31975R0657

20 . 3 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 72/3

REGULATION (EEC) No 657/75 OF THE COUNCIL of 4 March 1975

fixing the target prices and basic intervention prices for oil seeds for the 1975/76 marketing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , be laid down in relation to the average qualities of the seeds harvested in the Community ; whereas for Having regard to the Treaty establishing the colza and rape seed and sunflower seed, the quality European Economic Community, and in particular laid down for the 1974/75 marketing year meets Article 43 thereof; these requirements and can accordingly be used for the following marketing year, Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/ EEC (*) of 22 September 1966 on the establishment HAS ADOPTED THIS'REGULATION : of a common organization of the market in oils and fats, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1707/73 (2 ), and in particular the third subpara­ Article 1 graph of Article 22 ( 1 ) thereof; For the 1975/76 marketing year, the target prices Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; and the basic intervention prices for oil seeds shall be as follows : Having regard to the Opinion of the European u.a. /lOO kg Parliament ; ( a) Colza and rape seeds : Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and — target price 25*53 Social Committee ; — basic intervention price 24-79 Whereas, when the target prices and basic ( b ) Sunflower seeds : intervention prices for oil seeds are fixed, account — target price 26-51 should be taken of the objectives of the common — basic intervention price 25-74 agricultural policy and of the contribution which the Community desires to make to the harmonious development of world trade ; whereas the objectives The basic intervention prices are valid in Genoa. of the common agricultural policy are in particular to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural Article 2 Community, to ensure that supplies are available and that they reach consumers at reasonable prices ; The prices referred to in Article 1 relate to seeds in Whereas application of these criteria entails fixing bulk of sound, fair and marketable quality : the target price and basic intervention price for colza (a) with an impurity content of 2% and, for seeds as and rape seed and for sunflower seed at a higher such, a humidity and oil content of 9% and 42% level than that adopted for the preceding marketing respectively in the case of colza and rape seeds ; year ; ( b) with an impurity content of 2% and, for seeds as Whereas the prices of oil seeds must be fixed for such, a humidity and oil content of 10 % and specific standard qualities ; whereas the latter should 40 % respectively in the case of sunflower seeds .

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

Done at Brussels , 4 March 1975 . For the Council The President M. A. CLINTON

(*) OJ No 172 , 30 . 9 . 1966, p . 3025/66. (2) OJ No L 175 , 29 . 6. 1973 , p. 5 .