31973R2794

13 . 10 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 286/27

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2794/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 12 October 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 Economic Community ; — in the case of currencies which are maintained in 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 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No market price for colza and rape seed should be fixed 2300/73 (5) of 23 August 1973 laying down detailed as shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation ; rules for applying differential amounts for colza and rape seed and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1464/73, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 2588/73 (6), 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 1 898 / 73 (7) of 13 July 1973 fixing the amount of the This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 October subsidy on oil seeds ; 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 12 October 1973 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

J 1 ) OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. .3025/66. «) OJ No L 175, 29 . 6. 1973 , p . 5 . '/) OJ No L 167, 25. 7. 1972, p. 9 . ;4 ) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 28 . '*) OJ No L 236, 24 . 8 . 1973 , p. 28 . ;«) OJ No L 268 , 25 . 9 . 1973 , p . 10 . O I No [. 1 93 . 14 . 7 . 1973 n . 28 .

No L 286/ 28 Official Journal of the European Communities 13 . 10 . 73

ANNEX

World market price applicable from 15 October 1973 for colza and rape seed ( CCT ex 12.01 )

u.a. / 100 kg (*) World market price : 20-658 World market price where the subsidy is fixed in advance : — for the month of October 1973 : 20-658 — for the month of November 1973 : 20-658 — for the month of December 1973 : 22-524 — for the month of January 1974 : 22-524 — for the month of February 1974 : 22-524 — for the month of March 1974 : 22-524

(*) 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 3-3.5507 1 u.a . = Bfr/ Lfr 48-6572 1 u.a . = FF 5-55419 1 u.-a . -= Dkr 7-57831 t u.a . = £ 0-546159 1 u.a . I.it 750-644