CELEX: 31985R1489
Language: en
Date: 1985-05-23 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1489/85 of 23 May 1985 fixing the target price and intervention price for sunflower seed for the 1985/86 marketing year

10 . 6 . 85                                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No L 151 / 13
                                                COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 1489 / 85
                                                                of 23 May 1985
                    fixing the target price and intervention price for sunflower seed for the 1985 / 86 marketing
                                                                       year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                   laid down in relation to the average qualities of the seeds
                                                                            harvested in the Community ; whereas , for sunflower seed,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                       the quality laid down for the 1984 / 85 marketing year meets
Economic Community , and in particular Article 43                           these requirements and can accordingly be used for the
thereof,                                                                    following marketing year;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136 / 66 / EEC of                    Whereas , in accordance with these criteria , the target and
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common                          intervention prices should be fixed at a lower level , in the case
organization of the market in oils and fats (*), as last                    of sunflower seed , than that adopted for the preceding
amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 231 / 85 ( 2 ), and in                     marketing year,
particular Article 22 ( 4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ( 3 ),                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the opinion of the European
Parliament ( 4 ),                                                                                      Article 1
Whereas , when the target price and intervention price for                  For the 1985 / 86 marketing year, the target price and the
sunflower seed are fixed , account should be taken of the                   intervention price for sunflower seed shall be fixed as
objectives of the common agricultural policy and of the                     follows :
contribution which the Community desires to make to the
harmonious development of world trade ; whereas' the                                                                          ECU per 100 kg
objectives of the common agricultural policy are , in                           target price :                                          57,35
particular, to ensure a fair standard of living for the                         intervention price :                                    52,47
agricultural community , to ensure that supplies are available
and that they reach consumers at reasonable prices ;
                                                                                                       Article 2
Whereas the intervention price must be fixed in accordance
with the criteria laid down in Article 24 ( 1 ) of Regulation
No 136 / 66 / EEC ;                                                         The prices referred to in Article 1 relate to seeds in bulk which
                                                                            are of sound , genuine and merchantable quality with an
                                                                            impurity content of 2 % and , for seeds as such , moisture and
Whereas Article 1(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1 104 / 84 fixes
                                                                            oil contents of 10 % and 42 % respectively.
the guarantee threshold for sunflower seed for the 1984 / 85
marketing year at 1 000 000 tonnes ; whereas the actual
average production recorded over the past three marketing
years is 963 900 tonnes ; whereas the target and intervention                                          Article 3
prices for the products in question should therefore not be
reduced by virtue of the guarantee threshold being exceeded                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
for the 1985 / 86 marketing year;                                           following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                            European Communities .
Whereas the prices of sunflower seed must be fixed for
specific standard qualities ; whereas these qualities should be             It shall apply from 1 August 1985 .
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels , 23 May 1985 .
                                                                                             For the Council
                                                                                               The President
                                                                                               C. SIGNORILE
(»)  OJ  No 172, 30. 9 . 1966 , p . 3025 / 66 .
(2) OJ   No L 26 , 31 . 1 . 1985 , p. 12 .
(3)  OJ  No C 67 , 14 . 3 . 1985 , p . 17 .
(<)  OJ  No C 94 , 15 . 4 . 1985 .