Council Regulation (EEC) No 1900/87 of 2 July 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 on the common organization of the market in cereals
Date: 1987-07-02
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: common organisation of markets













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Council Regulation (EEC) No 1900/87 of 2 July 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 on the common organization of the market in cereals  


Official Journal L 182 , 03/07/1987 P. 0040 - 0041 





COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1900/87  of 2 July 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 on the common organization of the market in  cerealsTHE 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 proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament  (2), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas under Article 4  (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75  (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1579/86  (5), the  co-responsibility levy is to be collected at the following stages: first processing, intervention  buying or export; whereas in order to take into account difficulties that have arisen in the  application of this mechanism, and pending a report on the functioning of the said levy, that  provision should be provisionally amended, by providing, for the 1987/88 marketing year, for the  possibility of also collecting the said levy when cereals are put on the market by the producers,  whilst avoiding any distortion of competition; Whereas the difficulties which, moreover, have led  to small producers being granted aid in the form of compensation for the co-responsibility levy  still obtain; whereas Member States which have already applied the provision in question during the  1986/87 marketing year should, therefore, be authorized to make use of it again for the 1987/88  marketing year; Whereas stabilization of the conditions on the cereals market can only be achieved  by increasing restrictions on recourse to intervention; whereas to that end, provision should be  made firstly that no buying-in may be carried out if market prices in certain areas and for a  certain period are lower than the intervention price; whereas, to the same end, provision should,  in addition, be made that the prices at which the intervention agencies buy in are at a lower level  than the intervention price, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:Article 1Regulation  (EEC) No 2727/75 is hereby amended as follows: (1)  In Article 4:-  the following subparagraph  shall be added to paragraph 5: 'However, at their request, Member States may, for the 1987/88  marketing year, be authorized to collect the co-responsibility levy when cereals are put on the  market by the producers.'-the first indent of paragraph 7 shall be replaced by the following: '-   the definition of the first processing and that of being put on the market.' (2)  In Article 4a  (4), the subparagraph shall be replaced by the following:'4.    During the 1987/88 marketing year,  Member States which granted aid to small producers during the previous marketing year in the form  of compensation for the co-responsibility levy, may continue to grant such aid in that form, under  conditions to be determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 5.' (3)In  Article 6 (1) shall be replaced by the following:'1.    Without prejudice to the provisions of  Article 5, the intervention prices, the buying-in prices referred to in Article 7 (4), the target  prices and the threshold prices shall be the subject of monthly increases, phased over all or part  of the marketing year.' (4)Article 7 shall be replaced by the following:'Article 71.    Where,  during a certain period, the market price for common wheat, durum wheat, rye, barley, maize and  sorghum is, in certain representative export ports, lower than the intervention price, a decision  shall be taken that, under the procedure laid down in Article 26, the intervention agencies shall  buy in the quantities offered them, provided that the offers comply with conditions, in particular  in respect of quantity and quality, to be determined.     For the application of the first  subparagraph:-  the market price in the ports shall be corrected by a flat-rate amount representing  the forwarding costs between the principal zones of production and those ports,-common fodder wheat  shall be differentiated from common wheat for which the intervention price is fixed. In that case  the intervention price shall be reduced by the amount fixed for that purpose pursuant to the third  indent of paragraph 7. 2.    The buying-in referred to in paragraph 1 may only take place during  the following periods:-  from 1 August to 31 May with regard to Italy, Spain, Greece and  Portugal,-from 1 October to 31 May with regard to the other Member States. 3.    Cessation of  buying in for intervention shall be decided upon in accordance with the procedure laid down in  Article 26, where the cereal market prices in question in the zones referred to in paragraph 1 are,  during a period to be determined, above the intervention price. 4.    The buying-in referred to in  paragraph 1 shall be carried out on the basis of a price equal to 94  % of the intervention price  for the cereals in question, as altered by any price increase or reduction fixed pursuant to  Article 3 or paragraph 7 of this Article, irrespective of the agency to which the cereals are  offered under the conditions adopted pursuant to paragraphs 6 and 7 hereof. 5.    Under the  conditions adopted pursuant to paragraphs 6 and 7, the intervention agencies shall offer for sale,  for export to third countries or for supply to the internal market, the product bought in pursuant  with paragraph 1. 6.    The Council shall, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the  Commission, adopt the general rules governing intervention. 7.    Detailed rules for the  application of this Article shall be fixed in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26  and in particular with regard to:-  the representative ports, the forwarding costs and the period  to be taken into consideration for the establishment of the market prices,-  the minimum quality  and quantity required at intervention for each cereal and in addition for durum wheat, the  technological qualities which that cereal must satisfy,-  the scales of price increases and  reductions applicable to intervention, including a special reduction applicable to common fodder  wheat, -  the specific quality criteria with which common wheat and rye, both of breadmaking  quality, must comply in order to be able to benefit from the special price increase provided for in  Article 3 (1),-  the procedures and conditions for taking over by the intervention agencies,-  the  procedures and conditions for disposal by the intervention agencies.' 5.  Article 10 (3) shall be  replaced by the following:'3.    The amount of aid shall be fixed in accordance with the procedure  laid down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty.' Article 2This Regulation shall enter into force on  the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.It shall apply with  effect from 1 July 1987. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and  directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 2 July 1987. For the Council The  President K. E. TYGESEN                                                 (1)  OJ  No C 89, 3. 4. 1987, p. 8. (2)  OJ No C 156, 15. 6. 1987. (3)  OJ No C 150, 9. 6. 1987, p. 8. (4)  OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. (5)  OJ No L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 29.