CELEX: 51988PC0120(09)
Language: en
Date: 1988-04-05
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) LAYING DOWN GENERAL RULES FOR INCORPORATION OF CEREALS IN FEED

No C 139/12                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                    30. 5. 88
                   Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) laying down general rules for incorporation
                                                        of cereals in feed
                                                          (88/C 139/09)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             2. Entitlement to the premium shall be established when
                                                                     operators prove, in accordance with the detailed rules laid
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                     down pursuant to Article llb(4) of Regulation (EEC) No
Economic Community,
                                                                     2727/75, to the satisfaction of the competent authority that
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of              they have used in a marketing year a greater quantity of
29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                    cereals than the average quantities used in the 1985/1986,
market in cereals (*); as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           1986/1987 and 1987/1988 marketing years.
No ..., and in particular Article llb(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
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Whereas the premium for incorporation provided for in
Article llb(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 is granted
only in respect of cereals used in addition to those used in a       The premium shall be fixed in accordance with the
reference period; whereas that reference period must be as           procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No
close as possible to the first marketing year of application         2727/75 at a level ensuring the competitiveness of cereals
of the measure in question; whereas, however, the trend in           with competing products.
prices of products competing with cereals on the world
market in the 1987/1988 marketing year does not enable
account to be taken of that marketing year only, a feature
of which is a substantial fall in the use of cereals in feed;                                   Article 3
whereas that trend should be moderated by taking account
of the 1985/1986 and 1986/1987 marketing years also;
                                                                     The premium for a marketing year shall be converted into
Whereas, moreover, as the aim of the premium for                     national currency at the agricultural conversion rate in
incorporation is to ensure additional use of cereals, it will        force on the first day of that marketing year.
only be achieved if the premium is fixed at a level sufficient
to ensure the competitiveness of cereals compared with
competing products,                                                                             Article 4
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                           Article 1                                 following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                     European Communities.
1. The premium provided for in Article llb(2) of
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 shall be granted for
                                                                     It shall apply from 1 July 1988.
additional quantities of cereals used by operators in feed.
                                                                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
(!) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.                                  applicable in all Member States.