CELEX: 51986PC0020(22)
Language: en
Date: 1986-02-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION FIXING THE FLAT-RATE PRODUCTION AID AND THE GUIDE PRICE FOR DRIED FODDER FOR THE 1986/87 MARKETING YEAR

14. 4. 86                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No C 85/25
                Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the flat-rate production aid and the guide price for dried
                                              fodder for the 1986/87 marketing year
                                                         COM(86) 20 final
                               (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 February 1986)
                                                            (86/C 85/22)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              should be aligned in annual steps at the beginning of each
                                                                      marketing year; whereas the rules on this alignment laid
                                                                      down give the Spanish and Portuguese prices set below;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
thereof,                                                              Whereas, under Articles 68 and 236 of the Act of Accession
                                                                      of Spain and Portugal, prices in these two countries have been
                                                                      set at levels differing from that of the common prices;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,          whereas, pursuant to Articles 70 (1) and 238 (l)of the Act of
and in particular Articles 89 (1) and 234 (2) thereof,                Accession, these prices should be aligned with the common
                                                                      prices in annual steps at the beginning of each marketing
                                                                      year; whereas the rules on this alignment laid down give the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 of               Spanish and Portuguese prices set below,
22 May 1978 on the common organization of the market in
dried fodder (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No          and in particular Articles 3 (3), 4 (1) and (3) and
5 (2) thereof,                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                                               Article 1
                                                                      For the 1986/87 marketing year, the flat-rate production aid
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
                                                                      provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78
                                                                      for the products referred to in Article 1 (b) and (c) of that
                                                                      Regulation shall be:
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78
stipulates that the level of the flat-rate production aid for
dried fodder must be such as to bring about an improvement            (a) 8,49 ECU per tonne for the Community as constituted
in the Community's protein supplies;                                       on 31 December 1985;
                                                                      (b) 1,21 ECU per tonne for Spain;
Whereas, under Article 4 of the same Regulation, a guide
price must be set for certain dried fodder products at a level        (c) 1,21 ECU per tonne for Portugal.
which is fair to producers; whereas this price must be set for a
 standard quality representative of the average quality of
 dried fodder produced in the Community;
                                                                                                 Article 2
 Whereas, under Article 5(2) of Regulation (EEC) No
 1117/78, the supplementary aid provided for in paragraph 1            For the 1986/87 marketing year, the guide price for the
 of that Article must be equal to a percentage of the difference       products referred to in Article 1 (b), first indent, of
 between the guide price and the average world market price            Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 shall be:
 for the products in question; whereas, in view of the
 characteristics of the market in question, the percentage             (a) 178,92 ECU per tonne for the Community                  as
 should be set at 100 % for the products referred to in Article            constituted on 31 December 1985;
 1 (b), first indent, and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78
 and at 50 % for the products referred to in Article 1 (b),            (b) 148,80 ECU per tonne for Spain;
 second indent, of that Regulation;
                                                                       (c) 178,92 ECU per tonne for Portugal.
 Whereas Articles 120 and 306 of the Act of Accession                  This price shall refer to a product with:
 provide for the granting of the flat-rate production aid for
 dried fodder in Spain and in Portugal; whereas pursuant               — a moisture content of 11 %,
 to Articles 79 and 246 of the Act of Accession the aid rates
                                                                       — a total gross protein content of 18 % of the dry
 (') OJ No L 142, 30. 5. 1978, p. 1.                                       weight.
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                            Article 3                                                          Article 4
For the 1986/87 marketing year, the percentages to be used           This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
to calculate the supplementary aid referred to in Article 5 of       following its publication in the Official Journal of the
Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 shall be:                                European Communities.
— 100 % for the products referred to in Article 1 (b), first         It shall apply from 1 April 1986.
     indent, and (c) of that Regulation, and
— 50 % for the products referred to in Article 1 (b), second         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
     indent, of that Regulation.                                     applicable in all Member States.
               Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing, for the 1986/87 marketing year, the guide price for
                         unginned cotton and the quantity of cotton for which aid may be granted in full
                                                         COM(86) 20 final
                               (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 February 1986)
                                                           (86/C 85/23)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                                       Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                1.     For the 1986/87 marketing year the guide price for
Economic Community,                                                  unginned cotton shall be 96,02 ECU per 100 kilograms.
                                                                     2.      The price referred to in paragraph 1 shall be for
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in              cotton:
particular paragraphs 8 and 9 of Protocol 4 on cotton, as
 amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and          — containing 14 % moisture and 3 % of                inorganic
in particular by Protocol 14 annexed thereto,                             extraneous matter,
                                                                     — with the characteristics required to yield, after ginning,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                        54 % of seed and 32 % of fibres of grade No 5, as defined
                                                                          in Greece, with a length of 28 mm.
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social                                        Article 2
 Committee,                                                           1.     For the 1986/87 marketing year, the quantity of
                                                                     cotton referred to in subparagraph (a) of the second
 Whereas paragraph 8 of Protocol 4 states that the guide price       paragraph of point 9 of Protocol 4 shall be 752 000
 for cotton that has not been ginned is to be fixed annually by      tonnes.
 reference to the criteria laid down in paragraphs 2 and 3 of
 that Protocol; whereas paragraph 9 states that the quantity          2.     The quantity of cotton referred to in paragraph 1
 of cotton for which aid shall be granted in full is to be            shall be unginned cotton of the quality indicated in
 fixed annually by reference to the criteria laid down in            Article 1 (2).
 paragraph 3;
                                                                                                Article 3
 Whereas under Articles 68 and 236 of the Act of Accession of
 Spain and Portugal a price level identical to that of the            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
 common prices has been applied in both countries;                    following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                      European Communities.
 Whereas reference to these criteria gives the guide price and
 the quantity of cotton indicated below,                              It shall apply from 1 September 1986.
                                                                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                         applicable in all Member States.