CELEX: 51988PC0120(02)
Language: en
Date: 1988-04-05
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) FIXING THE PRICES APPLICABLE TO CEREALS FOR THE 1988/89 MARKETING YEAR

30. 5. 88                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               No C 139/3
6. Article l i b is replaced by the following:                     7. The second subparagraph of Article 13(1) is replaced by
                                                                       the following:
    'Article   lib
                                                                       'However, the levy applicable to barley shall be charged
     1. Aid may be granted for cereals harvested in the                on imports of the products falling within heading 1008
    Community and used for new industrial purposes. The                of the Combined Nomenclature with the exception of
    amount of that aid may not exceed that of the export               the product falling within subheading 1008 90 10; the
    refund for the cereal in question.                                 levy applicable to rye shall be charged on the product
                                                                       falling within subheading 1008 90 10.'
    2. A premium may be granted for quantities of cereals
    used as feed in excess of the quantity of the latter used
                                                                                             Article 2
    during a reference period.
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
    3. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a
                                                                   following its publication in the Official Journal of the
    proposal from the Commission, shall adopt the general
                                                                   European Communities.
     rules for applying this Article.
                                                                   It shall apply from the 1988/1989 marketing year.
     4. The Commission shall adopt the detailed rules for
     applying this Article in accordance with the procedure        This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
     laid down in Article 26.'                                     applicable in all Member States.
                Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) fixing the prices applicable to cereals for the 1988/1989
                                                         marketing year
                                                          (88/C 139/02)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           and structural policy and the application of the rules on
                                                                   competition contained in the Treaty;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,          Whereas in many cases surpluses can no longer be disposed
                                                                   of on normal terms either inside or outside the Com-
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 munity ; whereas, in order to reduce the cost to the budget
Portugal, and in particular Article 89(1) thereof,                 of disposing of surpluses on markets outside the Com-
                                                                    munity and to encourage greater consumption within the
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of            Community, the restrictive price policy should continue to
 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                  be applied; whereas this aim may be achieved by
 market in cereals (l), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)         maintaining for 1988/1989 the intervention prices for
 No ..., and in particular Article 3(5) thereof,                    common wheat, barley, rye, maize and grain sorghum for
                                                                    the preceding marketing year;
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                    Whereas, as part of a quality policy, production of common
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,           wheat of higher breadmaking quality and production of rye
                                                                    of breadmaking quality should be supported; whereas,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social            accordingly, the special premium for common wheat of
 Committee,                                                         breadmaking quality and for rye of breadmaking quality
                                                                    should be retained; whereas, however, the level of these
 Whereas the markets and prices policy, based on modern             premiums should be maintained at the same level;
 farms, is the main instrument of the incomes policy in
 agriculture; whereas full advantage cannot be drawn from           Whereas from the 1986/1987 marketing year the Council
 such a policy unless it is integrated into the common              began a process of aligning the intervention price of durum
 agricultural policy as a whole, including a dynamic social         wheat on that of common wheat; whereas, in view of, on
                                                                    the one hand, the present ratio between the prices of those
                                                                    cereals and, on the other, the imbalance recorded on the
 (!) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.                                durum wheat market, it is advisable to pursue that process;
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whereas, accordingly, the intervention price of durum                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
wheat should again be reduced;
                                                                                                  Article 1
                                                                        For the 1988/1989 marketing year the prices applicable in
                                                                        the cereals sector shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
                                                                                                  Article 2
Whereas application of Article 68 of the Act of Accession of
Spain and Portugal has meant that prices in Spain differ                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
from the common prices; whereas, pursuant to Article                    following its publication in the Official Journal of the
70(1) of the Act of Accession, Spanish prices should be                 European Communities.
aligned on common prices each year at the start of the
                                                                        It shall apply from 1 July 1988.
marketing year; whereas as a result of applying the criteria
for this alignment Spanish prices are fixed at the level set            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
out below,                                                              applicable in all Member States.
                                                                 ANNEX
                                                                                                                   (ECU/t)
              COMMON WHEAT
              Intervention price (*)
              — Community of Ten                                                                                    179,44
              — Spain                                                                                               174,86
              Target price                                                                                         250,30
              RYE
              Intervention price (2)
              — Community of Ten                                                                                    170,47
              — Spain                                                                                               162,85
              Common target price                                                                                   228,00
              BARLEY
              Intervention price
              — Community of Ten                                                                                    170,47
              — Spain                                                                                               161,17
              Common target price                                                                                   228,00
              MAIZE
              Intervention price
              — Community of Ten                                                                                    179,44
              — Spain                                                                                               174,86
              Common target price                                                                                   228,00
              GRAIN SORGHUM
              Intervention price
              — Community of Ten                                                                                    170,47
              — Spain                                                                                               161,17
              Common target price                                                                                   228,00
              DURUM WHEAT
              Intervention price
              — Community of Ten                                                                                    276,34
              — Spain                                                                                               221,90
               Target price                                                                                         334,91
               (*) The price is increased by 3,59 ECU/tonne for common wheat of breadmaking quality which meets the
                   specific quality requirements provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1570/77.
               (2) The price is increased by 8,97 ECU/tonne for rye of breadmaking quality which meets the specific quality
                   requirements provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1570/77.