31975R0658

No L 72/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 20 . 3 . 75

REGULATION (EEC) No 658/75 OF THE COUNCIL of 4 March 1975 fixing the guide price for soya beans for the 1975/76 marketing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , to this end a balanced relationship should be maintained between this price and the price of other Having regard to the Treaty establishing the oil seeds ; European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof ; Whereas in accordance with these criteria the guide price should be fixed at a higher level than that Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) adopted for the preceding marketing year; No 1900/74 (*) of 15 July 1974 laying down special measures for soya beans, and in particular Article 1 Whereas the guide price must be fixed for a standard ( 1 ) and (3 ) thereof; quality to be determined by reference to the average quality of beans harvested in the Community; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; whereas the quality laid down for the 1974/75 marketing year meets this requirement and can Having regard to the Opinion of the European accordingly be used for the following marketing Parliament ; year,

Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas, when the guide price for soya beans is Article 1 fixed, account should be taken of the objectives of the common agricultural policy and of the contri­ bution which the Community desires to make to the For the 1975/76 marketing year, the guide price for harmonious development of world trade ; whereas soya beans shall be 26-11 units of account per 100 kg. the objectives of the common agricultural policy are in particular to ensure a fair standard of living for Article 2 the agricultural Community, and to ensure that supplies are available and reach consumers at reasonable prices ; The price referred to in Article 1 relates to beans : — in bulk, of sound, fair and marketable quality, Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 1 ( 1 ) and of Regulation (EEC) No 1900/74 provides more specifically that this price shall be fixed at a level — with an impurity content of 2% and, for the which is fair to producers, account being taken of beans as such, a humidity and oil content of the supply requirements of the Community ; whereas 14 % and 18 % respectively.

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

I1) OJ No L 201 , 23 . 7 . 1974, p. 5 .