31. 12. 85 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 351/23 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) laying down the general rules governing the system 
of 'accession' compensatory amounts applicable to certain processed cereal products, by 
reason of the accession of Spain 
COM(85) 824 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 26 December 1985) 
(85/C 351/08) 
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 opinion of the European Parliament, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas Article 72 of the Act of Accession of Spain and 
Potugal (2) provides for the introduction of a mechanism 
for compensating for differences in price levels in trade 
between the Community of Ten and Spain, and between 
Spain and third countries: whereas Article 111 (3) provides 
that, in the cereals sector, for the products referred to in 
Article 1 (c) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 
29 October 1975, on the common organization of the 
market in cereals (2), the 'accession' compensatory 
amounts shall be derived from the compensatory amounts 
applicable to the cereals to which they are related, with the 
help of coefficients to be determined; whereas this 
provision covers only a very limited numbered of processed 
products, namely wheat flour, meslin and rye and wheat 
groats and meal; whereas this provision does not cover the 
majority of the processed products referred to in section (d) 
of the abovementioned Article and which are listed in 
Annex A of the Regulation in question; 
Whereas the reason for introducing the abovementioned 
system of compensation was the difference in price levels 
for basic products recorded, on the one hand, in Spain and, 
on the other hand, in the rest of the Community; whereas 
such a system must necessarily be extended to products 
obtained from the processing of basic cereals at the risk of 
(!) OJ No L 302, 15. 11. 1985, p. 39. 
(2) OJNoL281, 1. 11.1975, p. 1. causing, on the one hand, harmful imbalances in trade 
between Spain and the Community of Ten and, on the 
other hand, serious risks of deflection of trade with non-
member countries; whereas, accordingly, compensatory 
amounts should be introduced for these products, to be 
derived from the amounts applicable to the basic cereals 
used for the processing in question, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. In trade between the Community of Ten and Spain, 
and between Spain and third countries, the products 
referred to in Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 
shall be subject to the application of 'accession' com­
pensatory amounts derived from those applicable to the 
cereals to which they are related, with the help of 
coefficients to be determined in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in paragraph 3. 
2. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a 
proposal from the Commission, shall decide the general 
rules governing the application of this Article. 
3. The Commission shall decide upon the detailed rules 
of application of this Article in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No 
2727/75. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1986. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States.