31974R1130

No L 128 /22 Official Journal of the European Communities 10 . 5 . 74

REGULATION (EEC) No 1130/74 OF THE COUNCIL

of 29 April 1974 fixing the target price for husked rice for the 1974/75 marketing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, to ensure that supplies are available and Having regard to the Treaty establishing the that they reach consumers at reasonable prices ; European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof; Whereas the target price for rice must be fixed at a rate which takes account of the levels and intended Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/ trends of production, the use made of rice and the EEC ( J ) of 25 July 1967 on the common organization improvement of farm incomes ; of the market in rice, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1129/74 (2), and in particular Article 2 (4) Whereas application of these criteria entails fixing thereof ; the target price at a level higher than that adopted for the preceding marketing year, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas, when the target price for rice is fixed, account should be taken of the objectives of the Sole Article Common Agricultural Policy and of the contribution which the Community desires to make to the development of world trade; whereas the objectives For the 1974/75 marketing year, the target price of the Common Agricultural Policy are in particular for husked rice shall be 22-60 per 100 kilogrammes.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 29 April 1974.

For the Council

The President

J. ERTL

(x) OJ No 174 , 31.7 . 1967 , p. 1 . (2) See page 20 of this Official Journal .