CELEX: 31972R0803
Language: en
Date: 1972-04-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 803/72 of the Council of 17 April 1972 fixing the basic price and the standard quality for pig carcases for the period from 1 November 1972 to 31 October 1973

Official Journal of the European Communities                                  315
 21.4.72                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 94/15
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 803/72 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                   of 17 April 1972
             fixing the basic pripe and the standard quality for pig carcases for the period
                                   from 1 November 1972 to 31 October 1973
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        defined according to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                2108/703 of 20 October 1970 determining the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                    Community scale for classifying pig carcases ;
European Economic Community, and in particular                 Whereas the most representative classes and weight
Article 43 thereof;                                             categories in Community production should be taken
Having regard to Council Regulation No                          as the standard quality:
121/67/EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common                      Whereas in accordance with those criteria the basic
organization of the market in pigmeat, as last                  price should be fixed at a level higher than for the
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2/72,2 and in                   preceding marketing year and the standard quality
particular Article 4 (4) thereof;                               should remain the same :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Opinion of the European
Parliament;                                                                           Article 1
Whereas, when the basic price for pigmeat is fixed,
account should be taken of the objectives of the                For the period from 1 November 1972 to 31 October
common agricultural policy and of the contribution              1973 the basic price for standard quality pig carcases
which the Community desires to make to the                      shall be 82-50 units of account per 100 kilogrammes.
harmonious development of world trade ; whereas the
objectives of the common agricultural policy are in                                   Article 2
particular to ensure a fair standard of living for the
agricultural community, to ensure that supplies are
available and that they reach consumers at                      The standard quality shall be the quality of pig
reasonable prices ;                                             carcases in Class II of the Community scale for the
                                                                classification of pig carcases determined by
Whereas the basic price must be fixed in accordance             Regulation (EEC) No 2108/70, except for those
with the criteria laid down in Article 4 ( 1 ) of               weighing less than 70 kilogrammes and those
Regulation No 121/67/EEC for a standard quality                 weighing 160 kilogrammes or more.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Doné at Luxembourg, 17 April 1972.
                                                                                      For the Council
                                                                                       The President
                                                                                      J. P. BUCHLER
1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2283/67.                             3 OJ No L 234, 23.10.1970, p. 1 .
2 OJ No L 2, 4.1.1972, p . 1 .