CELEX: 51989PC0660(34)
Language: en
Date: 1990-01-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) FIXING THE TARGET PRICE FOR MILK AND THE INTERVENTION PRICES FOR BUTTER, SKIMMED-MILK POWDER AND GRANA PADANO AND PARMIGIANO REGGIANO CHEESES FOR THE 1990/91 MILK YEAR

28. 2. 90                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                      No C 49/47
                                                              Proposal for a
                                             COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No . . .
                                                                  of . . .
                   fixing the target price for milk and the intervention prices for butter, skimmed-milk powder
                          and Grana padano and Parmigiano reggiano cheeses for the 1990/91 milk year
                                                              (90/C 49/34)
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                skimmed-milk powder on the Community and world
                                                                          markets;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                        Whereas the intervention prices for Grana padano and
  thereof,                                                                Parmigiano reggiano cheeses must be fixed in accordance
                                                                          with the criteria laid down in Article 5 (2) of Regulation
  Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,            (EEC) No 804/68;
  and in particular Article 89 (1) thereof,
                                                                          Whereas, pursuant to Article 5b of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                          804/68, when fixing the target price for milk and the
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                          intervention prices, the Council is to fix a guarantee
  Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,                threshold for milk; whereas, however, the initial objective in
                                                                          fixing a guarantee threshold is achieved inter alia by means of
 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social                  an additional levy on deliveries of milk or milk products
  Committee,                                                              which exceed the reference quantities determined;
                                                                          Whereas, pursuant to Article 68 of the Act of Accession of
 Whereas Articles 3 (4) and 5 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC)             Spain and Portugal, prices in Spain have been set at a level
 No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of                 differing from that of the common prices; whereas, pursuant
 the market in milk and milk products (*), as last amended by             to Article 70 (1) of the Act, the Spanish prices should be
 Regulation (EEC) No 3879/89 (2), provides for the target                 aligned with the common prices in annual steps at the
 price for milk and the intervention prices for butter,                   beginning of each marketing year; whereas the criteria for
 skimmed-milk powder and Grana padano and Parmigiano                     this alignment give the Spanish prices set out in Article 1,
 reggiano cheeses to be fixed annually in accordance with the
 procedure laid down in Articles 43 (2) of the Treaty;
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
 Whereas, when the common agricultural prices are fixed,
 account should be taken of the objectives of the common                                              Article 1
 agricultural policy and of the contribution which the
 Community wishes to make to the harmonious development                  For the 1990/91 milk year, the target price for milk and the
 of world trade; whereas the objectives of the common                    intervention prices for milk products shall be as follows:
 agricultural policy are, in particular, to guarantee a fair                                                                  (ECU/100 kg)
 standard of living for the farming community and to ensure
 that supplies are available and that they reach consumers at                                                   Community        Sp,,„
 reasonable prices;
                                                                         (a) target price for milk:               27,84          27,84
 Whereas the target price for milk should therefore bear a               (b) intervention price:
 balanced relationship to the prices for other agricultural                   butter                             300,80         322,26
 products, and in particular to the prices for beef and veal,                 skimmed-milk powder                174,04         220,12
 that is consistent with the desired general pattern of cattle
                                                                              Grana Padano cheese:
 farming; whereas it is also necessary, when that price is fixed,
                                                                            * — between 30 and 60 days
 to take account of the Community's efforts to establish a
                                                                                  old                            388,93
 long-term balance between supply and demand on the milk                      — at least six months ok           480,33
 market, allowing for external trade in milk and milk
 products;                                                                    Parmigiano reggiano cheese of
                                                                              at least six months old            529,19
Whereas the intervention prices for butter and for
 skimmed-milk powders are intended to contribute to the
                                                                                                      Article 2
 achievement of the target price for milk; whereas it is
necessary to determine price levels in the light of the overall          This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
supply and demand situation on the Community market in                   following its publication in the Official Journal of the
milk and the opportunities for disposing of butter and                   European Communities.
(M OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.                                      It shall apply from the beginning of the 1990/91 milk
(2) OJ No L 378, 11. 12. 1989, p. 1.                                     year.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, . . .
                                                                             For the Council