REGULATION Nº 167/67/EEC OF THE COUNCIL of 27 June 1967 on intervention centres for oil seeds and derived intervention prices applicable in these centres

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;

Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/ EEC (1) of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organisation of the market in oils and fats, and in particular Article 22 (2) thereof;

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;

Whereas Article 22 (2) of Regulation No 136/66/ EEC provides for the main intervention centres for colza, rape and sunflower seeds to be determined, the derived intervention prices applicable thereto to be fixed and the criteria for determining other centres and other derived intervention prices to be laid down;

Whereas the main intervention centres should be the places in which the most important markets of the main production areas are situated ; whereas, to ensure a suitable price level for Community seeds in deficit areas, it is necessary to select those places which are most representative for seed processing and places situated outside the production areas which are representative for internal trade and for seed exports ; whereas there is no reason to apply the latter criterion when other centres are being determined;

Whereas Article 24 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides that derived intervention prices should be fixed at a level which will allow seeds to move freely within the Community under natural conditions of price formation and in accordance with the needs of the market ; whereas to this end intervention prices must be so fixed that the differences between them reflect the price variations to be expected with a normal harvest;

Whereas, to ensure the proper functioning of the intervention system, the volume of production in the different areas and the storage facilities available in potential centres should be taken into account when intervention centres other than the main centres are being determined;

Whereas intervention prices for centres other than the main centres should be fixed on the basis of intervention prices for the main centre and transport costs from the production area to these main centres ; whereas under no circumstances should these prices disturb normal patterns of trade between the main centres;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1967/68 marketing year the main intervention centres for colza, rape and sunflower seeds and the derived intervention prices applicable in these centres shall be those listed in the Annex.

Article 2

The other intervention centres to be determined pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 22 (2) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be situated in areas with a significant production of colza, rape and sunflower seeds.

Only places with adequate facilities for storing seeds offered to the intervention agency shall be considered for this purpose.

The number of these centres shall be in relation to the volume of seed production in the area in which each centre is to be established. (1) OJ Nº 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.

Article 3

The derived intervention prices applicable in the other intervention centres referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 22 (2) of Regulation Nº 136/66/EEC shall be fixed on the basis of: (a) the intervention prices applicable in the main centres situated in the area constituting the normal market for the production area served by the centre for which the intervention price is to be fixed,

(b) the lowest cost of transporting seeds from that centre to the main centres referred to in (a).

Article 4

In all cases, the derived intervention prices applicable in the other centres shall be so fixed that: (a) seeds from an area served by one intervention centre may not be offered in an area served by another centre at a price which is lower than the intervention price applicable in the latter,

(b) these prices shall not disturb normal patterns of trade between the main intervention centres.

Article 5

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 June 1967.

For the Council

The President

Ch. HEGER

ANNEX Main intervention centres and intervention prices applicable in these centres

A. For colza and rape seed

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