31974R2499

No L 268 /8 Official Journal of the European Communities 3 . 10 . 74

REGULATION (EEC) No 2499/74 OF THE COUNCIL of 2 October 1974 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1351/73 as regards the basic price of die standard quality for pig carcases

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN whereas it is appropriate to take account of this excep­ COMMUNITIES, tional short-term situation on the pigmeat market and therefore to increase the present basic price, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation No 121 / 67/EEC (1) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ Article 1 tion of the market in pigmeat, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1861 /74 (2), and in particular Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1351 /73 is replaced Article 4 (4) thereof ; by the following : 'Article 1 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; The basic price for pig carcases of the standard Having regard to the Opinion of the European quality, per 100 kilogrammes, shall be : Parliament ; (a) 86-00 units of account for the period 1 Whereas the basic price for pig carcases of the November 1973 to 6 October 1974 ; standard quality was fixed for the period 1 November (b) 97-65 units of account for the period 7 1973 to 31 October 1974 at 86 units of account per October 1974 to 31 October 1974.' 100 kilogrammes by Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1351 /73 (3) ; Article 2 Whereas at the time when this price was fixed it was difficult to foresee that in 1974 market prices for This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its pigmeat would undergo - an exceptional fall and publication in the Official Journal of the European production costs for pork increase significantly ; Communities.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 2 October 1974. For the Council The President

Ch . BONNET

(•) OJ No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2283/67. (2) OJ No L 197, 19 . 7. 1974, p. 3 . 3) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p. 15 .