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( 1 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 12 . 10 . 1977 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ).

( 2 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 28 . 9 . 1977 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ).

( 3 ) OJ NO L 201 , 23 . 7 . 1974 , P . 5 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2360/77

OF 28 OCTOBER 1977

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1900/74 LAYING DOWN SPECIAL MEASURES FOR SOYA BEANS

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 43 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 1 ),

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE ( 2 ),

WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1900/74 OF 15 JULY 1974 LAYING DOWN SPECIAL MEASURES FOR SOYA BEANS ( 3 ) INTRODUCED A SYSTEM OF AID TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOYA BEAN PRODUCTION IN THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) THEREOF PROVIDES THAT A SUBSIDY SHALL BE GRANTED FOR PRODUCTION OBTAINED BY APPLYING AN INDICATIVE YIELD TO THE AREAS ON WHICH SOYA HAS BEEN SOWN AND HARVESTED ;

WHEREAS EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT DUE TO DIFFICULTIES IN INTRODUCING THIS CROP IN THE COMMUNITY THERE ARE WIDE FLUCTUATIONS IN YIELDS ; WHEREAS SUCH FLUCTUATIONS ARE LIKELY TO JEOPARDIZE PRODUCERS ' INCOMES AND CONSEQUENTLY HINDER THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS CROP ;

WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO COUNTERACT THESE DISADVANTAGES , PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE SUBSIDY TO BE GRANTED FOR A LIMITED PERIOD ON THE BASIS OF A MINIMUM YIELD , IN ORDER TO ENSURE A FAIR INCOME FOR PRODUCERS WHO TAKE UP THIS NEW CROP ; WHEREAS AN ADDITION SHOULD THEREFORE BE MADE TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1900/74 ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE FOLLOWING SUBPARAGRAPH IS HEREBY ADDED TO ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1900/74 :

' FOR THE 1977/78 , 1978/79 AND 1979/80 MARKETING YEARS THE INDICATIVE YIELD SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN 2 000 KILOGRAMS PER HECTARE . '

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 NOVEMBER 1977 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT LUXEMBOURG , 28 OCTOBER 1977 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

G . SPITAELS