31985R1299

No L 137 / 6 Official Journal of the European Communities 27 . 5 . 85

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No 1299 / 85 of 23 May 1985 fixing the target price for milk and the intervention prices for butter, skimmed-milk powder and Grana Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses for the 1985 / 86 milk year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , skimmed-milk powder on the Community and world markets ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas the intervention prices for Grana Padano and Economic Community , and in particular Article 43 thereof, Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses must be fixed in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 5 ( 2 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 804 / 68 ; Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 804 / 68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in Whereas , under Article 5b of Regulation ( EEC ) No 804 / 68 , milk and milk products ( 1 ), as last amended by Regulation the Council , when fixing the target price for milk and the ( EEC ) No 1298 / 85 ( 2 ), and in particular Articles 3 (4 ), 5(1 ) intervention prices , fixes a guarantee threshold for milk ; and 5b ( 1 ) thereof, whereas , however , the initial objective in fixing a guarantee threshold should be achieved inter alia by introducing a Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ( 3 ), system of quotas , together with an additional levy on deliveries of milk or milk products which exceed certain Having regard to the opinion of the European reference quantities , Parliament ( 4 ),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas , when fixing the common agricultural prices , account should be taken of the objectives of the common agricultural policy and of the contribution which the Article 1 Community wishes to make to the harmonious development of world trade ; whereas the objectives of the common For the 1985 / 86 milk year , the target price for milk and the agricultural policy are in particular to secure a fair standard intervention prices for milk products shall be as follows: of living for the agricultural community and to ensure that ECU/ 100 kg supplies are available and that they reach the consumers at reasonable prices; (a ) target price for milk 27,84 ( b ) intervention price : Whereas the target price for milk should bear a balanced butter 313,20 relationship to the prices for other agricultural products and skimmed-milk powder: 174,04 in particular to the prices for beef and veal , and be consistent with the desired general pattern of cattle farming; whereas it Grana Padano cheese : is also necessary , in fixing that price , to take account of the — of an age of between 30 to 60 days 388,93 Community's efforts to establish a long-term balance — of an age of at least six months 480,33 between supply and demand on the milk market , allowing for external trade in milk and milk products ; Parmigiano Reggiano cheese of an age of at least six months 529,19 Whereas the intervention prices for butter and for skimmed-milk powder are intended to contribute to the Article 2 achievement of the target price for milk; whereas it is necessary to determine price levels in the light of the overall This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its supply and demand situation on the Community market in publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities . milk and the opportunities for disposal of butter and

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States . Done at Brussels , 23 May 1985 . For the Council The President C. SIGNORILE

0 ) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 . ( 2 ) See page 5 of this Official Journal . ( 3 ) OJ No C 67 , 14 . 3 . 1985 , p . 59 . (<) OJ No C 94 , 15 . 4 . 1985 .