CELEX: 31974R1135
Language: en
Date: 1974-04-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1135/74 of the Council of 29 April 1974 fixing the derived intervention prices and the reference qualities for baled tobacco from the 1974 harvest

No L 128/36                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             10. 5 . 74
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 1135/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                       of 29 April 1974
             fixing the derived intervention prices and the reference qualities for baled tobacco
                                                    from the 1974 harvest
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas, to this end, it is necessary to define the
COMMUNITIES ,                                                      reference qualities so that as objective an assessment
                                                                   as possible can be made of the quality of the baled
                                                                   tobacco ; whereas the corresponding reference qual­
                                                                   ities of leaf tobacco set out in Council Regulation
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                 (EEC) No 1134/74 (3 ) of 29 April 1974 fixing the
pean Economic Community ;                                          norm price, the intervention price and the reference
                                                                   qualities for leaf tobacco from the 1974 harvest,
                                                                   should be retained, with such adjustments as necess­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 727/                  ary to take account of the characteristics peculiar
70 0 ) of 21 April 1970 on the common organization                 to baled tobacco ; whereas the baled tobacco corres­
of the market in raw tobacco, as last amended by the               ponding to the reference qualities thus determined
Act of Accession (2), and in particular Article 6 ( 8 )            can be considered as representative of the average
thereof;                                                           quality of baled tobacco obtained by the first
                                                                   processing and market preparation of leaf tobacco of
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                the corresponding reference quality;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                       Whereas Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70
Parliament;                                                        provides that, for a stated variety, the derived inter­
                                                                   vention price shall be equal to the intervention price
Whereas so far as baled tobacco which has been
                                                                   fixed in accordance with the provisions of Article 2
                                                                   of the said Regulation for leaf tobacco of the same
obtained from Community-grown leaf tobacco and                     variety, plus the cost of first processing and market
which has undergone first processing and market                    preparation of Community leaf tobacco as baled
preparation is concerned, derived intervention prices              tobacco ; whereas the flat-rate assessment of this cost,
may be fixed each year for the harvest of the follow­              made when derived . intervention prices were last
ing calendar year;                                                 fixed should be adjusted to take account of the
                                                                    average increase in earnings in the Community,
Whereas it is desirable to fix, in respect of the 1974
harvest, derived intervention prices both for the
varieties which before the common organization of
the market came into force were subject to a price
guarantee at the baled tobacco stage, and for the                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
varieties which are principally grown in Germany, in
order to take account of marketing practices in that
country ;
                                                                                             Article 1
Whereas the derived intervention price must be fixed
for each Community-produced variety and for
a reference quality corresponding to the average                   For the 1974 harvest, the reference qualities referred
quality of baled tobacco obtained by the first                     to in Article 6 (3 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 727/
processing and market preparation of leaf tobacco of               70 for each Community-produced variety of baled
the reference quality for which the norm price of the              tobacco for which a derived intervention price is
same variety is fixed ;                                             fixed are set out in Annex I.
{ l) OJ No L 94 , 28 . 4. 1970, p . 1 .
 (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.                              (3) See page 29 of this Official Journal.
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                     Article 2                             for baled tobacco referred to in Article 6 of Regu­
                                                           lation (EEC) No 727/70 are set out in Annex II.
For the 1974 harvest the derived intervention prices
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Luxembourg, 29 April 1974 .
