3.7.87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 184/31 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1975/87 of 2 July 1987 fixing, for the 1987 harvest, the norm and intervention prices and the premiums granted to purchasers of leaf tobacco, the reference qualities and the production areas and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1577/86 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 727/70 of 21 April 1970 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1974/87 (2), and in particular Articles 2 (5), 4 (4) and 6 (8) 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 (°), Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, Whereas, when the prices for raw tobacco are fixed, account should be taken both of the objectives of the common agricultural policy and of the contribution which the Community wishes to make to the harmonious development of world trade; whereas the objectives of the common agricultural policy are, in particular, to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, to assure the availability of supplies and to ensure that supplies reach consumers at reasonable prices; Whereas the norm and intervention prices for leaf tobacco must be fixed in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 in order, in particular, to encourage producers to convert to the cultivation of those varieties which are most competitive and most in demand; Whereas it is again desirable to fix, in respect of the 1987 harvest, derived intervention prices both for the varieties which, before the common organization of the market came into force or, in the case of varieties grown in Greece, Spain and Portugal, prior to accession, qualified for a price guarantee at the baled tobacco stage and for the varieties which are grown mainly in Germany, in order to take account of the marketing practices in that country; 1 (1) O] No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 1. (2) See page 30 of this Official Journal. (3) O] No C 89, 3.4.1987, p. 67. (*) OJ No C 156, 15. 6. 1987. (*) O] No C 150, 9. 6. 1987, p. 8. 5 Whereas the premium granted to purchasers of Community tobacco is intended to enable them to pay producers of leaf tobacco a price which is at the level of the norm price, account being taken of the trend in world market prices, and the level of prices established by the interaction of supply and demand on the Community market; Whereas the abovementioned prices and the amount of the premium must be fixed for each variety produced in recognized production areas and for a reference quality defined in such a way that as objective an assessment as possible can be made of the quality of the tobacco; -Whereas, for the 1987 harvest, the recognized production areas for each variety of tobacco should be specified and the definitions of the reference qualities should be those laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1577/86 of 23 May 1986 fixing, for the 1986 harvest, the norm and intervention prices and the premiums granted to purchasers of leaf tobacco, the derived intervention prices for baled tobacco, the reference qualities and the production areas (¢); Whereas six production areas were omitted from the recognized areas listed in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 1577/86; whereas, in order to enable tobacco producers in those areas to qualify for the measures provided for in that Regulation, the Annex in question should be amended; Whereas Regulation (EEC)No 1890/87 (7) provides that for the tobacco sector, from 1 April 1988 a new representative rate shall be applied to the currencies of certain Member States; whereas that provision should lead, as from that date, to areduction in terms of national currencies, of the premium fixed in units of account for a substantial part of the harvest in those Member States whose representative rate is revalued; whereas, however, it seems more appropriate to the nature of this sector that the same conditions should apply to the entire harvest in a given year; whereas this objective could be achieved if the previous rates of exchange for the Member States concerned were to be made applicable to premiums paid for the 1986 harvest, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 For the 1987 harvest, the reference qualities and recognized production areas for each of the varieties of Community- (1) OJ No L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 3. (2) O] No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p.4.