CELEX: 31973R1688
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-25 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1688/73 of the Commission of 25 June 1973 fixing the reference prices for hybrid maize for sowing for the 1973/74 marketing year

No L 170/26                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             27. 6. 73
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1688/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 25 June 1973
              fixing the reference prices for hybrid maize for sowing for the 1973/74
                                                       marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas Article 1 of the above Regulation defined the
COMMUNITIES,                                                      stage of marketing and putting up for sale to be taken
                                                                  into consideration for fixing the reference price ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                  ment Committee for Seeds ;
2358/71 (*) of 26 October 1971 on the common organ­
ization of the market in seeds, as amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 597/73 (2) and in particular Article 6 (5)
thereof ;                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Article 6(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71
                                                                                           Article 1
provides that a reference price for each type of hybrid
maize for sowing shall be fixed annually ; whereas
these reference prices must be fixed on the basis of              For the 1973/74 marketing year the reference prices
the free-at-frontier prices recorded during the last              for the various types of hybrid maize for sowing
three marketing years, abnormally low prices being                falling within subheading 10-05 A of the Common
                                                                  Customs Tariff shall be as shown in the Annex.
disregarded ; whereas pursuant to Article 2 of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 1 578/72 (3) of 20 July 1972
laying down general rules for fixing the reference                                         Article 2
prices and determining free-at-frontier offer prices for
hybrid maize for sowing, only prices for third country            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
imports which are representative as regards quantity              following its publication in the Official Journal of
and quality should be taken into account ;                         the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 25 June 1973 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                The President
                                                                           Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ No L 246, 5. 11 . 1971 , p . 1 .
(2) OJ No L 57, 2 . 3 . 1973 , p. 3 .
(3 ) OJ No L 168 , 26 . 7. 1972, p. 1 .
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                                                 ANNEX
             No                                                                 Reference price
           of type                Type of hybrid             FAO Classification
                                                                                in u. a. / 100 kg
              1    Double hybrids                               0 — 270                43
              2    Double hybrids                              270 — 450               40
                   Top cross hybrids                             0 — 270
              3    Double hybrids                             450 and over             37
                   Top cross hybrids                          270 and over
              4    Three-cross hybrids                          0 — 270                63       ·
              5    Three-cross hybrids                        270 and over             57
              6    Single hybrids                                  —
                                                                                       95