28. 2. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 49/ 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Commission proposals on the prices for agricultural products and on related measures 
1989/90 
COM(89) 660 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 8 January 1990) 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No . . . 
of . . . 
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 on the common organization of the market in 
cereals 
(90/C 49/01) 
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 the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social 
Committe, 
Whereas certain cereals of lesser importance, such as canary 
seed, millet and buckwheat, are no longer being grown 
owing to low yields and the lack of support in the market 
organization; whereas production of those cereals may 
provide a worthwhile alternative to surplus production of 
wheat, barley and maize and accordingly deserves to be 
encouraged, in accordance with the content of the 
Commission's communication to the Council and to the 
Parliament on rural development, by the granting of aid per 
hectare to permit producers in traditional regions of 
cultivation to attain a comparable income to that obtained 
from competing cereals; whereas, so that production of 
cereals in question does not develop out of proportion to the 
real needs of the Community market, the aid must be limited 
on the one hand to a maximum area per holding and on the other hand to producers able to present a cultivation 
contract; 
Whereas, moreover, in the framework of rural development 
measures, a scheme for aiding small producers of certain 
arable crops was introduced by Regulation (EEC) 
No . . . (!); whereas that scheme also involves small 
producers of cereals, for whom there is already provision for 
a specific scheme under Council Regulation (EEC) No 
2727/75 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
3707/89 (3); 
Whereas the scheme provided for in Regulation (EEC) 
No . . . must replace the specific scheme for small producers 
of cereals; whereas, however, with a view to ensuring a 
smooth changeover from one scheme to the other, the 
abovementioned Regulation provides for the possibility of 
the Member States continuing to apply the abovementioned 
specific scheme during the 1990/91 marketing year while 
making it impossible to qualify simultaneously under the two 
schemes; 
Whereas, moreover, a simplification of the method for 
calculating the levies applicable to the products in question is 
likely to facilitate market management; whereas the said 
levies should accordingly be fixed henceforward on a 
flat-rate basis by treating them in the same way as barley, 
without the pre-existing level of protection being altered, 
(') See page . . of this Official Journal. 
(2) OJNoL281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. 
(3) OJ No L 363, 13. 12. 1989, p. 1. 
No C 49/2 Official Journal of the 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. The first indent of the second subparagraph of Article 
4 (1) is replaced by the following: 
'— for the 1990/91 marketing year and 
notwithstanding the second paragraph of Article 4 
of Regulation (EEC) No . . ., small producers on 
conditions adopted by the Council by a qualified 
majority on a proposal from the Commission,'. 
2. Article 5 (2) is replaced by the following: 
'2. For oats, a threshold price shall be fixed for the 
Community for a standard quality in such a way that the 
price for the cereals referred to in paragraph 1 which are 
in competition with that product reaches the target price 
on the Duisburg market.' 
3. In Article 6 (1), 'Article 7 (4)' is replaced by 'Article 
7 (3)'. 
4. The following Article is inserted: 
'Article 10b 
1. Aid shall be granted for the production of 
buckwheat, canary seed and millet. The aid may be 
granted in respect of certain varieties only. 
The aid shall be granted subject to the conclusion of a 
cultivation contract. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its 
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2. The aid shall be fixed per hectare of area sown and 
harvested. It shall be paid in respect of no more than 
10 hectares per holding. 
3. The aid shall be fixed in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty at a 
level ensuring an income per hectare for the producers 
concerned which is comparable with that obtained from 
the production of cereals in direct competition with 
buckwheat, canary seed and millet in traditional regions 
of production of the latter cereals. 
4. Detailed rules for the application of this Article and 
in particular, as and when necessary, details of the 
varieties which may qualify for the aid shall be laid 
down in accordance with the procedure provided for in 
Article 26.' 
5. The second subparagraph of Article 13 (1) is replaced by 
the following: 
'However, the levy applicable to rye for the product 
falling within CN code 1008 90 lO.(triticale), and to 
barley, multiplied by 4 coefficient, for any other product 
falling within CN code 1008, shall be charged on imports 
of products falling within CN code 1008. The 
coefficients shall be fixed in accordance with the 
procedure provided for in Article 26.' 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply from the 1990/91 marketing year. 
and directly applicable in all Member 
Done at Brussels, . . . 
For the Council