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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1418/82

OF 18 MAY 1982

FIXING THE TARGET PRICES AND INTERVENTION PRICES FOR COLZA AND RAPE SEED AND SUNFLOWER SEED FOR THE 1982/83 MARKETING YEAR

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 COUNCIL REGULATION NO 136/66/EEC OF 22 SEPTEMBER 1966 ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN OILS AND FATS ( 1 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1413/82 ( 2 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 22 ( 4 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 3 ) ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE ( 4 ) ,

WHEREAS , WHEN THE TARGET PRICES AND INTERVENTION PRICES FOR COLZA AND RAPE SEED AND SUNFLOWER SEED ARE FIXED , ACCOUNT SHOULD BE TAKEN OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY AND OF THE CONTRIBUTION WHICH THE COMMUNITY DESIRES TO MAKE TO THE HARMONIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF WORLD TRADE ; WHEREAS THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY ARE , IN PARTICULAR , TO ENSURE A FAIR STANDARD OF LIVING FOR THE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY , TO ENSURE THAT SUPPLIES ARE AVAILABLE AND THAT THEY REACH CONSUMERS AT REASONABLE PRICES ;

WHEREAS THE INTERVENTION PRICE MUST BE FIXED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CRITERIA LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 24 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 136/66/EEC ;

WHEREAS APPLICATION OF THESE CRITERIA ENTAILS FIXING THE TARGET PRICE AND INTERVENTION PRICE FOR COLZA AND RAPE SEED AND FOR SUNFLOWER SEED AT A HIGHER LEVEL THAN THAT ADOPTED FOR THE PRECEDING MARKETING YEAR ;

WHEREAS THE PRICES OF COLZA AND RAPE SEED AND SUNFLOWER SEED MUST BE FIXED FOR SPECIFIC STANDARD QUALITIES ; WHEREAS THE LATTER SHOULD BE LAID DOWN IN RELATION TO THE AVERAGE QUALITIES OF THE SEEDS HARVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS , FOR COLZA AND RAPE SEED AND SUNFLOWER SEED , THE QUALITY LAID DOWN FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR MEETS THESE REQUIREMENTS AND CAN ACCORDINGLY BE USED FOR THE FOLLOWING MARKETING YEAR ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

FOR THE 1982/83 MARKETING YEAR , THE TARGET PRICES AND THE INTERVENTION PRICES FOR COLZA AND RAPE SEED AND SUNFLOWER SEED SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :

*ECU/100 KG*

( A ) COLZA AND RAPE SEEDS : **

- TARGET PRICE*46,39*

- INTERVENTION PRICE*42,13*

( B ) SUNFLOWER SEEDS : **

- TARGET PRICE*54,44*

- INTERVENTION PRICE*49,73 . *

ARTICLE 2

THE PRICES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 RELATE TO SEEDS IN BULK OF SOUND , FAIR AND MARKETABLE QUALITY :

( A ) WITH AN IMPURITY CONTENT OF 2 % AND , FOR SEEDS AS SUCH , HUMIDITY AND OIL CONTENTS OF 9 % AND 40 % RESPECTIVELY IN THE CASE OF COLZA AND RAPE SEEDS ;

( B ) WITH AN IMPURITY CONTENT OF 2 % AND , FOR SEEDS AS SUCH , HUMIDITY AND OIL CONTENTS OF 10 % AND 40 % RESPECTIVELY IN THE CASE OF SUNFLOWER SEEDS .

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE 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 , 18 MAY 1982 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

P . DE KEERSMAEKER

( 1 ) OJ NO 172 , 30 . 9 . 1966 , P . 3025/66 .

( 2 ) SEE PAGE 6 OF THIS OFFICIAL JOURNAL .

( 3 ) OJ NO C 104 , 26 . 4 . 1982 , P . 25 .

( 4 ) OJ NO C 114 , 6 . 5 . 1982 , P . 1 .