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REGULATION (EEC) No 643/68 OF THE COUNCIL

of 29 May 1968

amending Regulation No 120/67/EEC on the common organisation of the market in cereals, in particular as regards the special measures laid down for Italy

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , State ; whereas the market conditions for denatured common wheat are such that it can be substituted for barley or maize for certain uses ; whereas there­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the fore provision should be made for measures to be European Economic Community, and in particular taken to avoid discrimination between Community Article 43 thereof; producers and distortions of competition between the different cereals in question ; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament ; Article 1

Whereas in Article 1 of Council Regulation No 120/ Regulation No 120/67/EEC shall be amended in 67/EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common organisation accordance with the following Articles. of the market in cereals certain errors have occurred in the Dutch text of the 'Description of goods' and Article 2 it is necessary to correct that text; whereas pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 4 ( 1) of that In the Dutch text of Article 1 ( a ) the 'Description of Regulation, in the French, Italian and Dutch texts, goods' under heading No 10.07 of the Common Customs Tariff shall be amended to read as follows : derived intervention prices are fixed for the same standard quality as the basic intervention price, while the German text, provides for fixing these prices for the same standard quality as the target price ; whereas CCT heading Description of goods since no basic intervention price has been fixed for No maize, the French, Italian and Dutch texts should be corrected and 'target price' substituted for 'basic intervention price'; 10.07 'Boekweit, kanariezaad en gierst (pluimgierst, trosgierst, sorgho of doerra , enz.); andere granen'' Whereas Article 11 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC provided for a production refund for maize and common wheat used for the manufacture of starches, quellmehl and 'gritz' for the reasons explained in the Article 3 tenth recital to that Regulation ; whereas since the The French, Italian and Dutch texts of the first starch industry is not alone in using maize and sentence of the second subparagraph of Article 4 ( 1 ) common wheat for the manufacture of quellmehl, the shall be amended to read as follows : wording of the above-mentioned provision should be adapted in order that all the industries in the Com­ munity engaged in such manufacture from those ( a) French text : cereals may benefit from the production refund ; 'Les prix d'intervention dérivés sont fixés, pour la même qualité type au même stade et aux Whereas Article 23 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC mêmes conditions que le prix indicatif, pour les provides that Italy may reduce the import levy on centres de commercialisation de la Communauté certain feed grain ; whereas such measures have an autres que Duisbourg.' effect on the level of cereal prices in that Member (b ) Italian text: 'Per i centri di commercializzazione della Comuita 1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2269/67. diversi da Duisburg i prezzi d'intervento vengono

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fissati, per la stessa qualità tipo, nella stessa fase accordance with the voting procedure laid e alle medesime condizioni previste per il prezzo down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty on a indicativo .' proposal from the Commission, shall take the measures necessary to avoid discrimi­ (c) Dutch text : nation between Community producers and distortions of competition in trade between 'De afgeleide interventieprijzen worden voor de denatured common wheat on the one hand andere commercialisatiecentra van de Gemeen­ and the cereals mentioned in paragraphs 1 schap dan Duisburg voor dezelfde standaard­ and 2, particularly barley, on the other .' kwaliteit, in hetzelfde stadium en onder dezelfde voorwaarden als de richtprijs vastgesteld.' Article 6 Article 4 In Article 23 :

Article 11 ( 1 ) shall be amended to read as follows : (a ) in the Dutch text of paragraphs 1 , 2, 3 and 4, the words 'en gierst' shall be substituted for the words 'sorgho of doerra en millet'; '1 A production refund shall be granted : (b ) 'in the German text of paragraphs 1 and 2, the ( a) for maize and common wheat used in the word 'Lieferungen' shall be substituted for the Community for the manufacture of starch or word 'Beziige'. quellmehl ;

(b) for potato starch used in the Community; Article 7

( c) for maize used in the maize industry for the In Annex A, in the 'Description of goods ' under manufacture of maize groats and meal (gritz) heading No ex 23.07 of the Common Customs used in the Community for brewing.' Tariff, the words 'Regulation No 359/67/EEC' shall be substituted for the words 'Regulation No 16/64/ EEC .' Article 5

A paragraph 4a shall be inserted in Article 23 as Article 8 follows : This Regulation shall enter into force on the third '4a Should Italy have recourse to the provisions day following its publication in the Official Journal of paragraphs 1 and 2, the Council, acting in of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 May 1968 .

For the Council

The President

E. FAURE