31974R2655

19 . 10 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 283/43

REGULATION (EEC) No 2655 / 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 18 October 1974. determining the world market price for colza and rape seed

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas to enable the price system to operate COMMUNITIES, normally, the world market price should be calculated on the following basis : Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European — in the case of currencies which are maintained in Economic Community ; relation to each other, at any given moment, Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/ within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based 66/EEC (') of 22 September 1966 on the establish­ on their effective parity ; ment of a common organization of the markets in oils and fats, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the 1707/ 73 (2 ); arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period, in Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No relation to the Community currencies referred to 1 569/72 (3) of 20 July 1972 laying down special in the previous subparagraph ; measures for colza and rape seed, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3477/73 (4) ; Whereas, applying all these provisions, the world Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No market price for colza and rape seed should be fixed 2300/73 (5 ) of 23 August 1973 laying down detailed as shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation , rules for applying differential amounts for colza and rape seed and repealing Regulation ( EEC) No 1464/73 , as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 456/74 (6), and in particular Article 9 (4) thereof ; Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Article 1 Committee ; The world market price referred to in Article 9 (4) of Whereas, pursuant to Article 9 (4) of Regulation ( EEC) Regulation (EEC) No 2300/73 and the rates to be used No 2300 / 73 , the Commission must determine the for converting them into national currencies shall be world market price for colza and rape seed ; as shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation . Whereas the world market price should be deter­ mined in accordance with the rules and the criteria Article 2 set out in Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 2535/74 ( 7) of 4 October 1974 fixing the amount of This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 October the subsidy on oil seeds ; 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels, 18 October 1974. For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p . 3025/66 . (2 ) OJ No L 175 , 29 . 6 . 1973 , p. 5 . (3) OJ No L 167, 25 . 7 . 1972, p. 9 . (4) OJ No L 357, 28 . 12 . 1973 , p. 6 . (5 ) OJ No L 236, 24 . 8 . 1973 , p. 28 . (6) OJ No L 51 , 23 . 2 . 1974, p. 30 . 7 OJ No L 271 , 5 . 10 . 1974, p. 38 .

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ANNEX

World market* price applicable from 21 October 1974 for colza and rape seed (CCT heading No ex 12.01 )

u.a. /100 «e (') World market price : 38-349 World market price where the subsidy is fixed in advance : — for the month of October 1974 38-349 — for the month of November 1974 38-349 — for the month of December 1974 38-349 — for the month of January 1975 41-008 — for the month of February 1975 41-008 — for the month of March 1975 40-605

(*) The conversion rates from units of account into national currency as foreseen by Article 9 (5) (•) •! Regulation (EEC) No 2300/73 are the following : 1 u.a . = DM 3-21978 1 u.a . Fl 3-35507 1 u.a . s Bfr/ Lfr 48-6572 1 u.a . FF 5-95869 1 u.a . s: Dkr 7-57831 1 u.a . — £ 0-537447 1 u.a . I £ 0-537447 1 u.a . — Lit 837-851