NoL222/28 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.8.89
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2343/89
of31July1989
fixingtheexportrefundsonoilseeds
WhereasArticle28ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthatarefundmaybegrantedonexportstothird
countriesofoilseedsharvestedwithintheCommunity ;
whereastheamountofthisrefundmaynotexceedthe
differencebetweenpriceswithintheCommunityand
pricesontheworldmarketwheretheformerarehigher
thanthelatter;whereasArticle21ofRegulationNo
136/66/EECprovidesthat,atpresent,Article28ofthat
Regulationappliesonlytocolza,rapeandsunflower
seeds;
Whereastherefundforcolzaandrapeseedsproducedin
SpainorPortugalisadjustedinaccordancewithCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No478/86(12);THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoRegulationNo136/66/EECofthe
Councilof22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1225/89(2),
HavingregardtoRegulationNo142/67/EECofthe
Councilof21June1967onexportrefundsoncolza,rape
andsunflowerseeds(3),aslastamendedbytheActof
AccessionofGreece,andinparticularthefirstsentence
ofArticle2(3)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1678/85
of11June1985fixingtheconversionratestobeapplied
inagriculture(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
2284/89(*),
HavingregardtoRegulation(EEC)No1569/72ofthe
Councilof20July1972layingdownspecialmeasuresfor
colza,rapeandsunflowerseed(*),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2216/88(J),andinparticularArticle
2(3)thereof,
HavingregardtoRegulation(EEC)No2041/75ofthe
Commissionof25July1975onspecialdetailedrulesfor
theapplicationofthesystemofimportandexport
licencesandadvancefixingcertificatesforoilsandfats(8),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2662/87(®),and
inparticularArticle13thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
Whereas,thetargetpriceandthemonthlyincreasesin
thetargetpriceforcolza,rapeandsunflowerseedforthe
1989/90marketingyearwerefixedbyRegulations(EEC)
NO1228/89(10)and(EEC)No1229/89(»);WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo142/67/EECprovides
thatwhentherefundisbeingcalculatedaccountmustbe
takenofpricesrulingonthevariousCommunitymarkets
whicharerepresentativefromthepointofviewofproces­
singandexportation;themostfavourablequotations
recordedonthevariousmarketsofimportingthirdcoun­
triesandcostsincurredinplacingthegoodsontheworld
market;whereas,whentheamountoftherefundisbeing
fixed,accountmustalsobetakenofthelevelofmarket
priceswithintheCommunityfortheoilseedsreferredto
inArticle21ofRegulationNo136/66/EECandthe
futuretrendoftheseprices;whereas,furthermore,
accountshouldbetakenoftheeconomicaspectofthe
proposedexportsandthesituationintheCommunity
regardingthesupplyofanddemandfortheseseeds;
Whereastheabatementoftherefundwhicharises,where
appropriate,fromthesystemofmaximumguaranteed
quantitiesforthe1989/90year,hasnot,todate,been
fixed;whereastheamountoftherefundforthe1989/90
yearhasbeenprovisionallycalculatedonthebasisofan
abatementofECU3,44per100kilogramsforcolzaand
rapeseed;
(')OJNo172,30.9:1966,p.3025/66.0OJNoL128,11.5.1989,p.15.0OJNo125,26.6.1967,p.2461/67.WhereasArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)No651/71ofthe
Commission of29March1971oncertaindetailedrules
fortheapplicationofexportrefundsonoilseeds(13),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1815/84(14),
providesthattheamountoftherefundmustbecalculated
onthebasisoftheweightofexportedseeds;whereasthis(4)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.11.0OJNoL218,28.7.1989,p.17.
(«)OJNoL167,25.7.1972,p.9.
OOJNoL197,26.7.1988,p.10.
(•)OJNoL213,11.8.1975,p.1.0OJNoL252,3.9.1987,p.6.
(,0)OJNoL128,11.5.1989,p.20.
(")OJNoL128,11.5.1989,p.22.(1J)OJNoL53,1.3.1986,p.55.
(>3)OJNoL75,30.3.1971,p.16.
14OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.46.

