CELEX: 51988PC0120(20)
Language: en
Date: 1988-04-05
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) FIXING THE TARGET PRICES AND INTERVENTION PRICES FOR COLZA, RAPE AND SUNFLOWER SEED FOR THE 1988/89 MARKETING YEAR

No C 139/24                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  30. 5. 88
                           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,
 ---pagebreak--- 30. 5. 88                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No C 139/25
    — 40,76 ECU/100 kg for the other Member States.                                          Article 3
(c) target price for sunflower seed:
                                                                   For the 1988/1989 marketing year, the supplement to be
    — 46,28 ECU/100 kg for Spain,                                  applied to the target and intervention prices for 'double
                                                                   zero' colza and rape seed shall be 2,5 ECU per 100 kg.
    — 58,35 ECU/100 kg for the other Member States.
(d) intervention price for sunflower seed:
                                                                                              Article 4
    — 41,40 ECU/100 kg for Spain,
    — 53,47 ECU/100 kg for the other Member States.                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                   following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                   European Communities.
                          Article 2
                                                                   It shall apply:
The prices referred to in Article 1 shall relate to seeds in
bulk which are sound, fair and of merchantable quality:            — with effect from 1 July 1988 as regards colza and rape
(a) with an impurity content of 2 % and, for seeds as such,            seed, and
    moisture and oil contents of 9 % and 40 % respectively
    in the case of colza and rape seed;                            — with effect from 1 August 1988 as regards sunflower
                                                                       seed.
(b) with an impurity content of 2 % and, for seeds as such,
    moisture and oil contents of 9 % and 44 % respectively         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
    in the case of sunflower seed.                                 applicable in all Member States.
              Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) fixing the monthly increases in the target price and the
                   intervention price for rape seed and sunflower seed for the 1988/1989 marketing year
                                                         (88/C 139/21)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           Whereas those increases, which are to be equal for each
                                                                   month, must be fixed taking account of the average storage
                                                                   costs and interest recorded in the Community; whereas the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              average storage costs should be established on the basis of
Economic Community,                                                the cost of storing seed in suitable premises and the cost of
                                                                   handling necessary for the proper preservation of the seed;
                                                                   whereas the interest may be calculated on the basis of the
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of               rate considered normal for the producing regions,
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common
organization of the market in oils and fats (*), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No ..., and in particular              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 25 thereof,
                                                                                              Article 1
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                   1. For the 1988/1989 marketing year, the monthly
Whereas, pursuant to Article 25 of Regulation No 136/66/           increases in the target price and the intervention price for
EEC, the amount by which the target price and the                  rape seed shall be 0,199 ECU per 100 kilograms.
intervention price for rape seed and sunflower seed is to be
increased monthly from the beginning of the fifth month of         2. The increases referred to in paragraph 1 shall apply for
the marketing year for rape seed and from the beginning of         seven months.
the fourth month of the marketing year for sunflower seed
should be fixed for the 1988/1989 marketing year and the
number of months during which those increases are to be
applied should be laid down; whereas that amount must be                                      Article 2
the same for both prices;
                                                                   1. For the 1988/1989 marketing year, the monthly
                                                                   increases in the target price and the intervention price for
(!) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                            sunflower seed shall be 0,237 ECU per 100 kilograms.