31974R0175

No L 20/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 1 . 74

REGULATION ( EEC) No 175 / 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 23 January 1974 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1897 /73 , fixing the denaturing premium for common wheat for the 1973/74 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN price increases ; whereas, as a result of an increased COMMUNITIES , demand for cereals for animal feed, the denaturing premium which is laid down in Commission Regula­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European tion (EEC) No 1 897/73 (5) of 11 July 1973 fixing the Economic Community ; denaturing premium for common wheat for the Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ 1973/74 marketing year, as amended by Regulation 67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ (EEC) No 2859/73 (6), should be reduced to zero ; tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­ Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has lation ( EEC) No 1346/73 (2), and in particular Article not delivered an Opinion within the time limit set by 7 ( 5) thereof ; its Chairman , Whereas Council Regulation No 172/67/ EEC (3) of 27 June 1967 on general rules governing the denaturing HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : of wheat and rye of bread-making quality, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2096/68 (4), speci­ Article 1 fies that the denaturing premium must be fixed before the beginning of, and for the duration of the The following shall replace the text of Article 1 of marketing year, but may exceptionally be amended Regulation (EEC) No 1897/73 : where there is a threat of disturbances on the Commu­ ' From 10 February 1974 the denaturing premium nity market in cereals ; shall be fixed at zero .' Whereas the pressure on the world market for common wheat has further increased ; whereas indica­ Article 2 tions of the supply situation on this market are contin­ ually worsening and in so doing risk causing further With effect from 10 February 1974, Article 2 of Regu­ increases in prices ; whereas this situation has led lation (EEC) No 1897/73 shall be deleted. successively to a new limitation on the period of validity of export licences and to the increase of the Article 3 export levy ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its Whereas the increase in demand for common wheat publication in the Official Journal of the European on the Community market has caused considerable Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 January 1974. For the Commission

The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67. (2 ) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p. 8 . (3) OJ No 130, 26. 6 . 1967, p. 2602/67. (5) OJ No L 193 , 14. 7. 1973, p. 25. (4) OJ No L 308 , 23 . 12. 1968 , p. 12. (6) OJ No L 293 , 20 . 10 . 1973, p. 31 .