CELEX: 51989PC0040(05)
Language: en
Date: 1989-01-31
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) FIXING THE MONTHLY PRICE INCREASES FOR CEREALS, WHEAT AND RYE FLOUR AND WHEAT GROATS AND MEAL FOR THE 1989/90 MARKETING YEAR

No C 82/6                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                    3. 4. 89
                                                          Proposal for a
                                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No ...
                                                               of...
               fixing the monthly price increases for cereals, wheat and rye flour and wheat groats and meal
                                                 for the 1989/90 marketing year
                                                           (89/C 82/05)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             is open; whereas for the sake of consistency the number of
                                                                      monthly increases in the target and threshold prices should
                                                                      also be reduced;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                     Whereas, as regards the threshold price for maize and
                                                                     sorghum, the monthly increases are determined in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of              accordance with the last subparagraph of Article 5(1) of
29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                    Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75,
market in cereals (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No ... (2), and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                                                Article 1
Whereas, when the amount of the monthly increases are
fixed, account should be taken of the storage costs and
financing charges for storing cereals in the Community;              For the 1989/90 marketing year, the monthly increases to
whereas experience has shown that the level of the monthly           be applied to the target, threshold, intervention and
increases for cereals can encourage operators to hold on to          buying-in prices for the products listed in Article 1(a), (b)
cereals; whereas, so that stocks can be disposed of more             and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 shall be as set out
smoothly, these increases should be reduced;                         in this Regulation.
Whereas since because of the need to reform the cereals
                                                                                                Article 2
market the intervention period has been reduced the
monthly increases in the intervention and buying-in prices
should be restricted to the period during which intervention         The monthly increases to be applied to the target,
                                                                     threshold, intervention and buying-in prices for common
                                                                     wheat, rye, barley, maize, sorghum and durum wheat
(*) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.                                  applicable for the first month of the marketing year shall be
(2) See page 1 of this Official Journal.                             as follows:
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                                                                                                                        (ECU/tonne)
                                                      Monthly increases in                         Monthly increases in
                                                        intervention and                           target and threshold
                                                         buying-in price                                   prices
                         Period
                                             Common wheat,                              Common wheat,
                                               rye, barley,              Durum              rye, barley,              Durum
                                                maize and                wheat               maize and                 wheat
                                                sorghum                                      sorghum
              July 1989
              August 1989                            —                      —                     —                       —
              September 1989                         —                      —                   1,13                    1,52
              October 1989                           —                      —                   2,26                    3,04
              November 1989                          —                      —                   3,39                    4,56
              December 1989                        1,13                   1,52                  4,52                    6,08
              January 1990                         2,26                   3,04                  5,65                    7,60
              February 1990                        3,39                   4,56                  6,78                    9,12
              March 1990                           4,52                   6,08                  7,91                   10,64
              April 1990                           5,65                   7,60                  9,04                   12,16
              May 1990                             6,78                   9,12                 10,17                   13,68
              June 1990                              —                      —                  10,17                   13,68
In the case of maize and sorghum the monthly increase for                                                                             (ECU/tonne)
September shall not apply to the threshold price.
                                                                                                          Wheat, meslin and
                                                                                                                                    Groats
                                                                                                         rye flour, groats and
                                                                                     Period                                       and meal of
                           Article 3                                                                       meal of common        durum wheat
                                                                                                                  wheat
The monthly increases to be applied to the threshold prices
for meslin, oats, buckwheat, millet, canary seed and 'other                July 1989
                                                                           August 1989                               —                  —
cereals' applicable for the first month of the marketing year
                                                                           September 1989                          1,71              2,40
shall be the same as those applicable for common wheat.                    October 1989                            3,42              4,80
                                                                           November 1989                           5,13              7,20
                                                                           December 1989                           6,84              9,60
                           Article 4                                       January 1990                            8,55             12,00
                                                                           February 1990                          10,26             14,40
                                                                           March 1990                             11,97             16,80
The monthly increases to be applied to the threshold prices
                                                                           April 1990                             13,68             19,20
for wheat, meslin and rye flour and for groats and meal of                 May 1990                               15,39             21,60
common and of durum wheat applicable for the first month                   June 1990                              15,39             21,60
of the marketing year shall be as follows:
                                                                 Article 5
              This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official
              Journal of the European Communities.
              It shall apply from the beginning of the 1989/90 marketing year.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
              Done at...
                                                                                             For the Council