31973R2612

No L 270 / 16 Official Journal of the European Communities 27 . 9 . 73

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2612/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 26 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 (') 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 1356/73 (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 , as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2588 / 73 (6), and in particular Article 9 (4) thereof ; Article 1 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary 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 1 898 / 73 ( 7) of 13 July 1973 fixing the amount of the This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 subsidy on oil seeds ; September 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 26 September 1 973 .

For the Commission

The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No 172 , 50 . 9 . 1966 , p . .502 5/66 . -) O | No L I 7 S , 29 . 6 . I 97 .}, p . 5 . :") O | No L 167 , 2 v 7 . 1972 , p . 9 . 4 ) O I No L 141 , 2 ,S. v I 973 , p . 28 . O | No I , 236 , 24 . (S. 1973 , p . 28 . ") O | No 1 . 268 , 2 .v 9 . 1973 , p . K ). ) O | No I. 19 5 , 14 . 7 . 1 973 , p . 28 .

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ANNEX

World market price applicable from 27 September 1973 for colza and rape seed ( CCT ex 12.01

u . a . 1100 kg f 1) World market price : 21·629 World market price where the subsidy is fixed in advance : — for the month of September 1973 : 21·629 — for the month of October 1973 : 21·629 — for the month of November 1973 : 21·629 — for the month of December 1973 : 22·381 — for the month of January 1974 : 22·381 — for the month of February 1974 : 22·381

(') 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 3·35507 1 u.a . = Bfr / Lfr 48·6572 1 u.a . = FF 5·55419 1 u.a . = Dkr 7·57831 1 u.a . = £ 0·546159 1 u.a . = Lit 750·644