No C 85/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 4. 86 
Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing, for the 1986/87 marketing year, the activating price for aid, 
the guide price and the minimum price for peas, field beans and sweet lupins 
COM(86) 20 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 February 1986) 
(86/C 85/19) 
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 (1) and 234 (2) thereof, Whereas, under Articles 68 and 236 of the Act of Accession 
of Spain and Portugal, prices in these two countries have been 
set at levels differing from that of the common prices; 
whereas, pursuant to Articles 70 (1) and 23 8 (1) of the Act of 
Accession, these prices should be aligned with the common 
prices in annual steps at the beginning of each marketing 
year; whereas the rules laid down in this alignment give the 
Spanish and Portuguese prices set out below, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1431 / 82 of 
18 May 1982 laying down special measures for peas and field 
beans (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No , 
and in particular Article 2(1) and (5) and Article 3(3) 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Whereas Article 2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82 
provides that a price activating the aid for peas, field beans 
and sweet lupins must be fixed for soya cake at a level which, 
while ensuring a fair income for producers, enables peas, 
field beans and sweet lupins to compete normally with soya 
cake for use in animal feed; 
Whereas this activating price for aid for peas, field beans and 
sweet lupins must relate to a standard quality of soya cake 
which is representative of the average quality sold on the 
Community market; 
Whereas Article 2(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82 
provides that the guide price for peas and field beans for 
human consumption must be fixed at a level which is fair to 
producers, taking account of the Community's supply 
requirements; whereas this price must relate to a standard 
quality; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. For the 1986/87 marketing year the activating price 
for aid, as referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 
1431/82, shall be: 
(a) for the Community as constituted on 31 December 
1985: 
— 50,96 ECU per 100 kilograms for peas and field 
beans, 
— 48,50 ECU per 100 kilograms for sweet lupins; 
(b) for Spain: 
— 50,41 ECU per 100 kilograms for peas, 
— 50,96 ECU per 100 kilograms for field beans, 
— 46,40 ECU per 100 kilograms for sweet lupins; 
(c) for Portugal: 
— 50,96 ECU per 100 kilograms for peas and field 
beans, 
— 48,50 ECU per 100 kilograms for sweet lupins. 
2. This price shall relate to soya cake having: 
— a total crude protein content of 44 %, 
— a moisture content of 11 %. 
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82 
provides for the fixing of a minimum price which, allowing 
for market fluctuations and for the cost of transport of the 
products from producer to processor, enables producers to 
obtain a fair return; 
(») OJ No L 162, 12. 6. 1982, p. 28. Article 2 
1. For the 1986/87 marketing year, the guide price, as 
referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82, 
shall be: 
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(a) 32,80 ECU per 100 kilograms for peas and field beans 
for the Community as constituted on 31 December 
1985; 
(b) for Spain: 
— 32,46 ECU per 100 kilograms for peas, 
— 32,80 ECU per 100 kilograms for field beans; 
(c) 32,80 ECU per 100 kilograms for peas and field beans 
for Portugal. 
2. This price shall relate to products in bulk, sound, 
genuine and of merchantable quality, with 3 % impurities 
and, for the product as such, 14 % moisture content. 
Article 3 
1. For the 1986/87 marketing year the minimum 
purchase price shall be: 
(a) for the Community as constituted on 31 December 
1985: 
— 28,63 ECU per 100 kilograms for peas, 
— 27,62 ECU per 100 kilograms for field beans, 
— 32,11 ECU per 100 kilograms for sweet lupins; 
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 2 a thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas, under Article 2 a of Regulation (EEC) No 
1431/82, the amounts by which the activating threshold 
H OJNoL 162, 12. 6. 1982, p. 28. (b) for Spain: 
— 28,29 ECU per 100 kilograms for peas, 
— 27,62 ECU per. 100 kilograms for field beans, 
— 31,03 ECU per 100 kilograms for sweet lupins; 
(c) for Portugal: 
— 28,63 ECU per 100 kilograms for peas, 
— 27,62 ECU per 100 kilograms for field beans, 
— 32,11 ECU per 100 kilograms for sweet lupins. 
2. This price shall relate to products in bulk, sound, 
genuine and of merchantable quality, with 3 % impurities 
and, for the product as such, 14 % moisture content. 
Article 4 
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 July 1986. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States. 
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 1986/87 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, Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing, for the 1986/87 marketing year, the monthly increases in 
the activating threshold price, the guide price and the minimum price for peas and field beans 
COM(86) 20 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 February 1986) 
(86/C 85/20)