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REGULATION (EEC)No3498/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of21December 1973
fixingthecomponentsusedtocalculatethedifferentialamountsforcolzaand
rapeseed
—thespotexchangeraterecordedoveragiven
periodforthecurrencyoftherelevantMember
StateagainsteachofthecurrenciesoftheMember
Statesspecifiedabove;
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No2300/73(5),aslast
amendedbyCommission Regulation (EEC)No
3491/73(6),laysdowndetailedrulesfortheapplica­
tionofRegulation (EEC)No1569/72;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2957/73(7)of
31October1973,asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2996/73(8),fixedarepresentative conversionrate
fortheItalianliratobeappliedinagriculturewith
effectfrom1January1974;whereas,however,the
newArticle5(a)ofRegulation(EEC)No1569/72stip­
ulatesthemaintenanceofthepricelevelexistingin
Italyforcolzaandrapeseedon31December1973
untiltheendofthe1973/74marketingyear;whereas,
accordingtothesameArticle,thereisreasontotake
accountofthismeasurewhenfixingthedifferential
amountsapplicableinItaly;whereasthisobjective
canbeattainedbyapplyingtothecomponentsused
forcalculatingthedifferentialamountsandresulting
fromthenewconversionrateapercentageexpressing
thedifferencebetweenthecomponentswhichresults
fromtheratesofconversionapplicableinItalyon31
December1973andon1January1974;
Whereas,applyingtherulesandcriteriasetoutabove,
thecomponentsusedtocalculatethedifferential
amountsshouldbefixedinaccordancewiththeTable
annexedtothisRegulation ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforOilsandFats,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/
66/EEC(')of22September1966ontheestablish­
mentofacommonorganizationofthemarketinoils
andfats,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1707/73(2);
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1569/72(3)of20July1972layingdownspecial
measuresforcolzaandrapeseed,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No3477/73(4),andinparticular
Article2(2)thereof;
WhereasArticle2(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No1569/72
specifiesthatthedifferentialamounts'forthose
MemberStateswhichkeeptheirexchangeratesatany
gvienmomentwithinabandof2-25%mustbedeter­
minedbytakingintoaccounttheincidenceonprices
ofthepercentagerepresenting thedifference
between :
—theconversionrateusedforthepurposesofthe
commonagriculturalpolicy;and
—theconversionrateresultingfromthecentralrate;
Whereasthisleadstothefixingofdifferential
amountswhichremainconstantaslongasthefactors
usedtocalculatethemremainunchanged ;
Whereas,applyingthenewmethodofcalculating
differentialamountstoDenmarkandFrance,nosuch
amountsshouldbefixedforseedsharvestedinthose
twoStatesandprocessedinorexportedfromthose
States;
WhereasunderArticle2(1)(b)oftheaforementioned
RegulationthedifferentialamountsforItalyandfor
IrelandandtheUnitedKingdomaretobedeter­
minedbytakingintoaccounttheincidenceonthe
priceoftheaveragepercentagerepresentingthediffer­
encebetween :
—theratiobetweentheconversionusedforpurposes
ofthecommonagriculturalpolicyforthe
currencyoftherelevantMemberStateandthe
actualparvaluesofthecurrenciesofeachofthe
MemberStateswhichkeeptheirexchangeratesat
anygivenmomentwithinabandof2-25%;andHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thecomponentsusedtocalculatethedifferential
amountsprovidedforinArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)
No1569/72shallbeaslistedintheAnnex.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1974.
(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL175,29.6.1973,p.5.
(3)OJNoL167,25.7.1972,p.9.(5)OJNoL236,24.8.1973,p.28.
(6)Seep.31ofthisOfficialJournal.
(7)OJNoL303,1.11.1973,p.1.
(*)OJNoL305,1.11.1973,p.7. (4)Seep.6ofthisOfficialJournal.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI

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ANNEX
Targetprice
corrective
(coefficienttobe
applied)Subsidyorrefund
corrective
(coefficienttobe
applied)Differentialcomponent (coefficient
tobeappliedtothetargetprice)(')
+0·1203 —0·1203 +Colzaandrapeseed,processedforoil
productioninGermanyorexported
fromthatcountry:
—harvestedinGermany
—harvestedintheBLEUorinthe
Netherlands
—harvestedinFrance
—harvestedinDenmark
—harvestedinIreland
—harvestedintheUnitedKingdom
—harvestedinItaly0·0960
01203
0·1203
0·2269
0·2269
0·2138
+0·0268 —0·0268 +Colzaandrapeseed,processedforoil
productionintheBLEUandinthe
Netherlandsorre-exportedfromthese
countries :
—harvestedinGermany
—harvestedintheBLEUorinthe
Netherlands
—harvestedinFrance
—harvestedinDenmark
—harvestedinIreland
—harvestedintheUnitedKingdom
—harvestedinItaly0·1062
0·0268
0·0268
0·1447
0·1447
0·1304
Nil Nil +Colzaandrapeseed,processedforoil
productioninFranceorexportedfrom
thatcountry:
—harvestedinGermany
—harvestedintheBLEUorinthe
Netherlands
—harvestedinFrance
—harvestedinDenmark
—harvestedinIreland
—harvestedintheUnitedKingdom
—harvestedinItaly0·1367
0·0276
0·1212
0·1212
0·1064
Nil Nil +Colzaandrapeseed,processedforoil
productioninDenmarkorexported
fromthatcountry:
—harvestedinGermany
—harvestedintheBLEUorinthe
Netherlands
—harvestedinFrance
—harvestedinDenmark
—harvestedinIreland
—harvestedintheUnitedKingdom
—harvestedinItaly0·1367
0·0276
0·1212
0·1212
0·1064

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Subsidyorrefund
corrective
(coefficienttobe
applied)Targetprice
corrective
(coefficienttobe
applied)Differentialcomponent (coefficientto
beappliedtothetargetprice)(')
—0·1380 +0·1380 ,+Colzaandrapeseed,processedforoil
productioninIrelandandintheUnited
Kingdomorexportedfromthosecoun­
tries:
—harvestedinGermany
—harvestedintheBLEUorinthe
Netherlands
—harvestedinFrance
—harvestedinDenmark
—harvestedinIreland
—harvestedintheUnitedKingdom
—harvestedinItaly0·2934
0·1692
0·1380
0·1380
0·0168
—0·1190 +0·1190 +Colzaandrapeseed,processedforoil
productioninItalyorexportedfrom
thatcountry:
—harvestedinGermany
—harvestedintheBLEUorinthe
Netherlands
—harvestedinFrance
—harvestedinDenmark
—harvestedinIreland
—harvestedintheUnitedKingdom
—harvestedinItaly0·2720
0·1499
0·1190
0·1190
0·0165
0·0165
(')ForseedharvestedintheUnitedKingdomandDenmark,theaccessioncompensatory amountshallbedeductedfromthetargetprice.