31975R0666

No L 72/ 16 Official Journal of the European Communities 20 . 3 . 75

REGULATION (EEC) No 666/75 OF THE COUNCIL of 4 March 1975 fixing cereal prices for the 1975/76 marketing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Whereas the target prices of the main cereals must be fixed at rates which take account of the levels Having regard to the Treaty establishing the and intended trends of production, the uses made European Economic Community, and in particular of the products and the improvement of farm Article 43 thereof ; incomes ;

Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/ Whereas application of these criteria entails fixing EEC ( 1 ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organization prices at levels higher than those adopted for the of the market in cereals, as last amended by preceding marketing year, Regulation (EEC) No 665 /75 (2), and in particular Article 2 (4) thereof; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; Sole Article Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament; For the 1975/76 marketing year, the target prices of cereals, the basic intervention price of common Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic wheat and the guaranteed minimum price of durum and Social Committee; wheat shall be as follows :

u.a. /l 000 kg Whereas, when cereal prices are fixed, account should be taken of the objectives of the common agricultural ( a) Target price : policy and of the contribution which the Community Common wheat 139-44 desires to make to the harmonious development of Rye 138-74 world trade ; whereas the objectives of the common agricultural policy are in particular to ensure a fair Barley 126-99 standard of living for the agricultural Community, Maize 126-41 to ensure that supplies are available and that they Durum wheat 207-33 reach consumers at reasonable prices ; (b ) Basic intervention price : Whereas, moreover, cereals play a major part in the Common wheat 125-93 agricultural economy of the Community and the price of cereals affects the price of many agricultural (c) Guaranteed minimum price: products and therefore the incomes of persons engaged in agriculture; Durum wheat 215-45

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

H OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p . 2269/67. (2) See page 14 of this Official Journal .