CELEX: 51989PC0040(13)
Language: en
Date: 1989-01-31
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) FIXING THE PRODUCTION TARGET PRICE, THE PRODUCTION AID AND THE INTERVENTION PRICE FOR OLIVE OIL FOR THE 1989/90 MARKETING YEAR

No C 82/16                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                    3. 4. 89
     seed shall commence on 1 November. The buying-in                       application of these provisions for the shortest period
     price shall be 94 % of the intervention price. It shall be             absolutely necessary.
     subject to the monthly increases, to the supplement
     indicated in Article 24a and to the reduction indicated in             In cases of extreme urgency the Commission may,
     Article 27a(4).                                                        following examination of the situation on the basis of
                                                                            all the information available to it, decide to suspend
     In the 1989/90 marketing year, however, buying-in shall                advance fixing for a period that may not exceed three
                                                                            working days.
     be carried out from 1 November to 31 May and for
     sunflower seed in Spain and Portugal, from 1 September
     to 31 May in the same marketing year.'                                 During periods of suspension licence applications
                                                                            accompanied by applications for advance fixing may
                                                                            not be lodged.'
                             Article 2
                                                                                                   Article 3
' The following paragraph 4 is added to Article 20.                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                       following its publication in the Official Journal of the
      '4. If examination of the market situation reveals               European Communities.
      difficulties stemming from application of the provisions
      on advance fixing of the refund, or if there is a risk of        It shall apply from 1 July 1989 to rape seed, from 1 August
      such difficulties arising, a decision may be taken under          1989 to sunflower seed and from 1 November 1989 to olive
      the procedure provided for in Article 38 to suspend              oil.
                 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 production target price, the production aid and the intervention price for olive oil
                                                   for the 1989/90 marketing year
                                                             (89/C 82/13)
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             market in oils and fats (*), as last amended by Regulation
                                                                       (EEC) No ... (2), and in particular Articles 4(4) and 5(1)
                                                                       thereof,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
                                                                       Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
  Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
  Portugal, and in particular Articles 89(1), 92(3), 234(2) and
                                                                       Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
  290(3) thereof,
  Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of                 (!) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
  22 September 1966 on the common organization of the                  (2) See page 15 of this Official Journal.
 ---pagebreak--- 3. 4. 89                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               N o C 82/17
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social             production; whereas such measures are necessary in
Committee,                                                          certain production regions; whereas a part of the said aid
                                                                    should therefore be allocated to the financing of such
                                                                    measures;
Whereas, when the production target price for olive oil is
fixed, account should be taken of the objectives of the             Whereas, in accordance with Article 20d (1) of Regulation
common agricultural policy and of the contribution which            No 136/66/EEC, the percentage of the production aid
the Community desires to make to the harmonious                     which may be withheld for recognized organizations of
development of world trade; whereas the objectives of the           olive-oil producers or associations thereof should be so
common agricultural policy are, in particular, to ensure a          fixed that the resulting amount helps to finance the
fair standard of living for the agricultural community, and         expenditure incurred in the work done pursuant to Articles
to ensure that supplies are available and that they reach           5(3) and 20c of that Regulation; whereas that percentage
consumers at reasonable prices;                                     should be set at a level which enables foreseeable
                                                                    expenditure in the 1989/90 marketing year to be covered,
Whereas the target price referred to above must be fixed in
accordance with the criteria laid down in Articles 4 and 6 of       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Regulation No 136/66/EEC;
                                                                                               Article 1
Whereas, if producers are to receive a fair income,
production aid must be fixed in the light of the impact
which the consumption aid has on part only of production;           For the 1989/90 marketing year, the production target
                                                                    price, the production aid and the intervention price for
                                                                    olive oil shall be as follows:
Whereas the intervention price must be fixed in accordance
                                                                    (a) production target price: 322,56 ecus/100 kg;
with the criteria laid down in Article 8 of Regulation No
136/66/EEC;
                                                                    (b) production aid:
Whereas, as a result of the application of Articles 68 and              — for Spain: 33,36 ecus/100 kg,
236 of the Act of Accession, the intervention price for olive
oil in Spain and Portugal differs from the common prices;               — for Portugal: 28,38 ecus/100 kg,
whereas, after the adjustment of the acquis communautaire
with relation to oils and fats, the detailed rules for the              — for the Community of Ten: 70,95 ecus/100 kg;
alignment of intervention prices for olive oil applicable in
Spain and Portugal are those provided for in the second
indents of Articles 92(2) and 290(2) of the Act of Accession;       (c) production aid for growers whose average production
                                                                        does not exceed 300 kg of olive oil per year:
                                                                        — for Spain: 36,91 ecus/100 kg,
Whereas Articles 95 and 293 of the Act of Accession
provide for the granting of Community aid for the
production of olive oil in Spain and Portugal; whereas,                 — for Portugal: 31,93 ecus/100 kg,
pursuant to Articles 79 and 246 of that Act, the amounts of
the Community aid in Spain and Portugal should be aligned               — for the Community of Ten: 81,76 ecus/100 kg;
on the common aid at the beginning of the marketing year;
whereas the rules on that alignment result in the Spanish
                                                                    (d) intervention price:
and Portuguese aid rates shown below;
                                                                        — for Spain: 165,21 ecus/100 kg,
Whereas the production target price and the intervention
price are fixed for a specific standard quality; whereas the            — for Portugal: 205,87 ecus/100 kg,
reasons which led to the determination of the standard
quality for the 1981/82 marketing year are still valid;                 — for the Communtiy of Ten: 216,24 ecus/100 kg.
whereas that standard quality should therefore remain
unchanged;
                                                                                               Article 2
Whereas, pursuant to Article 5(4) of Regulation No 136/
66/EEC, a percentage of the production aid earmarked for            The prices fixed in Article 1 shall relate to ordinary virgin
olive-oil producers may be allocated to the financing of            olive oil with a free fatty acid content, expressed as oleic
regional measures to improve the quality of olive oil               acid, of 3,3 grams per 100 grams.
 ---pagebreak---  No C 82/18                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                  3. 4. 89
                           Article 3                                 20d (1) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC for organizations of
                                                                     olive-oil producers or associations thereof recognized
 For the 1989/90 marketing year, 2 % of the production aid           under the said Regulation shall be 1,5 %.
 earmarked for olive-oil producers shall be allocated to the
 financing of specific measures to improve the quality of
                                                                                               Article 5
 olive oil in each producer Member State.
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                           Article 4                                following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                    European Communities.
 For the 1989/90 marketing year, the percentage of the
 production aid which may be withheld pursuant to Article           It shall apply from 1 November 1989.
               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 guide price for unginned cotton for the 1989/90 marketing year
                                                         (89/C 82/14)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            Whereas paragraph 8 of Protocol 4 states that the guide
                                                                    price for unginned cotton is to be fixed annually by
                                                                    reference to the criteria laid down in paragraph 2 of that
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Protocol;
Economic Community,
                                                                    Whereas reference to the abovementioned criteria gives the
                                                                    guide price indicated below,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in
particular paragraph 8 of Protocol 4 on cotton, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4006/87 (*),
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                                              Article 1
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
                                                                    1. For the 1989/90 marketing year the guide price for
                                                                    unginned cotton shall be 96,02 ecu/100 kg.
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee,                                                          2. The price referred to in paragraph 1 shall be for
                                                                    cotton:
(!) OJ No L 377, 31. 12. 1987, p. 49.                               — of sound, fair and merchantable quality,