NoC53/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 7.3.86 
Proposal for a Council Regulation laying down general rules for the application of the 
coresponsibility levy on cereals 
COM(86) 30 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 12 February 1986) 
(86/C 53/08) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­
zation of the market in cereals (*), as last amended by 
Regulation (EEC) No . . ./. ., and in particular Article 4 
(4) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 
instituted a coresponsibility levy to be paid by producers 
on cereals produced in the Community and placed on 
the market or sold to an intervention agency; whereas 
general implementing rules should be determined as 
regards in particular, on the one hand, the main factors 
to be taken into account when fixing the amount thereof 
and, on the other, the transactions giving rise to payment 
thereof; 
Whereas the objective of the coresponsibility levy is to 
make producers more aware of market realities and to 
make them contribute towards the financing of the costs 
to the budget of surplus production; whereas this should 
be taken to mean their making a contribution to the 
costs relating to the quantities of cereals in excess of a 
reference level, defined as all uses not subject to the 
various intervention measures within the meaning of 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 (2), as last 
amended by Regulation (EEC) No .../..; whereas, 
however, in accordance with Article 4 (2) of Regulation 
(EEC) No 2727/75, the reference level must include 
imports of certain grain substitutes in order to take 
account of the fact that such products take the place of 
cereals harvested in the Community; 
Whereas, with a view to achieving the objective pursued, 
in the interests of economic efficiency and to avoid the 
misuse of the mechanisms contemplated, and taking into 
account the levy-free quantity of 25 tonnes per year 
allowed to each producer, the concept of placing on the 
market should be defined broadly; 
Whereas, in order to facilitate control, the levy-free 
quantity must be applied by reimbursing the levy to the 
producer on the basis of appropriate supporting 
documents, 
O OJNoL281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. 
O OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13. Article 1 
Producers shall be subject to the coresponsibility levy 
provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 
2727/75 in respect of quantities of the cereals specified 
in Article 1 (a) and (b) of the said Regulation placed on 
the market or sold into intervention under the terms of 
this Regulation. 
Article 2 
With a view to fixing the coresponsibility levy, account 
shall be taken of the costs to the budget arising from 
intervention within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) 
No 729/70 in respect of quantities of cereals in excess of 
a reference level corresponding to the quantities of 
cereals used in the Community and not subject to 
intervention, together with imports of the products set 
out in Annex D to Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75. 
Article 3 
1. For the purposes of this Regulation, 'placing on the 
market' shall mean: 
— sales by producers to collection undertakings, traders 
and the processing industry, 
— sales by producers to other producers, 
— deliveries of cereals by producers for processing with 
a view to subsequent use on their holdings. 
2. In the case of sales to intervention agencies, only 
direct sales by producers shall attract the levy. 
Article 4 
The coresponsibility levy may only be collected once in 
respect of a given quantity of cereals. 
Article 5 
1. The levy shall be paid, as the case may be, to the 
buyer or to the undertaking which takes delivery. It shall 
be transferred each month for transactions carried out 
the previous month to the competent agency appointed 
for the purpose by each Member State. 
2. In the case of direct sales to intervention agencies 
in accordance with Article 3 (2) the levy shall be 
deducted from the amount paid by the intervention 
agency to the producer. 
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Article 6 
For the purposes of the second subparagraph of Article 4 
(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, the competent 
agency shall reimburse the levy to the producer 
concerned in respect of up to 25 tonnes on presentation 
of evidence that at least an equal quantity of cereals has 
been placed on the market or sold directly to an 
intervention agency. 
Article 7 
In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 
26 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, the Commission 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organ­
ization of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by 
Regulation (EEC) No . . ./. ., and in particular Article 7 
(4) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2738/75 of 29 
October 1975 laying down general rules for intervention 
on the market in cereals (2) was adopted at a time when 
intervention prices were fixed at levels varying according 
to intervention centres; whereas that regional price-
fixing system has subsequently been replaced by a single 
intervention price system; whereas the provisions should 
accordingly be adapted to this new situation; 
Whereas, where goods offered for intervention must be 
transported to the warehouse designated by the 
intervention agency, the offerer bears the costs of 
transport and of removal from his warehouse in 
accordance with the definition of the intervention price, 
which is fixed for goods delivered at the warehouse, 
before unloading; whereas, to be fair, where the goods 
(•) OJNoL281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. 
O OJNoL281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 49. shall determine the requisite rules to ensure the 
collection of the levy and the administrative penalties 
incurred where the provisions of this Regulation are not 
complied with. 
Article 8 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of 
the European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 July 1986. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
are taken over in the offerer's warehouse, the transport 
and removal costs should be deducted from the 
intervention price since they have not in fact been borne 
by him; 
Whereas, under the present arrangements, the 
intervention agency is required actually to take over the 
goods offered to it in the warehouses available for this 
purpose; whereas this requirement may in certain cases 
result in the intervention agency securing storage 
facilities available at a great distance from the place 
where the goods are located at the time the offer is 
made, thereby incurring substantial transport costs; 
whereas provision should accordingly be made for the 
intervention agency to be able to demand storage in the 
warehouse of the seller; 
Whereas intervention stocks should be managed in the 
light of market developments in the Community over the 
year; whereas, to this end, provisions should be made for 
conditions of resale allowing for speedy, effective 
adjustment to these trends; 
Whereas cereals held by intervention agencies should be 
offered for sale without discriminating between buyers 
established in the Community and at prices avoiding 
disturbances of the market; whereas normally the system 
of invitations to tender enables this objective to be 
attained; whereas, however, in special circumstances 
other selling procedures must be permitted; 
Whereas the provisions of this Regulation replace those 
of Regulation (EEC) No 2738/75; whereas that Regu­
lation should accordingly be repealed, Proposal for a Council Regulation laying down general rules for intervention on the market in 
cereals 
COM(86) 30 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 12 February 1986) 
(86/C 53/09)