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23 . 6 . 73 No L 166/ 1 Official Journal of the European Communities

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REGULATION ( EEC) No 1652/73 OF THE COUNCIL of 18 June 1973 amending Regulation No 121 /67/EEC as regards the price recorded for pig carcases in the Community

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN reflecting the relative size of the pig herd in each COMMUNITIES , Member State ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof ; Article 1 Having regard to the Proposal from the Commission ; Article 4 (2) of Regulation No 121 /67/ EEC is replaced Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­ by the following : ment ; ' Intervention measures may be taken when the Whereas Council Regulation No 121 /67/EEC (') of 13 Community market price of pig carcases based on June 1967 on the common organization of the market prices recorded in each Member State on the repre­ in pigmeat, as last amended by the Act of Acces­ sentative markets of the Community and weighted sion (2 ), set up a Community intervention system by means of coefficients reflecting the relative size geared to the average price trend for pig carcases on of the pig herd in each Member State is, and is the representative markets of the Community ; likely to remain, lower than 103 % of the basic price'. Whereas, by reason of the improvement in prices recorded and in the number of pigs, it is now possible Artie e 2 to determine an average price, which is more balanced as between supply and demand in the Community, by This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August weighting these prices by means of coefficients 1973 .

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

Done at Luxembourg, 18 June 1973 . For the Council

The President

A. LAVENS

(■) OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2283 / 67 . (2 ) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14.