31973R1704

29 . 6 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 175 / 1

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1704/73 OF THE COUNCIL of 26 June 1973 fixing the main intervention centres for oilseeds for the 1973/74 marketing year and the derived intervention prices applicable in these centres

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, in accordance with Article 24 of Regulation COMMUNITIES , No 136/66/ EEC, derived intervention prices must be fixed at a level permitting seed to move freely within Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European the Community, under natural conditions of price Economic Community ; formation and in accordance with the needs of the Having regard to the Treaty concerning the Accession market ; whereas, to that end, intervention prices of new Member States to the European Economic should be fixed so that the differences between them Community and to the European Atomic Energy correspond to the price differences to be expected in Community ('), and in particular Article 52 (3) first the case of a normal harvest ; whereas the application subparagraph of the Act (2) annexed thereto, here­ of these criteria necessitates certain alterations to the inafter called the Act ; derived intervention prices ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/ Whereas the derived intervention prices for the 66/EEC (3) of 22 September 1966 on the establish­ 1972/73 marketing year were fixed in Denmark and ment of a common organization of the market in oils the United Kingdom at a level lower than the and fats, as last amended by the Act, and in particular common level ; whereas these prices should move the first subparagraph of Article 22 (2) thereof ; towards alignment with the common prices, in accor­ Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; dance with Article 52 (2) of the Act with regard to Denmark and Article 52 (2) and (3) with regard to the Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parli­ United Kingdom ; ament ; Whereas the experience gained during the course of Whereas, in accordance with Article 22 (2) of Regula­ the 1972/73 marketing year has shown that the main tion No 136/ 66/ EEC, the main intervention centres intervention centres for that year should be retained ; for colza, rape and sunflower seeds, and the derived intervention prices applicable thereto must be fixed HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : for the 1973/74 marketing year ; Article 1 Whereas the places with the largest markets situated in the main production areas should be taken as the For the 1973/74 marketing year, the main interven­ main intervention centres ; whereas, to ensure an tion centres for colza, rape and sunflower seeds and appropriate price level for Community seeds in deficit the derived intervention prices applicable in these areas, the most representative places for the processing centres shall be those shown in the Annex . of seeds should also be used, as well as places situated Article 2 outside production areas which are representative as regards internal trade and the export of seeds ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1973 .

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

Done at Luxembourg, 26 June 1973 . For the Council The President R. VAN ELSLANDE

(') OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 5 . (2) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14. (3 ) OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p . 3025/66 .

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ANNEX

Main intervention centres and intervention prices applicable at those centres

A. For colza and rape seed

Intervention prices in u.a . per 100 kg Centres of standard quality seed

Châteauroux 18·80 Bourges 18·88 Chartres 19·11 Le Havre 19·68 Rouen 19·68 Gennevilliers 19·41 19·01 Dijon Châlons-sur-Marne 19·22 Laon 19·08 Dunkirk 19·69 Antwerp 19·79 Rotterdam 19·88 Dusseldorf 19·79 Mannheim 19·76 19·53 Strasbourg Hamm /Westphalia) 19·42 Hanover 19·32 19·78 Hamburg Kiel 19·44 Emden 19·88 Regensburg 19·05 Lyons 19·33 Le Pouzin 19·39 Marseilles 19·78 Bordeaux 19·52 Sète 19·54 Ravenna 20·45 Florence 20·45 Genoa 20·45 Aarhus 18·23 Copenhagen 18·23 Dublin 20·27 Waterford 19·83 Hull 15·13 15·13 Liverpool 14·35 Southampton Tilbury 14·35

B. For sunflower seed

Intervention prices in u.a . per 100 kg Centres of standard quality seed

Bourges 18·96 Bordeaux 20·30 Marseilles 20·60 Le Pouzin 20·12 Rouen 19·84 Genoa 20·65