CELEX: 51974PC1627
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Date: 1974-10-10
Title: Proposal for a REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL on special measures for soya beans for the 1974/75 marketing year (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                               Brussels . 10 October 1974
                                    Proposal for a
                            REGULATION ( EEC) OP THE COUNCIL
                                   ■ > mam.
                     on special measures for soya "beans for the
                              1974/7 5 marketing year
                   ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
  CQM(74) 1627 final
 ---pagebreak---                               EXPLANATORY OTIORAOJM
Council Regulation (EEC ) N O I9OO/74 of 15 July 1974 laying flown special measures
for soya beans makes provision for the Council to adopt aifteria for determ ining
the average world market price of soya beans , as well as general rules for gran­
ting the subsidy and for ohecking eligibility for the subsidy.
This draft Regulation lays down provisions concerning suoh criteria ans general
rules . In view of the approaching start of the 1974/75 marketing year and of the
lack of experience gained , it is proposed that provisions be laid down for the
1974/75 marketing year only.
The draft regulation also provides that Member States are to abolish by 31 Octo­
ber 1975 a-'- the latest the national subsidies which , in 1973 before the introduc­
tion of ihe Oommaaity system , they had undertaken , to grant in certain circum­
stances + 0 r 07a bean producers during the 1974/75 marketing year® There is a pos­
sibility ;, -jiv^n the special situation on the world soya bean market , that the
Commune             3y for 1974/75 Will be lower than national subsidies . In these
oirouffi£.v^tL.if3y the abolition of national subsidies would definitely be prejudicial
to proddue . 'a of this new crop ,
 ---pagebreak---                                     Proposal for a
                           REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL
         on special measures for soya "beans for the 1974/75 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
                                                     1
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on
the establishment of a common organization of the market in oil3 and fats ,
as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 1707/73 , and in particular Article
36 thereof;
Having regard to Council Regulation (ESC) NO 1900/74^ of 15 July 1974 laying
down special measures for soya beans , and in particular Article 2(3) thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission *
Whereas pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1900/74, criteria for
determining the average world market price of soya, together with- general rules ^
for granting the subsidy and for the control of beans harvested within the
Community:
Whereas the said average world market price must be determined oh the basis of
the most favourable purchasing terms available on that market;
Whereas , the figures to be taken for this purpose should be those recorded over
the marketing period for Community beans in respect of offers on the world market
and prices quoted on the major international exchanges which are important ;
whereas , however , offers not considered representative of the true trend of the
market should be ignored ?
Whereas under Article 2(l ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1900/74 "t^e average price must
be recorded for a Community frontier crossing point ; whereas in fixing this
point account should be taken of the extent to which it is representative for
imports of soya beans; whereas the point selected should accordingly be the
port of Rotterdam; whereas offers and quotations must be adjusted if they
relate to a different frontier crossing point ;
 '1 ) OJ No 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66
 ' ?} OJ No L 175, 29.6.1973, p.5
 k 3 ) OJ No L 201 , 23.7.1974 , P.5
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Whereas provision should also "be made for such adjustment in the event of any
variation from the presentation and quality specified for the purpose of fixing
the guide price ;
Whereas the Member States should be required to set up the control arrangements
necessary to ensure the proper functioning of the subsidy system*
Whereas under Article 2(2) of the aforementioned Regulation the subsidy is to
be granted in respect of output determined by applying a target yield to the
areas sown and harvested: whereas , in order to ensure the proper application
of the subsidy system , the target yield should be determined by reference to
yields recorded in the principal production areas ;
Whereas the period of validity of the foregoing rules should be limited to that
necessary to enable their effectiveness to be assessed ;
Whereas last year certain Member States decided, while awaiting Community rules
on the subject , to grant subsidies to promote the production of soya beans ;
whereas if the Community subsidy were to be fixed at a level lower than that
for national subsidies the abolition of those subsidies would be prejudicial
to producers who had embarked upon cultivation of this crop ; whereas , in order
avoid this , Member States should be authorized, subject to certain conditions ,
to maintain their national subsidies for the 1974/75 marketing year;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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                                       Article 1
1.   The average world market price for soya "beans as referred to in Article 2
     of Regulation ( EEC) No 1900/74 shall be determined on or "before 15 January
     1975 .
2.   For the purpose of determining such average world market price , account
     shall "be taken of the figures recorded over a period most representative
     of the trade in "beans originating in the Community in respect of offers
     on the world market and of prices quoted on the maj-or international
     exchanges .
3.   The average world market price shall "be determined on the "basis of the
     average of the most favourable offers and quotations reoorded during the
     period referred to above , but excluding offers and quotations which cannot
     be. r^g-..irded aa representative of the true trend of the market .
                                       Article 2
The average vorld market price shall be determined for loose beans of a standard
quality delivered at Rotterdam .
The necessary adjustments shall be made where offers and quotations do not
satisfy these requirements .
                                      Article 3
Member States shall set up a control system whereby , in the case o± each eoya
bean grower to whom aid is granted under Article 2(l ) of Regulation (EEC)
No 1900/74 , it may be verified that the crop area in respect of which a sub­
sidy has been applied for corresponds to the area on which soya has actually
been sown and harvested .
                                      Article 4
 1.   There shall be determined 011 or before 15 January 1975 a standard Community
      target yield for soya beans .
 2.   The target yield shall be determined for soya beans of a standard quality,
 3.   The target yield shall be determined by reference primarily to the yields
      per hectare ascertained by random sampling in the main production areas
      of the Community.
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                                   Article 5
1.    Until 31 October 1975 and in respect of soya "beans harvested before
      1 January 1975t Member States may continue to apply their respective
      national production subsidy arrangements .
2.    The amount of the subsidy under such arrangements may not , however ,
      exceed the difference between the amount thereof applicable , on 1 November
      1974 and the amount of the subsidy under .Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC)
      No 1900/74 ,
                                   Article 6
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This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 1974 .
It shall apply until 31 October 197-5 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done '"at Brussels ,                                      For the Council ,
                                                          The President