CELEX: 51989PC0040(30)
Language: en
Date: 1989-01-31
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) FIXING THE TARGET PRICE FOR MILK AND THE INTERVENTION PRICES FOR BUTTER, SKIMMED-MILK POWDER AND GRANA PADANO AND PARMIGIANO REGGIANO CHEESES FOR THE 1989/90 MILK YEAR

3. 4. 89                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No C 82/37
                                                           Proposal for a
                                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No ...
                                                                of...
                fixing the target price for milk and the intervention prices for butter, skimmed-milk powder
                       and Grana Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses for the 1989/90 milk year
                                                            (89/C 82/30)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              Whereas the intervention prices for Grana Padano and
                                                                      Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses must be fixed in accordance
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 with the criteria laid down in Article 5 (2) of Regulation
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,             (EEC) No 804/68;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
                                                                      Whereas, under Article 5b of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68,
Portugal, and in particular Article 89(1) thereof,
                                                                      the Council, when fixing the target price for milk and the
                                                                      intervention prices, fixes a guarantee threshold for milk;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of                whereas, however, the initial objective in fixing a guarantee
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in              threshold is achieved inter alia by means of the system of
milk and milk products ( ! ), as last amended by Regulation           quotas, which entails an additional levy on deliveries of
(EEC) No ... (2) and in particular Articles 3(4), 5(1) and            milk or milk products which exceed the reference
5b(l) thereof,                                                        quantities determined;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                      Whereas under Article 68 of the Act of Accession of Spain
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,              and Portugal prices in Spain have been set at a level
                                                                      differing from that of the common prices; whereas
                                                                      pursuant to Article 70(1) of the Act the Spanish prices
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social               should be aligned with the common prices in annual steps
Committee,                                                            at the beginning of each marketing year; whereas the
                                                                      criteria for this alignment give the Spanish prices set out in
Whereas, when fixing the common agricultural prices,                  Article 1 of this Regulation,
account should be taken of the objectives of the common
agricultural policy and of the contribution which the
Community wishes to make to the harmonious develop-
ment of world trade; whereas the objectives of the common             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
agricultural policy are in particular to secure a fair standard
of living for the agricultural community and to ensure that
supplies are available and that they reach the consumers at
reasonable prices;
                                                                                                  Article 1
Whereas the target price for milk should therefore bear a
balanced relationship to the prices for other agricultural
products and in particular to the prices for beef and veal,           For the 1989/90 milk year, the target price for milk and the
that is consistent with the desired general pattern of cattle         intervention prices for milk products shall be as follows:
farming; whereas it is also necessary, in fixing that price, to
take account of the Community's efforts to establish a
long-term balance between supply and demand on the milk                                                                   ECU/100 kg
market, allowing for external trade in milk and milk
products;                                                                                              Community         Spa ,„
Whereas the intervention prices for butter and for                     (a) Target price for milk:         27,84           27,84
skimmed-milk powder are intended to contribute to the                  (b) Intervention price:
achievement of the target price for milk; whereas it is                    butter                        306,94          328,40
necessary to determine price levels in the light of the overall            skimmed-milk powder           174,04          220,12
supply and demand situation on the Community market in                     Grana Padano cheese:
milk and the opportunities for disposal of butter and                      — of an age of
                                                                               between 30 and
skimmed-milk powder on the Community and world                                 60 days                   388,93
markets;                                                                   — of an age of
                                                                               at least 6 months         480,33
                                                                           Parmigiano Reggiano
                                                                           cheese of an age of at
(!) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.                                       least 6 months                529,19
 (2) OJ No L ...
 ---pagebreak--- No C 82/38                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                   3. 4. 89
                                                           Article 2
              This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official
              Journal of the European Communities.
              It shall apply as from the beginning of the 1989/90 milk year.
              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...
                  amending Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77 in respect of the co-responsibility levy on milk
                                                     and milk products
                                                         (89/C 82/31)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           interests involved; whereas the data and forecasts at
                                                                   present available show that the abovementioned objectives
                                                                   will probably not be reached before the end of the period
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                   laid down; whereas it is therefore necessary to fix the rate
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
                                                                   of the levy for the milk year 1989/90 at 2 % of the target
                                                                   price for milk,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social                                       Article 1
Committee,
                                                                   The following paragraph 10 is added to Article 2 of
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77 (*), as last           Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77:
amended by Regulation (EEC) No ... (2), introduced a co-
responsibility levy to apply until the end of the 1989/90               '10. For the 1989/90 milk year, the levy shall be 2 %
milk year and covering, in principle, all milk supplied to              of the target price for milk.'
dairies and certain sales of milk products at the farm;
Whereas the object of that levy was to establish a better                                     Article 2
balance on the market for milk by creating a more direct
connection between production and the scope for disposal
of milk products, in view of the importance of the public          This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                   following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                   European Communities.
(!) OJ No L 131, 26. 5. 1977, p. 6.
(2) OJ No L ...                                                    It shall apply from the beginning of the 1989/90 milk year.