31987R1902

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1902/87 of 2 July 1987 fixing the amount of the co-responsibility levy for cereals and the overall amount of the direct aid for small producers for the 1987/88 marketing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1900/87 (2), and in particular Articles 4 (2) and 4 (a) (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 the amount of the co-responsibility levy referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 is to be determined on the basis of cereal production, the quantities of cereals used in the Community without financial intervention and of imports of the substitute products shown in Annex D to the abovementioned Regulation; whereas, however, in view of the cereal production situation in the Community, the amount of the co-responsibility levy should be maintained at the level fixed for the previous marketing year; Whereas in light of the maintenance of the level of the co-responsibility levy, the overall amount of the aid to small producers fixed for the previous marketing year should also be maintained for 1987/88, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1987/88 marketing year:(1) the amount of the co-responsibility levy referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 shall be 5,38 ECU/tonne;(2) the overall amount of the aid for small producers referred to in Article 4a of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 shall be 120 million ECU.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1987.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 2 July 1987. For the Council The President K. E. TYGESEN

(1) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.

(2) See page 40 of this Official Journal.

(3) OJ No C 89, 3. 4. 1987, p. 3.

(4) OJ No C 156, 15. 6. 1987.

(5) OJ No C 150, 9. 6. 1987, p. 8.