CELEX: 31977R1072
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-17
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1072/77 of 17 May 1977 fixing the guide price for soya beans for the 1977/78 marketing year

25 . 5 . 77                             Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 129 / 9
                                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1072/77
                                                        of 17 May 1977
                      fixing the guide price for soya beans for the 1977 /78 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       fair to producers, account being taken of the supply
COMMUNITIES,                                                      requirements of the Community ; whereas, to this
                                                                  end, a balanced relationship should be maintained
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             between this price and the price of other oil seeds ;
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
thereof,                                                          Whereas, in accordance with these criteria, the guide
                                                                  price should be fixed at a higher level than that
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                     adopted for the preceding marketing year ;
 1900/74 of 15 July 1974 laying down special
measures for soya beans ('), and in particular Article 1          Whereas the guide price must be fixed for a standard
( 1 ) and (3) thereof,                                            quality to be determined by reference to the average
                                                                  quality of beans harvested in the Community ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,               whereas the quality laid down for the 1976/77
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­               marketing year meets this requirement and can accord­
ment (2),                                                          ingly be used for the following marketing year,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Social Committee (3),
Whereas, when the guide price for soya beans is fixed,                                    Article 1
account should be taken of the objectives of the
                                                                   For the 1977/78 marketing year, the guide price for
common agricultural policy and of the contribution
                                                                   soya beans shall be 30-64 units of account per 100
which the Community desires to make to the harmon­
                                                                   kilograms .
ious development of world trade ; whereas the objec­
tives of the common agricultural policy are in parti­                                     Article 2
cular to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricul­
tural community, and to ensure that supplies are avail­           The price referred to in Article 1 relates to beans
able and reach consumers at reasonable prices ;                    — in bulk, of sound, fair and marketable quality, and
Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 1 ( 1 ) of              — with an impurity content of 2 % and, for the
Regulation (EEC) No 1900/74 provides more specifi­                     beans as such, humidity and oil content of 14%
cally that this price shall be fixed at a level which is               and 18 % respectively .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 17 May 1977 .
                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                The President
                                                                                  J. SILKIN
(') OJ No L 201 , 23 . 7. 1974, p . 5 .
(2) OJ No C 93, 18 . 4. 1977, p. 11 .
(}) OJ No C 77, 30 . 3 . 1977, p . 15 .