31975R0676

No L 72/40 20 . 3 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION (EEC) No 676/75 OF THE COUNCIL

of 4 March 1975

fixing the basic price and the standard quality for slaughtered pigs for the period from 1 August to 31 October 1976

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Whereas the application of those criteria results in the basic price being fixed at a level higher than Having regard to the Treaty establishing the that adopted for the previous period ; European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof ; Whereas production costs on the market in pigmeat have risen considerably ; whereas it is therefore Having regard to Council Regulation No 121 /67/ appropriate to apply the basic price from a date EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common earlier than that laid down in Article 4 ( 1 ) of organization of the market in pigmeat, as last Regulation No 121 /67/EEC ; whereas it is accordingly amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1861 /74 (2), and necessary to reduce the period fixed by Article 1 in particular Article 4 (4) thereof; of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1133 /74 (5) of Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; 29 April 1974 fixing the basic price and the standard quality for slaughtered pigs for the period from Having regard to the Opinion of the European 1 November 1974 to 31 October 1975 , as amended Parliament ; by Regulation (EEC) No 2496/74 (6), Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : and Social Committee ;

Whereas, when the basic price for slaughtered pigs Article 1 is fixed, account should be taken of the objectives The basic price for slaughtered pigs of the standard of the common agricultural policy and of the quality shall be fixed at 106 units of account per contribution which the Community desires to make 100 kg. Notwithstanding Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation to the harmonious development of world trade ; No 121 /67/EEC, this price shall apply from whereas the objectives of the common agricultural 1 August 1975 to 31 October 1976. policy are in particular to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural Community, to ensure Article 2 that supplies are available and that they reach consumers at reasonable prices ; The standard quality shall be the quality for pig Whereas the basic price must be fixed in accordance carcases of Class II of the Community scale for with the criteria laid down in Article 4 ( 1 ) of grading pig carcases laid down by Regulation (EEC) Regulation No 121 /67/EEC for a standard quality No 2108/70, excluding those carcases with a weight defined according to Council Regulation (EEC ) No of less than 70 kg and those with a weight equal to or greater than 160 kg. 2108/70 (3) of 20 October 1970 determining the Com­ munity scale for grading pig carcases, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2507/74 (4); Article 3

Whereas the most representative class and categories In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1133 /74, the of weight in Community production should be taken date '31 October 1975 ' shall be replaced by as the standard quality; '31 July 1975 '.

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

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