30. 5. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 139/37 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) fixing, for the 1988/1989 marketing year, the monthly 
increases in the activating threshold price, the guide price and the minimum price for peas and field 
beans 
(88/C 139/31) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82 of 
18 May 1982 laying down special measures for peas and 
field beans (]), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No ..., 
and in particular Article 2a thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas, under Article 2a of Regulation (EEC) No 1431/ 
82, the amounts by which the activating threshold price, the 
guide price and the minimum price for peas and field beans 
respectively are increased each month as from the 
beginning of the third month of the marketing year should 
be fixed and the number of months during which these 
increases are applied should be -determined for the 1988/ 
1989 marketing year; 
Whereas these increases, equal for each of the months, 
must be fixed bearing in mind the average storage costs and 
the level of interest rates recorded in the Community; 
whereas the average storage costs should be established on 
the basis of the cost of warehousing in appropriate 
premises and the handling costs necessary for proper 
preservation; whereas interest may be calculated on the 
basis of the rate considered as normal for the regions of 
production, 
0) O] No L 162, 12. 6. 1982, p. 28. 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in 
particular paragraph 8 of Protocol 4 on cotton, as amended HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. For the 1988/1989 marketing year, the amount of the 
monthly increases in the guide price and the minimum price 
for peas and field beans shall be fixed at 0,18 ECU per 100 
kilograms. 
2. The increases referred to in paragraph 1 shall be 
applied for eight months. 
Article 2 
1. For the 1988/1989 marketing year, the amount of the 
monthly increases in the activating threshold price of peas 
and field beans shall be fixed at 0,40 ECU per 100 
kilograms. 
2. The increases referred to in paragraph 1 shall be 
applied for eight months. 
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 as from 1 July 1988. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States. 
by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in 
particular by Protocol 14, and by Regulation (EEC) No 
4006/87 (!), 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
0) OJ No L 377, 31. 12. 1987, p. 49. Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) fixing the guide price for unginned cotton for the 1988/ 
1989 marketing year 
(88/C 139/32) 
No C 139/38 Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 5. 88 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social 
Committee, 
Whereas paragraph 8 of Protocol 4 states that the guide 
price for unginned cotton is to be fixed annually by 
reference to the criteria laid down in paragraph 2 of that 
Protocol; 
Whereas reference to the abovementioned criteria gives the 
guide price indicated below, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. For the 1988/1989 marketing year the guide price for 
unginned cotton shall be 96,02 ECU/100 kg. 
2. The price referred to in paragraph 1 shall be for 
cotton: 
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 Articles 89(1) and 234(2) 
thereof, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/76 of 
15 March 1976 laying down special measures for flax 
seed (!), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4003/ 
87 (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 
(!) OJ No L 67, 15. 3. 1976, p. 29. 
(2) OJ No L 377, 31. 12. 1987, p. 46. — of sound, fair and merchantable quality, 
— containing 14 % moisture and 3 % inorganic extra­
neous matter, 
— with the characteristics required to yield, after ginning, 
54 % seed and 32 % fibres of grade No 5 (white 
middling) with a length of 28 mm (1-3/32 inches). 
Article 2 
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 September 1988. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States. 
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 Artucle 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 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 1987/1988 marketing year meets this 
requirement and can accordingly be used for the following 
marketing year, Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) fixing the guide price for flax seed for the 1988/1989 
marketing year 
(88/C 139/33)