CELEX: 51974PC1446
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Date: 1974-09-06
Title: Proposal for a REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL amending the prices applicable in agriculture for the 1974/75 marketing year (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                      COM(74 ) 1446 final
                                                      Brussels , 6 September 1974
                             Proposal for a
                    REGULATION ( EEC ) OP THE COUNCIL
        amending the prices applicable in agriculture for the
                         1974/75 marketing year
             ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
COM(74) I446 final
 ---pagebreak---                               Proposai for a
                     REGUIATÏON" ÏEEC") OP 'THE COUNCIL
    amending the prices applicable in agriculture for the 1974/ 75
    marketing year .
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 43 thereof :
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Having regard to the Treaty, concerning the accession of new Member States
to the European Economic Community and to the European Atomic Energy
Community^, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in particular
Article 54(4) of the Act        annexed thereto ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission }
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament ;
Whereas since the Council 's decisions on the common prices for the 1974/75
marketing year were taken in March 1974 events have occurred with serious
economic implications for agriculture ; whereas , on the one hand , this sector
was faced with a sudden unprecedented increase in the prices of certain
important inputs ; whereas this sharp rise in production costs is worsening
the effect of overall inflation on agriculture ; whereas , on the other hand ,
farmers were not able to increase market prices so as to cover the rise in
production costs ; whereas for cattle and pig breeders there has even been
a marked fall in market prices ; whereas for other products such as common wheat ,
feed grains and sugar agricultural producers were not able to take advantage
cf the very high prices on the world market because the Community , motivated
by the concern to ensure the stability of the internal markets and to guarantee
adequate supplies , considered it undesirable to allow the high prices for
these products on the world market to be reflected in the level of prices within
the Community ;
Whereas this situation has given rise to serious difficulties throughout
agriculture both by reason of its immediate effect on farmers' incomes and
$    OJ No L 73 , 27.3.1972 , p . 5
     OJ.No L 73 , 27.3.1972 , p . 14
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    because of the unfavourable outlook for the near future ; whereas in the
     current economic situation farmers are no longer able to pass on in market
    prices the considerable rise in production oosts ; whereas this situation calls
    for exceptional measures in the field of pricing policy ;
    Whereas it appears appropriate to raise agricultural prices by 4% all round
    with effect from the I974/75 marketing year or for the remainder of that
   year ; whereas it is necessary , however , to be able to take into account
    the special situation of certain products; whereas milk in the United Kingdom
   raises a particular problem by reason of Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC )
   ^° * 749/73       of 19 March 1973 on production subsidies which the United
   Kingdom is authorized to retain in respect of certain agricultural products ;
  whereas this provision would prevent the desired increase in prices from
  benefiting produoers :
  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION!
                                  Article 1
        For the 1974/75 marketing year or , as regards those products for which
         it has already begun, for the remainder of that year , prices and amounts
         shall be fixed as shown in the Annex .
        However , as regards wine , the prices shown in the Annex shall apply for the
        period from 16 December 1974 to 15 December 1975 .
 2 . The guide prices, intervention prices and Community producer price fixed
        for fishery products for 1974 shall be increased by 4^«
 3 . As regards fruit and vegetables, the basio prices and buying-in prices
       shall be altered so as to increase the withdrawal price by 4#.
4*          norm prices and intervention prices valid for tobacco from the 1974
       harvest shall be increased by an average of 4 depending on variety .
(3) OJ No L 72 , 20.3.1973, p. 1
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                                                               /
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                              Article 2
Article 4(2 ) of Regulation (EEC ) No . 749/73 s.all cease to apply for the
remainder of the 1974/75 milk year .
