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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 810/80

OF 27 MARCH 1980

FIXING THE FLAT-RATE PRODUCTION AID AND THE GUIDE PRICE FOR CERTAIN DRIED FODDER PRODUCTS FOR THE PERIOD 1 TO 30 APRIL 1980

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 ( EEC ) NO 1117/78 OF 22 MAY 1978 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN DRIED FODDER ( 1 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 114/80 ( 2 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 3 ( 3 ) , 4 ( 1 ) AND ( 3 ) AND 5 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

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

WHEREAS ARTICLE 3 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1117/78 STIPULATES THAT THE LEVEL OF THE FIXED PRODUCTION AID FOR DRIED FODDER MUST BE SUCH AS TO BRING ABOUT AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY'S PROTEIN SUPPLIES ;

WHEREAS , UNDER ARTICLE 4 OF THE SAME REGULATION , A GUIDE PRICE MUST BE SET FOR CERTAIN DRIED FODDER PRODUCTS AT A LEVEL THAT IS FAIR TO PRODUCERS ; WHEREAS THIS PRICE MUST BE SET FOR A STANDARD QUALITY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AVERAGE QUALITY OF DRIED FODDER PRODUCED IN THE COMMUNITY ;

WHEREAS , UNDER ARTICLE 5 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1117/78 , THE SUPPLEMENTARY AID PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH 1 OF THAT ARTICLE MUST BE EQUAL TO A PERCENTAGE OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GUIDE PRICE AND THE AVERAGE WORLD MARKET PRICE FOR THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ; WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MARKET IN QUESTION , THE PERCENTAGE SHOULD BE SET AT 70 % FOR THE PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( B ) , FIRST INDENT , AND ( C ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1117/78 AND AT 40 % FOR THE PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN THE SECOND INDENT OF ARTICLE 1 ( B ) OF THAT REGULATION ;

WHEREAS IT HAS PROVED NECESSARY TO RECONSIDER ALL THE PROBLEMS RELATING TO THE FIXING OF PRICES FOR THE 1980/81 MARKETING YEAR , WHICH WILL INVOLVE DELAY IN THE FIXING OF THESE PRICES ; WHEREAS IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO FIX THE PRODUCTION AID AND THE GUIDE PRICE FOR THOSE DRIED FODDER PRODUCTS , FOR WHICH THE MARKETING YEAR EXPIRES ON 31 MARCH 1980 , FOR THE PERIOD 1 TO 30 APRIL 1980 ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

FOR THE PERIOD 1 TO 30 APRIL 1980 THE FLAT-RATE PRODUCTION AID PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 3 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1117/78 SHALL BE 6,14 ECU PER TONNE FOR THE PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( B ) AND ( C ) OF THE SAID REGULATION .

ARTICLE 2

1 . FOR THE PERIOD 1 TO 30 APRIL 1980 THE GUIDE PRICE FOR THE PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN THE FIRST INDENT OF ARTICLE 1 ( B ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1117/78 SHALL BE 126,40 ECU PER TONNE .

2 . THIS PRICE REFERS TO A PRODUCT WITH :

- A MOISTURE CONTENT OF 11 % ,

- A TOTAL GROSS PROTEIN CONTENT OF 18 % OF THE DRY WEIGHT .

ARTICLE 3

FOR THE PERIOD 1 TO 30 APRIL 1980 THE PERCENTAGES TO BE USED TO CALCULATE THE SUPPLEMENTARY AID REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 5 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1117/78 SHALL BE :

- 70 % FOR THE PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( B ) , FIRST INDENT , AND ( C ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1117/78 ,

- 40 % FOR THE PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN THE SECOND INDENT OF PARAGRAPH ( B ) OF THAT ARTICLE .

ARTICLE 4

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 APRIL 1980 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 27 MARCH 1980 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

G . MARCORA

( 1 ) OJ NO L 142 , 30 . 5 . 1978 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 16 , 22 . 1 . 1980 , P . 3 .

( 3 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 25 MARCH 1980 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ) .