CELEX: 31975R2740
Language: en
Date: 1975-10-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2740/75 of the Council of 29 October 1975 on special intervention measures for cereals

No L 281 /54                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                1 . 11 . 75
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 2740/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 29 October 1975
                                         on special intervention measures for cereals
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                                                Article 1
European Economic Community;
                                                                  If, in any region of the Community, market prices
                                                                  show a fall or a weakness which, in view of the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/                size of the harvest or the regional stocks and their
75 ( x ) of 29 October 1975 on the common organiz­                geographical situation, could oblige the intervention
ation of the market in cereals, and in particular                 agency to buy in large quantities, the Member State
the first paragraph of Article 8 thereof;                         concerned may request the Commission to authorize
                                                                  the intervention agency, in accordance with the
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;               procedure provided for in Article 26 of Regulation
                                                                  (EEC) No 2727/75 to take special intervention
Whereas the establishment of a common price                       measures, in accordance with Article 8 of that
system for cereals entails the introduction of                    Regulation. The decision of the Commission shall be
a uniform Community intervention system ;                         taken within 12 working days following that on
                                                                  which the request was made.
Whereas harvests which in certain regions of the                  The Member State shall state the reasons for its
Community differed substantially from the average                 request and for the measures it considers should
for previous years could in those regions temporarily             be adopted and shall indicate the intended duration
bring about a change in market prices not found                   of their application.
elsewhere in the Community;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas in consequence intervention agencies might
have to buy in large quantities in certain regions,               1 . Council Regulation No 174/67/EEC (2) of
without this measure being required by the long­                  27 June 1967 on special intervention measures for
term trend of markets in the Community ;                          cereals, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  445/68 (3), is hereby repealed.
Whereas provision should therefore be made for                    2. References to the Regulation repealed by para­
preventive measures to enable trade to ease the                   graph 1 shall be construed as references to this
market in those regions for a given period ;                      Regulation.
Whereas, in view of the uniformity which should                                            Article 3
characterize the Community market in cereals, such
measures should be assessed and decided upon from                 This    Regulation      shall    enter   into force      on
a Community viewpoint,                                            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
                                                                  (2) OJ No 130, 28 . 6. 1967, p. 2609/67.
(*) See page 1 of this Official Journal.                          (3) OJ No L 91 , 12. 4. 1968, p. 3 .