CELEX: 31975R0658
Language: en
Date: 1975-03-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 658/75 of the Council of 4 March 1975 fixing the guide price for soya beans for the 1975/76 marketing year

No L 72/4                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               20 . 3 . 75
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 658/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                      of 4 March 1975
                          fixing the guide price for soya beans for the 1975/76 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                          to this end a balanced relationship should be
                                                                   maintained between this price and the price of other
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                       oil seeds ;
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 43 thereof;                                                Whereas in accordance with these criteria the guide
                                                                   price should be fixed at a higher level than that
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)                          adopted for the preceding marketing year;
No 1900/74 (*) of 15 July 1974 laying down special
measures for soya beans, and in particular Article 1
                                                                   Whereas the guide price must be fixed for a standard
( 1 ) and (3 ) thereof;
                                                                   quality to be determined by reference to the average
                                                                   quality of beans harvested in the Community;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                whereas the quality laid down for the 1974/75
                                                                   marketing year meets this requirement and can
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                       accordingly be used for the following marketing
Parliament;                                                        year,
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee ;                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, when the guide price for soya beans is
                                                                                          Article 1
fixed, account should be taken of the objectives of
the common agricultural policy and of the contri­
bution which the Community desires to make to the                  For the 1975/76 marketing year, the guide price for
harmonious development of world trade ; whereas                    soya beans shall be 26-11 units of account per 100 kg.
the objectives of the common agricultural policy are
in particular to ensure a fair standard of living for                                     Article 2
the agricultural Community, and to ensure that
supplies are available and reach consumers at
reasonable prices ;                                                The price referred to in Article 1 relates to beans :
                                                                   — in bulk, of sound, fair and marketable quality,
Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 1 ( 1 )                     and
of Regulation (EEC) No 1900/74 provides more
specifically that this price shall be fixed at a level             — with an impurity content of 2% and, for the
which is fair to producers, account being taken of                      beans as such, a humidity and oil content of
the supply requirements of the Community ; whereas                      14 % and 18 % respectively.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                Done at Brussels, 4 March 1975.
                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                 The President
                                                                                M. A. CLINTON
I1) OJ No L 201 , 23 . 7 . 1974, p. 5 .