CELEX: 31974R0456
Language: en
Date: 1974-02-22 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 456/74 of the Commission of 22 February 1974 laying down additional measures to be taken in agriculture following the fixing of a new representative rate for the Italian lira

No L 51 /30                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                23 . 2. 74
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 456/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 22 February 1974
              laying down additional measures to be taken in agriculture following the fixing of a
                                              new representative rate for the Italian lira
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        from 28 January 1974, of a new representative rate
COMMUNITIES,                                                          for the Italian lira and Council Regulation (EEC)
                                                                      No 412/74 ( 10) of 18 February 1974 on certain mea­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                    sures to be taken in respect of colza and rape seed
pean Economic Community ;                                              in Italy following the fixing, with effect from 28 Ja­
                                                                       nuary 1974, of a new representative rate for the
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/                         Italian lira, increased the intervention and buying-in
EEC (*) of 22 September 1966 on the establishment                      prices for various agricultural products other than
of a common organization of the market in oils and                     wine, olive oil, sugar and tobacco, by 5 °/o with effect
fats, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1707/                     from 25 February 1974 ; whereas Regulation (EEC)
73 (2) ;                                                               No 197/74 had already increased the intervention
                                                                       prices for beef and veal in Italy by the same per­
                                                                        centage ;
Having regand to Council Regulation (EEC) No
974/71 (3) c*f 12 May 1971 on certain measures of
conjunctural policy to Ibe taken in agriculture follo­
wing the widening of the margins of fluctuation for                    Whereas Article 4b of Regulation (EEC) .No 974/71
the currencies of certain Member States, as last                       and Article 5a of Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72 are
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3450/73 (4), and
                                                                        applied in the light of those provisions ;
in particular Article 6 thereof ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1569/72 (5) of 20 July 1972 laying down special                        Whereas the said provisions stipulate that the inci­
measures for colza and rape seed, as last amended                       dence of the measures referred to above must be
 by Regulation (EEC) No 3477/73 (6), and in parti­                      taken into account when the amounts to be paid by
 cular Article 7 thereof ;                                              Italy under the agricultural market regulations in
                                                                        respect of other forms of intervention on the internal
 Whereas, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       market are being fixed ; whereas, to ensure that other
 2958/73 (7 ) of 31 October 1973 , ias last amended by                  amounts applicable in connection with the organiza­
 Regulation (EEC) No 197/74 (8), a representative rate                  tion of markets in the various agricultural products
 applicable in agriculture with effect from 28 January                  were, where this was rendered necessary by the spe­
 1974 has been fixed for the Italian lira ; whereas                     cial economic situation of Italy, maintained at the
 Article 4b of Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 and1 Ar­                      level, expressed in kalian lira, valid on 31 December
 ticle 5a of Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72, in the case                    1973 or, as regards sugar, on 31 October 1973 ,
 of colza iand rape seed stipulate that the intervention                Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3494/73 ( n ) of
 or buying-in prices valid in Italy are, until the end of                21 December 1973 , as amended by Regulation (EEC)
 the 1973/74 marketing year, to be fixed at the level,                   No 214/74 ( 12), laid down additional measures to be
 expressed in lira, resulting from provisions in force                  taken in agriculture following the fixing of a new
 on 31 December 1973 , although exceptions are pro­                      representative rate for the Italian lira ;
 vided for in respect of certain products ;
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 411 /74 (9) of                      Whereas the measures provided for in Regulation
  18 February 1974 on certain measures to be taken in                    ( EEC) No 3494/73 take account of the situation
 Italien agriculture following the fixing, with effect                   obtaining as a result of the fixing with effect from
                                                                         28 January 1974, of a new representative rate for the
 (*) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                                 Italian lira ; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 411/74,
  (•) OJ No L 175, 29. 6. 1973, p. 5 .                                   however, raised as from 25 February 1974 the inter­
  (•) OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
  (4) OT No I. 353, 22 . 12 . 1973 , D . 25 .
  («) OJ No L 167, 25 . 7. 1972, p. 9.
  (6) OJ No L 357, 28 . 12. 1973 , p . 6.
  (7) OJ No L 303, 1 . 11 . 1973 , p. 1 .                                (10) OJ No L 47, 20. 2 . 1974, p. 3 .
  (8) OJ No L 22, 26. 1 . 1974, p. 2.                                    (») OJ No L 357, 28 . 12 . 1973 , p. 35 .
  (9) OJ No 1. 47, 20. 2. 1974, p. 1 .                                   ( 11) OJ No L 22, 26. 1 . 1974, p . 53 .
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vention and buying-in prices for certain products                         2 . The increases, reductions and corrective
applicable in Italy ;                                                         amounts applicable to the intervention price.
