CELEX: 31972R1331
Language: en
Date: 1972-06-27 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1331/72 of the Council of 27 June 1972 fixing target and basic intervention prices for oil seeds for the 1972/73 marketing year

584                                Official Journal of the European Communities
 29.6.72                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 147/ 1
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 1331 /72 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                    of 27 June 1972
               fixing target and basic intervention prices for oil seeds for the 1972/73 marketing year
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       whereas they should therefore be used for the
                                                               following marketing year also ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 European Economic Community, and in particular
 Article 43 thereof;
                                                                                       Article 1
 Having regard to Council Regulation                 No
 136/66/EEC1 of 22 September 1966 on                 the
 establishment of a common organization of           the       For the 1972/73 marketing year, the target and basic
 market in oils and fats, as last amended             by       intervention prices for oil seeds are fixed as follows :
 Regulation (EEC) No 2727/71 ,2 and in particular    the
 third subparagraph of Article 22 ( 1 ) thereof;
                                                                                                        Units of account
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                                                        per 100 kg
                                                               (a) colza and rape seed :
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                        — target price                            20-85
Parliament;                                                         — basic intervention price                20-25
Whereas account should be taken in fixing the target           (b) sunflower seed :
and basic intervention prices for oil seeds both of the
objectives of the common agricultural policy and of                 — target price                            21-05
the contribution the Community wishes to make to                    — basic intervention price                20-45
the harmonious development of world trade; whereas
the common agricultural policy aims in particular to           The basic intervention prices shall apply for Genoa.
ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural
 community, to ensure that supplies are available and
 that they reach consumers at reasonable prices ;                                      Article 2
Whereas application of these criteria leads to the
fixing of the target and basic intervention prices at a        The prices referred to in Article 1 shall relate to bulk
level higher than that for the preceding year ;                seeds of sound and fair marketable quality with :
Whereas the prices for oil seeds must be fixed for             ( a) in respect of colza and rape seed in the unaltered
specific standard qualities; whereas the standard                   state, 2% impurities, 10% humidity and 42% oil ;
qualities must be established on the basis of the              (b) in respect of sunflower seed in the unaltered
average qualities of seeds harvested within the                     state, 2% impurities, 10% humidity and 40% oil.
Community ; whereas the qualities laid down for the
1971 /72 marketing year meet these requirements ;
                                                                                       Article 3
1 OJ No 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.
2 OJ No L 282, 23.12.1971 , p. 8 .                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1972.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States .
Done at Luxembourg, 27 June 1972.
                                                                    For the Council
                                                                     The President
                                                                      G. THORN