14. 4. 86 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 85/21 
Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the guide price for flax seed for the 1986/87 
marketing year 
COM(86) 20 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 February 1986) 
(86/C 85/18) 
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 Articles 89(2) and 234(3) thereof, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/76 of 
15 March 1976 laying down special measures for flax 
seed(1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
1071/77 (2), and in particular Article 1(1) and (3) 
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, when the guide price for flax seed is fixed every 
year, account has to be taken both of the objectives of the 
common agricultural policy and of the contribution which 
the Community desires to make to the harmonious 
development of world trade; whereas the objectives of the 
common agricultural policy are, in particular, to ensure a fair 
standard of living for the agricultural community and to 
ensure that supplies are available and reach consumers at 
reasonable prices; 
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 1 (1) of Regulation 
(EEC) No 569/76 provides more specifically that this price 
shall be fixed at a level which is fair to producers, account 
being taken of the supply requirements of the Community; 
whereas to this end, a balanced relationship should be 
maintained between this price and the price of other oil 
seeds; 
Whereas in accordance with these criteria the guide price 
should be fixed at the same level as that adopted for the last 
marketing year; 
Whereas under Article 68 of the Act of Accession of Spain 
and Portugal a price level differing from that of the common 
prices has been applied in Spain; whereas pursuant to Article 70 (1) of the Act of Accession the Spanish prices should be 
aligned with the common ones in steps occurring each year at 
the beginning of the marketing year; whereas the rules on this 
alignment give Spanish prices at the level set below; 
Whereas under Article 236 of the Act of Accession of Spain 
and Portugal a price level identical to that of the common 
prices has been applied in Portugal; 
Whereas the guide price must be fixed for a standard quality 
to be determined by reference to the average quality of seeds 
harvested in the Community; whereas the quality laid down 
for the 1985/86 marketing year meets this requirement and 
can accordingly be used for the following marketing year, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Forthel986/87 marketing year, the guide price for flax seed 
shall be 55,41 ECU per 100 kilograms, except in Spain, 
where it shall be 46,08 ECU per 100 kilograms. 
Article 2 
The price referred to in Article 1 shall relate to seed: 
— in bulk, of sound, genuine and merchantable quality, 
and 
— with an impurity content of 2 % and, for seeds as 
such, humidity and oil contents of 9 % and 38 % 
respectively. 
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 August 1986. 
(») OJ No L 67, 15. 3. 1976, p. 29. 
(2) OJ No L 129, 17. 5. 1977, p. 7. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States.