CELEX: 51988PC0120(19)
Language: en
Date: 1988-04-05
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION NO 136/66/EEC ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN OILS AND FATS

30. 5. 88                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No C 139/23
    (a) in France and Italy, by 2,5 % in respect of the                                        Article 2
        marketing years 1982/1983 to 1991/1992;
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
    (b) in Greece, by 2,5 % in respect of the marketing years       following its publication in the Official Journal of the
        1984/1985 to 1991/1992;                                     European Communities.
    (c) in Spain and Portugal, by 2,5 % in respect of the           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
        marketing years 1990/1991 and 1991/1992.'                   applicable in all Member States.
               Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation No 136/66/EEC on the
                           establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats
                                                          (88/C 139/19)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             1. Article 7 is replaced by the following:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   'Article 7
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
                                                                        The representative market price shall be fixed at a level
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                      permitting the normal disposal of olive oil production,
                                                                        having regard to the prices of the competing products,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,                and in particular of the outlook for their trend during
                                                                        the marketing year.'
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee,
                                                                     2. Article 11(1) is replaced by the following:
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1915/87 (*) ab-
olishes the monthly increases for olive oil; whereas Articles           ' 1 . Where the production target price minus the
7 and 11 of Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC (2), as last               production aid is higher than the representative market
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No ..., should be adapted                  price for olive oil, consumption aid shall be granted for
 accordingly;                                                           olive oil produced and placed on the market in the
                                                                        Community. Such aid shall be equal to the difference
Whereas Article 26(1) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                       between those two amounts.'
 provides for the possibility of buying in rape seed and
 sunflower seed where the market prices are lower than the
 intervention price; whereas, to make market management                 The first subparagraph of Article 26(1) is replaced by
                                                                        the following:
 easier, that economically unwarranted condition should be
 deleted; whereas, as a consequence of the limitation on the
 intervention period set out in that paragraph, paragraph 2              'From 1 October to 31 May, intervention agencies shall
 of that Article should be adapted,                                     purchase, under the conditions laid down pursuant to
                                                                        paragraphs 2 and 3, oil seeds originating in the
                                                                         Community offered to it at intervention centres.
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                            Notwithstanding Article 27a, the oil seeds shall be
                                                                         bought in at 94 % of the intervention price.''
                           Article 1
                                                                     4. Article 26(2) is replaced by the following:
 Regulation No 136/66/EEC is hereby amended as follows:                  '2. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a
                                                                         proposal from the Commission, shall lay down the
                                                                         conditions for intervention and in particular the
 (!) OJ No L 183, 3. 7. 1987, p. 7.                                      principles governing the disposal by intervention
 (2) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                                 agencies of seeds bought in by them.'
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                           Article 2                                 Article 1(3) shall apply from 1 July 1988 as regards rape
                                                                     seed and from 1 August 1988 as regards sunflower seed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
European Communities.                                                applicable in all Member States.
               Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) fixing the target prices and intervention prices for colza,
                                   rape and sunflower seed for the 1988/1989 marketing year
                                                            (88/C 139/20)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              1988 marketing year meets requirements and can accord-
                                                                     ingly be used for 1988/1989;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                  Whereas, on the basis of these criteria, the target and
                                                                     intervention prices for colza, rape and sunflower seed
                                                                     should be fixed at the levels given below;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of
 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common
 organization of the market in oils and fats (*), as last            Whereas the supplement to be applied to the target and
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No ..., and in particular               intervention prices for 'double zero' colza and rape seed
 Articles 22(4) and 24a (2) thereof,                                  must be fixed in accordance with the criteria laid down in
                                                                     Article 24a of Regulation No 136/66/EEC;
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                     Whereas under Article 68 of the Act of Accession prices in
                                                                      Spain have been set at a level differing from that of the
                                                                      common prices; whereas pursuant to Article 70(1) of the
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,             Act of Accession Spanish prices should be aligned with the
                                                                      common prices in annual steps at the beginning of each
                                                                      marketing year; whereas the rules on this alignment laid
 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social              down give the Spanish prices set out below,
 Committee,
 Whereas, when the target prices and intervention prices for          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
 colza, rape and sunflower seed are fixed, account should be
 taken of the objectives of the common agricultural policy
 and of the contribution which the Community desires to
 make to the harmonious development of world trade;
 whereas the objectives of the common agricultural policy                                       Article 1
 are, in particular, to ensure a fair standard of living for the
 agricultural Community, to ensure that supplies are
 available and that they reach consumers at reasonable
 prices;                                                              For the 1988/1989 marketing year, the target prices and the
                                                                      intervention prices for colza, rape and sunflower seed shall
                                                                      be as follows:
 Whereas the intervention price must be fixed in accordance
 with the criteria laid down in Article 24(1) of Regulation           (a) target price for colza and rape seed:
 No 136/66/EEC;
                                                                          — 40,86 ECU/100 kg for Spain,
 Whereas the prices of colza, rape and sunflower seed must
 be fixed for specific standard qualities; whereas the latter
 should be laid down in relation to the average qualities of                  45,02 ECU/100 kg for the other Member States.
 the seeds harvested in the Community; whereas, for colza,
 rape and sunflower seed the quality laid down for the 1987/
                                                                      (b) intervention price for colza and rape seed:
 (!) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                                      36,60 ECU/100 kg for Spain,