CELEX: 31986R1463
Language: en
Date: 1986-05-13 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1463/86 of 13 May 1986 fixing the guide price for flax seed for the 1986/87 marketing year

No L 133 / 20                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                     21.5.86
                                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1463/86
                                                            of 13 May 1986
                                 fixing the guide price for flax seed for the 1986/87 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                Whereas under Article 68 of the Act of Accession a price
                                                                        level differing from that of the common prices has been
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   applied in Spain ; whereas pursuant to Article 70 ( 1 ) of
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                        the Act of Accession the Spanish prices should be aligned
thereof,                                                                on the common prices each year at the beginning of the
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Por­                 marketing year ;
tugal, and in particular Article 89 (2) and Article 234 (3)             Whereas under Article 236 of the Act of Accession a
thereof,                                                                price level identical to that of the common prices has
                                                                        been applied in Portugal ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/76
of 15 March 1976 laying down special measures for flax                  Whereas the guide price must be fixed for a standard
seed ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1071 /                 quality to be determined by reference to the average
77 (2), and in particular Article 1 ( 1 ) and (3) thereof,              quality of seeds harvested in the Community; whereas
                                                                        the quality laid down for the 1985/86 marketing year
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3),                  meets this requirement and can accordingly be used for
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­                       the following marketing year,
liament (4),                                                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                                                  Article 1
Social Committee (5),                                                   For the 1986/ 87 marketing year, the guide price for flax
Whereas, when the guide price for flax seed is fixed                    seed shall be 55,41 ECU per 100 kilograms.
every year, account has to be taken both of the                         However, in Spain this price shall be 46,81 ECU per 100
objectives of the common agricultural policy and of the                 kilograms.
contribution which the Community desires to make to                                               Article 2
the harmonious development of world trade ; whereas the
objectives of the common agricultural policy are, in                    The price referred to in Article 1 shall relate to seed :
particular, to ensure a fair standard of living for the                 — in bulk, of sound and fair merchantable quality, and
agricultural community and to ensure that supplies are                  — with an impurity content of 2 % and, for seeds as
available and reach consumers at reasonable prices ;                        such, humidity and oil contents of 9 % and 38 %
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regu­                  respectively.
lation (EEC) No 569/76 provides more specifically that                                            Article 3
this price shall be fixed at a level which is fair to pro­
ducers, account being taken of the supply requirements                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
of the Community ; whereas to this end a balanced                       following its publication in the Official Journal of the
relationship should be maintained between this price                    European Communities.
and the price of other oil seeds ;                                      It shall apply from 1 August 1986 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in the entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 13 May 1986 .
                                                                                              For the Council
                                                                                               The President
                                                                                            W. F. van EEKELEN
(l) OJ No L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 29 .
O OJ No L 129, 17 . 5 . 1977 , p 7 .
O OJ No C 85 , 14 . 4 . 1986, p. 21 .
(") Opinion delivered on 17 April 1986 (not yet published in the
    Official Journal).
(s) OJ No C 118 , 20 . 5 . 1986, p. 1 .