CELEX: 51984PC0020(16)
Language: en
Date: 1984-01-24
Title: PROPOSAL FOR COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) OF FIXING THE TARGET PRICES AND INTERVENTION PRICES FOR COLZA AND RAPE SEED AND SUNFLOWER SEED FOR THE 1984/85 MARKETING YEAR

5. 3. 84                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           No C 62/15
          cultivated by them and of the yields of such                                   Article 2
          trees, as determined according to a standard
          method, and provided that the olives pro-             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
          duced have actually been harvested.                   day following its publication in the Official Journal
                                                                of the European Communities.
     The aid shall be granted only in respect of areas
     planted with olive trees at 31 October 1978 and            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
     in Greece at 1 January 1981.'                              directly applicable in all Member States.
               Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the target prices and intervention prices for
                              colza, rape and sunflower seed for the 1984/85 marketing year
                                                      (84/C 62/14)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 (2) of Council Regu-
COMMUNITIES,                                                    lation (EEC) No 1593/83 (2), if Community produc-
                                                                tion of colza and rape seed recordecHn accordance
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro-              with Article 24a of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
pean Economic Community, and in particular                      exceeds a guarantee threshold, there is to be a 1 %
Article 43 thereof,                                             reduction in the 1984/85 target and intervention
                                                                prices for every 50 000 tonnes in excess of the guar-
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/                  antee threshold, up to a maximum of 5 %; whereas
EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of                 Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1593/83 fixes
a common organization of the market in oils and                 the guarantee threshold for the 1983/84 marketing
fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                 year at 2 290 000 tonnes; whereas the actual average
. .., and in particular Article 22 (4) thereof,                  production recorded over the past three marketing
                                                                 years is 2 411 870 tonnes; whereas the target and
                                                                 intervention prices for the products in question
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis-                   should therefore be reduced by 2 % for the 1984/85
sion,                                                            marketing year;
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
liament,
                                                                 Whereas, in accordance with these criteria, the target
 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                and intervention prices should be fixed at a lower
Social Committee,                                                level, in the case of colza and rape seed and, in the
                                                                 case of sunflower seed, at a higher level than that
                                                                 adopted for the preceding marketing year;
 Whereas, when the target prices and intervention
 prices for colza, rape and sunflower seed are fixed,
 account should be taken of the objectives of the
 common agricultural policy and of the contribution               Whereas the prices of colza, rape and sunflower
 which the Community desires to make to the har-                  seed must be fixed for specific standard qualities;
 monious development of world trade; whereas the                  whereas the latter should be laid down in relation to
 objectives of the common agricultural policy are, in             the average qualities of the seeds harvested in the
 particular, to ensure a fair standard of living for the          Community; whereas, for colza and rape seed, the
 agricultural Community, to ensure that supplies are              quality laid down for the 1983/84 marketing year
 available and that they reach consumers at reasona-              meets these requirements and can accordingly be
 ble prices;                                                      used for the following marketing year; whereas,
                                                                  experience has for some time shown the oil content
 Whereas the intervention price must be fixed in                  of sunflower seed to be well below 40 %; whereas an
 accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 24             adjustment as regards the oil content of sunflower
 (1) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC;                                 seed of the standard quality is therefore required,
 (i)   OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                        (2) OJ No L 163, 22. 6. 1983, p. 43.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                     (a) with an impurity content of 2 % and, for seeds
                                                                      as such, moisture and oil contents of 9 and 40 %
                          Article 1                                   respectively in the case of colza and rape seed;
For the 1984/85 marketing year, the target prices
and the intervention prices for colza, rape and sun-            (b) with an impurity content of 2 % and, for seeds
flower seed shall be as follows:                                      as such, moisture and oil contents of 10 and
                                                                      42 % respectively in the case of sunflower seed.
                                              (ECU/100 kg)
(a) Colza and rape seed:
     — target price                                  47,73
                                                                                          Article 3
     — intervention price                            43,36
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
(b) Sunflower seed:                                              day following its publication in the Official Journal
                                                                 of the European Communities.
     — target price                                  59,40
                                                                 It shall apply:
     — intervention price                            54,35
                                                                 — from 1 July 1984 as regards colza and rape seed,
                          Article 2
                                                                 — from 1 August 1984 as regards sunflower seed.
The prices referred to in Article 1 relate to seeds in
bulk which are sound, fair and of merchantable                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
quality:                                                         directly applicable in all Member States.
               Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing for the 1984/85 marketing year the monthly
                    increases in the target and intervention prices for colza, rape and sunflower seed
                                                       (84/C 62/15)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      should be Fixed for the 1984/85 marketing year, and
COMMUNITIES,                                                     the number of months during which such increases
                                                                 are to be applied should be determined; whereas
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro-               such amount must be the same for both prices;
pean Economic Community,
                                                                 Whereas such increases must be the same for each
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/                   month and be fixed by reference to average storage
EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of                  and interest charges recorded in the Community;
a common organization of the market in oils and                   whereas average storage charges should be deter-
fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                     mined on the basis of the cost of storing the seed in
No . . . , and in particular Article 25 thereof,                  suitable premises and of the handling charges neces-
                                                                  sary to keep the seed in good condition, whereas
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis-                    interest charges may be calculated on the basis of
sion,                                                             the rate considered as normal for the production
                                                                  areas,
Whereas, in accordance with Article 25 of Regula-
tion No 136/66/EEC, the amount by which the
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
target and intervention prices for colza, rape and
sun-flower seed are increased monthly from the be-
ginning of the third month of the marketing year                                          Article 1
                                                                  1. For the 1984/85 marketing year, the amount of
 (')  OJ No 172,30.9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                           the monthly increases in the target and intervention