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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1808/87

of 29 June 1987

fixing the reference prices for hybrid maize and hybrid sorghum for sowing for the 1987/88 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 of 26 October 1971 on the common organization of the market in seeds (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1355/86 (2), and in particular Article 6 (5) thereof,

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1355/86 has amended Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 by including hybrid sorghum for sowing among the products covered by the common organization of the market in seeds and making it subject to the reference price system for hybrid maize;

Whereas Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 provides that a reference price for each type of hybrid maize and hybrid sorghum for sowing is to be fixed annually; whereas those reference prices must be fixed on the basis of the free-at-frontier prices recorded during the last three marketing years except for abnormally low prices; whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1578/72 of 20 July 1972 laying down general rules for fixing reference prices and for determining free-at-frontier offer prices for hybrid maize and hybrid sorghum for sowing (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1984/86 (4), only prices for imports from third countries which are representative in terms of quantity and quality of the product should be taken into consideration;

Whereas imports of the types of hybrid maize for sowing falling within subheading 10.05 A IV 'Other' of the Common Customs Tariff may not be considered as representative on account of the very small quantity involved; whereas no reference prices may therefore be fixed for those types of maize;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Seeds,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1987/88 marketing year, the reference prices for hybrid maize and hybrid sorghum for sowing falling within subheadings 10.05 A I, 10.05 A II, 10.05 A III and 10.07 C I of the Common Customs Tariff shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1987.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 June 1987.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 246, 5. 11. 1971, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 118, 7. 5. 1986, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 168, 26. 7. 1972, p. 1.

(4) OJ No L 171, 28. 6. 1986, p. 3.

ANNEX

(ECU/100 kg)

1.2.3 // // // // CCT heading No // Description // Reference prices // // // // ex 10.05 // Maize: // // // A. Hybrids for sowing (a): // // // I. Double hybrids and top cross hybrids // 95 // // II. Three-cross hybrids // 110 // // III. Simple hybrids // 235 // ex 10.07 // Buckwheat, millet, canary seed and grain sorghum; other cereals: // // // C. Grain sorghum: // // // I. Simple hybrids for sowing // 135 // // //

(a) Inclusion under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities.