CELEX: 31985R1494
Language: en
Date: 1985-05-23 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1494/85 of 23 May 1985 fixing, for the 1985/86 marketing year, the guarantee threshold for sunflower seeds and certain factors relating thereto

10 . 6 . 85                                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 151 / 19
                                                  COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 1494 / 85
                                                                   of 23 May 1985
                    fixing, for the 1985 / 86 marketing year, the guarantee threshold for sunflower seeds and
                                                            certain factors relating thereto
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                       Whereas the consequences as regards the level of the target
                                                                                prices and intervention prices in the event of the guarantee
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                           threshold being exceeded should also be stated ,
Economic Community , and in particular Article 43
thereof,
                                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136 / 66 / EEC of 22
September 1966 on the establishment of a common
organization of the market in oils and and fats (*), as last                                               Article 1
amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 231 / 85 ( 2 ), and in
particular Article 24a thereof,                                                 1.     For the 1985 / 86 marketing year, the guarantee
                                                                                threshold referred to in Article 24a of Regulation No
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ( 3 ),                        136 / 66 / EEC is hereby fixed at 1 115 000 tonnes .
Having      regard      to    the     opinion      of the     European          2.     If the Community production , recorded in accordance
Parliament ( 4 ),                                                               with Article 24a of Regulation No 136 / 66 / EEC , is greater
                                                                                than the guarantee threshold , there shall be a 2% reduction
Whereas the fixing of a guarantee threshold for sunflower                       in the 1986 / 87 target prices and intervention prices for the
seed is required under Article 24a of Regulation No                             first 100 000 tonnes in excess of the guarantee threshold , and
136 / 66 / EEC ;                                                                a further 1 % reduction for each subsequent 50 000 tonnes ,
                                                                                up to a maximum of 5 % .
Whereas the guarantee threshold should be in keeping with a
medium-term policy ; whereas , in the light of market
prospects , the guarantee threshold for 1 991 / 92 can be put at                                           Article 2
1 800 000 tonnes ;
                                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
Whereas , in the light of this medium-term policy and the level                 following its publication in the Official Journal of the
of production in recent years , the guarantee threshold for the                 European Communities.
1985 / 86 marketing year should be fixed at 1 115 000
tonnes ;                                                                        It shall apply from 1 August 1985 .
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels , 23 May 1985 .
                                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                                  The President
                                                                                                 C. SIGNORILE
(!)  OJ  No  172 , 30 . 9 . 1966 , p. 3025 / 66 .
(2)  OJ  No L 26 , 31 . 1 . 1985 , p. 12 .
 (3) OJ  No  C 67 , 14 . 3 . 1985 , p. 23 .
 (4) OJ  No  C 94 , 15 . 4 . 1985 .