31967R0369

218 Official Journal of the European Communities

No 174/38 OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 31.7.67

REGULATION No 369/67/EEC OF THE COUNCIL of 25 July 1967

laying down rules for determining rice marketing centres other than Aries and Vercelli

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , dispose of it under the best conditions ; whereas centres which have an adequate infrastructure and Having regard to the Treaty establishing the are situated in an area which has sufficient transport European Economic Community ; facilities should be used;

Having regard to Council Regulation No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 359/67/EEC1 of 25 July 1967 on the common organisation of the market in rice, and in particular Article 1 Article 4 (5 ) thereof;

The main marketing centres in surplus areas to be Having regard to the proposal from the Commission; determined in pursuance of Article 4 (5 ) of Regulation No 359 /67/EEC must fulfil the following Whereas in accordance with Article 4 (3 ) of conditions : Regulation No 359/67/EEC intervention prices for Aries and Vercelli are fixed so that the differences ( a) existence of storage depots with enough technical between them and between the intervention price and equipment for a sufficiently large amount of the target price reflect the disparities which, given a paddy rice to be regularly taken over, treated for normal harvest, arise under normal conditions of storage and delivered ; price formation on the market and allow the free (b) a favourable transport situation for the taking movement of rice within the Community in over and, above all, the disposal of the rice. accordance with market requirements ;

Whereas the marketing centres to be determined by Article 2 the Commission must be situated only in surplus areas; whereas account should therefore be taken, in The Council, acting on a report from the determining them, of the supply situation for rice Commission, shall review annually the results of the within the Community and in particular of the fact application of Article 1 . that rice production is largely concentrated in two very limited areas; Article 3 Whereas, to ensure the proper working of the intervention system, the marketing centres must be in This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September a position to stock large quantities of rice and to 1967 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels , 25 July 1967. For the Council The President

H. HOECHERL

1 OJ No 174, 31.7.1967, p . 1 .