CELEX: 31976R1444
Language: en
Date: 1976-06-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1444/76 of 22 June 1976 fixing for the 1976/77 marketing year the reference prices for hybrid maize for sowing

No L 161 / 8                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             23 . 6 . 76
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1444/76
                                                          of 22 June 1976
              fixing for the 1976/77 marketing year the reference prices for hybrid maize for
                                                               sowing
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       for sale to be taken into consideration for the purpose
COMMUNITIES,                                                         of fixing the reference price ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Economic Community,                                                  are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         ment Committee for Seeds ,
2358/71 of 26 October 1971 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in seeds ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 671 /75 (2), and in particular                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 6 (5) thereof,
Whereas Article 6 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71                                       Article 1
provides that a reference price for each type of hybrid
maize for sowing shall be fixed annually ; whereas                   For the 1976/77 marketing year the reference prices
these reference prices must be fixed on the basis of                 for the various types of hybrid maize for sowing
the free-at-frontier prices recorded during the past                 falling within subheading 10.05 A of the Common
three marketing years, abnormally low prices being                   Customs Tariff shall be as shown in the Annex hereto .
disregarded ; whereas pursuant to Article 2 of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 1578 /72 of 20 July 1972 laying
down general rules for fixing the reference prices and                                       Article 2
determining free-at-frontier offer prices for hybrid
maize for sowing (3), only prices for third-country                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
imports which are representative as regards quantity                 following its publication in the Official Journal of
and quality should be taken into account ;                           the European Communities.
Whereas Article 1 of the abovementioned Regulation                   This Regulation shall apply with effect from 1 July
defines the conditions of marketing and putting up                   1976 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 22 June 1976.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(>) OJ No L 246, 5 . 11 . 1971 , p . 1 .
(2) OJ No L 72, 20 . 3 . 1975, p . 21 .
(3 ) OJ No L 168 , 26 . 7 . 1972, p . 1 .
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                                                ANNEX
            No of type         Type of hybrid               FAO classification Reference price
                                                                                in u.a ./ 100 kg
                1      Double hybrids                          0 to 270                 57
                2      Double hybrids                        270 to 450                 53
                       Top cross hybrids                       0 to 270                 53
                3      Double hybrids                       450 and over                49
                       Top cross hybrids                    270 and over                49
                4      Three-cross hybrids                     0 to 270                 74
                5      Three-cross hybrids                  270 and over                70
                6      Single hybrids                             —                   107