31986R1463

No L 133 / 20 Official Journal of the European Communities 21.5.86

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1463/86 of 13 May 1986 fixing the guide price for flax seed for the 1986/87 marketing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas under Article 68 of the Act of Accession a price level differing from that of the common prices has been Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European applied in Spain ; whereas pursuant to Article 70 ( 1 ) of Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 the Act of Accession the Spanish prices should be aligned thereof, on the common prices each year at the beginning of the marketing year ; Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Por­ tugal, and in particular Article 89 (2) and Article 234 (3) Whereas under Article 236 of the Act of Accession a thereof, price level identical to that of the common prices has been applied in Portugal ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/76 Whereas the guide price must be fixed for a standard of 15 March 1976 laying down special measures for flax quality to be determined by reference to the average seed ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1071 / 77 (2), and in particular Article 1 ( 1 ) and (3) thereof, quality of seeds harvested in the Community ; whereas the quality laid down for the 1985 / 86 marketing year Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3), meets this requirement and can accordingly be used for the following marketing year, Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­ liament (4), HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (5), For the 1986/ 87 marketing year, the guide price for flax seed shall be 55,41 ECU per 100 kilograms. Whereas, when the guide price for flax seed is fixed every year, account has to be taken both of the However, in Spain this price shall be 46,81 ECU per 100 objectives of the common agricultural policy and of the kilograms. contribution which the Community desires to make to Article 2 the harmonious development of world trade ; whereas the objectives of the common agricultural policy are, in The price referred to in Article 1 shall relate to seed : particular, to ensure a fair standard of living for the — in bulk, of sound and fair merchantable quality, and agricultural community and to ensure that supplies are — with an impurity content of 2 % and, for seeds as available and reach consumers at reasonable prices ; such, humidity and oil contents of 9 % and 38 % respectively. Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regu­ lation (EEC) No 569/76 provides more specifically that Article 3 this price shall be fixed at a level which is fair to pro­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day ducers, account being taken of the supply requirements following its publication in the Official Journal of the of the Community ; whereas to this end a balanced European Communities. relationship should be maintained between this price and the price of other oil seeds ; It shall apply from 1 August 1986 .

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

Done at Brussels, 13 May 1986 .

For the Council The President W. F. van EEKELEN

(l) OJ No L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 29 . O OJ No L 129, 17 . 5 . 1977 , p 7 . O OJ No C 85 , 14 . 4 . 1986, p. 21 . (") Opinion delivered on 17 April 1986 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (s) OJ No C 118 , 20 . 5 . 1986, p. 1 .