CELEX: 51988PC0120(38)
Language: en
Date: 1988-04-05
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) FIXING THE TARGET PRICE FOR MILK AND THE INTERVENTION PRICES FOR BUTTER, SKIMMED-MILK POWDER AND GRANA PADANO AND PARMIGIANO REGGIANO CHEESES FOR THE 1988/89 MILK YEAR

No C 139/42                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                   30. 5. 88
                Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 laying down the
                                           general rules for the system of aid for cotton
                                                            (88/C 139/37)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2276/87 amends inter alia
                                                                      Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81; whereas
                                                                      Regulation (EEC) No 2169/SI should therefore be adapted
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                      accordingly,
Economic Community,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in
particular paragraph 9 of Protocol 4 on cotton, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4006/87 (*),                                                     Article 1
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                    Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 is hereby
                                                                      amended as follows:
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2169/                1. Paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
81 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2276/
87 (3), provides that the aid to be paid is to be that applying           '2. The amount of the aid to be paid shall be the
on the day when the application for aid is made; whereas                  amount applicable on the day when the application for
the amount of the aid must be calculated taking account of                aid is made. However, the amount of the aid applicable
the guide price fixed for the marketing year during which                 on the day when the application is made shall be
the cotton to which the application relates is harvested;                 adjusted on the basis of the difference between the guide
                                                                          price applying on that day and that applying on the day
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1964/                    when the cotton is placed under control'.
87 of 2 July 1987 adjusting the system of aid for cotton
introduced by Protocol No 4 annexed to the Act of                     2. In the first subparagraph of paragraph 3, the words
Accession of Greece (4) provides that where the maximum                   'Without prejudice to Article 8(1)', are deleted.
guaranteed quantity is exceeded, the aid is to be reduced by
the impact on the guide price of a coefficient to be
established; whereas that coefficient is fixed pursuant to                                       Article 2
Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81;
                                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                      following its publication in the Official Journal of the
(!) OJ No L 377, 31. 12. 1987, p. 49.                                 European Communities.
 (2) O J N o L 2 1 1 , 31. 7. 1981, p. 2.
 (3) OJ No L 209, 31. 7. 1987, p. 5.                                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
(4) OJ No L 184, 3. 7. 1987, p. 14.                                   applicable in all Member States.
                Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) fixing the target price for milk and the intervention prices
                for butter, skimmed-milk powder and Grana Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses for the
                                                        1988/1989 milk year
                                                            (88/C 139/38)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
                                                                      Portugal, and in particular Article 89(1) thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,             27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in
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milk and milk products (*), as last amended by Regulation          Whereas under Article 68 of the Act of Accession of Spain
(EEC) No ..., and in particular Articles 3(4), 5(1) and 5b(l)      and Portugal prices in Spain have been set at a level
thereof,                                                           differing from that of the common prices; whereas
                                                                   pursuant to Article 70(1) of the Act the Spanish prices
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                 should be aligned with the common prices in annual steps
                                                                   at the beginning of each marketing year; whereas the
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,           criteria for this alignment give the Spanish prices set out in
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social            Article 1 of this Regulation,
Committee,
Whereas, when fixing the common agricultural prices,               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
account should be taken of the objectives of the Common
Agricultural Policy and of the contribution which the
Community wishes to make to the harmonious develop-                                           Article 1
ment of world trade; whereas the objectives of the
Common Agricultural Policy are in particular to secure a
fair standard of living for the agricultural community and         For the 1988/1989 milk year, the target price for milk and
to ensure that supplies are available and that they reach the      the intervention prices for milk products shall be as
consumers at reasonable prices;                                    follows:
Whereas the target price for milk should therefore bear a
balanced relationship to the prices for other agricultural                                                            ECU/100 kg
products and in particular to the prices for beef and veal,
that is consistent with the desired general pattern of cattle                                      Community          Spain
farming; whereas it is also necessary, in fixing that price, to
take account of the Community's efforts to establish a
long-term balance between supply and demand on the milk            (a) target price for milk:         27,84            27,84
market, allowing for external trade in milk and milk               (b) intervention price:
products;                                                              butter                        313,20          339,13
                                                                       skimmed-milk powder           174,04          226,04
Whereas the intervention prices for butter and for                     Grana Padano cheese:
skimmed-milk powder are intended to contribute to the                  — of an age of
achievement of the target price for milk; whereas it is                    between 30 and
necessary to determine price levels in the light of the overall            60 days                   388,93
supply and demand situation on the Community market in                 — of an age of
milk and the opportunities for disposal of butter and                      at least 6 months         480,33
skimmed-milk powder on the Community and world                         Parmigiano Reggiano
markets;                                                               cheese of an age of at
                                                                       least 6 months                529,19
Whereas the intervention prices for Grana Padano and
Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses must be fixed in accordance
with the criteria laid down in Article 5(2) of Regulation
 (EEC) No 804/68;                                                                             Article 2
Whereas, under Article 5b of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68,
the Council, when fixing the target price for milk and the         This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
intervention prices, fixes a guarantee threshold for milk;
                                                                   following its publication in the Official Journal of the
whereas, however, the initial objective in fixing a guarantee
                                                                   European Communities.
threshold is achieved inter alia by means of the system of
quotas, which entails an additional levy on deliveries of
milk or milk products which exceed the reference                   It shall apply as from the beginning of the 1988/1989 milk
quantities determined;                                             year.
                                                                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
 (!) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.                              applicable in all Member States.