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20 . 10 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 293/31

REGULATION (EEC) No 2859/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 19 October 1973 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1897/73, fixing the denaturing premium for common wheat for the 1973/74 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN (EEC) No 1897/73 H , of 11 July 1973 fixing the COMMUNITIES, denaturing premium for common wheat for the 1973/74 marketing year should be diminished ; Haivinig regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ pean Economic Community ; Whereas the proper functioning of Community con­ trol no longer requires, in principle, the maintaining Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/ of the special system for the denaturing premium in EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ the new Member States ; whereas, however, for Ire­ tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by land the abolition of the special system would have Regulation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2), and in particular too severe an impact and that therefore it should Article 7 (5 ) ; be retained, but to a lesser degree than formerly ; Whereas Council Regulation No 172/67/EEC (3) of Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals 27 June 1967 on general rules governing the dena­ has not delivered an Opinion within the time limit turing of wheat and rye of bread-making quality, as set by its Chairman . last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2096/68 (4), specifies that the denaturing premium must be fixed HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : before the beginning of, and for the duration of the marketing year, but may exceptionally be amended where there is a threat of disturbances on the Com­ Article 1 munity market in cereals ; As from 1 November 1973 the denaturing premium Whereas the world market in common wheat has fixed by Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1897/ moved rapidly towards a tight situation ; whereas 73 increased according to the provisions of the second this situation brought about successively the limita­ paragraph of that Article, shall be amended in ac­ tion of the duration of validity of export certificates, cordance with the table set out in the Annex . the termination of import levies, the setting up of an Article 2 export levy ; whereas, in view of the development of such a situation, the incentive for the denaturing of The fallowing shall replace the text of Article 2 of common wheat should be further reduced because Regulation (EEC ) No 1897/73 : the premium is excessive in the current circum­ stances, it competes in particular with barley for 'The amount of the premium shall be increased which the market situation gives rise to fears of in Ireland by 3 units of account per metric ton .' large scale intervention : Article 3 Whereas collectively these elements threaten to disturb the market and therefore the denaturing pre­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 Novem­ mium as it is defined in Commission Regulation ber 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 19 October 1973 . For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(!) OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269/67. (*) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p. 8 . (3) OJ No 130, 26. 6. 1967, p. 2602/67. (4) OJ No L 308 , 23 . 12 . 1968, p. 12 . (5) OJ No L 193 , 14. 7. 1973 , p. 25 .

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ANNEX

Amount of the denaturing premium (l) for common wheat for the period from 1 November 1973 to 31 July 1974, including the increases resulting from the application of the provisions of Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1897/73

u.a. / metric ton November 1973 7.00 December 1973 7.22 January 1974 7.44 February 1974 7.66 March 1974 7.88 April 1974 8.10 May 1974 8.32 June 1974 8.32 July 1974 8.32

(*) The total amount of the premium is increased in Ireland by 3 u . a . /metric ton .