CELEX: 31968R0538
Language: en
Date: 1968-04-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 538/68 of the Council of 29 April 1968 amending Regulation No 131/67/EEC as regards the transport costs taken for the calculation of derived intervention prices for cereals

Official Journal of the European Communities                                    105
3.5.68                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 104/1
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 538/68 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                  of 29 April 1968
              amending Regulation No 131/67/EEC as regards the transport costs taken for the cal­
                                culation of derived intervention prices for cereals
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                     131 /67/EEC, to be t'aken for fixing derived inter­
                                                              vention prices for the 1968/69 marketing year, began
                                                              before the entry into force of the common organis­
                                                              ation of the market in cereals , and thus the old system
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                  was in force during part of it; whereas the effect
European Economic Community ;                                 of the common organisation of the market on trade
                                                              will also extend to freight charges ; whereas it is
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                therefore necessary, in order to evaluate precisely the
EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common organisation               information required under the second paragraph of
of the market in cereals, and in particular Article 4         Article 2 of Regulation No 131 /67/EEC, to refer
(5 ) thereof;                                                 to a period in which the new system applies ;
                                                              whereas, until the markets are finally adapted to
Having regard to the proposal from the Com­                   the common organisation, the power to derogate
mission ;                                                     from the second paragraph of Article 22 of Regu­
                                                              lation No 131 /67/EEC, in accordance with Article 11
Whereas, in accordance with Article 11 ( 1 ) of Council       ( 1 ) of that Regulation, should consequently be
Regulation No 131/67/EEC2 of 12 June 1967 laying              extended to the 1968/69 marketing year ;
down rules for deriving intervention prices and for
determining certain intervention centres for cereals,         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the provisions of Article 2 of that Regulation may be
derogated from when calculating derived intervention                                 Sole Article
prices for the 1967/68 marketing year ; whereas it
was thus not necessary in that marketing year, when           The following shall be substituted for Article 11 ( 1 )
determining inland waterway freight charges not               of Regulation No 131 /67/EEC :
covered by a tariff, to take into account the lowest
average of such charges recorded over a period of                   ' 1 . When derived intervention prices are being
two months selected from the twelve months pre­                     determined the provisions of Article 2 may be
ceding the month for which the prices are fixed ;                   derogated from for the 1967/68 marketing year,
                                                                    and those of the second paragraph of that Article
Whereas the reference period provided for in the                    may be derogated from for the 1968 /69 marketing
second paragraph of Article 2 of Regulation No                      year.'
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Luxembourg, 29 April 1968 .
                                                                                   For the Council
                                                                                    The President
                                                                                      E. FAURE
1 OJ No 117 , 19.6.1967, p. 2269/67 .
2 OJ No 120, 21.6.1967, p. 2362/67.