5.3.84 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 62/1 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
COMMISSION PROPOSALS FOR DETERMINING THE PRICE OF 
CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND CERTAIN RELATED 
MEASURES (1984/85) 
COM(84) 20 final/Volume III 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 24 January 1984) 
Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing cereal prices for the 1984/85 marketing year 
(84/C 62/01) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 43 thereof, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organ­
ization of the market in cereals (l), as last amended 
by Regulation (EEC) No 1451/82 (2), and in parti­
cular Articles 3 (6) and 4 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­
sion, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas the markets and prices policy, based on 
modern farms, is the main instrument of the 
incomes policy in agriculture; whereas full advan­
tage cannot be drawn from such a policy unless it is 
integrated into the common agricultural policy as a 
whole, including a dynamic social and structural 
policy and the application of the rules on competi­
tion contained in the Treaty; 
(') OJNoL281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 164, 14. 6. 1982, p. 1. Whereas in many cases surpluses can no longer be 
disposed of on normal terms either inside or outside 
the Community; whereas this is particularly so in 
the case of common wheat; whereas, in order to 
reduce the cost to the budget of disposing of sur­
pluses on markets outside the Community and to 
encourage greater consumption within the Com­
munity, the policy of caution on prices should 
become a policy of restriction and the gap between 
Community prices and those of the other principal 
exporting countries should be progressively 
reduced; whereas this objective may be attained by 
keeping all prices for the 1984/85 marketing year, 
except those of durum wheat, identical with those 
set for the 1983/84 marketing year; 
Whereas, as far as common wheat is concerned, the 
price to be applied in the event of special interven­
tion measures for the minimum bread-making 
quality should not be set by this Regulation but 
determined at the time when such measures are 
introduced; 
Whereas, as far as durum wheat is concerned, sup­
ply and demand are fairly well balanced and a 
prices policy as restrictive as that for the other 
cereals is not therefore required; 
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3a of Regulation 
(EEC) No 2727/75, a guarantee threshold should be 
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set both for durum wheat and for the other cereals; 
Whereas the guarantee threshold must be part of a 
medium-term approach; Whereas, in view of the 
prospects for both the Community and external 
markets, the guarantee threshold for 1989/90 can be 
fixed at 4,710 million tonnes for durum wheat and 
kept at 126 million tonnes for the other cereals; 
Whereas in the light of this medium-term approach 
the guarantee thresholds for 1984/85 should be 
fixed at 4,534 million tonnes for durum wheat and 
121,32 million tonnes for the other cereals, ogation from the provisions of Article 3 (5) of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 2727/75. 
Article 2 
For the 1984/85 marketing year the guarantee thres­
hold referred to in Article 3a of Regulation (EEC) 
No 2727/75 shall be 4,534 million tonnes for durum 
wheat and 121,32 million tonnes for the other 
cereals. 
Article 3 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 
day following its publication in the Official Journal 
of the European Communities. 
Article 1 
1. The prices applicable in the cereals sector for 
the 1984/85 marketing year shall be as indicated in 
the Annex. It shall apply: 
— from 1 July 1984 in the case of durum wheat, 
— from 1 August 1984 in the case of the other 
products. 
2. The target prices given in the Annex, with the 
exception of that for durum wheat, are fixed in der-This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
ANNEX 
ECU/tonne 
COMMON WHEAT, RYE, BARLEY, MAIZE AND SORGHUM 
Common single intervention price 184,58 
COMMON WHEAT 
Reference price 
Target price 215,29 
261,41 
RYE, BARLEY, MAIZE AND SORGHUM 
Target price 238,17 
DURUM WHEAT 
Single intervention price 
Target price 315,20 
360,96