31975R2740

No L 281 /54 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 11 . 75

REGULATION (EEC) No 2740/75 OF THE COUNCIL

of 29 October 1975

on special intervention measures for cereals

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Article 1 European Economic Community ; If, in any region of the Community, market prices show a fall or a weakness which, in view of the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/ size of the harvest or the regional stocks and their 75 ( x ) of 29 October 1975 on the common organiz­ geographical situation, could oblige the intervention ation of the market in cereals, and in particular agency to buy in large quantities, the Member State the first paragraph of Article 8 thereof; concerned may request the Commission to authorize the intervention agency, in accordance with the Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; procedure provided for in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 to take special intervention Whereas the establishment of a common price measures, in accordance with Article 8 of that system for cereals entails the introduction of Regulation. The decision of the Commission shall be a uniform Community intervention system ; taken within 12 working days following that on which the request was made. Whereas harvests which in certain regions of the The Member State shall state the reasons for its Community differed substantially from the average request and for the measures it considers should for previous years could in those regions temporarily be adopted and shall indicate the intended duration bring about a change in market prices not found of their application. elsewhere in the Community;

Article 2 Whereas in consequence intervention agencies might have to buy in large quantities in certain regions, 1 . Council Regulation No 174/67/EEC (2) of without this measure being required by the long­ 27 June 1967 on special intervention measures for term trend of markets in the Community ; cereals, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 445 /68 (3 ), is hereby repealed. Whereas provision should therefore be made for 2. References to the Regulation repealed by para­ preventive measures to enable trade to ease the graph 1 shall be construed as references to this market in those regions for a given period ; Regulation.

Whereas, in view of the uniformity which should Article 3 characterize the Community market in cereals, such measures should be assessed and decided upon from This Regulation shall enter into force on a Community viewpoint, 1 November 1975 .

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

Done at Luxembourg, 29 October 1975.

For the Council The President G. MARCORA

2) OJ No 130, 28 . 6. 1967, p. 2609/67. (*) See page 1 of this Official Journal. (3) OJ No L 91 , 12. 4. 1968, p. 3 .