31977R1072

25 . 5 . 77 No L 129 / 9 Official Journal of the European Communities

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 1072/77

of 17 May 1977

fixing the guide price for soya beans for the 1977 /78 marketing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN fair to producers, account being taken of the supply COMMUNITIES , requirements of the Community ; whereas, to this end, a balanced relationship should be maintained Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European between this price and the price of other oil seeds ; Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Whereas, in accordance with these criteria , the guide price should be fixed at a higher level than that Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No adopted for the preceding marketing year ; 1900/74 of 15 July 1974 laying down special measures for soya beans ('), and in particular Article 1 Whereas the guide price must be fixed for a standard quality to be determined by reference to the average ( 1 ) and (3) thereof, quality of beans harvested in the Community ; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission , whereas the quality laid down for the 1976/77 marketing year meets this requirement and can accord­ Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­ ingly be used for the following marketing year, ment (2 ),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Social Committee (3 ),

Whereas, when the guide price for soya beans is fixed, Article 1 account should be taken of the objectives of the For the 1977/ 78 marketing year, the guide price for common agricultural policy and of the contribution soya beans shall be 30-64 units of account per 100 which the Community desires to make to the harmon­ kilograms . ious development of world trade ; whereas the objec­ tives of the common agricultural policy are in parti­ Article 2 cular to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricul­ tural community, and to ensure that supplies are avail­ The price referred to in Article 1 relates to beans able and reach consumers at reasonable prices ; — in bulk, of sound, fair and marketable quality, and Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 1 ( 1 ) of — with an impurity content of 2 % and, for the Regulation (EEC) No 1900/74 provides more specifi­ beans as such, humidity and oil content of 14% cally that this price shall be fixed at a level which is and 18 % respectively .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 17 May 1977 .

For the Council

The President

J. SILKIN

(') OJ No L 201 , 23 . 7. 1974, p . 5 . (2) OJ No C 93, 18 . 4. 1977, p. 11 . (}) OJ No C 77, 30 . 3 . 1977, p . 15 .