30.11.85 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL321/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3357/85
of29November 1985
fixingtheexportrefundsonoilseeds
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No231/85(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo142/67/EECof
21June1967onexportrefundsoncolza,rapeand
sunflowerseeds(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2429/72(4),andinparticularthefirstsentenceof
Article2(3)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1223/83
of20May1983ontheexchangeratestobeappliedin
agriculture(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1297/85(*),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1569/72
of20July1972layingdownspecialmeasuresforcolza,
rapeandsunflowerseedf),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1474/84(8),andinparticularArticle2(3)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
Whereasthetargetpriceandthemonthlyincreasesinthe
targetpriceforsunflowerseedforthe1985/86marketing
yearwerefixedbyRegulations (EEC)No1489/85(9)and
(EEC)No1490/85(10);
Whereas .Article28ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthatarefundmaybegrantedonexportstothird
countriesofoilseedsharvestedwithintheCommunity ;
whereastheamountofthisrefundmaynotexceedthe
differencebetweenpriceswithintheCommunityand
pricesontheworldmarketwheretheformerarehigher
thanthelatter;whereasArticle21ofRegulationNo136/66/EECprovidesthat,atpresent,Article28ofthat
Regulationappliesonlytocolza,rapeandsunflower
seeds;
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;
Whereas,intheabsenceofthetargetpriceforthe
1985/86marketingyearforcolzaandrapeseedandin
theabsenceoftheamountofthemonthlyincreasefor
January,February,March,AprilandMay1986forcolza
andrapeseed,theamountoftherefundsinthecaseof
advancefixingforDecember1985,January,February,
March,AprilandMay1986forcolzaandrapeseedhas
beenobtainableonlyprovisionallyonthebasisofthe
targetpriceandthemonthlyincreaseproposedbythe
CommissiontotheCouncilforthemarketingyear
1985/86;whereasthisamountmay,therefore,beapplied
onatemporarybasisandshouldbeconfirmedorreplaced
whentheindicativepriceofthe1985/86marketingyear
isknown;
WhereasArticle1ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
651/71of29March1971oncertaindetailedrulesforthe
applicationofexportrefundsonoilseeds(u),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1815/84(12),provides
thattheamountoftherefundmustbecalculatedonthe
basisoftheweightofexportedseeds;whereasthisweight
mustbeadjustedtotakeaccountofanydifferences
betweenthepercentagesofmoistureandimpuritiesfound
toexistandthoseusedtodefinethestandardqualityfor
whichthetargetpriceisfixed;whereas,whenthisadjust­
mentisbeingmade,theweightoftheexportedseeds
mustbeincreasedbytheamountofthedifference
betweentheactualmoistureandimpuritiescontentand
thatusedtodefinethestandardqualityiftheformeris
lowerthanthelatter;whereas,iftheoppositeapplies,the
weightoftheexportedseedsmustbereducedbythe
sameamount :(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL26,31.1.1985,p.12.
(3)OJNo125,26.6.1967,p.2461/67.
(<)OJNoL264,23.11.1972,p.1.
Is)OJNoL132,21.5.1983,p.33.
I6)OJNoL137,27.5.1985,p.1.
0OJNoL167,25.7.1972,p.9.
(»)OJNoL143,30.5.1984,p.4.0OJNoL151,10.6.1985,p.13.
(10)OJNoL151,10.6.1985,p.14.(")OJNoL75,30.3.1971,p.16.HOJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.46.

