CELEX: 51986PC0020(36)
Language: en
Date: 1986-02-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION FIXING THE TARGET PRICE FOR MILK AND THE INTERVENTION PRICES FOR BUTTER, SKIMMED-MILK POWDER AND GRANA PADANO AND PARMIGIANO REGGIANO CHEESES FOR THE 1986/87 MILK YEAR

No C 85/68                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                        14. 4. 86
              Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the target price for milk and the intervention prices for
              butter, skimmed-milk powder and Grana Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses for the 1986/87
                                                             milk year
                                                         COM(86) 20 final
                              (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 February 1986)
                                                           (86/C 85/36)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              in particular to the prices for beef and veal, that is consistent
                                                                      with the desired general pattern of cattle farming; whereas it
                                                                      is also necessary, in fixing that price, to take account of the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                      Community's efforts to establish a long-term balance
Economic Community, in particular Article 43 thereof,
                                                                      between supply and demand on the milk market, allowing
                                                                      for external trade in milk and milk products;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,
and in particular Article 89 (1) thereof,
                                                                      Whereas the intervention prices for butter and for
                                                                      skimmed-milk powder are intended to contribute to the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of                achievement of the target price for milk; whereas it is
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in              necessary to determine price levels in the light of the overall
milk and milk products ( x ), as last amended by Regulation           supply and demand situation on the Community market in
(EEC) No          and in particular Articles 3 (4), 5 (1) and         milk and the opportunities for disposal of butter and
5 b (1) thereof,                                                      skimmed-milk powder on the Community and world
                                                                      markets;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                      Whereas the intervention prices for Grana Padano and
                                                                      Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses must be fixed in accordance
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
                                                                      with the criteria laid down in Article 5 (2) of Regulation
                                                                       (EEC) No 804/68;
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee,
                                                                      Whereas, under Article 5 b of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68,
                                                                       the Council, when fixing the target price for milk and the
Whereas, when fixing the common agricultural prices,                   intervention prices, fixes a guarantee threshold for milk;
account should be taken of the objectives of the common                whereas, however, the initial objective in fixing a guarantee
agricultural policy and of the contribution which the                  threshold is achieved inter alia by means of the system of
Community wishes to make to the harmonious development                 quotas, together with an additional levy on deliveries of milk
of world trade; whereas the objectives of the common                   or milk products which exceed the reference quantities
agricultural policy are in particular to secure a fair standard        determined;
of living for the agricultural community and to ensure that
supplies are available and that they reach the consumers at
reasonable prices;                                                     Whereas under Article 68 of the Act of Accession of Spain
                                                                       and Portugal prices in Spain have been set at a level differing
                                                                       from that of the common prices; whereas pursuant to Article
Whereas the target price for milk should bear a balanced               70 (1) of the Act the Spanish prices should be aligned with the
relationship to the prices for other agricultural products and         common prices in annual steps at the beginning of each
                                                                       marketing year; whereas the rules on this alignment laid
 (») OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.                                  down give the Spanish prices set below,
               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                              Article 1
               For the 1986/87 milk year, the target price for milk and the intervention prices for milk products shall
               be as follows:
 ---pagebreak--- 14. 4. 86                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                      No C 85/69
                                                                                                               ECU/100   kg
                                                           Community of Ten                           Spain
             (a) target price for milk                           27,84
             (b) intervention price:
                 — butter                                      300,67                               [366,46]
                 — skimmed-milk powder                          180,09                              [261,45]
                 Grana Padano cheese:
                 — of an age of between
                 30 and 60 days                                392,23
                 — of an age of at least
                 six months                                    483,81
                     Parmigiano Reggiano
                     cheese of an age of at least
                     six months                                 532,67
                                                              Article 2
             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal
             of the European Communities.
             It shall apply as from the beginning of the 1986/87 milk marketing year.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
             Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77 in respect of the
                                          coresponsibility levy on milk and milk products
                                                          COM(86) 20 final
                               (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 February 1986)
                                                            (86/C 85/37)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               Whereas the object of that levy was to establish a better
                                                                       balance on the market for milk by creating a more direct
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  connection between production and the scope for disposal of
Economic Community, in particular Article 43 thereof,                  milk products, in view of the importance of the public
                                                                       interests involved; whereas the data and forecasts at present
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                     available show that the abovementioned objectives will
                                                                       probably not be reached at the end of the period laid down;
                                                                       whereas it is therefore necessary, first, to extend application
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
                                                                       of the said levy to cover the 1986/87 milk year and,
                                                                       secondly, to fix the rate of the levy for this milk year at 2 % of
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social                the target price for milk,
Committee,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77 (»), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1302/85 ( 2 ), introduced a             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
coresponsibility levy to apply until the end of the 1985/86
milk year and covering, in principle, all milk supplied to
                                                                                                    Article 1
dairies and certain sales of milk products at the farm;
(») OJ No L 131, 26. 5. 1977, p. 6.                                    Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77 is hereby amended as
(2) OJ No L 137, 27. 5. 1985, p. 9.                                    follows: