CELEX: 31975R0657
Language: en
Date: 1975-03-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 657/75 of the Council of 4 March 1975 fixing the target prices and basic intervention prices for oil seeds for the 1975/76 marketing year

20 . 3 . 75                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 72/3
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 657/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                       of 4 March 1975
              fixing the target prices and basic intervention prices for oil seeds for the 1975/76 marketing
                                                               year
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                           be laid down in relation to the average qualities of
                                                                    the seeds harvested in the Community ; whereas for
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                       colza and rape seed and sunflower seed, the quality
 European Economic Community, and in particular                     laid down for the 1974/75 marketing year meets
 Article 43 thereof;                                                these requirements and can accordingly be used for
                                                                    the following marketing year,
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/
 EEC (*) of 22 September 1966 on the establishment
 of a common organization of the market in oils                     HAS ADOPTED THIS'REGULATION :
 and fats, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 1707/73 (2 ), and in particular the third subpara­                                        Article 1
 graph of Article 22 ( 1 ) thereof;
                                                                    For the 1975/76 marketing year, the target prices
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                and the basic intervention prices for oil seeds shall
                                                                    be as follows :
 Having regard to the Opinion of the European
 Parliament;                                                                                                      u.a. /lOO kg
                                                                    ( a) Colza and rape seeds :
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and
                                                                         — target price                             25*53
 Social Committee;
                                                                         — basic intervention price                 24-79
 Whereas, when the target prices and basic                           ( b) Sunflower seeds :
 intervention prices for oil seeds are fixed, account                     — target price                            26-51
 should be taken of the objectives of the common
agricultural policy and of the contribution which the                    — basic intervention price                 25-74
 Community desires to make to the harmonious
development of world trade ; whereas the objectives                 The basic intervention prices are valid in Genoa.
of the common agricultural policy are in particular to
ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural
                                                                                              Article 2
 Community, to ensure that supplies are available and
 that they reach consumers at reasonable prices ;
                                                                    The prices referred to in Article 1 relate to seeds in
Whereas application of these criteria entails fixing                bulk of sound, fair and marketable quality:
the target price and basic intervention price for colza             (a) with an impurity content of 2% and, for seeds as
 and rape seed and for sunflower seed at a higher                         such, a humidity and oil content of 9% and 42%
level than that adopted for the preceding marketing                       respectively in the case of colza and rape seeds ;
year ;
                                                                    ( b) with an impurity content of 2% and, for seeds as
Whereas the prices of oil seeds must be fixed for                        such, a humidity and oil content of 10 % and
specific standard qualities ; whereas the latter should                  40 % respectively in the case of sunflower seeds .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 4 March 1975 .
                                                                                    For the Council
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                   M. A. CLINTON
(*) OJ No 172 , 30 . 9 . 1966, p . 3025/66.
(2) OJ No L 175 , 29 . 6. 1973 , p. 5 .