CELEX: 51983PC0604
Language: en
Date: 1983-10-14
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2727/75 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN CEREALS

N o C 298/4                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               4.11.83
                                                               II
                                                       (Preparatory Acts)
                                                  COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 on the
                                        common organization of the market in cereals
                                                      COM(83) 604 final
                              (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 18 October 1983)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas the third subparagraph of Article 3 a (1) of
COMMUNITIES,                                                       Regulation (EEC) N o 2727/75 provides that the
                                                                   measures applicable in the event of the guarantee
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                       threshold being exceeded will not affect the target
European Economic Community, and in particular                     prices; whereas this provision may, in certain cases,
Article 43 thereof,                                                make the objectives of co-responsibility more difficult
                                                                   to attain; whereas it is accordingly appropriate to
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                 replace the provision by one providing that the annual
                                                                   decision as to what extent threshold prices should be
Having regard to the opinion of the European                       affected is to take account of the foreseeable market
Parliament,                                                        situation;
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
                                                                   Whereas, in view of the increasing production of
Social Committee,
                                                                   sorghum and its competitive position in relation to
                                                                   the other feed grains, the common single intervention
Whereas the purpose of the introduction of a                       price should be applied to that cereal with effect from
guarantee threshold in the cereals sector by Council               the 1984/85 marketing year;
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 ('), as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 1451/82 (2), was to help to
guide production in the right direction and thus                   Whereas Regulation (EEC)           No 2727/75    should
alleviate the burden on the Community budget;                      therefore be amended,
whereas up to now the durum wheat sector has not
been covered by such a system;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas the recent trend in the areas under durum
wheat has led to some regional surpluses, disposal of                                       Article 1
which is proving particularly difficult; whereas the
production of durum wheat also constitutes a                       Regulation (EEC) N o 2727/75 is hereby amended as
relatively heavy burden for the Community budget;                  follows:
whereas provision should therefore be made for the
application of a guarantee threshold for durum wheat                1. The first subparagraph of Article 3 (1) is hereby
as well;                                                               replaced by the following:
Whereas, in terms of quantity, production of durum                     'Before 1 August each year, the following prices
wheat in the Communities meets internal demand;                        shall be fixed for the Community for the
whereas, however, regional surpluses build up                          marketing year beginning the following year:
because durum wheat is grown only in certain areas;                    — a common, single intervention price for
whereas it is not therefore appropriate to maintain a                      common wheat, rye, barley, maize and
permanent intervention system since an intervention                        sorghum,
system similar to that for common wheat of bread-
making quality is sufficient to safeguard producers'                   — a single intervention price for durum wheat,
incomes;                                                               — a reference price for common wheat of bread-
                                                                           making quality,
                                                                       — a target price for common wheat and for
O O J N o L 2 8 1 , 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.                                     durum wheat and a common target price for
(2) OJ No L 164, 14. 6. 1982, p. 1.                                        rye, barley, maize and sorghum.'
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2. The second subparagraph of Article 3 (5) is hereby          5. Article 5 (1) is hereby replaced by the following:
   replaced by the following:
                                                                  '1.     In respect of common wheat, durum wheat,
   'They shall be calculated by adding a market                   barley, maize, rye, and sorghum, a threshold price
   element ftnd an element reflecting the cost of                 shall be fixed for the Community in such a way
   transport between the Ormes area and the                       that the selling price for the imported product on
   Duisburg area:                                                 the Duisburg market shall be the same as the
   — to the reference price, for common wheat,                    target price, differences in quality being taken into
   — to the single intervention price, for durum                  account. The threshold price shall be fixed for the
        wheat,                                                    same standard quality as the target price.'
   — to the common, single intervention price, for
        rye, barley, maize and sorghum.'                       6. Article 7 (1) is hereby replaced by the following:
                                                                  '1.     Throughout the marketing year,               the
3. The first sentence of the fourth subparagraph of
                                                                  intervention agencies designated by the Member
   Article 3 (5) is hereby replaced by the following:
                                                                  States shall be obliged to buy in cereals mentioned
   'The market element for rye, barley, maize and                 in the first indent of Article 3 ( 1 ) which have been
   sorghum shall reflect the difference which must                harvested in the Community and are offered to
   exist between the market price for barley and the              them, provided that the offers comply with
   common single intervention price, plus the                     conditions, in particular in respect of quality and
   difference in market prices reflecting the ratio               quantity to be determined in accordance with
   between the relative values of barley and maize for            paragraph 5.'
   use in animal fed.'
                                                               7. The first indent of Article 7 (5) is hereby replaced
4. Article 3a (1) is hereby replaced by the following:            by the following:
   '1.     Each year, when the prices referred to in              '— the minimum quality and quantity required of
   Article 3 (1) are fixed, the Council shall, under the               each cereal for it to be eligible for
   same procedure, fix a guarantee threshold:                          intervention.'
   — for durum wheat,
   — for the other cereals.                                    8. Article 8 (2) is hereby replaced by the following:
   Should actual average production over the three                '2.    Where necessitated by the situation on the
   most recent preceding marketing years exceed the               Community market in common wheat of bread-
   guarantee threshold fixed for the year in question,            making quality or durum wheat,                   special
   the common, single intervention price for common               intervention measures may be adopted in respect
   wheat, rye, barley, maize and sorghum, the                     of these cereals with a view to supporting the
   reference pirce for common wheat and the single                development of the market therein in relation to
   intervention price for durum wheat shall be                    the reference price in the case of common wheat
   reduced by 1 % for the following marketing year                or the single intervention price in the case of
   for:                                                           durum wheat, as referred to in Article 3(1).
   — each 50 000 tonnes in excess, up to a maximum
        of 5 % in the case of durum wheat,                        In the case of common wheat of bread-making
                                                                  quality these measures may apply to qualities other
   — each million tonnes in excess up to a maximum                than that for which the reference price has been
        of 5 % in the case of the other cereals.                  fixed.'
   Each year, when prices are fixed, the extent to
   which the reduction provided for in the preceding           9. Article 8 (4) is hereby replaced by the following:
   subparagraph should affect the target prices
   provided for in Article 3 (1) shall be decided                 '4.     The nature and application of particular or
   according to the procedure laid down in Article 43             special intervention measures and the conditions
   (2) of the Treaty.                                             and procedures for the sale or for any other means
                                                                  of disposal of the products subject to these
   If, however, imports by the Community of the                   measures shall be determined in accordance with
   products listed in Annex D exceed 15 million                   the procedure laid down in Article 26.
   tonnes in the marketing year preceding the fixing
   of the guarantee threshold, the difference between             Detailed rules for the application of the Article
   the volume of these imports and 15 million tonnes              and the technical qualities required of durum
   shall be added to the guarantee threshold fixed for            wheat shall be laid down in accordance with the
   cereals other than durum wheat.'                               same procedure.'
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                       Article 2                              — from 1 July 1984 in respect of durum wheat,
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of          — from 1 August 1984 in respect of the other
its publication in the Official Journal of the European           cereals.
Communities.
                                                              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
It shall apply:                                               directly applicable in all Member States.