CELEX: 31974R0667
Language: en
Date: 1974-03-28 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 667/74 of the Council of 28 March 1974 fixing the guide prices for calves and adult bovine animals with effect from 1 April 1974

29 . 3 . 74                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                         No L 85/59
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 667/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                             of 28 March 1974
               fixing the guide prices for calves and adult bovine animals with effect from
                                                                 1 April 1974
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                                    appreciably above that for the previous marketing
COMMUNITIES,                                                                   year ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                          Whereas Article 52(2) of the Act of Accession (3)
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                               provides for annual alignment at the beginning of the
thereof ;                                                                      marketing year of the prices applied in the new
                                                                               Member States ; whereas this provision applies, in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                   respect of beef and veal, to the guide prices for calves
805/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                             and adult bovine animals by virtue of Article 90 of the
tion of the market in beef and veal , as last amended                          Act of Accession ;
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 87/73 (2), and in particular
Article 3 (4) thereof ;                                                        Whereas the present short-term economic situation,
                                                                               which is having a particularly serious effect on the
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                            markets for milk products and beef and veal in
                                                                               respect of which the new marketing year normally
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­                           commences at the beginning of April, calls for the
ment ;                                                                         earliest possible application of new guarantee prices
                                                                               for producers ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee ;                                                             Whereas the advantages resulting from the increase in
                                                                               the guide prices should be extended to buying-in oper­
Whereas account should be taken , in fixing the guide                          ations carried out in the context of interventions
prices for calves and adult bovine animals, of the                             between 4 March and 31 March 1974 inclusive ;
objectives of the common agricultural policy and of
the contribution which the Community desires to                                Whereas the prices to be fixed in the United
make to the harmonious development of world trade ;                            Kingdom must be decided in the light of the under­
whereas the objectives of the common agricultural                              taking entered into by the Commission to adopt transi­
policy are in particular to secufe an equitable standard                       tional measures on the basis of Article 63 of the Act
of living for the agricultural community and ensure                            of Accession ,
that supplies are available and that they reach
consumers at reasonable prices ;
Whereas the guide prices must be fixed in accordance                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
with the criteria laid down in Article 3 (2) of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 805/ 68 ;
                                                                                                               Article 1
Whereas, in view of the market situation for beef and
veal and of that for milk products, increased beef and                          1 . The guide prices for calves and adult bovine
veal production should be encouraged ; whereas to                              animals with effect from 1 April 1974 shall be fixed at
this end new guide prices should be fixed at a level                           the following levels :
                                                                                   u.a . per 100 kg liveweight
                                                            United Kingdom                   Ireland         I    Other Member
                                                                                                                       States
              Calves                                            96-00 (»)                    96-00                    113-50
              Adult bovine animals                                                            82-00                    96-50
                                                                82-00 (')
              (') Subject to the measures adopted in application of Article 63 of the Act of Accession .
( i ) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 24.
h) OJ No L 25, 30. 1 . 1973, p. 23.                                            (3) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14.
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2. In respect of interventions carried out between 4                                       Article 2
March and 31 March 1974, the intervention agencies
shall pay to sellers, in addition to the buying-in price           The guide price in Article 1 for calves may be abol­
for the marketing year 1973/74, an amount equal to                 ished in the framework of new import arrangements
the difference between this buying-in price and that               for this product.
which will apply from 1 April 1974.
The compensatory amounts fixed in pursuance of
Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 ( J) shall not be affected                                      Article 3
by the first subparagraph hereof.
The detailed rules for the application of this para­               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April
                                                                    1974 .
graph shall be decided in accordance with the proce­
dure laid down in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No
805/ 68 .                                                           It shall apply until 31 January 1975.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
              Done at Brussels, 28 March 1974.
                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                 The President
                                                                                    J. ERTL
(') OJ No L 106, 12 . 5 . 1971 , p . 1 .