                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                 The President
                                                                                    J. ERTL
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                                                    ANNEX I
                             Baled tobacco : varieties and their reference qualities
               Serial
                            Varieties                              Reference qualities
                No
                 1    a) Badischer            Class 1 Hauptgut (top quality leaf)
                         Geudertheimer
                                              Class 1 :        leaf ripe, sound, without blemish, dark
                      b) Forchheimer                           brown to mottled brown, of uniform
                         Havanna II c                          length, fermented normally
                                              Packaging :      in bales or cases of approx. 75 to 175 kg
                                                               or in barrels of approx. 225 to 450 kg
                                              Moisture :       16%
                 2    Badischer Burley E      Class 1 Hauptgut (top quality leaf)
                                              Class 1 :        leaf ripe, sound, without blemish, fleshy,
                                                               light brown to reddish or dark brown,
                                                               of uniform length, fermented normally
                                              Packaging :      in bales or cases of approx. 75 to 175 kg
                                                               or in barrels of approx. 225 to 450 kg
                                              Moisture :       15 %
                 3    Virgin SCR              Class 1 Leaf
                                              Class 1 :        leaf ripe, sound, without blemish, yellow
                                                               to reddish or brownish yellow, fermented
                                                               normally
                                              Packaging :      in bales or cases of approx. 75 to 175 kg
                                                               or in barrels of approx. 225 to 450 kg
                                              Moisture :       13%
                10    Bright                  Leaf in Category A
                                              Category A :     leaf sufficiently ripe, without curing
                                                               defects, open texture, with stems (midribs)
                                                               and veins not too prominent, sound,
                                                               of various shades of yellow
                                              Packaging :      in barrels of approx. 330 to 350 kg
                                              Moisture :       13 %
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            Serial
             No          Varieties                             Reference qualities
             11 a) Burley I               Leaf in Category A
                                          Category A :     leaf sufficiently ripe, without curing
                                                           defects, of open possibly firm texture,
                                                           stems (midribs ) and veins not too promi­
                                                           nent, sound, of a more or less lively
                                                           nut-brown colour
                                          Packaging :      in barrels of approx. 330 to 350 kg
                                          Moisture :       13 %
             11 b) Maryland               Leaf in Category A
                                          Category A :      leaf sufficiently ripe, with slight curing
                                                           defects and only slightly mottled, of
                                                           average texture , with stems ( midribs)
                                                           and veins not too prominent, sound, of a
                                                           rather lively reddish brown colour
                                          Packaging :      in barrels of approx. 330 to 350 kg
                                          Moisture :       13%
             12    a) Kentucky and        Leaf in Category B
                      hybrids thereof
                                          Category B :     leaf fully ripe, of firm texture, without
                   b) Moro di Cori                         curing defects and in good condition,
                   c) Salento                              brown in colour, with some damage
                                          Packaging :      in barrels of approx. 350 kg
                                          Moisture :        16%
             13    a) Nostrano del        Leaf in Category B
                      Brenta
                                          Category B :     leaf of firm or light texture, sound, well
                   b) Resistente 142                       cured, or properly fermented according to
                                                           the traditional method, brown or dark
                   c) Gojano                                brown in colour, with minor damage
                                          Packaging :      in bales of approx. 170 to 180 kg
                                          Moisture :        18%
             14 [  Beneventano            Leaf in Category B
                                          Category B :     leaf sufficiently ripe, firm texture or
                                                            possibly coarse or thin, with minor defects
                                                            as regards curing and fermentation and
                                                            damage
                                          Packaging :       in bales of approx . 120 kg or barrels of
                                                            approx. 330 kg
                                          Moisture :        16%
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            Serial f >' |       Varieties                              Reference qualities
             No      "J
             15           Xanti-Yakà              Leaf in Category B
             16           Perustitza              Category B :     leaf reasonably sound and ripe, with some
                                                                   slight curing defects, mainly of light tex­
             17           Erzegovina and                           ture, from yellow to brown in colour, with
                          hybrids thereof                          marked damage but in good condition,
                                                                   may also include lugs
                                                 Packaging :       small bales of approx. 18 to 21 kg
                                                  Moisture :       13%
             18           a) Round Tip            Leaf in Category B
                          b) Scafati
                                                  Category B :      lower middle leaf, sorted by length in the
                          c) Sumatra I                             following proportions :
                                                                    1st length (38 cm and over)            60%
                                                                   2nd length (from 32 to under
                                                                   38 cm)                                  35%
                                                                   3rd length (from 25 to under 32 cm) 5 %
                                                                   leaf of convenient size, fully ripe and of
                                                                   uniform colour, sound, without damage,
                                                                   fine texture, tensile and elastic, stems and
                                                                   veins not prominent, well fermented and
                                                                   in good condition , good combustibility,
                                                                    of typical flavour and aroma, suitable for
                                                                    wrapping cigars, including about 25%
                                                                    broken leaf
                                                  Packaging :       in bales of approx. 80 to 90 kg
                                                  Moisture :        16%
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                                             ANNEX 11
                             Derived intervention prices for baled tobacco
                                                                           Derived intervention
            Serial
                                            Varieties                              price
             No
                                                                                 (u.a. /kg )
              1     a) Badischer Geudertheimer
                                                                                  2·840
                    b) Forchheimer Havanna II c
              2     Badischer Burley E                                            3·171
               3    Virgin SCR                                                    2·642
             10     Bright                                                        2·465
             11 a ) Burley I                                                      2·069
             11 b ) Maryland                                                      2·249
             12     a ) Kentucky and hybrids thereof
                    b ) Moro di Cori                                              2·049
                    c) Salento
             13     a ) Nostrano del Brenta
                    b ) Resistente 142                                            2·120
                    c) Gojano
             14     Beneventano                                                    1·609
             15     Xanti-Yakà                                                     3·247
             16     Perustitza                                                     2·837
             17      Erzegovina and hybrids thereof                                2·561
              18     a ) Round Tip
                     b) Scafati                                                  13·962
                     c) Sumatra I