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REGULATION (EEC) No 2496/72 OF THE COUNCIL of 21 November 1972 supplementing Regulation (EEC) No 1332/72 fixing, for the new Member States, the main intervention centres for oilseeds for the 1972/73 marketing year and the derived intervention prices applicable in those centres
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNI fixed at the common level, whereas for TIES, Denmark and the United Kingdom they should be fixed at a lower level; Having regard to the Treaty1 concerning the Whereas , the places with the largest markets accession of new Member States to the European situated in the main production areas should Economic Community and the European Atomic be taken as the main intervention centres; Energy Community , signed on 22 January 1972; whereas, to ensure an appropriate price level and in particular to Article 153 of the Act2 for Community seeds in the deficit areas , the annexed thereto (hereinafter referred to as 'the most representative places for the processing Act'); of seeds should also be taken, as well as places situated outside production areas which are Having regard to the proposal from the Com representative as regards internal trade and the mission; export of seeds; whereas these criteria should Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1332/723 has therefore be applied in order to fix the main fixed the main intervention centres for oilseeds intervention centres for colza and rape seeds for the 1972/73 marketing year and the derived in the new Member States together with the intervention prices applicable in these centres ; derived intervention prices applicable in those whereas , in consequence of the enlargement of centres ; whereas sunflower seeds are neither the Communities, die Annex to this Regulation produced nor processed to a significant extent should be supplemented by the addition of the in any of the new Member States, it is unneces main intervention centres for oilseeds in the sary to fix intervention centres or intervention new Member States and the derived intervention prices for this product; prices applicable in those centres;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Article 70 (2) of the Act provides that for oilseeds the intervention prices applicable in the new Member States until the first move Article 1 towards alignment shall be fixed in accordance with the rules provided for under the common Part A of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) organisation of the markets, account being No 1332/72 shall be supplemented by the Annex taken of the normal relationship which should to this Regulation. exist between the income to be obtained from oilseeds and that obtained from the production Article 2 of products which compete in crop rotation with oilseeds; whereas, when account is taken This Regulation shall enter into force on of this production, and in particular of the Accession. income earned by wheat producers , it seems that in Ireland the intervention prices may be It shall apply as from 1 February 1973 . This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States . Done at Brussels, 21 November 1972. For the Council 1 OJ (Special Edition), 27.3.1972, p. 5. The President 2 OJ (Special Edition), 27.3.1972, p. 14. 8 OJ No L 147, 29.6.1972, p. 2. P. LARDINOIS
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ANNEX
Intervention prices in units Centres of account per 100 kg of standard quality seed1
Aarhus 18-96
Copenhagen 18-96
Dublin 21-23
Waterford 20-79
Hull 15-20
Liverpool 15-20
Southampton 14-42
Tilbury 14-42
1 These prices include the monthly increases applicable for February 1973 . They shall be subject to the monthly increases occurring for the rest of the marketing /ear, in accordance with the provisions of Community regula tions in this field .