Council Regulation (EEC) No 1220/89 of 3 May 1989 fixing rice prices for the 1989/90 marketing year

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1220/89 of 3 May 1989 fixing rice prices for the 1989/90 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 89 (1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the
market in rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1219/89 (2), and in particular Article 3 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (4),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (5),
Whereas the markets and prices policy, based on modern farms, is the main instrument of the incomes policy in agriculture; whereas full advantage cannot be drawn from such a policy unless it is integrated into the common agricultural policy as a whole,  including a dynamic social and structural policy and the application of the rules on competition contained in the Treaty;
Whereas the intervention prices for paddy rice must be fixed at a rate which takes account of the policy in respect of rice production, with a view to the uses to which it is put;
Whereas the target price for husked rice must be derived
from the intervention price for paddy rice, in accordance
with the criteria set out in Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76;
Whereas, for the products referred to in this Regulation, the application of the criteria for the fixing of the different prices
and the application of the measures provided for in respect of the exchange rates to be applied in agriculture entail fixing those prices at the levels indicated below;
Whereas, under Article 68 of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, prices in Spain were set at a level differing
from that of the common prices; whereas, pursuant to Article 70 (1) of the Act of Accession, these prices should be aligned with the common prices in annual steps at the beginning of each marketing year; whereas the rules on this alignment laid down  give the Spanish prices set below,