31973R2472

12 . 9 . 73 No L 255/ 15 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2472/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 11 September 1973 determining the world market price for colza and rape seed

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas to enable the price system to operate COMMUNITIES , normally, the world market price should be calculated on the following basis : Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European — in the case of currencies which are maintained in Economic Community ; relation to each other, at any given moment, Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/ within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based 66/EEC ( 1 ) of 22 September 1966 on the establish­ on their effective parity ; ment of a common organization of the markets in oils and fats, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the 1707/ 73 (2 ); arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period, in Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No relation to the Community currencies referred to 1 569/72 (3) of 20 July 1972 laying down special in the previous subparagraph ; measures for colza and rape seed, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 356/ 73 (4) ; Whereas, applying all these provisions, the world market price for colza and rape seed should be fixed Having regard to Commission Regulation ( EEC) No as shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation ; 2300 /73 (5 ) of 23 August 1973 laying down detailed rules for applying differential amounts for colza and rape seed and repealing Regulation ( EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 1464/73 , and in particular Article 9 (4) thereof ;

Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Article 1 Committee ; The world market price referred to in Article 9 (4) of Whereas, pursuant to Article 9 (4) of Regulation (EEC) Regulation ( EEC) No 2300/73 and the rates to be used No 2300 / 73 , the Commission must determine the for converting them into national currencies shall be world market price for colza and rape seed ; as shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation . Whereas the world market price should be deter­ mined in accordance with the rules and the criteria Article 2 set out in Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 1898 /73 (6) of 13 July 1973 fixing the amount of the This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 subsidy on oil seeds ; September 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 11 September 1973 .

For the Commission

The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI

') OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p . 3025/ 66 . O J No L 175 , 29 . 6 . 1973 , p . 5 . ■>) O) No L 167, 25 . 7. 1972, p. 9 . ■>) O"} No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973, p . 28 . 5 ) OJ No L 23 6 , 24 . 8 . 1973 , p . 28 . h) OJ No L 193 , 14 . 7 . 1973 , p . 28 .

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ANNEX

World market price applicable from 12 September 1973 for colza and rape seed (CCT ex 12.01

u.a.1100 kg (*) World market price : 20·967 World market price where the subsidy is fixed in advance : — for the month of September 1973 : 20·967 — for the month of October 1973 : 20·967 — for the month of November 1973 : 20·967 — for the month of December 1973 : 22·122 — for the month of January 1974 : 22·122 — for the month of February 1974 : 22·122

P ) The conversion rates from units of account into national currency as foreseen by Article 9 (5 ) ( a ) of Regulation (EEC ) No 2300/73 are the following : 1 u.a . = DM 3-21978 1 u.a . = Fl 3-52282 1 u.a . = Bfr/ Lfr 48-6572 1 u.a . = FF 5-55419 1 u.a . = Dkr 7·57831 1 u.a . = £ 0-527320 1 u.a . = Lit 738·672