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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)28final.
Brussels,2February1978
Proposalfora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
fixingtheminimumpriceforcastorseedsforthe1978/79
marketingyear
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(78)28final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No2874/77layingdownspecialmeasuresinrespect
ofcastorseedsprovidesthataguidepriceandaminimum price
forcastorseedaretobefixedeachyearbeginningwiththe1978/1979mai–
ketingyear.
TheproposalforaRegulationfixingtheguidepriceforcastorseedshas
alreadybeensubmittedtotheCouncilwiththoseconcerningotherfarmprices,
inanticipation oftheformaladoptionofRegulation (EEC)No2874/77.
ContratytotheCommissbn'soriginalproposal.Regulation (EEC)No2874/77
providesthataminimumpriceandaguidepricearetobefixedatthesame
time.Thepresentproposal,fixingtheminimum priceforcastorseeds
forthe1978/1979marketingyear,needsthereforetobeconsideredtogether
withtheproposalontheguideprice,whichhasalreadybeensubmittedtothe
Council.
Inaccordance withtheprovisionsofReflation (EEC)No2874/77,theminimum
price,whichguarantees seedproducers apricefortheirseedsascloseas
possibletotheguideprice,musttakeintoaccountmarketfluctuations and
thecostoftransporting theseedsfromfarmtofactory.
Inlinewiththeseprovisions,theCommission' proposesaminimumpriceof
38u.a./100kg.

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
fixingtheminimumpriceforcastorseedsforthe1978/79marketingyear
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
Havingregard,totheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2874/77of19December1977
layingdownspecialmeasuresinrespectofcastorseeds^,andinparticular
Article2(4)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasArticle2(4)ofRegulation(EEC)NO2874/77providesthatthe
Councilshalleachyearfixaminimumpriceforcastorseeds;whereas
thatpricemustbefixedsoastogiveseedproducersasellingpriceas
closeaspossibletotheguideprice,takingintoaccountmarketfluctuations
andthecostoftransporting theseedsfromtheproductionareastothe
processingareas;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingthesecriteriathatthepriceforthe
1978/79marketingyearshouldbeassetoutbelow;
Whereas,inordertoachievetheabove-mentioned objective,thisminimum
pricemustbefixedforastandardqualityandawell-defined production
stage,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
OJNoL332,24.12.1977,P.1

Article 1
Forthe1978/79marketingyear,theminimumpriceforcastorseedsreferred
toinArticle2(4)ofRegulation(EEC)NO2874/77shall"be38unitsof
accountper100kilograms.
Article2
1.ThepricereferredtoinArticle1shallapplytoseedswhichmeetthe
criteriareferredtoinArticle2ofRegulation(EEC)No.../78.
2.Thesaidpriceshallrelatetogoodsreadyfordispatchfromthe
productionareas.
ThisRegulationshall "be"bindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
Doneat FortheCouncil