31991R1726

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1726/91 of 13 June 1991 fixing the guide price for soya beans for the 1991/92 marketing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 89 (1) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1491/85 of 23 May 1985 laying down special measures for soya beans (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1724/91 (2), and in particular Article 1 (1) and (3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (4),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (5),

Whereas, when the guide price for soya beans is fixed on an annual basis, account should be taken of the objectives of the common agricultural policy;

Whereas the guide price must be set for a standard quality;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 68 of the Act of Accession, prices in Spain were set at levels differing from that of the common prices; whereas, pursuant to Article 70 (1) of the Act of Accession, the Spanish prices should be aligned on the

common prices each year at the beginning of the marketing year; whereas the rules laid down for this alignment give the Spanish prices set out below,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1991/92 marketing year, the guide price for soya beans shall be:

(a) ECU 48,51 per 100 kilograms for Spain;

(b)

ECU 54,91 per 100 kilograms for the other Member States.

Article 2

The price referred to in Article 1 shall relate to beans:

- in bulk, of sound, genuine, and merchantable quality,

and

- with an impurity content of 2 % and, for beans as such, humidity and oil contents of 14 % and 18 % respectively.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 September 1991.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 13 June 1991.

For the Council

The President

A. BODRY

(1) OJ No L 151, 10. 6. 1985, p. 15.(2) See page 35 of this Official Journal.(3) OJ No C 104, 19. 4. 1991, p. 44.(4) OJ No C 158, 17. 6. 1991.(5) OJ No C 159, 17. 6. 1991.