31973R3349

13 . 12. 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 343 / 19

REGULATION (EEC) No 3349/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 12 December 1973 extending Regulation (EEC) No 368/73 as regards the standard method of dena­ turing common wheat in Ireland and the United Kingdom

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN has not led to a solution , it is not desirable to ask the COMMUNITIES, new Member States to adopt the reference method of the Community, considering that the denaturing struc­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European ture can be changed substantially at the beginning of Economic Community ; the new marketing season . Whereas, therefore , the derogation made by Regulation (EEC) No 368 /73, Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ should be extended to this date . 67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation lation ( EEC) No 1 346/73 (2), and in particular Article are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ 7(5) thereof ; ment Committee for Cereals, Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 368 /73 of 31 January 1973 derogated from Regulation (EEC) HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : No 1403/69 concerning the reference method for the denaturing of common wheat in Ireland and the Article 1 United Kingdom (3) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2099/73 (4), whereas to give the professional With effect from 1 December 1973 : circles of these new Member States enough time to adapt to the method of the Community a temporary The date of '30 November 1973 ' provided for in reference method different from that prescribed by Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 368/73 is replaced the Community Regulation should be authorized ; by '31 July 1974'.

Whereas , moreover, the Commission in its memo­ Article 2 randum concerning the reviewing of the common agri­ cultural policy, made some proposals with a view to This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its modifying the present system in force in the matter of publication in the Official Journal of the European denaturation ; whereas, the discussion on this subject Communities.

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

Done at Brussels , 12 December 1973 .

For the Commission

The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/ 67 . (2 ) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 9 . (3 ) OJ No L 39, 12. 2 . 1973 , p . 28 . (4) OJ No L 212, 1 . 8 . 1973 , p. 44.