31973R2111

No L 214/ 14 2. 8 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION (EEC) No 2111 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 1 August 1973 on the application of Article 4b of Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 to the aid for the production of durum wheat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN at the beginning of the marketing year, between the COMMUNITIES, minimum guarantee and the intervention price for the market centre in the zone of greatest surplus ; whereas Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European these prices have been increased in Italy by 1 % for Economic Community ; the 1973/74 marketing year ; whereas the aid fixed by Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Council Regulation (EEC) No 1965/73 of 17 July 974/71 (!) of 12 May 1971 on certain measures of 1973 (3) must consequently be increased from this time ; conjunctural policy to be taken in agriculture following the temporary widening of the margins of Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation fluctuation for the currencies of certain Member are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ States, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No ment Committee for Cereals ; 1225/73 (2), and in particular Article 6 thereof ;

Whereas pursuant to Article 4b ( 1 ) of Regulation HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : (EEC) No 974/71 , the intervention or buying in prices for the 1973/74 marketing year for products referred to in Article 1 (2) of that Regulation have been Article 1 increased in Italy by a corrective amount of 1 % ; The aid for the production of durum wheat, fixed for Whereas under Article 4b (2) of Regulation (EEC) No the 1973/74 marketing year by Council Regulation 974/71 , the corrective amount specified in paragraph (EEC) No 1965/73, is increased in Italy by Lit 233 per 1 of that Article is, in so far as may be necessary, to be metric ton . reflected in the amounts which Italy must pay in accordance with Regulations on the common organiza­ Article 2 tion of agricultural markets following other interven­ tions on the internal market ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its Whereas the amount of aid for the production of publication in the Official Journal of the European durum wheat must equal the difference which exists, Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 August 1973 .

For the Commission The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI

H OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p . 1 . (A OJ No L 125, 11 . 5. 1973 , p. 49. (3) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973 , p . 4.