COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1627/91 of 13 June 1991 fixing the guide price for dried fodder for the 1991/92 marketing year and the percentages to be used to calculate the aid for the 1991/92 and 1992/93 marketing years

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,

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 2275/89 (2), and in particular Articles 4 (1) and 5 (2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (4),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (5),

Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78, a guide price must be set for certain dried fodder products; whereas this price must be set for a standard quality;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78, the 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 90 % for the 1991/92 marketing year and at 80 % for the 1992/93 marketing year;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 68 of the Act of Accession, prices in Spain have been set at levels differing from that of the common prices; whereas, pursuant to Article 70 (1) of the Act of Accession, the Spanish prices should be aligned

with the common prices at the beginning of each marketing

year; whereas, taking into account adjustments that have taken place since the accession of Spain within that common organization of the market, the level of Spanish support should be aligned on that applicable in the remainder of the Community,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1991/92 marketing year, the guide price for the products referred to in the first and third indents of Article 1 (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 shall be fixed at ECU 178,61 per tonne.

This price refers to a product with:

- a moisture content of 11 %;

- a total gross protein content of 18 % of the dry weight.

Article 2

The percentage to be used to calculate the aid referred to

in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 shall be fixed at 90 % for the 1991/92 marketing year and 80 % for the 1992/93 marketing year for the products referred to in Article 1 (b), first and third indents, and (c) of that Regulation.

Article 3

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

It shall apply from 1 May 1991.

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 L 142, 30. 5. 1978, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 218, 28. 7. 1989, p. 1

(3) OJ No C 104, 19. 4. 1991, p. 51.

(4) Opinion delivered on 16 May 1991 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(5) Opinion delivered on 25 April 1991 (not yet published in the Official Journal).