CELEX: 31985R1504
Language: en
Date: 1985-05-23 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1504/85 of 23 May 1985 fixing, for the period 1 November 1985 to 31 October 1986, the basic price and the standard quality for slaughtered pigs

No L 151 / 30                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                    10 , 6 . 85
                                              COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC ) No 1504 / 85
                                                                of 23 May 1985
                    fixing, for the period 1 November 1985 to 31 October 1986 , the basic price and the standard
                                                          quality for slaughtered pigs
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                  Whereas the most representative class and categories of
                                                                           weight in Community production should be taken as the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      standard quality ;
Economic Community , and in particular Article 43
thereof,                                                                   Whereas the application of those criteria results in the basic
                                                                           price being fixed at the same level as that adopted for the
                                                                           previous period ,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No 2759 / 75 of
29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market
in pigmeat ( J ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
2966 / 80 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 4 ( 4 ) thereof,
                                                                                                     Article 1
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ( 3 ),
                                                                           For the period 1 November 1985 to 31 October 1986 the
Having     regard       to     the    opinion  of the      European        basic price for slaughtered pigs of the standard quality shall
Parliament (4 ),                                                           be 2 033,30 ECU per tonne .
                             i
Whereas , when the basic price for slaughtered pigs is fixed ,                                       Article 2
account should be taken of the objectives of the common
agricultural policy and of the contribution which the
                                                                           The standard quality shall be the quality for pig carcases of
Community desires to make to the harmonious development
                                                                           class II of the Community scale for grading pig carcases laid
of world trade ; whereas the objectives of the common
                                                                           down by Regulation (EEC ) No 2760 / 75 , excluding those
agricultural policy are in particular to ensure a fair standard
                                                                           carcases with a weight of less than 70 kilograms and those
of living for the agricultural community , to ensure that
                                                                           with a weight equal to or greater than 160 kilograms .
supplies are available and that they reach consumers at
reasonable prices ;
                                                                                                     Article 3
Whereas the basic price must be fixed in accordance with the
criteria laid down in Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No              This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
2759 / 75 for a standard quality defined according to Council              following its publication in the Official Journal of the
Regulation ( EEC ) No 2760/ 75 of 29 October 1975                          European Communities.
determining the Community scale for grading pig
carcases ( 5 );                                                            It shall apply from 1 November 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
(J) OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 307 , 18 . 11 . 1980 , p. 5 .
(3) OJ  No  C 67 , 4 . 3 . 1985 , p . 73 .
(4) OJ  No  C 94 , 15 . 4 . 1985 .
(5) OJ  No  L 282 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 10 .