COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1745/92 of 30 June 1992 fixing the minimum price for potatoes to be paid by the starch manufacturer to the potato producer for the 1992/93 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), and in particular Article 1 (1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),

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 241,21 for the 1992/93 cereal 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (3).

Article 3

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

It shall apply from 1 July 1992.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 30 June 1992.

For the Council

The President

Arlindo MARQUES CUNHA

(1) OJ No L 94, 9. 4. 1986, p. 5. As last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1744/92 (See page 9 of this Official Journal).

(2) OJ No C 119, 11. 5. 1992, p. 14.

(3) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. As last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1738/92 (see page 1 of this Official Journal).