CELEX: 31986R1457
Language: en
Date: 1986-05-13 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1457/86 of 13 May 1986 fixing the target prices and intervention prices for colza, rape and sunflower seed for the 1986/87 marketing year

No L 133 / 12                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                     21. 5. 86
                                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1457/86
                                                           of 13 May 1986
                   fixing the target prices and intervention prices for colza, rape and sunflower seed for the
                                                       1986/87 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             and can accordingly be used for 1986/87 ; whereas for
                                                                     sunflower seed the quality laid down for the 1985/86
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               marketing year can be retained for 1986/87, except that
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                    the oil content must be increased ;
thereof,
                                                                     Whereas the supplement to be applied to the target and
                                                                     intervention prices for 'double zero' colza and rape seed
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Por­              must be fixed in accordance with the criteria laid down
tugal, and in particular Article 89 ( 1 ) and Article 234 (2)        in Article 24a of Regulation No 136/66/EEC ;
thereof,
                                                                     Whereas under Articles 68 and 236 of the Act of
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC                    Accession prices in Spain and Portugal have been set at
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common                levels differing from that of the common prices ; whereas,
organization of the market in oils and fats (x), as last             pursuant to Article 70 ( 1 ) and Article 238 ( 1 ) of the Act
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1454/ 86 (2), and in                  of Accession, these prices should be aligned on the
particular the third subparagraph of Article 22 (4) and              common prices each year at the beginning of the
Article 24a (2) thereof,                                             marketing year,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3),               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­                                               Article 1
liament (4),
                                                                     For the 1986/ 87 marketing year, the target prices and
                                                                     the intervention prices for colza, rape and sunflower
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                     seed shall be as follows :
Social Committee (*),
                                                                     (a) target price for colza and rape seed :
Whereas, when the target prices and intervention prices                  — 46,41 ECU/ 100 kg for the Community of Ten,
for colza, rape and sunflower seed are fixed, account                    — 40,89 ECU/ 100 kg for Spain,
should be taken of the objectives of the common agricul­
tural policy and of the contribution which the                           — 46,41 ECU/ 100 kg for Portugal ;
Community desires to make to the harmonious                          (b) intervention price for colza and rape seed :
development of world trade ; whereas the objectives of
the common agricultural policy are, in particular, to                    — 42,15 ECU/ 100 kg for the Community of Ten,
ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural                    — 36,63 ECU/ 100 kg for Spain,
community, to ensure that supplies are available and that                — 42,15 ECU/ 100 kg for Portugal ;
they reach consumers at reasonable prices ;
                                                                     (c) target price for sunflower seed :
Whereas the intevention price must be fixed in accord­                   — 58,35 ECU/ 100 kg for the Community of Ten,
ance with the criteria laid down in Article 24 ( 1 ) of                  — 42,83 ECU/ 100 kg for Spain,
Regulation No 136/66 /EEC ;                                              — 58,35 ECU/ 100 kg for Portugal ;
Whereas the prices of colza, rape and sunflower seed                 (d) intervention price for sunflower seed :
must be fixed for specific standard qualities ; whereas the              — 53,47 ECU/ 100 kg for the Community of Ten,
latter should be laid down in relation to the average
                                                                         — 37,95 ECU/ 100 kg for Spain,
qualities of the seeds harvested in the Community;
whereas for colza and rape seed the quality laid down                    — 53,47 ECU/ 100 kg for Portugal.
for the 1985 / 86 marketing year meets these requirements
                                                                                                Article 2
O OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025 /66.                               The prices referred to in Article 1 shall relate to seeds in
(2) See page 8 of this Official Journal.                             bulk which are of sound and fair merchantable quality :
O OJ No C 85 , 14. 4. 1986, p. 16.
(4) Opinion delivered on 17 April 1986 (not yet published in the     (a) with an impurity content of 2 % and, for seeds as
    Official Journal).                                                   such, moisture and oil contents of 9 % and 40 %
O OJ No C 118 , 20 . 5 . 1986, p. 1 .                                    respectively in the case of colza and rape seed ;
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(b) with an impurity content of 2 % and, for seeds as                                      Article 4
    such, moisture and oil contents of 10 % and 44 %
    respectively in the case of sunflower seed.                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                  following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                          Article 3
                                                                  European Communities.
                                                                  It shall apply :
For the 1986/ 87 marketing year, the supplement to be
applied to the target and intervention prices for 'double         — from 1 July 1986 as regards colza and rape seed,
zero' colza and rape seed shall be 1,25 ECU per 100 kg.           — from 1 August 1986 as regards sunflower seed.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 13 May 1986 .
                                                                                       For the Council
                                                                                        The President
                                                                                     W. F. van EEKELEN