CELEX: 31975D0311
Language: en
Date: 1975-05-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 5 May 1975 amending the Commission Decision of 4 April 1975 authorizing certain Member States to apply special intervention measures for common wheat

No L 144/22                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                5 . 6. 75
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 5 May 1975
              amending the Commission Decision of 4 April 1975 authorizing certain Member States
                                 to apply special intervention measures for common wheat
                                      (Only the French, Dutch and German texts are authentic)
                                                           (75 /311 /EEC )
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         on the other hand applications to the Dutch,
 COMMUNITIES,                                                          Luxembourg and German intervention agencies have
                                                                       been less than anticipated ; whereas it is therefore
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                           necessary to increase the quantities for France and
European Economic Community;                                          Belgium and to reduce those for the Netherlands,
                                                                       Luxembourg and Germany ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/
EEC (*) of 13 June * 1967 on the common                               Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
organization of the market in cereals, as last                        are in accordance with the Opinion of the
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 665 /75 (2), and in                    Management Committee for Cereals,
particular the second paragraph of Article 8 and                       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Article 24 thereof;
                                                                                               Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation No 174/67/
EEC (3) of 27 June 1967 on special intervention                       The first paragraph of Article 1 of the Decision of
measures for cereals, as last amended by Regulation                   4 April 1975 is replaced by the following:
(EEC) No 445/68 (4), and in particular Article 1
thereof:
                                                                           'The following Member States are authorized to
                                                                           have their intervention agencies carry out special
Having regard to the communications from the                               intervention operations for common wheat within
French Republic of 20 March 1975, as amended on                            the framework of the undermentioned provisions :
26 March 1975 and 17 April 1975, from the
Kingdom of the Netherlands of 18 March 1975 and                            — the French Republic — 800 000 metric tons,
from Belgium of 19 March 1975 , as amended on 17
April 1975, from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg                             — the Kingdom of the Netherlands — 175 000
of 19 March 1975 and from the Federal Republic of                              metric tons,
Germany of 19 March 1975 describing the                                    — the Kingdom of Belgium — 170 000 metric
particularly difficult situation for persons holding                           tons,
stocks of common wheat and including requests for
special intervention measures for this cereal ;                            — the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg — 1 500
                                                                               metric tons,
Whereas the Commission by its Decision of 4 April 1975
authorized the application of special intervention                         — the Federal Republic of Germany — 150 000
measures for 1 185 000 metric tons of common                                   metric tons .'
wheat in certain Member States; whereas, by reason
of the price of common wheat in France and                                                     Article 2
Belgium, which has resulted in applications to             the
French and Belgian intervention agencies                   for        This Decision is addressed to the French Republic,
quantities greater than those provided for,                the        the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the
quantity of 400 000 metric tons provided for in             the       Netherlands, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and
case of France and of 150 000 metric tons in the case                 the Federal Republic of Germany.
of Belgium appear insufficient to achieve the objec­
tives of the special intervention measures ; whereas
                                                                      Done at Brussels, 5 May 1975 .
(!)  OJ No  117, 19. 6. 1967, p . 2269/67.                                                       For the Commission
(2 ) OJ No L 72, 20. 3 . 1975 , p. 14.
(3 ) OJ No  130, 28 . 6 . 1967, p . 2609/67.                                                       P.J. LARDINOIS
(4)  OJ No  L 91 , 12. 4 . 1968 , p . 3 .
(5 ) OJ No  L 96 , 17. 4 . 1975 , p . 30.                                                     Member of the Commission