CELEX: 51988PC0120(33)
Language: en
Date: 1988-04-05
Title: PROPOSAL COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) FIXING THE GUIDE PRICE FOR FLAX SEED FOR THE 1988/89 MARKETING YEAR

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,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                      — with an impurity content of 2 % a n d , for seeds as such,
                                                                      humidity a n d oil contents of 9 % a n d 38 % respectively.
                          Article 1
For the 1988/1989 marketing year, the guide price for flax                                     Article  3
seed shall be 55,41 ECU per 100 kilograms, except in Spain,
where it shall be 48,73 ECU per 100 kilograms.                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                  following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                          Article 2                               European Communities.
The price referred to in Article 1 shall relate to seed:          It shall apply with effect from 1 August 1988.
— in bulk, of sound, genuine and merchantable quality,            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
    and                                                           applicable in all Member States.
              Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) fixing the maximum guaranteed quantity of cotton and
                         the minimum price for unginned cotton for the 1988/1989 marketing year
                                                        (88/C 139/34)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas, pursuant to Article 9(2) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  2169/81, the Council is to fix a minimum price for
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             unginned cotton each year at a level enabling producers to
Economic Community,                                               sell at a price as close as possible to the guide price; whereas
                                                                  that price must take account of market fluctuations and the
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in           cost of transporting the unginned cotton from the
particular Protocol 4 on cotton, as last amended by               production areas to the ginning areas; whereas that price
Regulation (EEC) No 4006/87 (*),                                  must be fixed for the quality to which the guide price relates
                                                                  and must apply at the farm gate;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87 of
2 July 1987 adjusting the system of aid for cotton                Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria
introduced by Protocol No 4 annexed to the Act of                 results in fixing of the maximum guaranteed quantity and
Accession of Greece (2), and in particular Article 2(1)           the minimum price at the levels given below,
thereof,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 of
27 July 1981 laying down the general rules for the system of
aid for cotton (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                                        Article 1
No ..., and in particular Article 9(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                For the 1988/1989 marketing year, the maximum guaran-
                                                                  teed quantity of cotton provided in Article 2(1) of
                                                                  Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87 shall be 752 000 tonnes.
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2(1) of Regulation (EEC) No
 1964/87, a maximum guaranteed quantity of cotton is to be
determined annually in the light of production during a
                                                                                               Article 2
reference period and the foreseeable trend of demand;
                                                                  For the 1988/1989 marketing year, the minimum price for
(!) OJ No L 377, 31. 12. 1987, p. 49.                             unginned cotton provided for in Article 9(1) of Regulation
(2) OJ No L 184, 3. 7. 1987, p. 14.                                (EEC) No 2169/81 shall be 91,23 ECU/100 kg. That price
(3) OJ No L 211, 31.7. 1981, p. 2.                                shall apply to goods at the farm gate.