31973R1897

14. 7 . 73 No L 193 / 25 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC ) No 1897 / 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 11 July 1973 fixing the denaturing premium for common wheat for the 1973/74 marketing

year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN admixture ; whereas this component, fixed at a flat COMMUNITIES, rate on the basis of the average costs in the Commu­ nity, of the standard method set out in Annex I to Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Regulation ( EEC) No 1403 /69, must be fixed in such Economic Community ; a way as to encourage denaturing by admixture since Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ this is less costly and presents greater economic advan­ 67/EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ tages ; tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­ lation ( EEC) No 1 346/73 (2 ), and in particular Articles Whereas, pursuant to Article 57 of the Act, in fixing 7 (5) and 23 (5) thereof ; the level of the various elements of the price and inter­ vention system, except for intervention prices, account Whereas Council Regulation No 172/67/ EEC (3) of 27 is to be taken, to the extent necessary for the proper June 1967 on general rules governing the denaturing functioning of Community rules, of the difference in of wheat and rye of bread-making quality, as last prices expressed by the compensatory amount ; amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2096/68 (4), speci­ fies that the denaturing premium must be fixed before Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has the beginning of, and for the duration of, the not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by marketing year, but may exceptionally be amended its Chairman ; where there is a threat of disturbances on the Commu­ nity market in cereals ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1403 /69 (5 ) of 18 July 1969 laying down detailed Article 1 rules for the application of the provisions concerning denaturing of common wheat and rye of bread­ For the 1973/ 1974 marketing year the denaturing premium provided for in Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation making quality, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 172/ 67/ EEC shall be fixed at 10-50 units of No 2147/72 (6), the denaturing premium consists of account per ton . two components, the first allowing for the differences between prices for common wheat and for barley, This amount is increased by the difference between without disturbing the market in barley and maize, the monthly increases applicable respectively to the the second representing the costs of denaturing ; intervention price of soft wheat and that of barley. Whereas, for the first component, the difference For the months of August and September, the valid between the basic intervention prices for common premium shall be that calculated for the month of wheat and barley as varied monthly should be taken October . into account, except that in June and July 1974 when Article 2 the intervention prices are those of the following year, the May 1974 difference should be taken into account The total amount of the premium shall be : since it is more representative of the market, and 1-39 units of account should be subtracted in order to take — diminished in Denmark by 1 unit of account per ton , account of the situation on the market ; — increased in Ireland by 6 units of account per ton, Whereas, however, for the months of August and September the monthly variation for the month of — diminished in the United Kingdom by 1 unit of October should be taken into account to raise the account per ton . level of the premium at the beginning of the Article 3 marketing year ;

Whereas the second component should represent the This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1973 . technical costs of denaturing or the special costs of

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

Done at Brussels, 11 July 1973 . For the Commission

The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269/67. 2) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973, p. 8 . P) OJ No 130, 28 . 6. 1967, p. 2602/ 67. (4) OJ No L 308 , 23 . 12. 1968 , p. 12. (5) OJ No L 180, 22. 7. 1969, p. 3 . 6) OJ No L 229, 6 . 10 . 1972, p. 15.