Council Regulation (EEC) No 1485/85 of 23 May 1985 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82 laying down special measures for peas, field beans and sweet lupins
Date: 1985-05-23
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: animal nutrition, currency adjustment, leguminous vegetable, soya bean, world market price













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Council Regulation (EEC) No 1485/85 of 23 May 1985 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82 laying down special measures for peas, field beans and sweet lupins  


Official Journal L 151 , 10/06/1985 P. 0007 - 0007 Finnish special edition: Chapter 3 Volume 18 P. 0187  Swedish special edition: Chapter 3 Volume 18 P. 0187  





COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) N° 1485/85of 23 May 1985amending Regulation (EEC) N° 1431/82 laying down special measures  for peas, field beans and sweet lupinsTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in  particular Articles 42 and 43 thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),Having  regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),Whereas the production of peas and field beans  is constantly on the increase; whereas, in order better to spread out disposal of this production,  an arrangement should be provided for by which prices are increased each month;Whereas Regulation  (EEC) N° 1431/82 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 1032/84 (4), fixes aid for peas and  field beans intended to be used as animal feed at 45 % of the difference between the activating  price and the world price for soya cake and for sweet lupins at 60 % of the difference between  these prices; whereas these percentages reflect the energy and protein contents of the respective  products and the different degree to which such contents are exploited in the Community; whereas,  therefore, for the sake of efficient management, provision should be made for fixing them on the  basis of these considerations by means of an appropriate procedure;Whereas the prices of certain  rival products to soya cake are such as to make them particularly attractive and whereas  difficulties may therefore arise in the marketing of peas, field beans and sweet lupins produced in  the Community; whereas the average price of soya cake should therefore be adjustedin such a way as  to ensure balanced conditions of competition,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:Article  1Regulation (EEC) N° 1431/82 is hereby amended as follows: 1The following is inserted:'Article 2aIn order to enable the sale of peas and field beans to be  spread out, the activating threshold price, the guide price and the minimum price shall be  increased monthly, for a period to be determined as from the beginning of the third month of the  marketing year, by an amount which may be different for the activating threshold price, on the one  hand, and the guide price and the minimum price on the other.The monthly increases, equal for each  month, shall be fixed annually by the Council acting on a proposal from the Commission according to  the voting procedure of Article 43 (2) of the Treaty, bearing in mind the average storage costs and  the level of interest recorded in the Community.'2In Article 3 (1) the last sentence is replaced by  the following:'The aid shall be equal to a portion of the difference between these prices. The said  portion shall be determined, according to the procedure laid down in paragraph 5, on the basis of  the energy and protein contents of the products in question and the extent to which these contents  are exploited in the Community.'3Article 4 (1) is replaced by the following:'1.  The average world  market price for soya cake, calculated for a Community frontier crossing point and adjusted, where  appropriate, for the standard quality referred to in Article 2 (5), shall be determined on the  basis of the most favourable purchasing possibilities on the world market, rates being adjusted  where necessary to take account of those of rival products. The Council, acting by a qualified  majority on a proposal from the Commission, shall adopt the criteria on the basis of which the  world market price is to be determined.'Article 2This Regulation shall enter into force on the  third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. (1) OJ N° C 67, 14. 3. 1985, p. 24. (2) OJ N° C 94, 15. 4. 1985. (3) OJ N° L 162, 12. 6. 1982, p. 28. (4) OJ N° L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 39.