No C 49/46 Official Journal of the European Communities 28. 2. 90 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No . . . 
of . . . 
fixing the guide price for dried fodder for the 1990/91 marketing year 
(90/C 49/33) 
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 Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, 
and in particular Article 89 (1) 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 
Committee, 
Whereas Article 4(1) and 5 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) 
No 1117/78 of 22 May 1978 on the common organization 
of the market in dried fodder (*), as last amended by 
Regulation (EEC) No 2275/89 (2), provide that the guide 
price and the percentage to be used to calculate the aid are to 
be fixed in accordance with the procedure laid down in 
Article 43 (2) of the Treaty; 
Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 
1117/78, a guide price must be set for certain dried fodder 
products at a level which is fair to producers; whereas this 
price must be set for a standard quality representative of 
the average quality of dried fodder produced in the 
Community; 
Whereas, pursuant to Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 
1117/78, the aid provided for in paragraph 1 of that Article 
must be equal to a percentage of the difference between the 
guide price and the average world market price for the 
products in question; whereas, in view of the characteristics 
of the market in question, the percentage should be set at 
100%; 
Whereas under Article 68 of the Act of Accession of Spain 
and Portugal prices in Spain have been set a level differing from that of the common prices; whereas pursuant to Article 
70 (1) of the Act of Accession Spanish prices should be 
aligned with the common prices in annual steps at the 
beginning of each marketing year; whereas the rules on this 
alignment laid down give the Spanish prices set below, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
For the 1990/91 marketing year, the guide price for the 
products referred to Article 1 (b), first and third indent, of 
Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 shall be: 
(a) ECU 170,09 per tonne for Spain; 
(b) ECU 178,92 per tonne for the other Member States. 
This price shall be for a product with: 
— a moisture content of 11 %, 
— a total crude protein content of 18 % by weight in the dry 
matter. 
Article 2 
For the 1990/91 marketing year, the percentage to be used to 
calculate the aid referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) 
No 1117/78 shall be 100% for the products referred to 
in Article 1 (b), first and third indent, and (c) of that 
Regulation. 
Article 3 
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 1 May 1990. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at Brussels, . . 
For the Council 
(') OJNoL 142,30. 5. 1978, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 218, 28. 7. 1989, p. 1.