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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1291/78

OF 6 JUNE 1978

FIXING THE TARGET PRICES AND BASIC INTERVENTION PRICES FOR OIL SEED FOR THE 1978/79 MARKETING YEAR

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 1707/73 ( 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 OIL 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 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 OIL SEED MUST BE FIXED FOR SPECIFIC STANDARD QUALITIES ; WHEREAS THE LATTER SHOULD BE LAID DOWN IN RELATION TO THE AVERAGE QUALITIES OF THE SEED HARVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS , FOR COLZA AND RAPE SEED AND SUNFLOWER SEED , THE QUALITY LAID DOWN FOR THE 1977/78 MARKETING YEAR MEETS THESE REQUIREMENTS AND CAN ACCORDINGLY BE USED FOR THE FOLLOWING MARKETING YEAR ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

FOR THE 1978/79 MARKETING YEAR , THE TARGET PRICES AND THE BASIC INTERVENTION PRICES FOR OIL SEED SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :

*UNITS OF ACCOUNT PER 100 KILOGRAMS*

( A ) COLZA AND RAPE SEED : **

- TARGET PRICE*29,67*

- BASIC INTERVENTION PRICE*28,82*

( B ) SUNFLOWER SEED : **

- TARGET PRICE*32,32*

- BASIC INTERVENTION PRICE*31,38*

THE BASIC INTERVENTION PRICES ARE VALID IN GENOA .

ARTICLE 2

THE PRICES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 RELATE TO SEED IN BULK OF SOUND , FAIR AND MARKETABLE QUALITY :

( A ) WITH AN IMPURITY CONTENT OF 2 % AND , FOR SEED 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 SEED 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 , 6 JUNE 1978 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

K . B . ANDERSEN

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

( 2 ) OJ NO L 175 , 29 . 6 . 1973 , P . 5 .

( 3 ) OJ NO C 85 , 10 . 4 . 1978 , P . 31 .

( 4 ) OJ NO C 101 , 26 . 4 . 1978 , P . 10 .