31973R0272

1 . 2 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 30/79

REGULATION ( EEC) No 272/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 31 January 1973 on provisional measures to ensure in particular the application of the system of compensatory amounts provided for in the Treaty concerning the Accession of new Member States to the Community

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN wine, oils and fats, cereals, pigmeat, eggs and poultry­ COMMUNITIES , meat, sugar, milk and milk products, beef and fishery products ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ pean Economic Community ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to the Treaty concerning the Acces­ sion of new Member States to the European Econo­ Article 1 mic Community and to the European Atomic For as long as the levying or granting of the compen­ Energy Community (*), signed at Brussels on 22 Jan­ satory amounts provided for in Articles 47 and 55 of uary 1972, and in particular Article 63 of the Act (2 ) the Act meets with appreciable difficulties owing to annexed thereto , hereinafter called the ' Act' ; the late publication of measures for their applica­ Whereas Article 63 of the Act makes provision for tion, Member States shall take the appropriate transi­ the adoption of the necessary transitional measures , tional measures to ensure that the system of compen­ particularly if for certain products the implementa­ satory amounts is applied with effect from 1 Feb­ tion on the scheduled date of the arrangements re­ ruary 1973 . sulting from the common organization of the mar­ These transitional measures may consist, in particu­ kets, as provided for by Title II of Part Four of the lar, of the introduction of a system of deposits . Act, meets with appreciable difficulties ; Article 2 Whereas , under Article 151 ( 1 ) of the Act, the system of compensatory amounts to be applied following The provisions referred to in Article 1 shall apply by the accession of new Member States to the Commu­ analogy to the component referred to in Article 61 nity is to be applied as from 1 February 1973 ; where­ of the Act . as, moreover, the system of compensatory amounts Article 3 introduced by Council Regulation (EEC) No 974/ 71 (3) of 12 May 1971 on certain measures For as long as the levying or granting of the compen­ of conjunctural policy to be taken in agriculture, satory amounts provided for by Regulation (EEC ) No as amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2746 / 72 ( 4), 974/71 meets with appreciable difficulties, owing to must as regards its application to the new Member the late publication of such amounts, in trade bet­ States be amended as from the same date ; whereas ween the new Member States on the one hand and it appears that it will not be possible to publish on Belgium , Germany, Luxembourg and the Nether­ the said date all the Regulations enabling these lands on the other hand, the latter Jvlember States systems to come into operation ; shall take the appropriate measures to ensure that the Whereas, under these circumstances, provision said amounts are levied or granted with effect from should be made for the Member States to take the 1 February 1973 . necessary transitional measures to enable these sys­ These measures may consist, in particular, of the in­ tems to be applied which effect from 1 February troduction of a system of deposits of amounts 1973 ; whereas, where necessary, these measures equal to the compensatory amounts fixed for trade should enable the amount of the subsidy for certain between France and Italy . oil seeds to be corrected , and the levies be adjusted ; Article 4 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­ tion are in accordance with the Opinions of the This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February Management Committees for fruit and vegetables, 1973 . This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States . Done at Brussels , 31 January 1973 . Fur the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(») OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p . 5 . (2) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p . 14. ( 3) OJ No L 106 , 12 . 5 . 1971 , p . 1 . ( 4) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972 , p . 148 .