CELEX: 31976D0487
Language: en
Date: 1976-05-18 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 18 May 1976 on the sale and use of common wheat held by the Italian intervention agency

25. 5 . 76                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 136/9
                                                               II
                                           (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                       COUNCIL
                                                    COUNCIL DECISION
                                                        of 18 May 1976
                 on the sale and use of common wheat held by the Italian intervention agency
                                                          (76/487/ EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas, despite these measures, market prices are
COMMUNITIES,                                                        still higher than the threshold price ; whereas, as a
                                                                    result, the price of bread is becoming an undue
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               burden on the consumer :
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                  Whereas Article 39 of the Treaty stipulates, inter alia,
tion of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by               that the objectives of the common agricultural policy
                                                                    are to assure the availability of supplies and to ensure
Regulation (EEC) No 832/76 (2), and in particular
Article 7 (4) thereof,                                              that supplies reach consumers at reasonable prices ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2738/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general                      Whereas the Italian intervention agency still holds
rules for intervention on the market in cereals (3), and            more than 100 000 metric tons of common wheat ;
in particular Article 4 thereof,                                    whereas, in order to alleviate the difficult situation
                                                                    which is further aggravated by the disaster in the
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                  north of the country quickly and effectively, the above
                                                                    quantity should be placed at the disposal of the Italian
Whereas there are supply difficulties at present on the             Government immediately ; whereas this measure
Italian market in common wheat ; whereas this situa­                should enable the Italian Government to assign that
tion stems not only from the structural shortfall in                quantity to the making of a type of bread which,
Italian production but also from speculative with­                  owing to its low purchase price, is consumed by the
holding of common wheat owing to the depreciation                   least-favoured sections of the population ;
of the lira and from the reduction in imports, which
are less easily effected as a result of the monetary situa­
tion ;
                                                                    Whereas, in these circumstances, provision should be
Whereas, in order to cope with these difficulties, the              made, in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation
Council decided to make common wheat from stocks                    (EEC) No 2738/75, for placing the stocks of common
held by the intervention agencies of other Member                   wheat held by the Italian intervention agency at the
States available to the Italian intervention agency ;               disposal of the Italian Government by a procedure
whereas, in addition, the Italian intervention agency               other than an invitation to tender ; whereas the price
sold part of the stocks of common wheat which it still              at which the common wheat in question is placed at
held on the domestic market ;                                       the Italian Government's disposal is to be fixed at a
                                                                    flat rate, account being taken of the conditions laid
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                             down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 376/70 of
(2) OJ No L 100, 14. 4. 1976, p. 1 .                                27 February 1970 laying down the procedure and
(3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49.                             conditions for the disposal of cereals held by interven­
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tion agencies (!), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)          industry to be processed for the making of bread
No 129/73 (2);                                                  known as 'pane comune' at a reduced price which will
                                                                enable the least-favoured consumers to purchase that
Whereas this operation is justified only by the excep­          bread.
tional nature of the situation ; whereas, furthermore,
the timetable set for the execution thereof should not          The Italian Government shall take the necessary
in any way interfere with the normal development of             measures to ensure that this operation is carried out in
prices in accordance with the rules for the common              such a way that there is no discrimination between
organization of the market in common wheat,                     flour mills.
                                                                The final date for handing over and delivering wheat
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                     to the milling industry shall be 18 June 1976.
                                                                4. The Italian Republic shall inform the Commis­
                          Article 1                             sion without delay of the measures taken pursuant to
1 . By way of derogation from Article 3 of Regula­              this Decision and of the progress of the operations
tion (EEC) No 2738/75, the Italian intervention                 provided for herein .
agency shall place at the disposal of the Italian                                         Article 2
Government until 31 May 1976 100 000 metric tons
of common wheat at present stored in the regions                This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
('fregioni') indicated in the Annex, subject to the condi­
tions laid down in the following paragraphs.
                                                                 Done at Brussels, 18 May 1976.
2. The price to be paid for the operation provided
for in paragraph 1 is fixed at a flat rate of 168-87 units                                     For the Council
of account per metric ton.
                                                                                                The President
3.     The Italian Government shall hand over the
quantity laid down in paragraph 1 to the milling                                                J. HAMILIUS
                                                           ANNEX
                                                                              metric tons
                              Piemonte                                          19 934-5
                              Lombardia                                         24 78 1 -2
                             Veneto                                             14 726-7
                              Friuli-Venezia Giulia                              2 669-2
                              Emilia Romagna                                    28 393-5
                             Toscana                                             6 463-4
                             Marche                                              3 031-3
(') OJ No L 43, 28. 2. 1970, p. 49.
(2) OJ No L 17, 20. 1 . 1973, p. 17.