No L'132/16 Official Journal of the European Communities 23.5.90 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1322/90 of 14 May 1990 fixing the basic price for sheepmeat for the 1991 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 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on-the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goarmeat (1), and in particular Article-3 (1) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (*), Whereas, when the basic price for sheep carcases is fixed, account should be taken both of the objectives of the common agricultural policy and of the contribution the Community wishes to make to the harmonious development of world trade; whereas the main objectives of the common agricultural policy are 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 basic price must be fixed in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89; whereas it should be fixed for the 1991 marketing year at a level equal to that fixed for the preceding year; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 For the 1991 marketing year in the skeepmeat sector, the basic price is hereby fixed at ECU 432,32 per 100 kilograms carcase weight. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from the beginning of the 1991 -marketing year. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in -all Member- States. Done at Brussels, 14 May 1990 1 (1) Oj No L 289, 7. 10. 1989, p. 1. (2) OJ No C 49, 28. 2. 1990, p. 59. (*) O] No C 96, 17. 4. 1990. (*) O] No C 112, 7. 5. 1990, p. 34. For the Council The President D. J. O'MALLEY