CELEX: 31975R0674
Language: en
Date: 1975-03-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 674/75 of the Council of 4 March 1975 fixing the derived intervention prices and the reference qualities for baled tobacco from the 1975 harvest

No L 72/32                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             20 . 3 . 75
                                     REGULATION (EEC) No 674/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                      of 4 March 1975
                fixing the derived intervention prices and the reference qualities for baled tobacco from
                                                       the 1975 harvest
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                           tobacco ; whereas the corresponding reference quali­
                                                                    ties of leaf tobacco set out in Council Regulation
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                  (EEC) No 673/75 (3) of 4 March 1975 fixing the
pean Economic Community ;                                           norm price, the intervention price and the reference
                                                                    qualities for leaf tobacco from the 1975 harvest,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No 727/                 should be retained, with such adjustments as
70 ( x) of 21 April 1970 on the common organiz­                     necessary to take account of the characteristics
ation of the market in raw tobacco, as last amended                 peculiar to baled tobacco ; whereas the baled tobacco
 by the Act of Accession (2), and in particular Article 6           corresponding to the reference qualities thus
 ( 8 ) thereof;                                                     determined can be considered as representative of
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                 the average quality of baled tobacco obtained by the
                                                                   first processing and market preparation of leaf
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                        tobacco of the corresponding reference quality ;
Parliament;
                                                                    Whereas Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and                   provides that, for a stated variety, the derived
Social Committee ;                                                  intervention price shall be equal to the intervention
Whereas so far as baled tobacco which has been                     price fixed in accordance with the provisions of
                                                                    Article 2 of the said Regulation for leaf tobacco of
obtained from Community-grown leaf tobacco and
                                                                   the same variety, plus the cost of first processing
which has undergone first processing and market
                                                                    and market preparation of Community leaf tobacco
preparation is concerned, derived intervention prices               as baled tobacco ; whereas the flat-rate assessment
may be fixed each year for the harvest of the                      of this cost, made when derived intervention prices
following calendar year;                                           were last fixed should be adjusted for certain varie­
Whereas it is desirable to fix, in respect of the 1975             ties to take account of increased costs on the one
harvest, derived intervention prices both for the                  hand, and of increased productivity on the other,
varieties which before the common organization of
the market came into force were subject to a price                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
guarantee at the baled tobacco stage, and for the
varieties which are principally grown in Germany, in
order to take account of marketing practices in that                                        Article 1
country ;
                                                                   For the 1975 harvest, the reference qualities referred
Whereas the derived intervention price must be fixed               to in Article 6 (3 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70
for each Community-produced variety and for a                      for each Community-produced variety of baled
reference quality corresponding to the average quality             tobacco for which a derived intervention price is
of baled tobacco obtained by the first processing                  fixed are set out in Annex I.
and market preparation of leaf tobacco of the
reference quality for which the norm price of the
same variety is fixed;                                                                      Article 2
Whereas, to this end, it is necessary to define the                For the 1975 harvest the derived intervention prices
reference qualities so that as objective an assessment             for baled tobacco referred to in Article 6 of Regula­
as possible can be made of the quality of the baled                tion (EEC ) No 727/70 are set out in Annex II.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels , 4 March 1975 .
                                                                                  For the Council
                                                                                   The President
                                                                                 M. A. CLINTON
(!) OJ No L 94, 28 . 4 . 1970 , p . 1 .
(2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p . 14.                            (3) See page 25 of this Official Journal .
