COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1488/91 of 31 May 1991 fixing the amount of the co-responsibility levy for cereals for the 1991/92 marketing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2205/90 (4), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (5),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (6),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (7),

Whereas the amount of the co-responsibility levy referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 is to be determined on the basis of cereal production, the quantities of cereals used in the Community without financial intervention and of imports of the substitute products shown in Annex D to the abovementioned Regulation; whereas, however, in view of the cereal production situation in the Community and of the restrictive price policy for the 1991/92 marketing year, the co-responsibility levy for the 1991/92 marketing year should be set at the level indicated below;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1432/88 of 26 May 1988 laying down detailed rules for applying the co-responsibility levy in the cereals sector (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2712/89 (9), determined on 1 July of the marketing year in question the operative event of the agricultural conversion rate for the co-responsibility levy; whereas a new rate is laid down for the 1991/92 marketing year in Greece and Spain where the co-responsibility levy is to apply for certain cereals as from 1 June; whereas in order to avoid a distortion of competition the agricultural conversion rates laid down as from 1 July 1991 should be applied during the month of June 1991,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1991/92 marketing year, the amount of the co-responsibility levy referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 shall be ECU 8,43/tonne.

Article 2

The amount referred to in Article 1 applicable in Greece and Spain from 1 to 30 June 1991 shall be respectively converted into the national currency at the rate of:

- ECU 1 = Dr 252,121,

- ECU 1 = Pta 153,498.

Article 3

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

It shall apply from the beginning of the 1991/92 marketing year. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 31 May 1991. For the Council

The President

A. BODRY

(1) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23. (3) OJ No L 164, 26. 6. 1985, p. 1. (4) OJ No L 201, 31. 7. 1990, p. 9. (5) OJ No C 104, 19. 4. 1991, p. 7. (6) Opinion delivered on 16 May 1991 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (7) Opinion delivered on 25 April 1991 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (8) OJ No L 131, 27. 5. 1988, p. 37. (9) OJ No L 262, 8. 9. 1989, p. 22.