CELEX: 31973R1704
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1704/73 of the Council of 26 June 1973 fixing the main intervention centres for oilseeds for the 1973/74 marketing year and the derived intervention prices applicable in these centres

29 . 6 . 73                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 175/ 1
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                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 1704/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                       of 26 June 1973
              fixing the main intervention centres for oilseeds for the 1973/74 marketing year
                          and the derived intervention prices applicable in these centres
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas, in accordance with Article 24 of Regulation
COMMUNITIES,                                                       No 136/66/ EEC, derived intervention prices must be
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              fixed at a level permitting seed to move freely within
Economic Community ;                                               the Community, under natural conditions of price
                                                                   formation and in accordance with the needs of the
Having regard to the Treaty concerning the Accession               market ; whereas, to that end, intervention prices
of new Member States to the European Economic                      should be fixed so that the differences between them
Community and to the European Atomic Energy                        correspond to the price differences to be expected in
Community ('), and in particular Article 52 (3) first              the case of a normal harvest ; whereas the application
subparagraph of the Act (2) annexed thereto, here­                 of these criteria necessitates certain alterations to the
inafter called the Act ;                                           derived intervention prices ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/                        Whereas the derived intervention prices for the
66/EEC (3) of 22 September 1966 on the establish­                  1972/73 marketing year were fixed in Denmark and
ment of a common organization of the market in oils                the United Kingdom at a level lower than the
and fats, as last amended by the Act, and in particular            common level ; whereas these prices should move
the first subparagraph of Article 22 (2) thereof ;                 towards alignment with the common prices, in accor­
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                dance with Article 52 (2) of the Act with regard to
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parli­                Denmark and Article 52 (2) and (3) with regard to the
ament ;
                                                                   United Kingdom ;
                                                                   Whereas the experience gained during the course of
Whereas, in accordance with Article 22 (2) of Regula­
tion No 136/ 66/ EEC, the main intervention centres
                                                                   the 1972/73 marketing year has shown that the main
                                                                   intervention centres for that year should be retained ;
for colza, rape and sunflower seeds, and the derived
intervention prices applicable thereto must be fixed               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
for the 1973/74 marketing year ;
                                                                                           Article 1
Whereas the places with the largest markets situated
in the main production areas should be taken as the                For the 1973/74 marketing year, the main interven­
main intervention centres ; whereas, to ensure an                  tion centres for colza, rape and sunflower seeds and
appropriate price level for Community seeds in deficit             the derived intervention prices applicable in these
areas, the most representative places for the processing           centres shall be those shown in the Annex .
of seeds should also be used, as well as places situated
                                                                                           Article 2
outside production areas which are representative as
regards internal trade and the export of seeds ;                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Luxembourg, 26 June 1973 .
                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                 The President
                                                                             R. VAN ELSLANDE
(') OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 5 .
(2) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(3 ) OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p . 3025/66 .
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                                                       ANNEX
                      Main intervention centres and intervention prices applicable at those centres
           A. For colza and rape seed
                                                                         Intervention prices in u.a . per 100 kg
                                Centres                                         of standard quality seed
           Châteauroux                                                                   18·80
           Bourges                                                                       18·88
           Chartres                                                                      19·11
           Le Havre                                                                      19·68
           Rouen                                                                          19·68
           Gennevilliers                                                                  19·41
           Dijon                                                                          19·01
           Châlons-sur-Marne                                                              19·22
           Laon                                                                           19·08
           Dunkirk                                                                        19·69
           Antwerp                                                                        19·79
           Rotterdam                                                                      19·88
           Dusseldorf                                                                     19·79
           Mannheim                                                                       19·76
           Strasbourg                                                                     19·53
           Hamm /Westphalia)                                                              19·42
           Hanover                                                                        19·32
            Hamburg                                                                       19·78
           Kiel                                                                           19·44
           Emden                                                                          19·88
           Regensburg                                                                     19·05
           Lyons                                                                          19·33
           Le Pouzin                                                                      19·39
            Marseilles                                                                    19·78
            Bordeaux                                                                      19·52
            Sète                                                                          19·54
            Ravenna                                                                       20·45
            Florence                                                                      20·45
            Genoa                                                                         20·45
            Aarhus                                                                        18·23
            Copenhagen                                                                    18·23
            Dublin                                                                        20·27
            Waterford                                                                     19·83
            Hull                                                                          15·13
            Liverpool                                                                     15·13
            Southampton                                                                   14·35
            Tilbury                                                                       14·35
            B. For sunflower seed
                                                                          Intervention prices in u.a . per 100 kg
                                 Centres                                         of standard quality seed
            Bourges                                                                        18·96
            Bordeaux                                                                       20·30
            Marseilles                                                                     20·60
            Le Pouzin                                                                      20·12
            Rouen                                                                          19·84
            Genoa                                                                          20·65