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weightmustbeadjustedtotakeaccountofanydiffe­
rencesbetweenthepercentagesofmoistureandimpur­
itiesfoundtoexistandthoseusedtodefinethestandard
qualityforwhichthetargetpriceisfixed;whereas,when
thisadjustmentisbeingmade,theweightoftheexported
seedsmustbeincreasedbytheamountofthedifference
betweentheactualmoistureandimpuritiescontentand
thatusedtodefinethestandardqualityiftheformeris
lowerthanthelatter;whereas,iftheoppositeapplies,the
weightoftheexportedseedsmustbereducedbythe
sameamount:
Whereasthestandardqualityreferredtoabovewas
definedinArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1102/84P);
WhereasArticle2ofRegulationNo142/67yEECprovides
thattherefundmaybevariedaccordingtodestination
wheretheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequire­
mentsofcertainmarketsmakethisnecessary;WhereaspursuanttoArticle2(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1569/72forwarddifferentialamountsaretobedeter­
minedwheretheforwardexchangerateforoneormore
currenciesdiffersfromthespotratebyatleastagiven
percentage;whereasthispercentagehasbeenfixedat0,5
byRegulation(EEC)No1813/84;
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No1813/84specifiesthespot
andforwardexchangeratesandtheperiodtobeusedfor
calculatingthedifferentialamounts;whereasincases
where,foroneormoremonths,quotationsofforward
exchangeratesarenotavailable,theratesadoptedforthe
previousmonthsorthefollowingmonths,asthe,casemay
be,mustbeused;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheseprovisionstothe
currentsituationoftheoilseedsmarketandtotherates
orpricesoftheseproductsthat,pursuanttoArticle4of
Regulation(EEC)No651/71,theamountoftherefundin
ecusandtheamountofthefinalrefundineachofthe
nationalcurrenciesmust,inthecaseofcolzaandrape
seed,befixedinaccordancewiththeAnnextothisRegu­
lation;whereasitisnotnecessarytofixarefundfor
sunflowerseed;
WhereasArticle13ofRegulation(EEC)No2041/75
makesprovisionfortheperiodofvalidityofcertificates
fixingrefundsinadvancetobereducedifthemarket
situationwarrants;whereasintheinterestsofsound
marketmanagement areductionshouldbemade;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforOilsandFats,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :WhereasArticle4ofRegulation(EEC)No651/71
providesforthepublicationoftheamountofthefinal
refundobtainedfromtheconversionintoeachofthe
nationalcurrenciesoftheamountoftherefundinecus
plusorminusthedifferentialamount;whereasArticle1
ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1813/84(2),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No431/89(3),definedthe
elementswhichdeterminethedifferentialamounts;
whereastheseelementsareequaltotheincidenceonthe
targetpricereducedby7,5%ortherefundofthecoeffi­
cientderivedfromthepercentagereferredtoinArticle2
(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1569/72;whereas,according
totheseprovisions,thispercentagerepresents:
(a)forthoseMemberStateswhosecurrenciesaremain­
tainedasbetweenthemselveswithinaspreadatany
givenmomentof2,25%,thedifferencebetween:
—theconversionrateusedunderthecommonagri­
culturalpolicy,and
—theconversionrateresultingfromthecentralrate;
(b)fortheotherMemberStates,thedifferencebetween:
—therelationshipbetweentheconversionrateused
underthecommonagriculturalpolicyforthe
currencyoftheMemberStateconcernedandthe
centralrateofeachofthecurrenciesofthe
MemberStatesreferredtoin(a),and
—thespotmarketrateforthecurrencyofthe
MemberStateinquestioninrelationtoeachof
thecurrenciesoftheMemberStatesreferredtoin
(a),asrecordedoveraperiodtobedetermined;Article1
1.Inthecaseofcolzaandrapeseed,theamountsof
therefundreferredtoinArticle4(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No651/71shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
2.Thereshallbenorefundonsunflowerseed.
3.Certificatesfixingtheexportrefundinadvanceshall
bevalidfromtheirdateofissueuntiltheendofthefol­
lowingmonth.
4.However,theamountoftherefundforcolzaand
rapeseedwillbeconfirmedorreplacedasfrom1August
1989totakeintoaccounttheconsequencesoftheappli­
cationofthesystemofmaximumguaranteedquantities.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1August1989.(')OJNoL113,28.4.1984,p.8.0OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.41.
(3)OJNoL50,22.2.1989,p.7.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31July1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof31July1989fixingtheexportrefundsonoilseeds
(amountsper100kilograms)
ICurrent
801stperiod
9(')2ndperiod
103rdperiod
114thperiod
125thperiod
1
1.Grossrefunds(ECU): I
—Spain 18,000 18,000— — — —
—Portugal 20,440 20,440— — — —
—otherMemberStates 17,000_17,000— — — —
2.Finalrefunds:\
Seedsharvestedandexportedfrom:\ \ \ \ L
—FederalRepublicofGermany(DM)40,63 40,63— — — —
—Netherlands (Fl) 44,84 44,84— — — —
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs) 820,88 820,88— — — —
—France(FF) 127,08 127,08— — — —
—Denmark(Dkr) 151,81 151,81— — — —
—Ireland(£Irl) 14,144 14,144— — —
—UnitedKingdom(£) 10,663 10,663— — _ . —
—Italy(Lit) 2831828318 — — — —
—Greece(Dr) 2521,92 2491,43— — — - —
—Spain(Pta) 2920,45 2920,45— — — ■ —
—Portugal(Esc) 3875,78 3875,40— — — '—
(l)Subjecttotheconsequences oftheapplicationofthesystemofmaximumguaranteedquantities.