31986R1461

NoL 133 / 18 21.5.86 Official Journal of the European Communities

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1461 /86

of 13 May 1986

fixing the guide price for soya beans for the 1986/87 marketing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, the quality laid down for the 1985 /86 marketing year meets this requirement and can accordingly be used for Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European the next marketing year ; Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Whereas under Articles 68 and 236 of the Act of Accession prices in Spain and Portugal have been set at Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Por­ levels differing from that of the common prices ; whereas tugal, and in particular Article 89 ( 1 ) and Article 234 (2) pursuant to Articles 70 ( 1 ) and 238 ( 1 ) of the Act of thereof, Accession the Spanish and Portuguese prices should be aligned on the common prices each year at the beginning Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No of the marketing year, 1491 / 85 of 23 May 1985 laying down special measures for soya beans (x), and in particular Article 1(1 ) and (3) HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2), Article 1

For the 1986/87 marketing year, the guide price for soya Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­ beans shall be : liament (3), (a) 57,58 ECU per 100 kilograms for the Community of Whereas, when the guide price for soya beans is fixed on Ten ; an annual basis, account should be taken of the objectives of the common agricultural policy and of the (b) 42,34 ECU per 100 kilograms for Spain ; contribution which the Community desires to make to (c) 57,58 ECU per 100 kilograms for Portugal. the harmonious development of world trade ; whereas the objectives of the common agricultural policy are, in Article 2 particular, to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural community and to ensure that supplies are The price referred to in Article 1 shall relate to beans : available and reach consumers at reasonable prices ; — in bulk, of sound and fair merchantable quality, and Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 1 ( 1 ) of — with an impurity content of 2 °/o and, for beans as Regulation (EEC) No 1491 / 85 provides more specifi­ such, humidity and oil contents of 14 % and 18 % cally that this price shall be fixed at a fair level for pro­ respectively. ducers, having regard to the supply requirements of the Community; whereas, to this end, a balanced re­ Article 3 lationship should be maintained between this price and the price of other oil seeds ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the Whereas the guide price must be fixed for a standard European Communities. quality to be determined by reference to the average quality of beans harvested in the Community ; whereas It shall apply from 1 September 1986 .

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

(') OJ No L 151 , 10 . 6 . 1985 , p. 15 . O OJ No C 85 , 14. 4 . 1986, p. 19 . (J) Opinion delivered on 17 April 1986 (not yet published in the Official Journal).