COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 1342/90

of 14 May 1990

fixing the amount of the co-responsibility levy for cereals for the 1990/91 marketing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) N° 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)

N° 1340/90 (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) N° 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 and of the application of the stabilizing mechanism indicated in Article 4b (3) of Regulation (EEC) N° 2727/75, the co-responsibility levy for the 1990/91 marketing year should be set at the level indicated below,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1990/91 marketing year, the amount of the co-responsibility levy referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) N° 2727/75 shall be ECU 5,07/tonne.

Article 2

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 the beginning of the 1990/91 marketing year.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 May 1990.

For the Council

The President

D. J. O'MALLEY

(1) OJ N° L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.

(2) See page 1 of this Official Journal.

(3) OJ N° C 49, 28. 2. 1990, p. 5.

(4) OJ N° C 96, 17. 4. 1990.

(5) OJ N° C 112, 7. 5. 1990, p. 34.