CELEX: 31973R1897
Language: en
Date: 1973-07-11 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1897/73 of the Commission of 11 July 1973 fixing the denaturing premium for common wheat for the 1973/74 marketing year

14. 7 . 73                                Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 193 / 25
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 1897/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 11 July 1973
                fixing the denaturing premium for common wheat for the 1973/74 marketing
                                                                 year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        admixture ; whereas this component, fixed at a flat
 COMMUNITIES,                                                         rate on the basis of the average costs in the Commu­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                nity, of the standard method set out in Annex I to
 Economic Community ;                                                 Regulation (EEC) No 1403/69, must be fixed in such
                                                                      a way as to encourage denaturing by admixture since
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/
                                                                      this is less costly and presents greater economic advan­
 67/EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­
                                                                      tages ;
 tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­
 lation (EEC) No 1 346/73 (2), and in particular Articles             Whereas, pursuant to Article 57 of the Act, in fixing
 7 (5) and 23 (5) thereof ;                                           the level of the various elements of the price and inter­
Whereas Council Regulation No 172/67/ EEC (3) of 27                   vention system, except for intervention prices, account
June 1967 on general rules governing the denaturing                   is to be taken, to the extent necessary for the proper
 of wheat and rye of bread-making quality, as last                    functioning of Community rules, of the difference in
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2096/68 (4), speci­                   prices expressed by the compensatory amount ;
 fies that the denaturing premium must be fixed before                Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has
 the beginning of, and for the duration of, the                       not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
 marketing year, but may exceptionally be amended                     its Chairman ;
where there is a threat of disturbances on the Commu­
 nity market in cereals ;                                             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)
 No 1403/69 (5) of 18 July 1969 laying down detailed                                            Article 1
 rules for the application of the provisions concerning
denaturing of common wheat and rye of bread­                          For the 1973/ 1974 marketing year the denaturing
making quality, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                   premium provided for in Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation
 No 2147/72 (6), the denaturing premium consists of                   No 172/ 67/ EEC shall be fixed at 10-50 units of
two components, the first allowing for the differences                account per ton .
between prices for common wheat and for barley,                       This amount is increased by the difference between
without disturbing the market in barley and maize,                    the monthly increases applicable respectively to the
the second representing the costs of denaturing ;                     intervention price of soft wheat and that of barley.
Whereas, for the first component, the difference
                                                                      For the months of August and September, the valid
between the basic intervention prices for common                      premium shall be that calculated for the month of
wheat and barley as varied monthly should be taken                    October.
into account, except that in June and July 1974 when
the intervention prices are those of the following year,                                        Article 2
the May 1974 difference should be taken into account                  The total amount of the premium shall be :
since it is more representative of the market, and 1-39
units of account should be subtracted in order to take                — diminished in Denmark by 1 unit of account per
account of the situation on the market ;                                  ton ,
Whereas, however, for the months of August and                        — increased in Ireland by 6 units of account per ton,
September the monthly variation for the month of                      — diminished in the United Kingdom by 1 unit of
October should be taken into account to raise the                         account per ton .
level of the premium at the beginning of the
                                                                                                Article 3
marketing year ;
Whereas the second component should represent the                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August
technical costs of denaturing or the special costs of                 1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
                Done at Brussels, 11 July 1973 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(')  OJ  No  117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269/67.
  2) OJ  No  L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973, p. 8 .
P)   OJ  No  130, 28 . 6. 1967, p. 2602/ 67.
(4)  OJ  No  L 308 , 23 . 12. 1968 , p. 12.
(5)  OJ  No  L 180, 22. 7. 1969, p. 3 .
  6) OJ  No  L 229, 6 . 10 . 1972, p. 15.