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3494/73 should there­
fore be repealed and replaced by a new Regulation ;                    D. For milk and milk products :
whereas it is also necessary to amend Commission                          1 . The amounts specified in Article 6 (2), Article
 Regulation (EEC) No 2300/73 H of 23 August 1973                              8 (2) and Article 24 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
laying down detailed rules for the application of the                         No 685/69 .
differential amounts for colza and rape seed, as last
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 214/74 ;                                  2 . The transport costs specified in Article 5 (2)
Whereas the measures provided for this Regulation                             of Regulation (EEC) No 1107/68 .
are in accordance with the Opinions of the Manage­
ment Committees for Oils and Fats, Cereals, Milk                          3 . The aid specified in Article 17 ( 1 ) of Regula­
and Milk Products, Seeds, Wine, Fruit and Vege­                               tion ( EEC) No 1107/68 .
tables, and Sugar,
                                                                          4. The security specified in :
                                                                              — Article 12 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                     1259/72 .
                                                                              — Article 15 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
                            Article 1                                             1519/72 .
1 . This Regulation shall apply only until the be­                        5 . The amounts appearing in the Annex to Re­
ginning of the 1974/75 marketing year for the rele­                           gulation (EEC) No 757/71 , as last amended by
vant product and until 15 December 1974 for wine.                             Regulation (EEC) No 1278/73 .
2.       It shall apply only to conversions into or out of
Italian lira .                                                         E. For seeds :
                            Article 2                                     — The aid for certain varieties of seed granted
                                                                               under Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No
The following shall be multiplied by 0-9586 :                                  2358/71 .
A. For oils and fats :                                                                          Article 3
      1 . The monthly increase in intervention prices                  The following shall be multiplied by 0-9682 :
           for oil seeds .
                                                                       A. For oils and fats :
     2. The supplementary aid for colza and rape
           seed processed in Italy.                                       — The subsidy for processing of colza, rape and
                                                                               sunflower seed .
B. For cereals :
                                                                       B. For cereals :
     1 . The monthly increases in intervention prices .                   — The production aid for durum wheat.
     2. The increases and reductions applicable to in­
           tervention prices.                                          C. For fruit and vegetables :
     3 . The denaturing premium .                                         — The financial compensation provided for in
                                                                               Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69
     4. The production refund.                                                 and Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                               2601 /69 .
     5 . The minimum price to be paid for potatoes
           by starch manufacturers and the minimum                     D. For milk and milk products :
           price to be received by the producer.
                                                                          — The aid for skimmed-millk powder.
     6 . The standard amounts specified in Article 3
           of Regulation (EEC) No 376/70.                                                       Article 4
C. For rice :                                                          The following shall be multiplied by 0-9221 :
     1 . The monthly increases in intervention prices .                A. For oils and fats :
f1 ) OJ No I. 236, 24 . 8 . 1973 , p . 28 .                               — The olive oil ' subsidy .
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B. For wine :                                                           ( f) The production levy and the amount referred
                                                                               to in Article 6 (2 ) of Regulation ( EEC)
    — The private storage aid provided for in Ar­                              No 700/73 .
          ticle 6 (3 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1437/70,
                                                                       (g) The amount payable by sugar manufacturers
                                                                               to beet growers under Article 27 (4) of
                           Article 5                                           Regulation 1009/67/EEC.
                                                                       ( h) The producers' contribution to storage costs
The following sihall be multiplied by 0-9129 in the                            in the event of a carryover.
oils and fats sector :
                                                                         ( i ) The subsidy for refining sugar from the
1 . The monthly increases in intervention prices for                           French overseas departments.
    olive oil .
                                                                  B. The following shall be further increased by
2. The increases and reductions applicable to the
                                                                       158 lira per 100 kg :
    intervention price for olive oil.                                  — The denaturing premium .
                                                                       — The production refunds .
                           Article 6                              2.         Prices for beet quoted in Italian lira in delivery
                                                                  contracts shall remain at their 31 October 1973 level
 1.     In the sugar sector :                                      expressed in Itallian lira .
                                                                                               Article 7
A. The following shall be multiplied by 0-8778 :
                                                                   In Article 8a of Regulation ( EEC) No 2300/73 , the
     (a) The amounts fixed in connection with inter­               figure '0-9221 ' is replaced /by '0-9682 ' witfh effect
            vention buying.                                        from 25 February 1974.
     ( b ) The levy and the reimbursement fixed in                                             Article 8
            connection with arrangements for offsetting
            of storage costs .                                     Regulation ( EEC) No 3494/73 is ihereby repealed .
     (c) The denaturing premium .                                                              Article 9
     ( d) The production refunds.                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of
                                                                   its publication in the Official Journal of the European
     (e) The subsidies referred to in Article 34 of                Communities . It shall take effect on 25 February
            Regulation No 1009/67/EEC.                             1974 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 22 February 1974.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                    The President
                                                                               Francois-Xavier ORTOL1