hull                                                                                15-20
  Liverpool                                                                           15-20
  Southampton                                                                         14-42
  Tilbury                                                                             14-42
  1 These prices include the monthly increases applicable for February 1973 . They shall be subject to the monthly
    increases occurring for the rest of the marketing /ear, in accordance with the provisions of Community regula­
    tions in this field .