CELEX: 51989PC0660(24)
Language: en
Date: 1990-01-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) FIXING THE TARGET PRICES AND INTERVENTION PRICES FOR RAPE AND SUNFLOWER SEED FOR THE 1990/91 MARKETING YEAR

28. 2. 90                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                    No C 49/33
                                                             Proposal for a
                                              COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No . . .
                                                                 of . . .
                   fixing the target prices and intervention prices for rape and sunflower seed for the 1990/91
                                                             marketing year
                                                             (90/C 49/24)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                Whereas, on the basis of these criteria, the target and
                                                                         intervention prices for rape and sunflower seed should be
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   fixed at the levels given below;
  Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
                                                                         Whereas the supplement to be applied to the target and
 thereof,
                                                                         intervention price for 'double zero' rape seed must be fixed in
                                                                         accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 24a of
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,             Regulation No 136/66/EEC;
  and in particular Article 89 (1) thereof,
                                                                         Whereas, under Article 68 of the Act of Accession prices in
                                                                         Spain have been set at a level different from that of the
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                         common prices; whereas pursuant to Article 70 (1) of the Act
                                                                         of Accession Spanish prices should be aligned with the
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,                common prices in annual steps at the beginning of each
                                                                         marketing year; whereas the rules on this alignment laid
                                                                         down give the Spanish prices set out below,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
 Committee,
 Whereas Articles 22 (4) and 24a (2) of Council Regulation               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
 No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the
 establishment of a common organization of the market in oils
 and fats( 1 ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                                              Article 1
 2902/89 ( 2 ), provide that the target price, the intervention
 price and the supplement applicable to rape seed are to                 For the 1990/91 marketing year, the target prices and the
 be fixed in accordance with the procedure laid down in                  intervention prices for rape and sunflower seed shall be as
 Articles 43 (2) of the Treaty;                                          follows:
                                                                         (a) target price for rape seed:
 Whereas, when the target prices and intervention prices for                   — ECU 42,05 per 100 kilograms for Spain,
 rape and sunflower seed are fixed, account should be taken of                 — ECU 45,02 per 100 kilograms for the other Member
 the objectives of the common agricultural policy and of the                      States;
 contribution which the Community desires to make to the
 harmonious development of world trade; whereas the                      (b) intervention price for rape seed:
 objectives of the common agricultural policy are, in                          — ECU 37,79 per 100 kilograms for Spain,
 particular, to ensure a fair standard of living for the farming
 community and to guarantee that supplies are available and                    — ECU 40,76 per 100 kilograms for the other Member
 that they reach consumers at reasonable prices;                                   States;
                                                                         (c) target price for sunflower seed:
 Whereas the intervention price must be fixed in accordance                    — ECU 49,73 per 100 kilograms for Spain,
with the criteria laid down in Article 24 (1) of Regulation                    — ECU 58,35 per 100 kilograms for the other Member
No 136/66/EEC;                                                                    States;
                                                                        (d) intervention price for sunflower seed:
Whereas the prices of rape and sunflower seed must be fixed
for specific standard qualities; whereas the latter should be                  — ECU 44,85 per 100 kilograms for Spain,
laid down in relation to the average qualities of the seeds                    — ECU 53,47 per 100 kilograms for the other Member
harvested in the Community; whereas, for rape and                                 States.
sunflower seed the quality laid down for the 1989/90
marketing year meets these requirements and can
accordingly be used for 1990/91;                                                                    Article 2
(«) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                                 The prices referred to in Article 1 shall be for seeds in bulk of
(2) OJ No L 280, 29. 9. 1989, p. 2.                                     sound and fair merchantable quality:
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(a) with an impurity content of 2 % and, for seeds as such,         'double zero' rape seed shall be ECU 2,50 per 100
     moisture and oil contents of 9 and 40 % respectively in        kilograms.
     the case of rape seed;
(b) with an impurity content of 2 % and, for seeds as such,                                  Article 4
     moisture and oil contents of 9 and 44 % respectively in
     the case of sunflower seed.                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                    following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                    European Communities.
                                                                    It shall apply:
                          Article 3
                                                                    — from 1 July 1990 as regards rape seed,
                                                                        and
For the 1990/91 marketing year, the supplement to
be applied to the target and intervention prices for                — from 1 August 1990 as regards sunflower seed.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, . . .
                                                                                         For the Council