CELEX: 31974R2546
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2546/74 of the Commission of 4 October 1974 concerning certain measures to be taken, following the raising with effect from 7 October 1974 of the threshold prices for cereals and rice, as regards licences for those products where the import levy or export refund is fixed in advance

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                               REGULATION (EEC) No 2546/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                            of 4 October 1974
               concerning certain measures to be taken , following the raising with effect from
               7 October 1974 of the threshold prices for cereals and rice, as regards licences
               for those products where the import levy or export refund is fixed in advance
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           in the world market prices of the products in question
COMMUNITIES,                                                             has over recent months been such that it has been
                                                                         possible progressively to abolish the refund
                                                                         completely ; whereas in the case of certain of these
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    products such licences involving the advance fixing of
Economic Community ;                                                     a refund as have not yet been used will accordingly
                                                                         expire shortly ; whereas it may therefore be assumed
                                                                         that the products to be exported under such licences
                                                                         have already been sold on the Community market at
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                             prices determined by the common price level
2496/74 ( J ) of 2 October 1974 amending the prices                      obtaining before 7 October 1974 ; whereas, in view of
applicable in agriculture for the 1974/75 marketing                      normal commercial practice in respect of the exporta­
year, and in particular Article 4 thereof ;                              tion of the products concerned, the same assumption
                                                                         can be made in respect of products for which the
                                                                         period of validity of the export licence is longer ;
Whereas        Commission            Regulation (EEC) No
251 8 /74 (2) of 4 October 1974 on the measures to be
taken following the all-round increase in agricultural                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
prices taking effect on 7 October 1974 altered the                       are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
threshold prices for cereals and rice so as to bring                     ment Committee for Cereals and Rice,
them in line with the new prices which will apply
from 7 October 1974 for the 1974/75 marketing year ;
Whereas pursuant to Article^ 1 5 (2) and the second
subparagraph of Article 1 6 (3) of Council Regulation                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
No 120/ 67/ EEC (3) of 13 June 1967 on the common
organization of the market in cereals, as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 996/74 (4), and to Articles
 13 (2) and 17(4) of Council Regulation No 359/
                                                                                                   Article 1
67 / EEC (5 ) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 11 29/74 (6), import levies and export
refunds which are fixed in advance are to be adjusted                    Where an import levy or an export refund on a
by reference to the threshold price in force during the                   product coming under Regulation No 120/67/ EEC or
month of importation or exportation as the case may                      under Regulation No 359/67/ EEC has been fixed in
be ;                                                                     advance and the day on which the licence was applied
                                                                          for, as defined in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                          1373/70 (7), is a day prior to 7 October 1974, such levy
                                                                         or refund shall not be adjusted as regards that part of
Whereas such adjustment would however have the                            the increase in the threshold price which results from
effect of increasing such levies and refunds in a                         the increase in agricultural prices taking effect on 7
manner for which there is no economic justification ;                     October 1974 .
whereas, as regards import levies, since world market
prices are at present high, so that the increase in
threshold prices will not provoke the introduction of a
levy, the Community market will remain adequately
protected ; whereas as regards export refunds the trend                                            Article 2
(')  OJ  No  L 268 , 3 . 10 . 1974,    p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ  No  L 270, 5 . 10 . 1974,     p. 1 .                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 October
(J)  OJ  No  117 , 19 . 6 . 1967 , p . 2269 / 67 .                         1974 .
(«)  OJ  No  L 209, 31 . 7 . 1974,     p. 1 .
(5)  OJ  No  174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p .   20 .
(*)  OJ  No  L 128 , 10 . 3 . 1974,    p. 20 .                           (7) OJ No L 158, 20. 7. 1970, p. 1 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 4 October 1974.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                      The President
                                                                 Francois-Xavier ORTOLI