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                                                     ANNEX I
                               Baled tobacco : varieties and their reference qualities
            Serial No        Varieties                                Reference^ qualities
                1     a) Badischer              Class 1 Hauptgut (top quality leaf)
                          Geudertheimer
                                                Class 1 :        leaf ripe, sound, without blemish, dark
                      b) Forchheimer                              brown to mottled brown , of uniform
                          Havanna II c)                          length, fermented normally
                                                Packaging :      in bales or cases of approx. 75 to 175 kg
                                                                  or in barrels of approx. 225 to 450 kg
                                                Moisture :       16%
                2     Badischer Burley E        Class 1 Hauptgut (top quality leaf)
                                                Class 1 :        leaf ripe, sound, without blemish, fleshy
                                                                 light brown to reddish or dark brown ,
                                                                 of uniform length, fermented normally
                                                Packaging :      in bales or cases of approx. 75 to 175 kg
                                                                 or in barrels of approx. 225 to 450 kg
                                                Moisture :       15%
                3     Virgin SCR                Class 1 leaf
                                                Class 1 :        leaf ripe, sound, without blemish, yellow
                                                                 to reddish or brownish yellow, fermented
                                                                 normally
                                                Packaging :      in bales or cases of approx. 75 to 175 kg
                                                                 or in barrels of approx. 225 to 450 kg
                                                Moisture :       13%
              10      Bright                    Leaf in Category A
                                                Category A :     leaf sufficiently ripe, without curing
                                                                 defects, open texture, with stems (midribs)
                                                                 and veins not too prominent, sound,
                                                                 of various shades of yellow
                                                Packaging :      in barrels of approx. 330 to 350 kg
                                                Moisture :       13%
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           Serial No        Varieties                               Reference qualities
              11 a)  Burley I                 Leaf in Category A
                                              Category A :     leaf sufficiently ripe, without curing
                                                                defects, of open possibly firm texture,
                                                                stems (midribs) and veins not too promi­
                                                               nent, sound , of a more or less lively
                                                                nut-brown colour
                                              Packaging :      in barrels of approx. 330 to 350 kg
                                              Moisture :        13%
              11 b)  Maryland                 Leaf in category A
                                              Category A :     leaf sufficiently ripe, with slight curing
                                                               defects and only slightly mottled, of
                                                                average texture, with stems (midribs)
                                                                and veins not too prominent, sound, of a
                                                               rather lively reddish brown colour
                                              Packaging :      in barrels of approx. 330 to 350 kg
                                              Moisture :       13 %
             12      a) Kentucky and          Leaf in Category B
                        hybrids thereof
                                              Category B :      leaf fully ripe, of firm texture, without
                     b) Moro di Cori                            curing defects and in good condition
                                                               brown in colour, with some damage
                     c) Salento
                                              Packaging :      in barrels of approx. 350 kg
                                              Moisture :       16%
             13      a) Nostrano del          Leaf in Category B
                        Brenta
                                              Category B :     leaf of firm or light texture, sound, well
                     b) Resistente 142                         cured, or properly fermented according to
                                                               the traditional method, brown or dark
                     c) Gojano                                 brown in colour, with minor damage
                                             Packaging :       in bales of approx. 170 to 180 kg
                                              Moisture :       18%
             14      Beneventano             Leaf in Category B
                                              Category B :     leaf sufficiently ripe, firm texture or
                                                               possibly coarse or thin, with minor defects
                                                               as regards curing and fermentation and
                                                               damage
                                             Packaging :       in bales of approx. 120 kg or barrels of
                                                               approx. 330 kg
                                             Moisture :        16%
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            Serial No         Varieties                            Reference qualities
              15      Xanti-Yakà                Leaf in Category B
               16     Perustitza                Category B :    leaf reasonably sound and ripe, with some
                                                                slight curing defects, mainly of light tex­
               17     Erzegovina and                            ture, from yellow to brown in colour, with
                      hybrids thereof                           marked damage but in good condition,
                                                                may also include lugs
                                                Packaging :     small bales of approx. 18 to 21 kg
                                                Moisture :      13 %
               18     a) Round Tip              Leaf in Category B
                      b) Scafati                Category B :    lower middle leaf, sorted by length in the
                                                                following proportions :
                      c) Sumatra I
                                                                1st length (38 cm and over)             60 %
                                                                2nd length (from 32 to under
                                                                38 cm)                                  35%
                                                                3rd length (from 25 to under 32 cm) 5 %
                                                                leaf of convenient size, fully ripe and of
                                                                uniform colour, sound, without damage,
                                                                fine texture, tensile and elastic, stems and
                                                                veins not prominent, well fermented and
                                                                in good condition, good combustibility,
                                                                of typical flavour and aroma, suitable for
                                                                wrapping cigars , including about 25%
                                                                broken leaf
                                                Packaging :     in bales approx. 80 to 90 kg
                                                Moisture :      16 %
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                                           ANNEX II
                           Derived intervention prices for baled tobacco
                                                                             Derived
           Serial No                     Varieties                        intervention
                                                                         price (u.a. /kg)
                1    a) Badischer Geudertheimer
                                                                              3.030
                     b) Forchheimer Havanna II c)
               2     Badischer Burley E                                       3.386
               3     Virgin SCR                                               2.864
              10     Bright                                                   2-626
              11 a)  Burley I                                                 2-166
              11 b)  Maryland                                                 2.392
             12      a) Kentucky and hybrids thereof
                     b) Moro di Cori                                          2-131
                     c) Salento
             13      a) Nostrano del Brenta
                     b) Resistente 142                                       2.200
                     c) Gojano
             14      Beneventano                                              1.670
             15      Xanti-Yakà                                               3-365
             16      Perustitza                                              2-947
             17      Erzegovina and hybrids thereof                          2-682
             18      a) Round Tip
                     b) Scafati                                             14.474
                     c) Sumatra I