31988R2223

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2223/88 of 19 July 1988 fixing the amount of the co-responsibility levy for cereals for the 1988/89 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 2221/88 (2), and in particular Article 4 (2) 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 for the 1988/89 marketing year at the level fixed for the previous marketing year,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 For the 1988/89 marketing year, the amount of the co-responsibility levy referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 shall be 5,38 ECU per tonne.

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 1988.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 July 1988.

For the Council The President Y. POTTAKIS (6) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.

(7) See page 16 of this Official Journal.

(8) OJ No C 139, 30. 5. 1988, p. 5.

(9) OJ No C 167, 27. 6. 1988.

(10) OJ No C 175, 4. 7. 1988, p. 33.