No C 53/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 7.3.86 
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 3103/76 on aid for durum 
wheat 
COM(86) 30 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 12 February 1986) 
(86/C 53/11) 
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 10 
(4) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas the current arrangements to assist agriculture in 
mountain and hillfarming areas and in less-favoured 
areas must be amplified and strengthened; whereas it is 
appropriate, to this end, to make provisions for including 
durum wheat in the list of products that may qualify for 
the support provided for by this new approach in 
structural policy; whereas, therefore, the aid for durum 
wheat accorded, in the market organization, to mountain 
and hillfarming areas and less-favoured areas covered 
by Council Directive 75/268/EEC (2) should be 
O OJNoL281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. 
(2) OJNoL 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. 1. 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and 
Portugal, and in particular Article 89 (2) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, discontinued; whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 
3103/76 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
1455/82 (*), should be amended accordingly, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 3103/76 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
The expression 'mountain and hillfarming areas, and 
less-favoured areas covered by Directive 75/268/EEC is 
deleted wherever it occurs in the Annex to the said 
Regulation. 
Article 2 
The 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. 
O OJ No L 351, 21. 12. 1976, p. 1. 
(4) OJ No L 164, 14. 6. 1982, p. 16. 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No .../.. amending 
Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 fixing standard qualities 
for common wheat, rye, barley, maize and durum wheat, 
raised the specific weight of barley from 67 to 69 kg per 
hectolitre; whereas this amendment revised for that 
cereal the scale of reductions laid down by Commission 
Regulation (EEC) No 1570/77 of 11 July 1977 on price 
increases and reductions applicable to intervention in 
cereals ('); Proposal for a Council Regulation altering the procedure laid down for applying reductions to 
the intervention price for barley in Spain 
COM(86) 30 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 12 February 1986) 
(86/C 53/12) 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, O OJ No L 174, 14. 7. 1977, p. 18. 
7.3.86 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 53/15 
Whereas Article 12 of the Act of Accession lays down 
the procedure for applying reductions to the intervention 
price for barley in Spain; whereas, in view of the effect 
of the abovementioned amendments on intra-Community 
trade and the behaviour of the market, the exceptional 
provisions laid down for Spain must be adapted, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
The procedure laid down in Article 112 of the Act of 
Accession of Spain and Portugal for applying reductions 
to the intervention price for barley in Spain is hereby 
adapted as follows: 
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 Par­
liament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas pursuant to Article 15 (1) of Council Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1418/76 ('), as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No . . ./. ., the threshold price for broken 
rice is calculated by reference to the threshold price for 
maize applicable for the first month of the marketing 
year; 
Whereas Article 5 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organ­
ization of the market in cereals (2), as last amended by 
Regulation (EEC) No . . ./. ., lays down that the 
threshold price for maize operative in June is to remain 
O OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1. 
(2) OJNoL281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. 63—62 kg/hi 
62—61 kg/hi 
61—60 kg/hi 1986/87 
-10 % 
-11 % 
-12 % 1987/88 
-10 % 
-11 % 1988/89 
-10 % 
Article 2 
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 with effect from 1 July 1986. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
applicable until 30 September; whereas the method of 
calculating the threshold price for broken rice should 
therefore be adjusted, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Article 15 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 is 
hereby replaced by the following: 
'1. A threshold price for broken rice shall be fixed 
for the Community each year for the following 
marketing year, at a level between 130 and 140 % of 
the threshold price for maize applicable for the said 
marketing year, not incorporating the monthly 
increases.' 
Article 2 
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 September 1986. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 on the common 
organization of the market in rice 
COM(86) 30 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 12 February 1986) 
(86/C 53/13)