CELEX: 31975R2732
Language: en
Date: 1975-10-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2732/75 of the Council of 29 October 1975 fixing cereal prices for the 1975/76 marketing year

No L 281 /30                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                   1 . 11.75
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 2732/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                      of 29 October 1975
                                     fixing cereal prices for the 1975/76 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                                                 Article 1
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 43 thereof;                                                For the 1975/76 marketing year, the target prices
                                                                   of cereals, the basic intervention price of common
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/                 wheat and the guaranteed minimum price of durum
75 (*) of 29 October 1975 on the common organiz­                    wheat shall be as follows :
ation of the market in cereals, and in particular
Article 2 (4) thereof;                                                                                          u.a.lmetric ton
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                 ( a) Target price:
                                                                         Common wheat                                139-44
Having regard to the Opinion of the European
Parliament (2);                                                          Rye                                        138-74
                                                                         Barley                                      126-99
Whereas, when cereal prices are fixed, account should                    Maize                                       126-41
be taken of the objectives of the common agricultural
                                                                         Durum wheat                                207-33
policy and of the contribution which the Community
desires to make to the harmonious development of                    (b ) Basic intervention price:
world trade; whereas the objectives of the common
                                                                         Common wheat                                125-93
agricultural policy are in particular to ensure a fair
standard of living for the agricultural community, to               (c) Guaranteed minimum price:
ensure that supplies are available and that they reach                   Durum wheat                                215-45
consumers at reasonable prices ;
Whereas, moreover, cereals play a major part in the                                          Article 2
agricultural economy of the Community and the
price of cereals affects the price of many agricultural             1 . Council Regulation (EEC) No 666/75 (3) of
products and therefore the incomes of persons                      4 March 1975 fixing cereal prices for the 1975/76
engaged in agriculture;                                             marketing year, is hereby repealed.
Whereas the target prices of the main cereals must                 2. References to the Regulation repealed by virtue
be fixed at rates which take account of the levels and              of paragraph 1 shall be construed as references to
intended trends of production, the uses made of the                 this Regulation.
products and the improvement of farm incomes ;
                                                                                             Article 3
Whereas application of these criteria entails fixing
prices at levels higher than those adopted for the                  This     Regulation     shall     enter into    force    on
preceding marketing year,                                           1 November 1975 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Luxembourg, 29 October 1975.
                                                                                      For the Council
                                                                                       The President
                                                                                       G. MARCORA
 (*) See page 1 of this Official Journal.
 (2) Opinion delivered on 16 October 1975 (not yet
     published in the Official Journal).                            (8) OJ No L 72, 20. 3 . 1975 , p. 16.