CELEX: 31979R0642
Language: en
Date: 1979-03-29 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 642/79 of 29 March 1979 fixing the flat-rate production aid and the guide price for certain dried fodder products for the period 1 April to 30 June 1979

31 . 3. 79                          Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 82/5
                                   COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 642/79
                                                   of 29 March 1979
               fixing the flat-rate production aid and the guide price for certain dried fodder
                                 products for the period 1 April to 30 June 1979
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                    price for those dried fodder products for which the
COMMUNITIES,                                                   marketing year expires on 31 March 1979, for the
                                                               period 1 April to 30 June 1979,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
thereof,
                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1117/78 of 22 May 1978 on the common organization
of the market in dried fodder (*), and in particular Arti­                             Article 1
cles 3 (3), 4 ( 1 ) and (3), and 5 (2) thereof,
                                                               For the period 1 April to 30 June 1979, the flat-rate
                                                               production aid provided for in Article 3 of Regulation
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,             (EEC) No 1117/78 shall be five units of account per
                                                               tonne for the products referred to in Article 1 (b) and
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­           (c) of the said Regulation.
ment (2),
                                                                                       Article 2
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78
stipulates that the level of the fixed production aid for
dried fodder must be such as to bring about an                  1 . For the period 1 April to 30 June 1979, the
improvement in the Community's protein supplies ;              guide price for the products referred to in the first
                                                               indent of Article 1 (b) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                1117/78 shall be 103 units of account per tonne.
Whereas, under Article 4 of the same Regulation, a
guide price must be set for certain dried fodder
products at a level that is fair to producers ; whereas        2.     This price refers to a product with :
this price must be set for a standard quality representa­      — a moisture content of 11 % ,
tive of the average quality of dried fodder produced in
the Community ;                                                — a total gross protein content of 18 % of the dry
                                                                    weight.
Whereas, under Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
 1117/78, the supplementary aid provided for in para­
graph 1 of that Article must be equal to a percentage                                   Article 3
of the difference between the guide price and the
average world market price for the products in ques­            For the period 1 April to 30 June 1979, the percent­
tion ; whereas in view of the characteristics of the           ages to be used to calculate the supplementary aid
market in question the percentage should be set at             referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No
70 % for the products referred to in Article 1 (b), first       1117/78 shall be :
indent, and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 and
at 40 % for the products referred to in the second             — 70 % for the products referred to in Article 1 (b),
indent of Article 1 (b) of that Regulation ;                        first indent, and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    1117/78,
Whereas it has proved necessary to reconsider all the          — 40 % for the products referred to in the second
problems relating to the fixing of prices for the                   indent of paragraph (b) of that Article.
 1979/80 marketing year, which will involve delay in
the fixing of these prices ; whereas it is therefore
necessary to fix the production aid and the guide                                       Article 4
(») OJ No L 142, 30. 5. 1978, p. 1 .
(2) Opinion delivered on 15 March 1979 (not yet published      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April
    in the Official Journal).                                   1979 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 29 March 1979 .
                                                                    For the Council
                                                                      The President
                                                                   P. MEHAIGNERIE