Council Regulation (EC) No 735/2007 of 11 June 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals
Date: 2007-06-11
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: cereals, common organisation of markets, maize, market intervention, marketing, quantitative restriction

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 735/2007

of 11 June 2007

amending Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular
Article 37(2) thereof,

establishing the European
the third subparagraph of

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

(5)

(6)

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The measures concerning the common organisation of
the market in cereals, as adopted under Regulation (EC)
No 1784/2003 (2), comprise in the case of the internal
market an intervention system, the main aim of which is
to stabilise the markets and ensure a fair standard of
living for the agricultural community in this sector.

this

the last

effect of

system over

creating very substantial

The application of
two
marketing years, 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 has had
the
intervention
stocks of maize which are proving particularly difficult
to dispose of on the Community and international
markets notably owing to their location.
In addition,
maize is a cereal which is not easy to preserve and
the gradual deterioration in its
which, by virtue of
the
quality, becomes increasingly difficult
longer it is stored.

to market

In the course of 2006, it was established that the inter-
vention system as applied during the periods in question
had not enabled the objectives which it pursues to be
achieved, particularly as regards the position of maize
producers in certain regions of the Community. Indeed,
this system has become in those regions an alternative to
the direct disposal of products on the market, despite the
fact that the price actually received by these producers
for the harvested maize has often been lower than the
intervention price.

distorted as far as maize is concerned, thus preventing
production from being geared towards the needs of the
market.

The maintenance of the intervention system as it stands
entails the risk of increasing the intervention stocks of
maize still further without bringing any benefits to the
producers concerned.

It is therefore necessary to adopt appropriate measures to
guarantee the proper functioning of
the Community
market in cereals. To this end, a ceiling on the quantities
of maize eligible for intervention fixed at a maximum
the Community of 1 500 000
overall quantity for
tonnes
the 2007/2008
marketing year and the 2008/2009 marketing year,
respectively,
to
0 tonnes from the 2009/2010 marketing year, would
appear to be the most appropriate measure taking into
account the facts set out above and the outlets available
to producers on the domestic and international market.

and 700 000 tonnes

this quantity

reduction of

and a

for

(7)

Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 should therefore be
amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The following subparagraph shall be added to Article 5(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003:

‘By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, the quan-
tities of maize bought in by the intervention agencies shall be
subject to the following maximum quantity limits:

— 1 500 000 tonnes for the 2007/2008 marketing year,

— 700 000 tonnes for the 2008/2009 marketing year,

— 0 tonnes as from the 2009/2010 marketing year.’

(4)

Under these circumstances, the safety net role which the
set up to fulfil has been
intervention system was

(1) Opinion delivered on 24 May 2007 (not yet published in the Official

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Journal).

(2) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as

(EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ

amended by
L 187,

Commission Regulation
19.7.2005, p. 11).

It shall apply from the 2007/2008 marketing year.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Luxembourg, 11 June 2007.

For the Council
The President

H. SEEHOFER