CELEX: 51986PC0020(46)
Language: en
Date: 1986-02-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION FIXING THE GUIDE PRICE AND THE INTERVENTION PRICE FOR ADULT BOVINE ANIMALS FOR THE 1986/87 MARKETING YEAR

14. 4. 86                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                   No C 85/77
general rules for granting export refunds on milk and milk                 'Article 5 a
products and criteria for fixing the amount of such
refunds;                                                                   Article 5 shall not apply where the amount of the refund is
                                                                           fixed by tender.'
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 876/68 should be amended
following the latest amendment to Article 17 (2) of
Regulation (EEC) No 804/68,                                                                        Article 2
                                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                          following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                      European Communities.
                              Article 1
The following Article 5 a is hereby added to Regulation               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
(EEC) No 876/68:                                                      applicable in all Member States.
              Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the guide price and the intervention price for adult bovine
                                               animals for the 1986/87 marketing year
                                                          COM(86) 20 final
                                 (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 February 1986)
                                                             (86/C 85/46)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              agricultural policy aims inter alia to ensure a fair standard of
                                                                       living for the agricultural community, to guarantee the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 availability of supplies and to ensure that supplies reach
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                      consumers at reasonable prices;
 thereof,
                                                                       Whereas the guide price must be fixed in accordance with the
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,          criteria laid down in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
 and in particular Article 89 (1) thereof,                             805/68;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of                Whereas, in view of the current economic situation on the
 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in              beef and veal market, the intervention price for adult bovine
 beef and v e a l ^ ) , as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            animals for the 1986/87 marketing year should be fixed at
 No        , and in particular Articles 3(3) and 6(4)                  the same level in relation to the guide price as that adopted for
 thereof,                                                              the preceding marketing year;
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                    Whereas under Article 68 of the Act of Accession of Spain
                                                                        and Portugal a price level differing from that of the common
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,              prices has been applied in Spain; whereas, pursuant to Article
                                                                        70 (1) of the Act of Accession, Spanish prices are to be
 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social                aligned with Community prices in stages occurring each year
 Committee,                                                             at the beginning of the marketing year; whereas the rules on
                                                                        this alignment give the Spanish prices set below;
 Whereas, when the guide price for adult bovine animals is
  fixed, account should be taken both of the objectives of the          Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 (2) laid
  common agricultural policy and of the contribution which              down a Community scale for the classification of carcases of
  the Community wishes to make to the harmonious                        adult bovine animals for recording market prices and
  development of world trade; whereas the common                        applying intervention measures; whereas, by Council
  (») OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.                                  (2) OJNoL 123,7.5. 1981, p. 3.
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Regulation (EEC) No 869/84 ( J ), a decision was taken to                 intervention agencies of one or more qualities or groups
apply the said Community scale to the intervention measures               of qualities, to be determined, of fresh or chilled meat
for a three-year period, on an experimental basis, whereas                falling within subheadings 02.01 A II a) 2 and 3 of the
the gradual application of the scale leads to the fixing of a             Common Customs Tariff shall be decided upon by the
single price for each quality or group of qualities of meat,              Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down
eligible for intervention, at the beginning, of the 1986/87               in point 5 when the average price of these qualities or
marketing year; whereas henceforth the existence of single                groups of qualities recorded on the Community market
prices will permit activation and suspension of buying-in of              on the basis of the Community scale for the classification
meat of the qualities eligible for intervention on the basis of           of carcases of adult bovine animals established by
prices recorded on the Community market for these qualities               Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 is, for a period of two
using the Community classification scale;                                 consecutive weeks, equal to or less than the intervention
                                                                          price fixed at the beginning of the marketing year for
Whereas in view of the important change to be made in the                 such qualities or groups of qualities;
public intervention system from 1 December 1987 provision
should be made for gradual adjustment to the new situation;           2. the Commission shall decide on the suspension of the
whereas accordingly the quantities bought-in by intervention              purchases referred to in point 1 when the average price
should be gradually reduced by restricting the eligible                    for certain qualities or groups of qualities of meat
qualities and products, in particular by terminating                       recorded on the Community market on the basis of the
purchasing of carcases and half-carcases and by reducing the               scale referred to in point 1 is, for a period of three
product categories and classes with reference to the                       consecutive weeks, above the intervention purchase price
Community classification scale,                                            fixed at the beginning of the marketing year for these
                                                                           qualities or groups of qualities;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                          3. if the purchases referred to in point 1 have been
                                                                           suspended under the terms of point 2, the Commission
                             Article 1                                     shall decide on their resumption when the average price
                                                                           recorded for the qualities or groups of qualities in
For the 1986/87 marketing year, the guide price for adult                  question has, for a period of two consecutive weeks, been
bovine animals shall be 205,02 ECU per 100 kilograms                       equal to or less than the intervention purchase price fixed
liveweight.                                                                for the same qualities or groups of qualities at the
                                                                           beginning of the marketing year;
                                                                      4. the Commission, in accordance with the procedure
                             Article 2
                                                                           provided for in point 5, may, in one or more Member
                                                                           States or regions of a Member State, limit the list of
 For the 1986/87 marketing year, by derogation from the
                                                                           qualities or groups of qualities of meat eligible for
 second subparagraph of Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                           intervention;
No 805/68:
 (a) the intervention price referred to in the said                   5. the Commission, in accordance with the procedure
      subparagraph shall be 184,52 ECU per 100 kilograms                   provided for in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No
      live weight in the Community as constituted on 31                    805/68, shall:
      December 1985 and 167,67 ECU per 100 kilograms live
                                                                           (a) establish the intervention purchase prices;
      weight in Spain;
                                                                           (b) adopt procedures for applying this Article.
 (b) the level of the price specified in the first sentence of
      Article 6 (3) of the said Regulation shall be 184,52 ECU
      per 100 kilograms live weight in the Community as
      constituted on 31 December 1985 and 167,67 ECU per                                           Article 4
       100 kilograms live weight in Spain.
                                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                      following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                      European Communities.
                             Article 3
                                                                      It shall apply from the beginning of the 1986/87 marketing
 For the 1986/87 marketing year:
                                                                      year for beef and veal.
 1. by way of derogation from Article 6(1) and (3)
     of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, purchases by
                                                                       This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
 (>) OJ No L 90, 1. 4. 1984, p. 32.                                    applicable in all Member States.