CELEX: 31985R1299
Language: en
Date: 1985-05-23 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1299/85 of 23 May 1985 fixing the target price for milk and the intervention prices for butter, skimmed-milk powder and Grana Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses for the 1985/86 milk year

No L 137 / 6                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                     27 . 5 . 85
                                             COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1299 / 85
                                                              of 23 May 1985
                    fixing the target price for milk and the intervention prices for butter, skimmed-milk powder
                            and Grana Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses for the 1985 / 86 milk year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                skimmed-milk powder on the Community and world
                                                                         markets ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community , and in particular Article 43                        Whereas the intervention prices for Grana Padano and
thereof,                                                                 Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses must be fixed in accordance
                                                                         with the criteria laid down in Article 5 ( 2 ) of Regulation
                                                                         (EEC ) No 804 / 68 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 804 / 68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in                 Whereas , under Article 5b of Regulation ( EEC ) No 804 / 68 ,
milk and milk products ( 1 ), as last amended by Regulation              the Council , when fixing the target price for milk and the
( EEC ) No 1298 / 85 ( 2 ), and in particular Articles 3 (4 ), 5(1 )     intervention prices , fixes a guarantee threshold for milk;
and 5b ( 1 ) thereof,                                                    whereas , however , the initial objective in fixing a guarantee
                                                                         threshold should be achieved inter alia by introducing a
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ( 3 ),                 system of quotas , together with an additional levy on
                                                                         deliveries of milk or milk products which exceed certain
Having regard to             the     opinion of the European             reference quantities ,
Parliament ( 4 ),
Whereas , when fixing the common agricultural prices ,                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
account should be taken of the objectives of the common
agricultural policy and of the contribution which the                                                Article 1
Community wishes to make to the harmonious development
of world trade ; whereas the objectives of the common                    For the 1985 / 86 milk year , the target price for milk and the
agricultural policy are in particular to secure a fair standard          intervention prices for milk products shall be as follows:
of living for the agricultural community and to ensure that
supplies are available and that they reach the consumers at                                                                 ECU/ 100 kg
reasonable prices;                                                       (a ) target price for milk                                27,84
                                                                         ( b ) intervention price :
Whereas the target price for milk should bear a balanced                       butter                                             313,20
relationship to the prices for other agricultural products and
in particular to the prices for beef and veal , and be consistent              skimmed-milk powder:                              174,04
with the desired general pattern of cattle farming; whereas it                 Grana Padano cheese :
is also necessary , in fixing that price , to take account of the              — of an age of between 30 to 60 days              388,93
Community's efforts to establish a long-term balance
                                                                               — of an age of at least six months                480,33
between supply and demand on the milk market , allowing
for external trade in milk and milk products ;                                 Parmigiano Reggiano cheese of
                                                                               an age of at least six months                     529,19
Whereas the intervention prices for butter and for
skimmed-milk powder are intended to contribute to the                                                Article 2
achievement of the target price for milk; whereas it is
necessary to determine price levels in the light of the overall          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
supply and demand situation on the Community market in                   publication in the Official Journal of the European
milk and the opportunities for disposal of butter and                    Communities .
                    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
0 ) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
( 2) See page 5 of this Official Journal.
( 3 ) OJ No C 67 , 14 . 3 . 1985 , p . 59 .
(<) OJ No C 94 , 15 . 4 . 1985 .