CELEX: 31972R0800
Language: en
Date: 1972-04-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 800/72 of the Council of 17 April 1972 fixing the production target price for olive oil for the 1972/73 marketing year

312                                   Official Journal of the European Communities
No L 94/ 12                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                   21.4.72
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 800/72 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                      of 17 April 1972
                       fixing the production target price for olive oil for the 1972/73 marketing year
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                         Whereas the target price referred to above must be
                                                                   fixed in accordance with the criteria laid down in
                                                                   Articles 4 and 5 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC for a
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                       special standard quality ;
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 43 thereof;                                                Whereas the reasons for which the standard quality
                                                                   was determined for the preceding marketing year are
Having regard to Council Regulation ' No                           still valid; whereas that standard quality should
 136/66/EEC1 of 22 September 1966 on the                           therefore remain the same ;
establishment of a common organization of the
                                                                   Whereas     in  accordance    with   those   criteria  the
market in oils and fats, as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/71 ,? and in particular                   production target price should be fixed at a level
Article 4 ( 1 ) thereof;                                           higher than that used for the preceding marketing
                                                                   year ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                                              Article 1
Parliament;
                                                                   For the 1972/73 marketing year the production target
Whereas, when the production target price for olive                price for olive oil shall be 124-70 units of account per
oil is being fixed, account should be taken of the                 100 kilogrammes .
objectives of the common agricultural policy and of
the contribution which the Community desires to
make to the harmonious development of world trade;                                        Article 2
whereas the objectives of the common agricultural
policy are in particular to ensure a fair standard of              The price laid down in Article 1 shall relate to
living for the agricultural community, to ensure that              semi-fine virgin olive oil with a free fatty acid content
supplies are available and that they reach consumers               expressed as oleic acid of 3 grammes per 100
at reasonable prices ;                                             grammes .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 17 April 1972.
                                                                                         For the Council
                                                                                           The President
                                                                                          J. P. BUCHLER
1 OJ No 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.
2 OJ No L 282, 23.12.1971 , p . 8 .