CELEX: 51984PC0020(19)
Language: en
Date: 1984-01-24
Title: PROPOSAL FOR COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) OF FIXING THE GUIDE PRICE FOR SOYA BEANS FOR THE 1984/85 MARKETING YEAR

No C 62/18                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                 5.3.84
     '2. The aid shall be granted to oil mills which:         4.    The first paragraph of Article 3 is replaced by
                                                                    the following:
    — fulfil certain conditions to be determined
         and,                                                       The world market price for soya beans, calcu-
                                                                    lated for a Community frontier point, shall be
    — have provided proof that they have con-                       determined on the basis of the most favourable
         cluded with individual or associated soya-                 purchasing possibilities.'
         bean producers a contract providing for
         payment to the producer of a price at least
         equal to the minimum price referred to                                        Article 2
         below.'
                                                              This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
                                                              day following its publication in the Official Journal
3.  Article 2 (5) is replaced by the following:               of the European Communities.
    '5. The amount of the aid shall be fixed per-             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
    iodically by the Commission.'                             directly applicable in all Member States.
             Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the guide price for soya beans for the 1984/85
                                                    marketing year
                                                     (84/C 62/17)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                   standard of living for the agricultural community
COMMUNITIES,                                                  and to ensure that supplies are available and reach
                                                               consumers at reasonable prices;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro-
pean Economic Community, and in particular                     Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 1 (1) of
Article 43 thereof,                                            Regulation (EEC) No 1614/79 provides more spe-
                                                               cifically that this price shall be fixed at a fair level
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)                      for producers, having regard to the supply require-
No 1614/79 of 24 July 1979 laying down special                 ments of the Community; whereas, to this end, a
measures for soya beans ('), as amended by Regula-             balanced relationship should be maintained
tion (EEC) No 1984/82 (2), and in particular                   between this price and the price of other oil seeds;
Article 1 (1) and (3) thereof,
                                                               Whereas in accordance with these criteria the guide
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis-                 price should be fixed at the level indicated below;
sion,
                                                               Whereas the guide price must be fixed for a stand-
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-              ard quality to be determined by reference to the
liament,                                                       average quality of beans harvested in the Com-
                                                               munity; whereas the quality laid down for the
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and               1983/84 marketing year meets this requirement and
Social Committee,                                              can accordingly be used for the following marketing
                                                               year,
Whereas, when the guide price for soya beans is
fixed on an annual basis, account should be taken
of the objectives of the common agricultural policy
and of the contribution which the Community                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
desires to make to the harmonious development of
world trade; whereas the objectives of the common
agricultural policy are, in particular, to ensure a fair                                Article 1
(') OJ No L 190, 28. 7. 1979, p. 8.                            For the 1984/85 marketing year, the guide price for
(2) OJNoL215, 23.7. 1982, p. 7.                                soya beans shall be 57,57 ECU per 100 kilograms.
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                         Article 2                                                     Article 3
 The price referred to in Article 1 relates to beans:          This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
                                                               day following its publication in the Official Journal
— in bulk, of sound, genuine and merchantable                  of the European Communities.
      quality and,
                                                               It shall apply from 1 September 1984.
      with an impurity content of 2 % and, for beans
      as such, humidity and oil contents of 14 and             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
      18 % respectively.                                       directly applicable in all Member States.
              Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the minimum price for soya beans for the
                                                1984/85 marketing year
                                                     (84/C 62/18)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                                           Article 1
COMMUNITIES,
                                                              For the 1984/85 marketing year, the minimum price
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro-            for soya beans referred to in Article 2 (4) of Regula-
pean Economic Community,                                      tion (EEC) No 1614/79 shall be 50,67 ECU per 100
                                                              kilograms.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1614/79 of 24 July 1979 laying down special
measures in respect of soya beans ('), as amended                                     Article 2
by Regulation (EEC) No 1984/82 (2), and in parti-
cular Article 2 (4) thereof,                                  The price referred to in Article 1 shall apply to
                                                              beans which meet the criteria referred to in Article 2
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis-                of Council Regulation (EEC) No . . . / .. fixing the
sion,                                                         guide price for soya beans for the 1984/85 market-
                                                              ing year (3).
Whereas Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No
1614/79 provides that the Council shall each year             The said price shall relate to goods ready for dis-
fix a minimum price for soya beans; whereas the               patch from the production areas.
price is fixed so as to guarantee sales for bean prod-
ucers at a price as close as possible to the guide
price, taking into account market fluctuations and                                    Article 3
the cost of transporting the beans from the produc-
tion areas to the processing areas;                           This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
                                                              day following its publication in the Official Journal
Whereas, in order to achieve the abovementioned               of the European Communities.
objective, this minimum price must be fixed for a
standard quality and a well-defined marketing stage,          It shall apply from 1 September 1984.
                                                              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                  directly applicable in all Member States.
 (>)  OJNoL190,28. 7. 1979, p. 8.
 (2) OJ No L 215, 23. 7. 1982, p. 7.                          (3) See page 18 of this Official Journal.