31971R2604

Official Journal of the European Communities 65

No L 269/ 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 8.12.71

REGULATION (EEC) No 2604/71 OF THE COMMISSION of 6 December 1971 amending for the second time Regulation (EEC) No 1013/ 71 as regards the observance of certain import prices in connection with the application of compensatory amounts introduced in agriculture following the monetary measures taken by certain Member States

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN the margins of fluctuation for the currencies of certain COMMUNITIES, Member States, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1871/ 7 1 3, should therefore be supplemented; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Whereas the provisions of this Regulation are in accord­ ance with the Opinion of the Management Committees Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 974/ for Pigmeat, Poultrymeat and Eggs , Milk and Milk 71 1 of 12 May 1971 on certain measures of conjunctural Products , and Wine, policy to be taken in agriculture following the temporary widening of the margins of fluctuation for the currencies of certain Member States, and in particular Article 6 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : thereof; Article 1 Whereas failure to respect a lower price limit results in The following Article is added to Regulation (EEC) No an increased import charge for certain agricultural prod­ 1013/ 71 ; ' ucts which are subject, following monetary measures 'Article 3a taken by certain Member States , to compensatory amounts ; As regards imports from third countries : 1 . Sluice-gate prices for pigmeat , eggs , poultry and Whereas , since parities declared to the International albumins ; Monetary Fund must be applied, this system leads to increased prices for the products concerned; whereas, in 2. Free-at-frontier values for milk and milk products falling within subheading Nos 04.04 A I , 04.04 D I , fact, the price in question expressed in the currency of a Member State which has taken the monetary measures in 04.04 E I(b)2 , 04.04 E I(b)3 and 04.04 E I(b)4, question is increased in relation to the same price ex­ 3 . reference prices for wine : pressed in the currency of a third country ; whereas, in shall be regarded as having been respected if the addition , the compensatory amount is charged at the offer price for the product in question increased by time of importation ; (a) the highest compensatory amount in force dur­ Whereas this difficulty may be overcome by a system ing the fourteen day period immediatly preced­ whereby the import price would be considered to have ing the day of importation, been complied with if the offer price of the product sup­ (b) in the case of wine, by customs duties , plied, plus the compensatory amount, does not fall below is not lower than the relevant sluice-gate price, free-at­ it; whereas allowance should be made where possible for frontier value or reference price.' the uncertainty as to the compensatory amount valid on the day of importation ; whereas Commission Regulation Article 2 (EEC) No 10 13/71 2 of 17 May 1971 laying down de­ tailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 974/ 7 1 on certain measures of conjunctural policy to be following its publication in the Official Journal of the taken in agriculture following the temporary widening of European Communities.

1 OJ No L 106 , 12.6.1971 , p.l . 2 OJ No L 110, 18.5.1971 , p.8. 3 OJ No L 195 , 30.8.1971 , p.l .

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

Done at Brussels , 6 December 1971 .

For the Commission The President Franco M. MALFATTI