COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1224/89 of 3 May 1989 fixing the minimum price for potatoes to be paid by the starch manufacturer to the potato producer for the 1989/90 cereals marketing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1008/86 of 25 March 1986 laying down detailed rules for production refunds applicable to potato starch (1), as amended

by Regulation (EEC) No 1223/89 (2), and in particular Article 1 (1) therof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas, as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1008/86, the Council is to fix a minimum factory-gate price to be paid by the starch manufacturer to the potato producer for potatoes used to manufacture potato starch; whereas the premium is to be granted to the starch manufacturer subject to the payment of that minimum price;

Whereas the link between the supply prices of raw materials for the manufacture of cereals starch and potato starch should be maintained, in order to ensure equality in the conditions for competition between the potato and cereals starch industries,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 The minimum factory-gate price for potatoes to be paid by the starch manufacturer to the potato producer for the quantity of potatoes required to manufacture one tonne of potato starch shall be ECU 256,80 for the 1989/90 cereals marketing year.

This price shall be adjusted on the basis of the potato starch content.

Article 2 The detailed rules for implementing this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 (3).

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 July 1989.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 May 1989.

For the Council

The President

P. SOLBES

(1) OJ No L 94, 9. 4. 1986, p. 5.

(2) See page 13 of this Official Journal.

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