31985R1494

10 . 6 . 85 No L 151 / 19 Official Journal of the European Communities

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No 1494 / 85 of 23 May 1985 fixing, for the 1985 / 86 marketing year, the guarantee threshold for sunflower seeds and certain factors relating thereto

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Whereas the consequences as regards the level of the target prices and intervention prices in the event of the guarantee Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European threshold being exceeded should also be stated , Economic Community , and in particular Article 43 thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation No 136 / 66 / EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and and fats (*), as last Article 1 amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 231 / 85 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 24a thereof, 1 . For the 1985 / 86 marketing year, the guarantee threshold referred to in Article 24a of Regulation No Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ( 3 ), 136 / 66 / EEC is hereby fixed at 1 115 000 tonnes .

Having regard to the opinion of the European 2 . If the Community production , recorded in accordance Parliament ( 4 ), with Article 24a of Regulation No 136 / 66 / EEC , is greater than the guarantee threshold , there shall be a 2% reduction Whereas the fixing of a guarantee threshold for sunflower in the 1986 / 87 target prices and intervention prices for the seed is required under Article 24a of Regulation No first 100 000 tonnes in excess of the guarantee threshold , and 136 / 66 / EEC ; a further 1 % reduction for each subsequent 50 000 tonnes , up to a maximum of 5 % . Whereas the guarantee threshold should be in keeping with a medium-term policy ; whereas , in the light of market Article 2 prospects , the guarantee threshold for 1 991 / 92 can be put at 1 800 000 tonnes ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day Whereas , in the light of this medium-term policy and the level following its publication in the Official Journal of the of production in recent years , the guarantee threshold for the European Communities . 1985 / 86 marketing year should be fixed at 1 115 000 tonnes ; 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. 23 . ( 4 ) OJ No C 94 , 15 . 4 . 1985 .