CELEX: 51989PC0040(20)
Language: en
Date: 1989-01-31
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) FIXING THE TARGET PRICES AND INTERVENTION PRICES FOR RAPE AND SUNFLOWER SEED FOR THE 1989/90 MARKETING YEAR

3. 4. 89                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                No C 82/25
                                                           Proposal for a
                                             COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No ...
                                                                of...
                fixing the target prices and intervention prices for rape and sunflower seed for the 1989/90
                                                          marketing year
                                                            (89/C 82/20)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              Whereas the supplement to be applied to the target and
                                                                      intervention prices for 'double zero' rape seed must be fixed
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 24a of
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,             Regulation No 136/66/EEC;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                    Whereas under Article 68 of the Act of Accession prices in
Portugal, and in particular Article 89(1) thereof,                    Spain have been set at a level differing from that of the
                                                                      common prices; whereas pursuant to Article 70(1) of the
                                                                      Act of Accession Spanish prices should be aligned with the
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of                  common prices in annual steps at the beginning of each
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common                    marketing year; whereas the rules on this alignment laid
organization of the market in oils and fats (a), as last              down give the Spanish prices set out below,
amended by Regulation (EEC) No ... (2) and in particular
Articles 22(4) and 24a(2) thereof,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
                                                                                                Article 1
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee,
                                                                      For the 1989/90 marketing year, the target prices and the
                                                                      intervention prices for rape and sunflower seed shall be as
Whereas, when the target prices and intervention prices for           follows:
rape and sunflower seed are fixed, account should be taken
of the objectives of the common agricultural policy and of
the contribution which the Community desires to make to               (a) target price for rape seed:
the harmonious development of world trade; whereas the
objectives of the common agricultural policy are, in                      — 41,45 ecus/100 kg for Spain,
particular, to ensure a fair standard of living for the
agricultural Community, to ensure that supplies are
available and that they reach consumers at reasonable                     — 45,02 ecus/100 kg for the other Member States,
prices;
                                                                      (b) intervention price for rape seed:
Whereas the intervention price must be fixed in accordance
with the criteria laid down in Article 24(1) of Regulation                — 37,19 ecus/100 kg for Spain,
No 136/66/EEC;
                                                                          — 40,76 ecus/100 kg for the other Member States;
Whereas the prices of rape and sunflower seed must be
fixed for specific standard qualities; whereas the latter
should be laid down in relation to the average qualities of           (c) target price for sunflower seed:
the seeds harvested in the Community; whereas, for rape
and sunflower seed the quality laid down for the 1988/89
                                                                          — 48,00 ecus/100 kg for Spain,
marketing year meets these requirements and can accord-
ingly be used for 1989/90;
                                                                          — 58,35 ecus/100 kg for the other Member States;
Whereas, on the basis of these criteria, the target and
intervention prices for rape and sunflower seed should be             (d) intervention price for sunflower seed:
fixed at the levels given below;
                                                                          — 43,12 ecus/100 kg for Spain,
(!) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) See page 15 of this Official Journal.                                 — 53,47 ecus/100 kg for the other Member States.
 ---pagebreak---  No C 82/26                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                     3. 4. 89
                             Article 2                                                           Article 4
 The prices referred to in Article 1 shall relate to seeds in
 bulk which are sound, fair and of merchantable quality:
                                                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
 (a) with an impurity content of 2 % and, for seeds as such,
                                                                       following its publication in the Official Journal of the
     moisture and oil contents of 9 % and 40 % respectively
                                                                       European Communities.
     in the case of rape seed;
 (b) with an impurity content of 2 % and, for seeds as such,
     moisture and oil contents of 9 % and 44 % respectively            It shall apply:
     in the case of sunflower seed.
                             Article 3                                     with effect from 1 July 1989 as regards rape seed, and
For the 1989/90 marketing year, the supplement to be
 applied to the target and intervention prices for 'double                 with effect from 1 August 1989 as regards sunflower
zero' rape seed shall be 2,5 ecus per 100 kg.                              seed.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
               Done at...
                                                                                       For the Council
                                                          Proposal for a
                                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No ...
                                                                of...
                 fixing the monthly increases in the target price, the intervention price and the intervention
                       buying-in price for rape seed and sunflower seed for the 1989/90 marketing year
                                                           (89/C 82/21)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              Whereas those increases, which are to be equal for each
                                                                      month, must be fixed taking account of the average storage
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 costs and interest recorded in the Community; whereas the
Economic Community,                                                   average storage costs should be established on the basis of
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of                  the cost of storing seed in suitable premises and the cost of
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common                    handling necessary for the proper preservation of the seed;
organization of the market in oils and fats (*), as last              whereas the interest may be calculated on the basis of the
amended by Regulation (EEC) No ... (2), and in particular             rate considered normal for the producing regions;
Article 25 thereof,                                                   Whereas in the interests of steady disposal of the harvest
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                    and sound market management the monthly increases
                                                                      should be restricted to four at the end of the marketing
Whereas, pursuant to Article 25 of Regulation No 136/66/              year; whereas, however, to avoid the excessively violent
EEC, the amount by which the target price, the intervention           disturbance of the market that might well result from such
price and the intervention buying-in price for rape seed and          a reduction in the number of monthly increases from that
sunflower seed are to be increased monthly for a period to            applied in previous years there should be six in the 1989/90
be determined from the beginning of the fifth month of the            marketing year, the reduction to four being deferred to
marketing year should be fixed for the 1989/90 marketing              1990/91,
year and the number of months during which those
increases are to be applied should be laid down; whereas              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
that amount must be the same for all three prices;
                                                                                                 Article 1
0) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                                1. For the 1989/90 marketing year, the monthly increases
(2) See page 15 of this Official Journal.                             in the target price, the intervention price and the