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II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the prices applicable to cereals for the 1986/87 marketing 
year 
COM(86) 20 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 February 1986) 
(86/C 85/01) 
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 Article 89 (1) thereof, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 
29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market 
in cereals (J), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 
No , and in particular Article 3(5) 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 the markets and prices policy, based on modern 
farms, is the main instrument of the incomes policy in 
agriculture; whereas full advantage 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 
competition contained in the Treaty; 
Whereas in many cases surpluses can no longer be disposed of 
on normal terms either inside or outside the Community; 
whereas, in order to reduce the cost to the budget of 
disposing of surpluses on markets outside the Community 
and to encourage greater consumption within the 
Community, the restrictive price policy should continue to be 
applied; whereas, in the case of cereals other than durum 
wheat, this objective may be achieved by retaining the 
(») OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. intervention prices applied during the previous marketing 
year in 1986/87 and by reincluding rye in the intervention 
system by means of a slight reduction; 
Whereas, in the case of durum wheat, application of a more 
satisfactory price relationship with common wheat leads to a 
reduction in its intervention price; whereas, however, in 
order to improve that cereal's fluidity on the Community 
market, the target price should remain unchanged; 
Whereas application of Article 68 of the Act of Accession of 
Spain and Portugal has meant that prices in Spain differ from 
the common prices; whereas, pursuant to Article 70 (1) of 
the Act of Accession, Spanish prices should be aligned with 
common prices each year at the start of the marketing year; 
whereas as a result of applying the criteria for this alignment 
Spanish prices are fixed at the level set out below; 
Whereas the amount of the co-responsibility levy referred to 
in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 is determined 
on the basis of cereals production and the quantities of 
cereals used in the Community without financial intervention 
and imports of the substitute products listed in Annex D to 
the abovementioned Regulation; whereas, in view of this and 
of the resulting cost to the cereals sector, it is proposed that 
for its first year of application the co-responsibility levy be 
fixed at 3 % of the intervention price applicable for common 
wheat in the first month of the 1986/87 marketing year, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
For the 1986/87 marketing year: 
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1. The prices applicable in the cereals sector shall be as 
indicated in the Annex. 
2. The amount of the co-responsibility levy referred to in 
Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 shall be 5,38 
ECU/tonne. 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 July 1986. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
ANNEX 
(Ecu/tonnes) 
Common wheat 
Common intervention price 
— Community of Ten 
— Spain 
Target price 179,44 
174,41 
256,16 
Rye 
Common intervention price 
— Community of Ten 
— Spain 
Common target price 179,44 
169,16 
233,86 
Barley 
Common intervention price 
— Community of Ten 
— Spain 
Common target price 179,44 
166,50 
233,86 
Maize 
Common intervention price 
— Community of Ten 
— Spain 
Common target price 179,44 
174,41 
233,86 
Sorghum 
Common intervention price 
— Community of Ten 
— Spain 
Common target price 179,44 
166,50 
233,86 
Durum wheat 
Common intervention price 
— Community of Ten 
— Spain 298,23 
215,45 
Target price 357,70