31974R2503

No L 268/ 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 3. 10. 74

REGULATION (EEC) No 2503/74 OF THE COUNCIL of 2 October 1974 fixing the guide price for soya beans for the 1974/75 marketing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN a balanced relationship should be maintained between COMMUNITIES, this price and the price of other oilseeds ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas in accordance with these criteria the guide Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 price should be fixed at the level indicated below ; thereof ; Whereas the guide price must be fixed for a standard Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No quality to be determined by reference to the average 1 900/74 (^ of 15 July 1974 laying down special quality of beans harvested in the Community, measures for soya beans, and in particular Article 1 ( 1 ) and (3) thereof ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­ Article 1 ment ; For the 1974/75 marketing year, the guide price for Whereas, when the guide price for soya beans is fixed, beans shall be 23-31 units of account per 100 kg. account should be taken of the objectives of the common agricultural policy and of the contribution Article 2 which the Community desires to make to the harmon­ ious development of world trade ; whereas the objec­ The price referred to in Article 1 relates to beans : tives of the Common agricultural policy are in parti­ — in bulk, of sound, fair and marketable quality, and cular to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricul­ — with an impurity content of 2 % and, for the tural community, to ensure that supplies are available beans as such, a humidity and oil content of 14 % and that they reach consumers at reasonable prices ; and 18 % respectively. Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1900/74 provides more specifi­ Article 3 cally that this price shall be fixed at a level which is fair to producers, account being taken of the supply This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November requirements of the Community ; whereas to this end 1974. ,

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 L 201 , 23 . 7 . 1974, p. 5.