                              Article 3
Detailed rules for the application of Articles 1 and 2 and the alterations
to be made under the provisions of this Regulation to the other prices and
amounts fixed within the framework of the common agricultural policy shall ,
to the extent necessary in order to take account of the provisions of this
Regulation and , where appropriate , by derogation from the normal rules . for
fixing, be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26
of Council Regulation No . I20/67/EEC ^ of 13 June 1967 on "the common
organization of the market in cereals , as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No . 1996/74       or in the corresponding Articles of the other Regulations
on the common organization of agricultural markets , whichever is appropriat
                                                         /
                             Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day       its publication m the
Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall take effect on 1 October 1974 »
This Regulation shall be biuuir:^ in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                    For the Council
                                                       The Président
(4) OJ No 117 , 19.6.1967 , p. 2269/67
 ---pagebreak---                                                           ANNEX
            A. Common prices
   Products                                  Nature of price or amount                           Amount s
     «                                                 (2)                          I              3)
Durum wheat                  Target price                                                 190.14   u.a. /t
                             Single intervention price ( surplus region)                  173.50   u.a. /t
                             Guaranteed minimum producer price (wholesale stage )         203.50   u.a. /t
Common wheat                 Target price                                                 126.71   U . ci ./t
                             Basic intervention price                                 '   112.01   u.a. /t
Barley                       Target price                                             I   114.97   u.a./t
                             Single intervention price ( surplus region)              !   112.01   u.a. /t
Rye                          Target price                                                 123.80   u.a. /t
                        I    Single intervention price ( surplus region)                  105.91   u.a. /t
Maize                        Target price                                                 113.83   u.a./t
                             Single intervention price ( surplus region)                   93.13   u.a. /t
Rice                         Target price for hisked rice                                  23.50   u.a. /lOO kg
                             Intervention price for paddy rice                             14.20   u.a. /lOD kg
Sugar                        Minimum price for "beet                                       19.59    u.a. /t
                             Half-lean orice for "beet                            -
                             Target price for white sugar                                  27.61    u.a. /lOO kg
                             Intervention price for white sugar                            26.23    u.a. /lOO kg
Olive 01I                    Producer target price                                        142.65    u.a. /lOO kg
                             Market target price                                        • 100.50    u.a. /lOO kg
                             Intervention price                                            93.25    u.a. /lOO kg
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   Products                  Nature of price or amount                                      Amounts
       1                               (2 )                                                   (3)
  Oil seeds               Target price
                          :   Colza and rape seeds                                    22.80     u.a. /lOO kg
                          :   Sunflower seeds                                         23.45     u.a. /lOO kg
                          Bbrm price                                         ,
                          î   Soya beans                                              23»10     u.a./lOO kg
                          Basic intervention price                        '  '
                          :   Colza and rape seeds                                    22.10     u.a./lOO kg
                          :   Sunflower seeds                                         22.75     u.a. /lOO kg
I Dried fodder          i Standard aid                                                 6.25     u.a. /t
  Cotton seeds          j Standard aid                                                86.95     u.a. /ha
  Flax and hemo           Standard aid
                          !   Flax                                                   166.95     u.a. /ha
                          ï   Hemo                                                   140.40     u.a./ha
  Table  :   type R I     Guide price (per degree/hl or per hl , depending on type )   1.68 per degree/hl
  Wine       type R II                                                                 I . 64 " degree/hl
             type R III                                                               26.32 " hl
             type A I                                                                  I.58 " degree/hl
             type A II                                                                35.09 " hi
             type A III                                                               40.06 " hi
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    Products             Nature of orice or amount                    Amounts
       1)                            (2                                  ( 3)
  Milk            Target price for milk                           13»95     u.a./lOO kg
                  Intervention price
                  :   for "butter
                                                        s -t ^ . 182.00 u.a./lOO kg
                  :
                  :
                      for skimmed milk powder
                      for cheese
                                                         1   *    82.00 u.a./lOO kg
                      - Grana Padano 30 - 60 days                181.50     u.a. /lOO kg
                      -  Grana Padano 6 months                   212.90     u.a./lOO kg
                      - Parmigiano-Reggiano 6 months             229.90     u.a. /lOO kg
  Beef and veal   Guide price for adult "bovine animals          100.00     u.a. /lOO kg
                                                                        live weight
                  Guide price for calves                         117.00     u.a. /lOO kg
                                                                        live weight
  Pigmeat         Basic îDrice                                    97.00     u.a. /lOO kg
                                                                    slaughtered weight
I Silk-worms    j Aid per "box of silk-worm eggs                  32.85 per "box
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                  B.  Seoarate prices and amounts for the new Member States
   Product       Member State                            Nature of anount                    Amount
     1)               (2 )                                     (3 )                             (4)
Flax          United Kingdom                        Aid                      95.70 u.a. /ha
Butter        United Kingdom                                                108.10 u.a. /lOO kg
              Denmark                               Intervention price      178.26 u.a. /lOO kg
              Ireland                                                       168.96 u.a. /lOO kg
Beef and veal United Kingdom and Ireland          – Guide price for adult
                                                    bovine animais           85.5O u.a. /lOO kg live weigfet
                                                  - Guide price for calves  100.00 u.a. /lOO kg live weigfet