31975R0674
No L 72/32 20 . 3 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities
REGULATION (EEC) No 674/75 OF THE COUNCIL of 4 March 1975
fixing the derived intervention prices and the reference qualities for baled tobacco from the 1975 harvest
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , tobacco ; whereas the corresponding reference quali ties of leaf tobacco set out in Council Regulation Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro (EEC ) No 673 /75 (3 ) of 4 March 1975 fixing the pean Economic Community ; norm price, the intervention price and the reference qualities for leaf tobacco from the 1975 harvest, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No 727/ should be retained, with such adjustments as 70 ( x) of 21 April 1970 on the common organiz necessary to take account of the characteristics ation of the market in raw tobacco, as last amended peculiar to baled tobacco ; whereas the baled tobacco by the Act of Accession (2), and in particular Article 6 corresponding to the reference qualities thus ( 8 ) thereof; determined can be considered as representative of the average quality of baled tobacco obtained by the Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; first processing and market preparation of leaf Having regard to the Opinion of the European tobacco of the corresponding reference quality ; Parliament ; Whereas Article 6 (2 ) of Regulation (EEC ) No 727/70 Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and provides that, for a stated variety, the derived Social Committee ; intervention price shall be equal to the intervention price fixed in accordance with the provisions of Whereas so far as baled tobacco which has been Article 2 of the said Regulation for leaf tobacco of obtained from Community-grown leaf tobacco and the same variety, plus the cost of first processing which has undergone first processing and market and market preparation of Community leaf tobacco preparation is concerned, derived intervention prices as baled tobacco ; whereas the flat-rate assessment may be fixed each year for the harvest of the of this cost, made when derived intervention prices following calendar year ; were last fixed should be adjusted for certain varie ties to take account of increased costs on the one Whereas it is desirable to fix, in respect of the 1975 harvest, derived intervention prices both for the hand, and of increased productivity on the other, varieties which before the common organization of the market came into force were subject to a price HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : guarantee at the baled tobacco stage, and for the varieties which are principally grown in Germany, in order to take account of marketing practices in that Article 1 country ; For the 1975 harvest, the reference qualities referred Whereas the derived intervention price must be fixed to in Article 6 (3 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC ) No 727/70 for each Community-produced variety and for a for each Community-produced variety of baled reference quality corresponding to the average quality tobacco for which a derived intervention price is of baled tobacco obtained by the first processing fixed are set out in Annex I. and market preparation of leaf tobacco of the reference quality for which the norm price of the Article 2 same variety is fixed;
Whereas, to this end, it is necessary to define the For the 1975 harvest the derived intervention prices reference qualities so that as objective an assessment for baled tobacco referred to in Article 6 of Regula as possible can be made of the quality of the baled tion ( EEC ) No 727/70 are set out in Annex II .
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 L 94, 28 . 4 . 1970 , p . 1 . (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p . 14. (3) See page 25 of this Official Journal .
20 . 3 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 72/33
ANNEX I
Baled tobacco : varieties and their reference qualities
Serial No Varieties Reference^ qualities
1 a) Badischer Class 1 Hauptgut (top quality leaf) Geudertheimer Class 1 : leaf ripe, sound, without blemish, dark b) Forchheimer brown to mottled brown , of uniform Havanna II c) length , fermented normally Packaging : in bales or cases of approx. 75 to 175 kg or in barrels of approx. 225 to 450 kg Moisture : 16%
2 Badischer Burley E Class 1 Hauptgut (top quality leaf) Class 1 : leaf ripe, sound , without blemish , fleshy light brown to reddish or dark brown , of uniform length, fermented normally Packaging : in bales or cases of approx. 75 to 175 kg or in barrels of approx. 225 to 450 kg Moisture : 15%
3 Virgin SCR Class 1 leaf Class 1 : leaf ripe, sound, without blemish, yellow to reddish or brownish yellow, fermented normally Packaging : in bales or cases of approx. 75 to 175 kg or in barrels of approx. 225 to 450 kg Moisture : 13%
10 Bright Leaf in Category A
Category A : leaf sufficiently ripe , without curing defects, open texture , with stems (midribs) and veins not too prominent, sound, of various shades of yellow
Packaging : in barrels of approx. 330 to 350 kg
Moisture : 13%
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Serial No Varieties Reference qualities
11 a) Burley I Leaf in Category A Category A : leaf sufficiently ripe, without curing defects , of open possibly firm texture , stems (midribs) and veins not too promi nent, sound , of a more or less lively nut-brown colour Packaging : in barrels of approx. 330 to 350 kg Moisture : 13%
11 b) Maryland Leaf in category A
Category A : leaf sufficiently ripe, with slight curing defects and only slightly mottled, of average texture, with stems (midribs) and veins not too prominent, sound, of a rather lively reddish brown colour
Packaging : in barrels of approx. 330 to 350 kg
Moisture : 13 %
12 a) Kentucky and Leaf in Category B hybrids thereof Category B : leaf fully ripe, of firm texture, without b) Moro di Cori curing defects and in good condition brown in colour, with some damage c) Salento Packaging : in barrels of approx. 350 kg Moisture : 16%
13 a) Nostrano del Leaf in Category B Brenta Category B : leaf of firm or light texture, sound, well b) Resistente 142 cured, or properly fermented according to the traditional method, brown or dark c) Gojano brown in colour, with minor damage Packaging : in bales of approx . 170 to 180 kg Moisture : 18%
14 Beneventano Leaf in Category B Category B : leaf sufficiently ripe , firm texture or possibly coarse or thin, with minor defects as regards curing and fermentation and damage Packaging : in bales of approx. 120 kg or barrels of approx. 330 kg Moisture : 16%
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Serial No Varieties Reference qualities
15 Xanti-Yakà Leaf in Category B 16 Perustitza Category B : leaf reasonably sound and ripe, with some slight curing defects, mainly of light tex 17 Erzegovina and ture, from yellow to brown in colour, with hybrids thereof marked damage but in good condition , may also include lugs Packaging : small bales of approx. 18 to 21 kg Moisture : 13 %
18 a) Round Tip Leaf in Category B b) Scafati Category B : lower middle leaf, sorted by length in the following proportions : c) Sumatra I 1st length (38 cm and over) 60 % 2nd length (from 32 to under 38 cm) 35% 3rd length (from 25 to under 32 cm) 5 % leaf of convenient size, fully ripe and of uniform colour, sound, without damage, fine texture, tensile and elastic, stems and veins not prominent, well fermented and in good condition, good combustibility, of typical flavour and aroma, suitable for wrapping cigars , including about 25% broken leaf Packaging : in bales approx. 80 to 90 kg Moisture : 16 %
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ANNEX II
Derived intervention prices for baled tobacco
Derived Serial No Varieties intervention price (u.a. /kg)
1 a) Badischer Geudertheimer 3.030 b) Forchheimer Havanna II c)
2 Badischer Burley E 3.386
3 Virgin SCR 2.864
10 Bright 2-626
11 a) Burley I 2-166
11 b) Maryland 2.392
12 a) Kentucky and hybrids thereof b) Moro di Cori 2-131 c) Salento
13 a) Nostrano del Brenta b) Resistente 142 2.200 c) Gojano
14 Beneventano 1.670
15 Xanti-Yakà 3-365
16 Perustitza 2-947
17 Erzegovina and hybrids thereof 2-682
18 a) Round Tip b) Scafati 14.474 c) Sumatra I