3.7.87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 184/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1957/87 of 2 July 1987 fixing, for the 1987/88 marketing year, the activating threshold price for aid, the guide price and the minimum price for peas, field beans and sweet lupins 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 the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 89 (1) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82 of 18 May 1982 laying down special measures for peas, field beans and sweet lupins (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3127/86 (2), and in particular Articles 2 (1) and (5) and 3 (3) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (*), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (), Whereas Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82 provides that a price activating the aid for peas, field beans and sweet lupins must be fixed for soya cake at a level which, while ensuring a fair income for producers, enables peas, field beans and sweet lupins to compete normally with soya cake for use in animal feed; Whereas this activating price for aid for peas, field beans and sweet lupins must relate to a standard quality of soya cake which is representative of the average quality sold on the Community market; (') O] No L 162,12. 6.1982, p. 28. (2) OJ No L 292, 16. 10. 1986, p. 1. (3) O] No C 89, 3. 4. 1987, p. 34. (*) OJ No C 156, 15. 6. 1987. (¥) OJ No C 150, 9. 6. 1987, p. 8. Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82 provides that the guide price for peas and field beans for human consumption must be fixed at a level which is fair to producers, taking account of the Community’s supply requirements; whereas this price must relate to a standard quality; Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82 provides for the fixing of a minimum price which, allowing for market fluctuations and for the cost of transport of the products from producer to processor, enables producers to obtain a fair return; Whereas, pursuant to Article 68 of the Act of Accession, prices in Spain were set at levels differing from that of the common prices for sweet lupins; whereas, pursuant to Article 70 (1) of the Act of Accession, the Spanish prices should be aligned on the common prices each year at the beginning of the marketing year; whereas the rules laid down for this alignment give the Spanish prices set out below. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. For the 1987/88 marketing year the activating threshold price for aid, as referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82, shall be: (a) for Spain: — 44,76 ECU per 100 kilograms, for peas and field beans, — 40,43 ECU for 100 kilograms, for sweet lupins; (b) for the other Member States: — 44,76 ECU per 100 kilograms, for peas and field beans, — 43,05 ECU per 100 kilograms, for sweet lupins.