CELEX: 31974R2499
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-02 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2499/74 of the Council of 2 October 1974 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1351/73 as regards the basic price of the standard quality for pig carcases

No L 268 /8                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            3. 10 . 74
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 2499/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 2 October 1974
               amending Regulation (EEC) No 1351/73 as regards the basic price of die
                                             standard quality for pig carcases
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      whereas it is appropriate to take account of this excep­
COMMUNITIES,                                                      tional short-term situation on the pigmeat market and
                                                                  therefore to increase the present basic price,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
thereof ;                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation No 121 /
67/EEC (1) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                                        Article 1
tion of the market in pigmeat, as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1861 /74 (2), and in particular              Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1351 /73 is replaced
Article 4 (4) thereof ;                                          by the following :
                                                                      'Article 1
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                                      The basic price for pig carcases of the standard
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                          quality, per 100 kilogrammes, shall be :
Parliament ;
                                                                      (a) 86-00 units of account for the period 1
Whereas the basic price for pig carcases of the                           November 1973 to 6 October 1974 ;
standard quality was fixed for the period 1 November
1973 to 31 October 1974 at 86 units of account per                    (b) 97-65 units of account for the period 7
                                                                          October 1974 to 31 October 1974.'
100 kilogrammes by Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
1351 /73 (3) ;
                                                                                          Article 2
Whereas at the time when this price was fixed it was
difficult to foresee that in 1974 market prices for              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
pigmeat would undergo - an exceptional fall and                   publication in the Official Journal of the European
production costs for pork increase significantly ;                Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Luxembourg, 2 October 1974.
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                                The President
                                                                                Ch . BONNET
(•) OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2283/67.
(2) OJ No L 197, 19 . 7. 1974, p. 3 .
 3) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p. 15 .