31973R1351

28 . 5 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 141 / 15

REGULATION (EEC) No 1351 /73 OF THE COUNCIL

of 15 May 1973

fixing the basic price and the standard quality for slaughtered pigs for the period from 1 November 1973 to 31 October 1974

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Whereas the application of those criteria results in the basic price being fixed at a level higher than that adopted for the previous period ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof ; Whereas it is desirable to allow for a stage in anticipation of a return to market unity once the rule on maintaining at any given moment a maximum Having regard to Council Regulation No spread between Member State currencies of 2-25 % 121 / 67/EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common for spot transactions is applied by all Member States ; organization of the market in pigmeat, as last whereas this purpose is served by a 1 % price amended by the Act ( 2) concerning the Conditions of increase which is not reflected in price-levels Accession and the Adjustments to the Treaties, and in expressed in terms of the national currencies of particular Article 4 (4) thereof; Member States whose currencies have increased in value in relation to the conversion rate used under the Common Agricultural Policy ; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;

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

Whereas, when the basic price for slaughtered pigs is Article 1 fixed, account should be taken of the objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy and of the For the period from 1 November 1973 to 31 October contribution which the Community desires to make 1974, the basic price for slaughtered pigs of the to the harmonious development of world trade; standard quality shall be fixed at 86 units of account whereas the objectives of the Common Agricultural per 100 kilogrammes. Policy are in 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 prices ; Article 2

The standard quality shall be the quality for pig Whereas the basic price must be fixed in accordance carcasses of Class II of the Community scale for with the criteria laid down in Article 4 ( 1 ) of classifying pig carcasses determined by Regulation Regulation No 121 /67/EEC for a standard quality ( EEC ) No 2108 /70, excluding those carcasses with a defined according to Council Regulation ( EEC) No weight of less than 60 kilogrammes and those with a 2108/70 (3 ) of 20 October 1970 determining the weight equal to or greater than 160 kilogrammes . Community scale for classifying pig carcasses, as last amended by the Act of Accession ;

Article 3 Whereas the most representative class and categories of weight in Community production should be 1 . The price shall be increased by 1 % when all adopted as the standard quality; Member States maintain at any given moment a maximum spread of 2-25 % between their currencies.

(^ OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2283/67. (2 ) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14 . This provision shall be applicable as from the (3) OJ No L 234, 23 . 10. 1970, p . 1 . 1973 /74 marketing year; the increase shall take effect

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on the first day of the month following the date Member States whose currencies have increased in determined in accordance with the first value in relation to the conversion rate used under subparagraph ; however, if the marketing year begins the Common Agricultural Policy. after that date, the increase shall take effect at the beginning of that marketing year. 3 . The Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission in accordance with the voting procedure 2 . This increase shall not be reflected in price laid down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty shall adopt levels expressed in terms of national currencies of the methods of implementation of this Article.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 May 1973 .

For the Council

The President

A. LAVENS