31985R1489

10 . 6 . 85 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 151 / 13

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No 1489 / 85 of 23 May 1985 fixing the target price and intervention price for sunflower seed for the 1985 / 86 marketing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , laid down in relation to the average qualities of the seeds harvested in the Community ; whereas , for sunflower seed, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European the quality laid down for the 1984 / 85 marketing year meets Economic Community , and in particular Article 43 these requirements and can accordingly be used for the thereof, following marketing year;

Having regard to Council Regulation No 136 / 66 / EEC of Whereas , in accordance with these criteria , the target and 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common intervention prices should be fixed at a lower level , in the case organization of the market in oils and fats (*), as last of sunflower seed , than that adopted for the preceding amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 231 / 85 ( 2 ), and in marketing year , particular Article 22 ( 4) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ( 3 ), HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ( 4 ), Article 1

Whereas , when the target price and intervention price for For the 1985 / 86 marketing year, the target price and the sunflower seed are fixed , account should be taken of the intervention price for sunflower seed shall be fixed as objectives of the common agricultural policy and of the follows : contribution which the Community desires to make to the harmonious development of world trade ; whereas' the ECU per 100 kg objectives of the common agricultural policy are , in target price : 57,35 particular, to ensure a fair standard of living for the intervention price : 52,47 agricultural community , to ensure that supplies are available and that they reach consumers at reasonable prices ; Article 2 Whereas the intervention price must be fixed in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 24 ( 1 ) of Regulation The prices referred to in Article 1 relate to seeds in bulk which No 136 / 66 / EEC ; are of sound , genuine and merchantable quality with an impurity content of 2 % and , for seeds as such , moisture and Whereas Article 1(1 ) of Regulation (EEC ) No 1 104 / 84 fixes oil contents of 10 % and 42 % respectively. the guarantee threshold for sunflower seed for the 1984 / 85 marketing year at 1 000 000 tonnes ; whereas the actual average production recorded over the past three marketing Article 3 years is 963 900 tonnes ; whereas the target and intervention prices for the products in question should therefore not be reduced by virtue of the guarantee threshold being exceeded This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day for the 1985 / 86 marketing year ; following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities . Whereas the prices of sunflower seed must be fixed for specific standard qualities ; whereas these qualities should be It shall apply from 1 August 1985 .

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

(») OJ No 172, 30. 9 . 1966 , p . 3025 / 66 . ( 2 ) OJ No L 26 , 31 . 1 . 1985 , p. 12 . ( 3 ) OJ No C 67 , 14 . 3 . 1985 , p . 17 . (<) OJ No C 94 , 15 . 4 . 1985 .