CELEX: 51988PC0120(32)
Language: en
Date: 1988-04-05
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) FIXING THE GUIDE PRICE FOR UNGINNED COTTON FOR THE 1988/89 MARKETING YEAR

30. 5. 88                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                               No C 139/37
                Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) fixing, for the 1988/1989 marketing year, the monthly
                increases in the activating threshold price, the guide price and the minimum price for peas and field
                                                                 beans
                                                            (88/C 139/31)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                                              Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82 of                 1. For the 1988/1989 marketing year, the amount of the
18 May 1982 laying down special measures for peas and                  monthly increases in the guide price and the minimum price
field beans ( ] ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No ...,         for peas and field beans shall be fixed at 0,18 ECU per 100
and in particular Article 2a thereof,                                  kilograms.
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                     2. The increases referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
                                                                       applied for eight months.
Whereas, under Article 2a of Regulation (EEC) No 1431/
82, the amounts by which the activating threshold price, the
                                                                                                 Article 2
guide price and the minimum price for peas and field beans
respectively are increased each month as from the                       1. For the 1988/1989 marketing year, the amount of the
beginning of the third month of the marketing year should              monthly increases in the activating threshold price of peas
be fixed and the number of months during which these                   and field beans shall be fixed at 0,40 ECU per 100
increases are applied should be -determined for the 1988/              kilograms.
1989 marketing year;
                                                                       2. The increases referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
Whereas these increases, equal for each of the months,                 applied for eight months.
must be fixed bearing in mind the average storage costs and
the level of interest rates recorded in the Community;
whereas the average storage costs should be established on                                       Article 3
the basis of the cost of warehousing in appropriate
                                                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
premises and the handling costs necessary for proper
                                                                       following its publication in the Official Journal of the
preservation; whereas interest may be calculated on the
                                                                       European Communities.
basis of the rate considered as normal for the regions of
production,                                                            It shall apply as from 1 July 1988.
                                                                       This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
0) O] No L 162, 12. 6. 1982, p. 28.                                    applicable in all Member States.
                Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) fixing the guide price for unginned cotton for the 1988/
                                                         1989 marketing year
                                                            (88/C 139/32)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in
                                                                       particular by Protocol 14, and by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                       4006/87 (!),
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                    Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                       Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in
particular paragraph 8 of Protocol 4 on cotton, as amended              0) OJ No L 377, 31. 12. 1987, p. 49.
 ---pagebreak--- No C 139/38                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                  30. 5. 88
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social            — of sound, fair and merchantable quality,
Committee,
                                                                   — containing 14 % moisture and 3 % inorganic extra-
Whereas paragraph 8 of Protocol 4 states that the guide                neous matter,
price for unginned cotton is to be fixed annually by
reference to the criteria laid down in paragraph 2 of that         — with the characteristics required to yield, after ginning,
Protocol;                                                              54 % seed and 32 % fibres of grade No 5 (white
                                                                       middling) with a length of 28 mm (1-3/32 inches).
Whereas reference to the abovementioned criteria gives the
guide price indicated below,
                                                                                             Article 2
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. For the 1988/1989 marketing year the guide price for
unginned cotton shall be 96,02 ECU/100 kg.                         It shall apply from 1 September 1988.
2. The price referred to in paragraph 1 shall be for               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
cotton:                                                            applicable in all Member States.
                 Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) fixing the guide price for flax seed for the 1988/1989
                                                         marketing year
                                                         (88/C 139/33)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           to ensure that supplies are available and reach consumers at
                                                                   reasonable prices;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                   Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 1(1) of
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                Regulation (EEC) No 569/76 provides more specifically
Portugal, and in particular Articles 89(1) and 234(2)              that this price shall be fixed at a level which is fair to
 thereof,                                                          producers, account being taken of the supply requirements
                                                                   of the Community; whereas to this end, a balanced
                                                                    relationship should be maintained between this price and
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/76 of            the price of other oil seeds;
 15 March 1976 laying down special measures for flax
 seed ( ! ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4003/
 87 (2), and in particular Article 1(1) and (3) thereof,            Whereas in accordance with these criteria the guide price
                                                                    should be fixed at the same level as that adopted for the last
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                 marketing year;
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
                                                                    Whereas under Artucle 68 of the Act of Accession of Spain
                                                                    and Portugal a price level differing from that of the
 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social            common prices has been applied in Spain; whereas
 Committee,                                                         pursuant to Article 70(1) of the Act of Accession the
                                                                    Spanish prices should be aligned with the common ones in
 Whereas, when the guide price for flax seed is fixed every         steps occurring each year at the beginning of the marketing
 year, account has to be taken both of the objectives of the        year; whereas the rules on this alignment give Spanish
 common agricultural policy and of the contribution which           prices at the level set below;
 the Community desires to make to the harmonious
 development of world trade; whereas the objectives of the
 common agricultural policy are, in particular, to ensure a         Whereas the guide price must be fixed for a standard
 fair standard of living for the agricultural community and         quality to be determined by reference to the average quality
                                                                    of seeds harvested in the Community; whereas the quality
                                                                    laid down for the 1987/1988 marketing year meets this
  (!) OJ No L 67, 15. 3. 1976, p. 29.                               requirement and can accordingly be used for the following
  (2) OJ No L 377, 31. 12. 1987, p. 46.                             marketing year,