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Whereasthestandardqualityreferredtoabovewas
definedinArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1102/84(■);
WhereasArticle2ofRegulationNo142/67/EECprovides
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,asthecasemay
be,mustbeused;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheseprovisionstothe
currentsituationoftheoil-seedsmarketandtotherates
orpricesoftheseproductsthat,pursuanttoArticle4of
Regulation(EEC)No651/71,theamountoftherefundin
ECUandtheamountofthefinalrefundineachofthe
nationalcurrenciesmust,inthecaseofcolzaandrape
seed,befixedinaccordancewiththeAnnextothisRegu­
lation;whereasitisnotnecessarytofixarefundfor
sunflowerseed;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforOilsandFats,WhereasArticle4ofRegulation (EEC)No651/71
providesforthepublicationoftheamountofthefinal
refundobtainedfromtheconversionintoeachofthe
nationalcurrenciesoftheamountoftherefundinECU
plusorminusthedifferentialamount;whereasArticle1
ofRegulation(EEC)No1813/84(2)definedtheelements
whichdeterminethedifferentialamounts;whereasthese
elementsareequaltotheincidenceonthetargetpriceor
therefundofthecoefficientderivedfromthepercentage
referredtoinArticle2(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1569/72;whereas,accordingtotheseprovisions,this
percentagerepresents :
(a)forthoseMemberStateswhosecurrenciesaremain­
tainedasbetweenthemselveswithinaspreadatany
givenmomentof2,25%,thedifferencebetween:
—theconversionrateusedunderthecommonagri­
culturalpolicy,and
—theconversionrateresultingfromthecentralrate,
(b)forItaly,theUnitedKingdomandGreece,thediffe­
rencebetween :
—therelationshipbetweentheconversionrateused
underthecommonagriculturalpolicyforthe
currencyoftheMemberStateconcernedandthe
centralrateofeachofthecurrenciesofthe
MemberStatesreferredtoin(a),and
—thespotmarketrateforthecurrencyofthe
MemberStateinquestioninrelationtoeachof
thecurrenciesoftheMemberStatesreferredtoin
(a),asrecordedoveraperiodtobedetermined ;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Inthecaseofcolzaandrapeseed,theamountsofthe
refundreferredtoinArticle4(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No
651/71shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Theamountoftherefundsinthecaseofadvancefixing
forDecember1985,January,February,March,Apriland
May1986forcolzaandrapeseedwill,however,be
confirmedorreplacedasfrom1December1985totake
intoaccounttheindicativepricewhichisfixedforthese
productsforthe1985/86marketingyear,andtheamount
ofthemonthlyincreaseforJanuary,February,March,
AprilandMarch1986forcolzaandrapeseed.
Norefundisfixedforsunflowerseed.Whereas,however,pursuanttoArticle2aofRegulation
(EEC)No1569/72,themonetarydisparityforthemarke­
tingyears1984/85to1986/87willbecalculatedbya
methodwhichtakesinto_account acoefficientappliedto
theconversionrateresultingfromthecentralrate;
whereasRegulation(EEC)No2679/85(3)fixedthecoeffi­
cient;Article2
(')OJNoL113,28.4.1984,p.8.
(2)OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.41.
(3)OJNoL254,25.9.1985,p.14.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1December
1985.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29November1985.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof29November1985fixingtheexportrefundsoncolza
andrapeseed
(amountsper100kilograms) ICurrent
month1stmonth 2ndmonth 3rdmonth 4thmonth 5thmonth
1.Grossrefunds(ECU)
2.Finalrefunds
Seedsharvestedandexportedfrom:
;—FederalRepublicofGermany(DM)
—Netherlands (Fl)
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs)
—France(FF)
—Denmark(Dkr)
—Ireland(£Irl)
—UnitedKingdom(£)
—Italy(Lit)
—Greece(Dr)22,000
54,27
61,15
1021,06
151,24
185,13
16,502
13,585
30581
1363,5722,520
55,51
62,55
1045,19
154,88
189,51
16,892
13,906
31349
1416,7923,040
56,78
63,95
1069,33
158,11
193,88
17,278
14,228
31912
1470,0023,560
58,18
65,52
1092,43
161,00
198,26
17,621
14,550
32483
1523,2224,080
59,42
66,92
1116,56
.164,64
202,63
18,011
14,871
33254
1576,4424,080
59,93
67,43
1108,80
164,65
202,08
17,894
14,692
33019
1576,44
(')OnthebasisoftheCommission'slastproposalconcerningtheindicativepriceandsubjecttoconfirmationbytheCouncilsdecision.