CELEX: 31974R0175
Language: en
Date: 1974-01-23 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 175/74 of the Commission of 23 January 1974 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1897/73, fixing the denaturing premium for common wheat for the 1973/74 marketing year

No L 20/28                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                            24. 1 . 74
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 175/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 23 January 1974
              amending Regulation (EEC) No 1897 /73 , fixing the denaturing premium for
                                       common wheat for the 1973/74 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       price increases ; whereas, as a result of an increased
COMMUNITIES,                                                         demand for cereals for animal feed, the denaturing
                                                                     premium which is laid down in Commission Regula­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                tion (EEC) No 1 897/73 (5) of 11 July 1973 fixing the
Economic Community ;                                                 denaturing premium for common wheat for the
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                           1973/74 marketing year, as amended by Regulation
67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                  (EEC) No 2859/73 (6), should be reduced to zero ;
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­              Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has
lation ( EEC) No 1346/73 (2), and in particular Article              not delivered an Opinion within the time limit set by
7 (5) thereof ;                                                      its Chairman ,
Whereas Council Regulation No 172/67/ EEC (3) of 27
June 1967 on general rules governing the denaturing                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
of wheat and rye of bread-making quality, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2096/68 (4), speci­                                             Article 1
fies that the denaturing premium must be fixed before
the beginning of, and for the duration of the                        The following shall replace the text of Article 1 of
marketing year, but may exceptionally be amended                     Regulation (EEC) No 1897/73 :
where there is a threat of disturbances on the Commu­
nity market in cereals ;                                                  ' From 10 February 1974 the denaturing premium
                                                                          shall be fixed at zero .'
Whereas the pressure on the world market for
common wheat has further increased ; whereas indica­                                           Article 2
tions of the supply situation on this market are contin­
ually worsening and in so doing risk causing further                 With effect from 10 February 1974, Article 2 of Regu­
increases in prices ; whereas this situation has led                  lation (EEC) No 1897/73 shall be deleted.
successively to a new limitation on the period of
validity of export licences and to the increase of the                                         Article 3
export levy ;
                                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
Whereas the increase in demand for common wheat                       publication in the Official Journal of the European
on the Community market has caused considerable                       Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 23 January 1974.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                    The President
                                                                               Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(')  OJ No  117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
(2 ) OJ No  L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p. 8 .
(3)  OJ No  130, 26. 6 .  1967, p. 2602/67.                          (5) OJ No L 193, 14. 7. 1973, p. 25.
(4)  OJ No  L 308 , 23 . 12. 1968 , p. 12.                           (6) OJ No L 293, 20. 10. 1973, p. 31 .