31974R2709

26 . 10 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 289 / 21

REGULATION (EEC) No 2709/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 25 October 1974 amending for the third time Regulation (EEC) No 722/74 authorizing the United Kingdom to grant a decreasing national subsidy to pig producers and dero­ gating from the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 723/74 concerning aid to Irish pig producers

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES, Article 1 Having regard to the Treaty (^ on the accession of new Member States to the European Economic With effect from 2 September 1974 the table set out Community and to the European Atomic Energy in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 722/74 is Community, and in particular Article 63 of the Act (2) replaced by the following : annexed thereto ; u.aJl 00 kg slaughtered Whereas the United Kingdom has been authorized by weight Commission Regulation (EEC) No 722/74 (3) of 29 ' from 25 March to 6 October 1974 11-90 March 1974, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No from 7'October to 20 October 1974 1 1-05 1678/74 (4), to grant a decreasing national subsidy to from 21 October to 27 October 1974 7-74 pig producers ; whereas the rate of the decrease from 28 October to 3 November 1974 3-32' provided for has been found not to correspond to the trend of the market ; whereas the periods of validity of Article 2 the various amounts have therefore been adjusted twice ; By way of derogation from the provisions of Regula­ tion (EEC) No 723/74, the amounts of aid granted to Whereas, in order to facilitate a return to a situation pig producers in Ireland shall be as folllows : corresponding to that existing in the other Member States, it appears desirable to make a further and final u.a./100 kg slaughtered adjustment to those amounts ; weight Whereas the trend of prices in Ireland warrants the from 25 March to 1 September 1974 11-90 retention, in derogation from Commission Regulation from 2 September to 29 September 1974 8-35 (EEC) No 723/74 (5) of 29 March 1974 concerning aid from 30 September to 3 November 1974 3-58 to Irish pig producers, of the subsidy at the levels pre­ viously fixed in that Member State ; Article 3 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ publication in the Official Journal of the European ment Committee for Pigmeat, Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 October 1974. For the Commission The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(•) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 5 . I2) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14. (*) OJ No L 88 , 1 . 4. 1974, p. 35 . (4) OJ No L 175, 29 . 6 . 1974, p. 81 0 OJ No L 88 , 1 . 4. 1974, p. 36.