31986R0455

No L 53 / 8 Official Journal of the European Communities 1.3 . 86

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 455/86 of 25 February 1986 fixing the guide price and the minimum price for soya beans applicable in Spain and Portugal in 1985/86

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Whereas, pursuant to Article 394 of the Act, the prices fixed by this Regulation are applicable from 1 March 1986, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Portugal, and in particular Article 89(1 ) and 234(2) thereof,

Article 1 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,

1 . For the period from 1 March 1986 to the end of the Whereas, under the first paragraph of Article 68 of the 1985 / 86 marketing year the guide prices for soya beans Act of Accession, the prices to be applied in Spain applicable in Spain and Portugal shall be as follows : before the first move towards price alignment must be fixed, in accordance with the rules provided for in the (a) Spain : 40,65 ECU per 100 kg, common organization of the market, at a level corres­ (b) Portugal : 57,58 ECU per 100 kg. ponding to that of prices fixed in Spain under the pre­ vious national system for a representative period to be 2 . For the period from 1 March 1986 to the end of the determined ; whereas in accordance with Article 93 of 1985 / 86 marketing year the minimum prices applicable the Act, that provision shall apply with respect to soya in Spain and Portugal shall be as follows : beans to the guide price ; whereas , in accordance with the joint declarations annexed to the Act, the 1985 / 86 (a) Spain : 33,74 ECU per 100 kg, marketing year should be chosen as the representative (b) Portugal : 50,67 ECU per 100 kg . period ;

3 . The prices specified in paragraphs 1 and 2 relate to Whereas, under Article 291 of the Act, the guide price beans : for soya beans applicable in Portugal on 1 March 1986 — in bulk, of sound, genuine and merchantable must be fixed on the basis of the variation existing quality between the prices of competitive products in rotation cropping in Portugal and in the Community as consti­ and tuted on 31 December 1985 over a reference period ; — with an impurity content of 2 % and, in the beans whereas , in accordance with the joint declaration themselves , moisture and oil contents of 14% and annexed to the Act, the prices for 1985 / 86 should be 1 8 % respectively . used ; whereas the guide price applicable in Portugal may not exceed the common price ;

Whereas a minimum price should be fixed and whereas Article 2 it should be derived from the guide price in accordance with the rules of the common organization of the mar­ ket ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1986 .

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

Done at Brussels, 25 February 1986 .

For the Council The President G. BRAKS