CELEX: 51989PC0040(01)
Language: en
Date: 1989-01-31
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2727/75 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN CEREALS

3. 4. 89                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                No C 82/1
                                                              II
                                                      (Preparatory Acts)
                                                 COMMISSION
                Commission proposals on the prices for agricultural products and on related measures 1989/90
                                                      COM(89) 40 final
                             (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 2 February 1989)
                                                        Proposal for a
                                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No ...
                                                             of...
                           amending Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 on the common organization
                                                   of the market in cereals
                                                         (89/C 82/01)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
                                                                                             Article 1
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                   Regulation (EEC) No 2121 IIS is amended as follows:
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
                                                                   1. The second subparagraph of Article 4b(3) shall read:
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee,
                                                                      'In this event the Commission shall also adjust the target
                                                                      prices using the derivation components by means of
Whereas under Article 4b of Council Regulation (EEC)                  which they were established under Article 3(4).'
No 2727/75 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No ... (2), if the maximum guaranteed quantity is exceeded
the target prices are adjusted by the Council; whereas it
would be more suitable to provide that, as for the                 2. Article 7(2) shall read:
intervention prices, the adjustment be made by the
Commission;
                                                                      '2. Buying-in as indicated in paragraph 1 shall be
                                                                      restricted to the following periods:
Whereas given the need to reform the cereals sector the
period during which cereals may be offered for intervention
should be shortened; whereas this reduction in the                    — in Italy, Spain, Greece and Portugal, 1 November to
intervention period should be split between the 1989/90                   31 May
and 1990/91 marketing years; whereas Regulation (EEC)
No 2727/75 should in consequence be amended,
                                                                      — in the other Member States, 1 January to 31 May.
(!) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.                                   However, the buying-in may be carried out in the 1989/
(2) OJ No L ...                                                       90 marketing year:
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    — in Italy, Spain, Greece and Portugal, from 1                                                Article 2
        September to 31 May
                                                                        This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
    — in the other Member States, from 1 November to                    following its publication in the Official Journal of the
        31 May.'                                                       European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
               Done at...
                                                                                      For the Council
                                                            Proposal for a
                                              COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No ...
                                                                 of...
                               fixing the prices applicable to cereals for the 1989/90 marketing year
                                                             (89/C 82/02)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               Whereas in many cases surpluses can no longer be disposed
                                                                       of on normal terms either inside or outside the Com-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  munity ; whereas, in order to reduce the cost to the budget
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                       of disposing of surpluses on markets outside the Com-
thereof,                                                               munity and to encourage greater consumption within the
                                                                       Community, the restrictive price policy should continue to
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                     be applied; whereas given the new intervention arrange-
Portugal, and in particular Article 89 thereof,                        ment and further application of the stabilizing mechanism
                                                                       indicated in Article 4b(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of                this aim may be achieved by maintaining for 1989/90 the
29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                      intervention prices for common wheat, barley, rye, maize
market in cereals (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             and sorghum for the previous marketing year;
No ... (2), and in particular Article 3(5) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                       Whereas, as part of a quality policy, production of common
                                                                       wheat of higher breadmaking quality and production of rye
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,               of breadmaking quality should be supported; whereas,
                                                                       accordingly, the special premiums for common wheat of
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social                breadmaking quality and for rye of breadmaking quality
Committee,                                                             should be continued; whereas, however, the level of these
                                                                       premiums should be adjusted in line with the further
Whereas the markets and prices policy, based on modern                 reduction in the intervention prices provided for in Article
farms, is the main instrument of the common agricultural               4b(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75;
policy; whereas full advantage cannot be drawn from such
a policy unless it is integrated into a general framework
embracing a dynamic social and structural policy and the
application of the rules on competition contained in the               Whereas from the 1986/87 marketing year the Council
Treaty;                                                                began a process of aligning the intervention price of durum
                                                                       wheat on that of common wheat; whereas, given the
                                                                       present ratio between the prices of those cereals and the
(!) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.                                    imbalance recorded on the durum wheat market, it is
(2) See page 1 of this Official Journal.                               advisable to pursue that process; whereas, accordingly, an