31986R1457

No L 133 / 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 21. 5. 86

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1457/86

of 13 May 1986

fixing the target prices and intervention prices for colza, rape and sunflower seed for the 1986/87 marketing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, and can accordingly be used for 1986/ 87 ; whereas for sunflower seed the quality laid down for the 1985 / 86 marketing year can be retained for 1986/ 87, except that Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European the oil content must be increased ; Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Whereas the supplement to be applied to the target and intervention prices for 'double zero' colza and rape seed Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Por­ must be fixed in accordance with the criteria laid down tugal, and in particular Article 89 ( 1 ) and Article 234 (2) in Article 24a of Regulation No 136/66/EEC ; thereof, Whereas under Articles 68 and 236 of the Act of Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC Accession prices in Spain and Portugal have been set at of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common levels differing from that of the common prices ; whereas, organization of the market in oils and fats (x), as last pursuant to Article 70 ( 1 ) and Article 238 ( 1 ) of the Act amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1454/ 86 (2), and in of Accession, these prices should be aligned on the particular the third subparagraph of Article 22 (4) and common prices each year at the beginning of the Article 24a (2) thereof, marketing year,

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

Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­ Article 1 liament (4), For the 1986/ 87 marketing year, the target prices and the intervention prices for colza, rape and sunflower Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and seed shall be as follows : Social Committee (*), (a) target price for colza and rape seed : Whereas, when the target prices and intervention prices — 46,41 ECU/ 100 kg for the Community of Ten, for colza, rape and sunflower seed are fixed, account — 40,89 ECU/ 100 kg for Spain, should be taken of the objectives of the common agricul­ — 46,41 ECU/ 100 kg for Portugal ; tural policy and of the contribution which the Community desires to make to the harmonious (b) intervention price for colza and rape seed : development of world trade ; whereas the objectives of — 42,15 ECU/ 100 kg for the Community of Ten, the common agricultural policy are, in particular, to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural — 36,63 ECU/ 100 kg for Spain, community, to ensure that supplies are available and that — 42,15 ECU/ 100 kg for Portugal ; they reach consumers at reasonable prices ; (c) target price for sunflower seed : Whereas the intevention price must be fixed in accord­ — 58,35 ECU/ 100 kg for the Community of Ten, ance with the criteria laid down in Article 24 ( 1 ) of — 42,83 ECU/ 100 kg for Spain, Regulation No 136/66 /EEC ; — 58,35 ECU/ 100 kg for Portugal ;

(d) intervention price for sunflower seed : Whereas the prices of colza, rape and sunflower seed must be fixed for specific standard qualities ; whereas the — 53,47 ECU/ 100 kg for the Community of Ten, latter should be laid down in relation to the average — 37,95 ECU/ 100 kg for Spain, qualities of the seeds harvested in the Community; — 53,47 ECU/ 100 kg for Portugal . whereas for colza and rape seed the quality laid down for the 1985 / 86 marketing year meets these requirements Article 2

O OJ No 172 , 30 . 9 . 1966 , p . 3025 /66 . The prices referred to in Article 1 shall relate to seeds in (2) See page 8 of this Official Journal. bulk which are of sound and fair merchantable quality : O OJ No C 85 , 14. 4 . 1986, p. 16 . (a) with an impurity content of 2 % and, for seeds as (4) Opinion delivered on 17 April 1986 (not yet published in the Official Journal). such, moisture and oil contents of 9 % and 40 % O OJ No C 118 , 20 . 5 . 1986 , p. 1 . respectively in the case of colza and rape seed ;

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(b) with an impurity content of 2 % and, for seeds as Article 4 such, moisture and oil contents of 10 % and 44 % This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day respectively in the case of sunflower seed. following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Article 3 It shall apply : For the 1986/ 87 marketing year, the supplement to be — from 1 July 1986 as regards colza and rape seed, applied to the target and intervention prices for 'double zero' colza and rape seed shall be 1,25 ECU per 100 kg. — from 1 August 1986 as regards sunflower seed.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 May 1986 .

For the Council

The President

W. F. van EEKELEN