COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1625/91 of 13 June 1991 fixing, for the 1991/92 marketing year, the activating threshold price for aid, the guide price and the minimum price for peas, field beans and sweet lupins

THE COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82 of 18 May 1982 laying down special measures for peas, field beans and sweet lupins (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1624/91 (2), and in particular Article 2 (1) and (5) and Article 3 (3) 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 Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82 provides that a price activating the aid for peas, field beans and sweet lupins must be fixed for soya cake;

Whereas this activating price for aid for peas, field beans and sweet lupins must relate to a standard quality;

Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82 provides that the guide price for peas and field beans for human consumption must be fixed; whereas this price must realte to a standard quality;

Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82 provides for the fixing of a minimum price,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. For the 1991/92 marketing year, the activating threshold price for aid, as referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82, shall be:

- ECU 44,01 per 100 kilograms for peas and field beans,

- ECU 42,34 per 100 kilograms for sweet lupins.

2. The price referred to in paragraph 1 shall relate to soya cake having:

- a total crude protein content of 44 %,

- a moisture content of 11 %.

Article 2

1. For the 1991/92 marketing year the guide price, as referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82, shall be ECU 29,03 per 100 kilograms for peas and field beans.

2. The price referred to in paragraph 1 shall relate to products in bulk, of sound, genuine and merchantable quality, with 2 % impurities and, for the product as such, 14 % moisture content. However, where the total of impurities and moisture is below 16 %, the products shall be deemed to be of the standard quality.

Article 3

1. For the 1991/92 marketing year, the minimum buying-in price shall be:

- ECU 25,34 per 100 kilograms for peas,

- ECU 23,47 per 100 kilograms for field beans,

- ECU 28,42 per 100 kilograms for sweet lupins.

2. The price referred to in paragraph 1 shall relate to products in bulk, of sound, genuine and merchantable quality, with 2 % impurities and, for the product as such, 14 % moisture content. However, where the total of impurities and moisture is below 16 %, the products shall be deemed to be of the standard quality.

Article 4

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

It shall apply from 1 July 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 162, 12. 6. 1982, p. 28.

(2) See page 10 of this Official Journal.

(3) OJ No C 104, 19. 4. 1991, p. 47.

(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).