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21 . 7. 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 201 /43

REGULATION (EEC) No 1984/73 OF THE COUNCIL of 19 July 1973 defining special conditions for the sale of common wheat held by the Italian intervention agency

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 2. Italy shall take all necessary steps to ensure that COMMUNITIES, the wheat sold under this Regulation is used exclu­ sively for the manufacture of foodstuffs to be supplied Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community .; to the population of the areas of southern Italy, in particular the towns of Naples, Palermo, Ragusa and Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ Caltanissetta. 67/EEC (1) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ 3 . The provisions of Article 8 of Commission Regu­ tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by the lation (EEC) No 376/70 (5) of 27 February 1970 laying Act (2) concerning the Conditions of Accession and down the procedure and conditions for the disposal of the Adjustments to the Treaties ; cereals held by intervention agencies, as last amended Having regard to Council Regulation No 132/ by Regulation (EEC) No 1 29/73 (6), and concerning 67/EEC (3) of 13 June 1967 laying down general rules the information of the Commission shall be appli­ for intervention on the market in cereals, as amended cable by analogy. by Regulation (EEC) No 1938/70 (4), and in particular Article 4 thereof ; Article 2 Whereas the Italian Government has informed the The price at which the product shall be sold by the Council and the Commission that considerable diffi­ intervention agency shall be governed by the provi­ culties have arisen in connection with wheat supplies sions of Article 3 (2) (a) and (b) of Commission Regula­ for the population of southern Italy, particularly that tion (EEC) No 376/70. of Naples, Palermo, Ragusa arid Caltanissetta ; However, when the sale relates to a delivery to a place Whereas this unusual situation calls for the adoption in the areas concerned, the selling price shall corres­ of special measures enabling a large . quantity of pond to the local market price in the place where the common wheat now held by the Italian intervention product is stored, plus the cost of transporting it to agency to be made available within a very short period the area concerned . of time ; whereas the normal sale procedure, namely Article J an invitation to tender, is not such as to permit a rapid reaction, at Community level, to this special situ­ Should the supply situation in areas of southern Italy ation ; whereas Italy should therefore be authorized to not develop satisfactorily because the quantity set out arrange sales by mutual agreement, provision being in Article 1 is inadequate, Italy may be authorized in made to ensure that the operation is carried out accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26 smoothly ; of Regulation No 120/67/EEC to sell an additional quantity of not more than 60 000 metric tons on HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : terms analogous to those defined in the present Regu­ / lation . Article 1 . Article 4 1 . By way of derogation from the provisions of This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its Article 3 of Regulation No 132/67/EEC, Italy is publication in the Official Journal of the European hereby authorized to sell, by mutual agreement on the Communities. terms set out below, 40 000 metric tons of common wheat held by its intervention agency. It shall apply until 30 September 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 19 July 1973. For the Council The President J. KAMPMANN

(') OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1 967, p. 2269/67. (2) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14. (>) OJ No 120, 21 . 6. 1967, p. 2364/ 67. (5) OJ No L 47, 28 . 2. 1970 , p. 49 . b) OJ No L 215, 30. 9. 1970, p. 1 . (6) OJ No L 17, 20 . 1 . 1973, p. 17.