31972R0798

310 Official Journal of the European Communities

No L 94/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 21.4.72

REGULATION (EEC) No 798 /72 OF THE COUNCIL

of 17 April 1972

fixing the target price for husked rice for the 1972/73 marketing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , particular to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, to ensure that supplies are available and that they reach consumers at reasonable Having regard to the Treaty establishing the prices ; European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof; Whereas the target price for rice must be fixed at a rate which takes into account production levels, the Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/ proposed orientation of production, the use made of EEC1 of 25 July 1967 on the common organization rice and the improvement of the profitability of of the market in rice, as last amended by Regulation agriculture; (EEC) No 2726/71 ,2 and in particular Article 2 (4) thereof; Whereas in accordance with those criteria the target price should be fixed at a higher rate than that for Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; the preceding marketing year;

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : .

Whereas, when the target price for rice is fixed, Sole Article account should be taken of the objectives of the common agricultural policy and of the contribution which the Community desires to make to the har­ For the 1972/73 marketing year the target price for monious development of world trade; whereas the husked rice shall be 21-15 units of account per 100 objectives of the common agricultural policy are in kilogrammes.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 April 1972.

For the Council

The President

J. P. BUCHLER

1 OJ No 174, 31.7.1967, p. 1 . 2 OJ No L 282, 23.12.1971 , p . 6.