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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 301/82

of 9 February 1982

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2729/79 as regards the communication to the Commission of information concerning crude oil or petroleum product imports

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1893/79 of 28 August 1979 introducing registration for crude oil and/or petroleum product imports in the Community (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3721/81 (2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2592/79 of 20 November 1979 laying down the rules for carrying out the registration of crude oil imports in the Community provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1893/79 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3721/81, and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Whereas Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2592/79 provides that Member States shall communicate to the Commission the information referred to in that Article only at its express request; whereas it is therefore necessary to amend Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2729/79 (4),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 2729/79 is hereby amended as follows:

1. The following subparagraph shall be added to Article 1 (1):

'The information provided for in Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2592/79 shall be communicated to the Commission only at its express request.'

2. Article 2 shall be replaced by the following text:

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

3. Table 2 annexed to that Regulation shall be replaced by Table 2 annexed to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 9 February 1982.

For the Commission

Étienne DAVIGNON

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 220, 30. 8. 1979, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 373, 29. 12. 1981, p. 9.

(3) OJ No L 297, 24. 11. 1979, p. 1.

(4) OJ No L 314, 10. 12. 1979, p. 1.

ANNEX

EXPLANATORY NOTE FOR TABLE 2

Table 2 should be used to transmit base information concerning each type of crude, i.e. quantities, average prices, extreme prices, average length of credit, and volume step (decil) information.

Member State

Enter the Member State which reports.

Reporting scope

The Member States should report the basic data they collect from reporting firms or undertakings in an aggregated form, and the decil information in a non-aggregated form. The aggregation must be done for each reported crude oil.

Period

Enter the month and year of the reporting period.

Reporting time limit

The data should be reported to the Commission at the latest one month from the end of the preceding month.

Designated crude oil and nominal gravity

The list of crude oils for which it is necessary to report aggregated data is the following:

1.2 // 1. Arabian Light 34° 2. Arabian Medium 31° 3. Arabian Heavy and Khafji 27° 4. Iranian Light 34° 5. Iranian Heavy 31° 6. Murban and Zakum 39° 7. Iraq-Basrah 35° 8. Iraq-Kirkuk 36° 9. Kuwait 31° 10. Libya 40° 11. Algeria 44° // 12. Nigeria 34° 13. Venezuela Light 34° 14. Venezuela Medium 26° 15. Venezuela Heavy 17° 16. Indonesia 34° 17. Qatar Dukhan and Marine 40° 18. NW Europe Offshore 38° 19. Mexican Isthmus 34° 20. USSR 33° 21. Other imported crude oils

Weighted average API gravity

Enter the weighted average gravity to the nearest 0;1° API for each reported crude oil. This average should reflect all fob or cif imports.

Volume

Enter the total volume (in barrels, rounded off to the nearest thousand barrels) for each type of crude oil reported.

Number of companies

Enter the number of companies which have reported receipts of the crude in question.

Average cif and fob prices

Enter the average cif and fob price for each crude oil reported, weighted according to the quantity recorded during the period concerned.

Fob price is the price effectively charged at loading port.

The cif price includes the fob price, the cost of transport, the total of insurance, and certain charges linked to crude oil transport operations (duties or fees on loading, lighterage). To be excluded from cif prices are custom duties, demurrage, port dues and all charges borne by the reporting State. Fob and cif prices are those which have actually been paid by the undertaking, or those which they expect to have to pay, after deduction of rebates.

Extreme fob price (minimum and maximum)

Enter the minimum and maximum fob price, rounded off to the nearest 25 cents per barrel, paid for the same type of crude oil during the reference period.

Fob price by volume step (decil)

Enter, for each 10 % volume step (decils from 10 to 90 %) of the main types of crude reported, the highest fob price of each step. This information is to be communicated only at the Commission's request.

Average length of credit (days credit)

Enter the average length of credit given relative to imports of the same type of crude registered during the period concerned. Days of free credit means the number of days allowed free to pay for the oil, i.e., without financial charge.

Notes

Enter any other information, remarks or comments considered useful for the good understanding of the data, notably the percentage in relation to the total volume of the imports which are not subject to a continuing supply arrangement, and 'non-affiliate' imports. Indicate, in particular, whether in the view of the Member State the data is confidential by virtue of the number or the distribution of the cargoes.

1.2.3 // EEC // TABLE 2 //

GOVERNMENT REPORTING TO THE COMMISSION ON CRUDE OIL

IMPORTED FROM THIRD COUNTRIES AND FROM MEMBER STATES

Member State:

Date submitted:

1.2,6 // // // // Cif information // // 1.2.3.4,6 // Crude oil type // Volume // No of companies // Weighted average // // 1.2.3.4.5.6.7 // // // // Cents/bbl // API // Days credit // // // // // // // Arabian Light 34° // // // // // // Arabian Medium 31° // // // // // // Arabian Heavy and Khafji 27° // // // // // // Iranian Light 34° // // // // // // Iranian Heavy 31° // // // // // // Murban and Zakum 39° // // // // // // Iraq-Basrah 35° // // // // // // Iraq-Kirkuk 36° // // // // // // Kuwait 31° // // // // // // Libya 40° // // // // // // Algeria 44° // // // // // // Nigeria 34° // // // // // // Venezuela Light 34° // // // // // // Venezuela Medium 26° // // // // // // Venezuela Heavy 17° // // // // // // Indonesia 34° // // // // // // Qatar Dukhan and Marine 40° // // // // // // NW Europe Offshore 38° // // // // // // Mexican Isthmus 34° // // // // // // USSR 33° // // // // // // All other // // // // // // // // // // // // Total imports // // // // // // // // // // //

Notes:

CONFIDENTIAL

1.2.3.4 // // // Reporting period // from: // // // // to:

Fob information

1,2.3,14.15,16 // // // // // Cents/bbl (1) // Weighted average // // // // // // // // // // // // // 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16 // Volume // No of companies // Weighted average // Min. // 10 % // 20 % // 30 % // 40 % // 50 % // 60 % // 70 % // 80 % // 90 % // Max. // API // Days credit // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // //

(1) The information on the prices for each 10 % volume step (from 10 to 90 %) is to be communicated only at the Commission's request.