Council Regulation (EEC) No 1585/80 of 24 June 1980 amending Regulation No 136/66/EEC on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1585/80  of 24 June 1980  amending Regulation No 136/66/EEC on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
Whereas Articles 22 and 24 of Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 590/79 (4), provide for an intervention system for oil seeds based on a basic intervention price and derived intervention prices, the purpose of which is to ensure in particular the fluidity of the market ; whereas it appears, however, that this system is no longer required for that purpose ; whereas, moreover, there is a risk that intervention prices may be fixed at levels which do not correspond to the actual market situation and may, therefore, run counter to the purpose in view ; whereas, therefore, the system of derived intervention prices for oil seeds should be abolished and replaced by an intervention system with a single price level throughout the Community;
Whereas the difference between the target price and the intervention price should be sufficient to enable seeds to be traded freely throughout the Community under normal conditions, allowing for market fluctuations, and at the same time to enable producers to sell their seeds at a price as close as possible to the target price ; whereas, to achieve this objective, the difference in question should allow not only for transport between production and utilization areas but also for a market component;
Whereas the transition from the system of derived intervention prices to the single intervention price system should not cause the intervention prices to drop ; whereas, therefore, the new system should not be applied until the marketing year 1982/83;
Whereas, to determine the dates for the start and the end of the marketing year, account should be taken of the representative dates at the start of the colza and rape seed harvest and the sunflower seed harvest in the main production areas in the Community ; whereas this need was taken into account in the adoption of Council Regulation No 114/67/EEC of 6 June 1967 fixing target and basic intervention prices for oil seeds for the 1967/68 marketing year (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1335/72 (6) ; whereas that Regulation should be repealed,