CELEX: 31973R1355
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-15 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1355/73 of the Council of 15 May 1973 fixing the production target price for olive oil for the 1973/74 marketing year

28 . 5 . 73                            Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 141 /27
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 1355/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                       of 15 May 1973
                     fixing the production target price for olive oil for the 1973 /74 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                         Whereas the target price referred to above must be
                                                                  fixed in accordance with the criteria laid down in
                                                                  Articles 4 and 5 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC for a
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                      determined standard quality ;
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 43 thereof;
                                                                  Whereas the reasons which led to the determination
                                                                  of the standard quality for the preceding marketing
Having regard to Council Regulation No                            year are still valid ; whereas that standard quality
136/66/EEC (*) of 22 September 1966 on the                        should therefore remain the same ;
common organization of the market in oils and fats,
as last amended by the Act (2) concerning the                     Whereas application of those criteria entails fixing
Conditions of Accession and the Adjustments to the                the production target price at a higher level than that
Treaties, and in particular Article 4 ( 1 ) thereof;              adopted for the preceding marketing year;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                                             Article 1
Parliament;
                                                                  For the 1973/74 marketing year, the production
Whereas, when the production target price for olive               target price for olive oil shall be 137-17 units of
oil is fixed, account should be taken of the objectives           account per 100 kilogrammes.
of the Common Agricultural Policy and of the
contribution which the Community desires to make
to the harmonious development of world trade;                                            Article 2
whereas the objectives of the Common Agricultural
Policy are in particular to ensure a fair standard of             The price referred to in Article 1 relates to semi-fine
living for the agricultural community, to ensure that             virgin olive oil with a free fatty acid content,
supplies are available and that they reach consumers              expressed as oleic acid, of 3 grammes per 100
at reasonable prices ;                                            grammes .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 15 May 1973 .
                                                                                    For the Council
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                      A. LAVENS
 (!) OJ No 172, 30. 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66.
 (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.