No C 82/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 3. 4. 89 
laid down for the 1988/89 marketing year meets this 
requirement and can accordingly be used for the next 
marketing year; 
Whereas under Article 68 of the Act of Accession of Spain 
and Portugal prices in Spain have been set at 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 
out below, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
For the 1989/90 marketing year, the guide price for soya 
beans shall be: 
(a) 45,99 ecus per 100 kilograms, for Spain, (b) 55,85 ecus per 100 kilograms, for the other Member 
States. 
Article 2 
The price referred to in Article 1 shall relate to beans: 
— in bulk, of sound, genuine and merchantable quality, 
and 
— with an impurity content of 2 % and, for beans as such, 
humidity and oil contents of 14 % and 18 % respect­
ively. 
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 with effect from 1 September 1989. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at... 
For the Council 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No ... 
of... 
fixing the minimum price for soya beans for the 1989/90 marketing year 
(89/C 82/23) 
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(1) thereof, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1491/85 of 
23 May 1985 laying down special measures in respect of 
soya beans (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 
No ... (2), and in particular Article 2(6) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
(!) OJ No L 151, 10. 6. 1985, p. 15. 
(2) OJ No L ... Whereas Article 2(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 1491/85 
provides that the Council shall each year fix a minimum 
price for soya beans; whereas the price is fixed so as to 
guarantee sales for bean producers at a price as close as 
possible to the guide price, taking into account market 
fluctuations and the cost of transporting the beans from the 
production areas to the processing areas; 
Whereas, in order to achieve the abovementioned object­
ive, this minimum price must be fixed for a standard quality 
and a well-defined marketing stage; 
Whereas under Article 68 of the Act of Accession prices in 
Spain have been set at a level differing from that of the 
common prices; whereas pursuant to Article 70(1) Spanish 
prices should be aligned with the common prices in annual 
steps at the beginning of each marketing year; whereas the 
3. 4. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 82/29 
rules on this alignment laid down give the Spanish prices set 
out below, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
For the 1989/90 marketing year, the minimum price for 
soya beans referred to in Article 2(6) of Regulation (EEC) 
No 1491/85 shall be: 
(a) 39,08 ecus per 100 kilograms, for Spain, 
(b) 48,94 ecus per 100 kilograms, for the other Member 
States. 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common 
organization of the market in oils and fats (*), as last 
amended by Regulation (EEC) No ... (2), and in particular 
Article 26(2) thereof, Article 2 
The price referred to in Article 1 shall apply to beans which 
meet the criteria referred to in Article 2 of Council 
Regulation (EEC) No ... fixing the guide price for soya 
beans for the 1989/90 marketing year (*). 
The said price shall relate to goods ready for dispatch from 
the production areas. 
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 with effect from 1 September 1989. 
(*) See page 27 of this Official Journal. 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas one of the purposes of Council Regulation No 
724/67/EEC (3) is to prevent intervention agencies from 
being forced to buy in oilseeds from the new marketing 
year's crop in certain areas of the Community where the 
harvest may commence before the marketing year does at 
the more advantageous prices applicable in the last months 
of the old marketing year; whereas experience has shown 
that it is sufficient to limit the period concerned to the last 
month of the marketing year; whereas under the present 
rules monthly increases are applied up to the second last This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at... 
For the Council 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No ... 
of... 
amending Regulation No 724/67/EEC laying down conditions for intervention in respect of 
oilseeds during the last two months of the marketing year and principles for the disposal of 
seeds bought in by intervention agencies 
(89/C 82/24) 
(!) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. 
(2) See page 15 of this Official Journal. (3) OJ No 252, 19. 10. 1967, p. 10.