COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1722/91 of 13 June 1991 fixing the target prices and intervention prices for rape and sunflower seed 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 the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 89 (1) 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 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1720/91 (3), and in particular Article 22 (4) and Article 24a (2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (4),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (5),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (6),

Whereas, when the target prices and intervention prices for rape and sunflower seed are fixed, account should be taken of the objectives of the common agricultural policy;

Whereas the intervention price must be fixed in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 24 (1) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC;

Whereas the prices of rape and sunflower seed must be fixed for specific standard qualities;

Whereas the supplement to be applied to the target price, to the intervention price and to the intervention buying-in price for 'double zero' rape seed must be fixed in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 24a of Regulation No 136/66/EEC;

Whereas, under Article 68 of the Act of Accession, prices in Spain have been set at a level different from that of the common prices; whereas, pursuant to Article 70 (1) of the Act of Accession, the Spanish prices should be aligned on the common prices each year at the beginning of the marketing year; whereas the criteria envisaged for this alignment give the Spanish prices set out below,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1991/92 marketing year, the target prices and the intervention prices for rape and sunflower seeds shall be as follows:

(a) target price for rape seed:

- ECU 41,97 per 100 kilograms for Spain,

- ECU 44,27 per 100 kilograms for the other Member States;

(b)

intervention price for rape seed:

- ECU 37,78 per 100 kilograms for Spain,

- ECU 40,08 per 100 kilograms for the other Member States;

(c)

target price for sunflower seed:

- ECU 50,65 per 100 kilograms for Spain,

- ECU 57,38 per 100 kilograms for the other Member States;

(d)

intervention price for sunflower seed:

- ECU 45,85 per 100 kilograms for Spain,

- ECU 52,58 per 100 kilograms for the other Member States;

Article 2

The prices referred to in Article 1 shall relate to seeds in bulk which are of sound, genuine and merchantable quality:

(a)

with an impurity content of 2 % and, for seeds as such, moisture and oil contents of 9 % and 40 % respectively in the case of rape seed;

(b)

with an impurity content of 2 % and, for seeds as such, moisture and oil contents of 9 % and 44 % respectively in the case of sunflower seed.

Article 3

For the 1991/92 marketing year, the supplement to be applied to the target price, to the intervention price and to the intervention buying-in price for 'double zero' rape seed shall be ECU 1,25 per 100 kilograms.

Article 4

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

It shall apply:

- from 1 July 1991 as regards rape seed,

- from 1 August 1991 as regards sunflower seed.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 13 June 1991.

For the Council

The President

A. BODRY

(1) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.(2) See page 27 of this Official Journal.(3) OJ No C 104, 19. 4. 1991, p. 36.(4) OJ No C 158, 17. 6. 1991.(5) OJ No C 159, 17. 6. 1991.