31973R1688

No L 170/26 Official Journal of the European Communities 27 . 6 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 1688 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 25 June 1973 fixing the reference prices for hybrid maize for sowing for the 1973/74 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas Article 1 of the above Regulation defined the COMMUNITIES, stage of marketing and putting up for sale to be taken into consideration for fixing the reference price ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No ment Committee for Seeds ; 2358/71 (*) of 26 October 1971 on the common organ­ ization of the market in seeds, as amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 597/73 (2) and in particular Article 6 (5) HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : thereof ;

Whereas Article 6(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 Article 1 provides that a reference price for each type of hybrid maize for sowing shall be fixed annually ; whereas For the 1973/74 marketing year the reference prices these reference prices must be fixed on the basis of for the various types of hybrid maize for sowing the free-at-frontier prices recorded during the last falling within subheading 10-05 A of the Common three marketing years, abnormally low prices being Customs Tariff shall be as shown in the Annex. disregarded ; whereas pursuant to Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 578/72 (3) of 20 July 1972 laying down general rules for fixing the reference Article 2 prices and determining free-at-frontier offer prices for hybrid maize for sowing, only prices for third country This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day imports which are representative as regards quantity following its publication in the Official Journal of and quality should be taken into account ; the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 June 1973 . For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No L 246, 5 . 11 . 1971 , p . 1 . (2) OJ No L 57, 2 . 3 . 1973 , p. 3 . (3 ) OJ No L 168 , 26 . 7. 1972, p. 1 .

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ANNEX

No Reference price Type of hybrid FAO Classification of type in u. a. / 100 kg

1 Double hybrids 0 — 270 43

2 Double hybrids 270 — 450 40 Top cross hybrids 0 — 270

3 Double hybrids 450 and over 37 Top cross hybrids 270 and over

4 Three-cross hybrids 0 — 270 63 ·

5 Three-cross hybrids 270 and over 57

6 — 95 Single hybrids