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Official Journal of the European Communities 203

2.7.62 OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 1591/62

REGULATION No 56 OF THE COUNCIL

on aids for the production of and trade in potato starch and potatoes for starch manu ­ facture

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITY, Article 1 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro ­ pean Economic Community, and in particular Articles As soon as the system of levies " on potato starch 42 and 43 thereof ; is applied and subject to the provisions of Article 2, Articles 92, 93 and 94 of the Treaty shall apply to Haying regard to the proposal from the Commission ; the production of and trade in potatoes for starch Having regard to the Opinion of the European Par ­ manufacture . liament ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 19 on the Article 2 progressive establishment of a common organisation 1 . Aid granted by Governments or out of public of the market in cereals , and in particular Article 19 (1 ) thereof ; funds may be maintained for the production of or trade in potato starch and potatoes for starch manu ­ Whereas the Commission is preparing an inventory facture on condition that :. of aids granted by Governments or out of public funds for the production of and trade in the products listed ( a) the amount of this aid shall not exceed the total in Annex II to the Treaty, including potatoes and amount of aid granted directly or indirectly per potato starch ; metric ton of potato starch during the 1961/62 marketing year ; Whereas the aids and refunds to be granted in respect of potato starch are governed by the pro ­ (b) this amount shall be decreased if the price of maize visions of Council Regulations Nos 19 and 55 ; for starch manufacture rises compared with the Whereas operation of the system of prices and levies price for the 1961/62 marketing year as a result of the introduction of the levy system ; this decrease in respect of potato starch requires that the pro ­ visions of the Treaty which allow aids to be assessed shall be equal to the incidence of the price in ­ and action to be taken against those which are in ­ crease of maize on the price of maize starch . compatible with the common market be extended to 2 . The amount of the aid referred to in paragraph aids granted for the production of and trade in 1 ( a) may be increased if the price of maize for starch potatoes for starch manufacture, without prejudice to manufacture falls compared with the price for the the provisions which will be made for the common 1961/62 marketing year as a result of the introduction organisation of the market in potatoes ; of the levy system. This increase may not exceed Whereas the various aids granted in this sector can the incidence of the fall in the price of maize on be maintained to the extent that they have been the price of maize starch . granted in the past, subject to any adjustment that may become necessary through a change in the price of Article 3 maize for starch manufacture as a result of the intro ­ duction of the levy system ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 July 1962 .

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

Done at Brussels, 30 June 1962.

For the Council

The President

M. COUVE de MURVILLE