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REGULATION (EEC) No 3113/74 OF THE COUNCIL of 9 December 1974 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1132/74 on production refunds in the cereals and rice sectors

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas it should be made possible to take transi­ COMMUNITIES , tional measures,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ 67/EEC ( 1 ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­ lation (EEC) No 1 996/74 (2), and in particular Article Article 1 1 1 (3) thereof ; Regulation (EEC) No 1132/ 74 shall be amended as Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/ follows : 67/EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­ 1 . In Articles 1 , 5 and 7, the amount ' 8-745 units of tion (EEC) No 11 29/74 (4), and in particular Article 9 account' shall be replaced by ' 10-31 units of (2) thereof ; account' ;

2 . In Articles 1 , 4 and 7, the amount ' 10-907 units of Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; account' shall be replaced by ' 12-74 units of account'. Whereas Article 7 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 1 32/74 (5) of 29 April 1974 on production refunds in 3 . In Article 3 ( 1 ) the amount ' 11-309 units of the cereals and rice sectors provides that if the prices account' shall be replaced by ' 12-16 units of of common wheat, maize or broken rice show appreci­ account'. able and persistent variations on the world markets in relation to the amounts specified in Articles 1 , 4 and 5 of that Regulation , the latter may be altered ; Article 2 whereas world market prices of these products have become very high and are likely to remain so ; whereas the maintenance of the amounts specified in Where transitional measures prove necessary in parti­ the said Articles 1 , 4 and 5 at their present levels cular for determining production refunds to be could lead to the granting of a production refund the granted during the marketing year 1974/75, such size of which is no longer economically justified and measures shall be adopted in accordance with the the financial burden of which could become exces­ procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation Nos sive ; whereas these amounts should therefore be 1 20 / 67/ EEC and 359 / 67/ EEC . altered ;

Whereas if the said amounts are altered , it will also be Article J necessary to adjust the price to be paid to producers of potatoes used in the manufacture of starch ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day ( i ) OJ No 117, 29 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/ 67. following its publication in the Official Journal of (2) OJ No L 209 , 31 . 7. 1974, p. 1 . the European Communities. (3 ) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 1 . (4) OJ No L 128 , 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 20 . (5) OJ No L 128 , 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 24. It shall apply on 1 April 1975.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 December 1974. For the Council The President

Ch . BONNET