CELEX: 31962R0056
Language: en
Date: 1962-06-30 00:00:00
Title: EEC: Regulation No 56 of the Council on aids for the production of and trade in potato starch and potatoes for starch manufacture

Official Journal of the European Communities                                        203
2.7.62                       OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                           1591/62
                                     REGULATION No 56 OF THE COUNCIL
               on aids for the production of and trade in potato starch and potatoes for starch manu­
                                                         facture
THE COUNCIL OF          THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITY,
                                                                                         Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community, and in particular Articles             As soon as the system of levies" on potato starch
42 and 43 thereof ;                                             is applied and subject to the provisions of Article 2,
Haying regard to the proposal from the Commission ;             Articles 92, 93 and 94 of the Treaty shall apply to
                                                                the production of and trade in potatoes for starch
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Par­                manufacture .
liament ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 19 on the                                         Article 2
progressive establishment of a common organisation
of the market in cereals , and in particular Article 19         1 . Aid granted by Governments or out of public
 (1) thereof ;                                                  funds may be maintained for the production of or
Whereas the Commission is preparing an inventory                trade in potato starch and potatoes for starch manu­
                                                                facture on condition that :.
of aids granted by Governments or out of public funds
for the production of and trade in the products listed          ( a) the amount of this aid shall not exceed the total
 in Annex II to the Treaty, including potatoes and                   amount of aid granted directly or indirectly per
potato starch ;                                                      metric ton of potato starch during the 1961/62
Whereas the aids and refunds to be granted in                         marketing year ;
respect of potato starch are governed by the pro­               (b) this amount shall be decreased if the price of maize
 visions of Council Regulations Nos 19 and 55 ;                      for starch manufacture rises compared with the
 Whereas operation of the system of prices and levies                price for the 1961/62 marketing year as a result
in respect of potato starch requires that the pro­                   of the introduction of the levy system ; this decrease
visions of the Treaty which allow aids to be assessed                shall be equal to the incidence of the price in­
and action to be taken against those which are in­                   crease of maize on the price of maize starch .
compatible with the common market be extended to
aids granted for the production of and trade in                 2.     The amount of the aid referred to in paragraph
potatoes for starch manufacture, without prejudice to           1 ( a) may be increased if the price of maize for starch
the provisions which will be made for the common                manufacture falls compared with the price for the
organisation of the market in potatoes ;                        1961/62 marketing year as a result of the introduction
                                                                of the levy system. This increase may not exceed
Whereas the various aids granted in this sector can             the incidence of the fall in the price of maize on
be maintained to the extent that they have been                 the price of maize starch.
granted in the past, subject to any adjustment that
may become necessary through a change in the price of                                    Article 3
maize for starch manufacture as a result of the intro­
duction of the levy system ;                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 July 1962 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 30 June 1962.
                                                                                       For the Council
                                                                                        The President
                                                                                 M. COUVE de MURVILLE