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

( 2 ) SEE PAGE 2 OF THIS OFFICIAL JOURNAL .

( 3 ) OJ NO C 97 , 21 . 4 . 1980 , P . 33 .

( 4 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 26 MARCH 1980 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ).

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1586/80

OF 24 JUNE 1980

FIXING , FOR THE 1980/81 MARKETING YEAR , THE TARGET PRICES AND BASIC INTERVENTION PRICES FOR COLZA AND RAPE SEED AND SUNFLOWER SEED

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 1585/80 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR THE THIRD SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 22 ( 1 ) 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 BASIC 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 ARTICLE 2 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1585/80 PROVIDES THAT THE BASIC INTERVENTION PRICES FOR THE 1980/81 MARKETING YEAR MUST BE FIXED AT LEVELS THAT WILL PERMIT A SMOOTH TRANSITION TO THE INTERVENTION PRICE SYSTEM APPLYING FROM THE 1982/83 MARKETING YEAR ;

WHEREAS APPLICATION OF THESE CRITERIA ENTAILS FIXING THE TARGET PRICE AND BASIC 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 1979/80 MARKETING YEAR MEETS THESE REQUIREMENTS AND CAN ACCORDINGLY BE USED FOR THE FOLLOWING MARKETING YEAR ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

FOR THE 1980/81 MARKETING YEAR , THE TARGET PRICES AND THE BASIC INTERVENTION PRICES FOR COLZA AND RAPE SEED AND SUNFLOWER SEED SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :

// // ECU //

// PER 100 KG //

( A ) COLZA AND RAPE SEED : //

- TARGET PRICE // 38.69 //

- BASIC INTERVENTION PRICE // 36.77 //

( B ) SUNFLOWER SEED : //

- TARGET PRICE // 42.63 //

- BASIC INTERVENTION PRICE // 40.05 //

THE BASIC INTERVENTION PRICES ARE VALID IN GENOA .

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 SEED ;

( 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 SEED .

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF 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 LUXEMBOURG , 24 JUNE 1980 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

S . FORMICA