31978R0526

15. 3 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 73 / 15

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 526/78 of 14 March 1978 fixing the average world market price and the indicative yield for soya beans for the 1977/78 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN supplied the Commission with the results of the COMMUNITIES, sampling referred to in Article 3a of that Regulation ; whereas, on the basis of those results, it appears that Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European for no cultivation method used nor for any homo­ Economic Community, geneous production area does the yield exceed the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No minimum yield of 2 000 kilograms per hectare 1900/74 of 15 July 1974 on special measures for soya referred to in the last subparagraph of Article 2 (2) of beans ( l), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No Regulation (EEC) No 1900/74 ; whereas that 2360/77 (2), and in particular Article 2 (4) thereof, minimum yield should therefore be considered as the indicative yield for all soya beans harvested in the Whereas, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No Community ; 1777/76 of 20 July 1976 on special measures for soya beans (3), an average world market price for soya beans Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation and in indicative yield for soya beans harvested in the are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ Community should be fixed according to the criteria ment Committee for Oils and Fats, laid down in the said Regulation ; Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : No 1790/76 of 22 July 1976 laying down rules for the application of special measures in respect of soya Article 1 beans (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2665/77 (5 ), provides that this average price is to be For the 1977/78 marketing year, the average world the arithmetic mean of the world prices as referred to market price for soya beans shall be 16*502 units of in that Article recorded each week over a representa­ account per 100 kilograms. tive period ; Whereas the most representative period for the Article 2 marketing of Community soya beans may be taken to be that from 5 December 1977 to 27 January 1978 ; For the 1977/78 marketing year, the indicative yield whereas this is therefore the period to be taken into for soya beans harvested in the Community shall be account ; 2 000 kilograms per hectare . Whereas the application of all these provisions Article 3 produces the average world market price for soya beans specified below ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day Whereas, in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation following its publication in the Official Journal of (EEC) No 1790/76, the producei Member States have the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 March 1978 . For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(>) OJ No L 201 , 23 . 7 . 1974, p. 5 . (2) OJ No L 277 , 29 . 10 . 1977 , p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 199 , 24 . 7 . 1976, p. 5. (4) OJ No L 199 , 24. 7. 1976, p. 37. 5 OJ No L 309, 2. 12 . 1977, p. 8 .