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REGULATION (EEC)No2378/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of31August1973
fixingtheexportrefundonoilseeds
countmustbetakenofpricesrulingonthevarious
Communitymarketswhicharerepresentative from
thepointofviewofprocessingandexportation ;the
mostfavourablequotationsrecordedonthevarious
marketsofimportingthirdcountriesandGreece,
andcostsincurredinplacingthegoodsontheworld
market;whereas,whentheamountoftherefundis
beingfixed,accountmustalsobetakenofthelevel
ofmarketpriceswithintheCommunityfortheoil
seedsreferredtoinArticle21ofRegulationNo136/
66/EECandthefuturetrendoftheseprices;
whereas,furthermore ,accountshouldbetakenofthe
economicaspectoftheproposedexportsandthe
situationintheCommunityregardingthesupplyof
anddemandfortheseseeds:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/
EEC(J)of22September1966ontheestablishment
ofacommonorganizationofthemarketinoilsand
fats,aslastamendedbytheAct(2)annexedtothe
Treaty(8)ontheAccessionofnewMemberStatesto
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheEuro­
peanAtomicEnergyCommunity,signedatBrussels
on22January1972;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo162/66/
EEC(4)of27October1966ontradeinoilsandfats
betweentheCommunityandGreece;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo142/67/
EEC(5)of21June1967onexportrefundsoncolza,
rapeandsunflowerseeds,aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No2429/72(6),andinparticularthe
firstsentenceofArticle2(3)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
"WhereasArticle28ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthatarefundmaybegrantedonexportsto
thirdcountriesofoilseedsharvestedwithinthe
Community ;whereastheamountofthisrefund
maynotexceedthedifferencebetweenpriceswithin
theCommunityandpricesontheworldmarket
wheretheformerarehigherthanthelatter;whereas
Article21ofRegulationNo136/66/EECpro­
videsthat,atpresent,Article28ofthatRegulation
appliesonlytocolza,rapeandsunflowerseeds;
WhereasArticle8ofRegulationNo162/66/EECpro­
videsthatArticle28.ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
andmeasurestakeninapplicationthereofapply,sub­
jecttotheprovisionsoftheAgreementestablishing
anAssociationbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandGreece,totradebetweentheCom­
munityandGreece;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo142/67/EECpro­
videsthatwhentherefundisbeingcalculatedac­WhereasArticle1ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No651/71(7)of29March1971oncertaindetailed
rulesfortheapplicationofexportrefundsonoil
seedsprovidesthattheamountoftherefundmust
becalculatedonthebasisoftheweightofexported
seeds;whereasthisweightmustbeadjustedtotake
accountofanydifferencesbetweenthepercentages
ofmoistureandimpuritiesfoundtoexistandthose
usedtodefinethestandardqualityforwhichthetar­
getpriceisfixed;whereas,whenthisadjustmentis
beingmade,theweightoftheexportedseedsmustbe
increasedbytheamountofthedifferencebetween
theactualmoistureandimpuritiescontentandthat
usedtodefinethestandardqualityiftheformeris
lowerthanthelatter;whereas,iftheopposite
applies,theweightoftheexportedseedsmustbe
reducedbythesameamount;
Whereasthestandardqualityreferredtoaboveis
definedinArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1360/73(8)of15May1973fixingthetargetprices
andbasicinterventionpricesforoilseedsforthe
1973/74marketingyear;
WhereasArticle2ofRegulationNo142/67/EECpro­
videsthattherefundmaybevariedaccordingtodes­
tinationwheretheworldmarketsituationorthespe­
(*)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(•)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(»)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.
{*)OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3393/66.
(8)OJNo125,26.6.1967,p.2461/67. (7)OJNoL75,30.3.1971,p.16.
(•)OJNoL264,23.11.1972,p.1. (8)OJNoL141,28.5.1973,p.33.

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fundshouldbefixedattheamountsshowninthe
AnnextothisRegulationforthoseproductsfor
whichthemarketingyearhasalreadybegun;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegula­
tionareinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheMan­
agementCommitteeforOilsandFats;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1cificrequirementsofcertainmarketsmakethisneces­
sary;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25°/o,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesandcri­
teriatothepresentsituationonthemarketinoil
seeds,andinparticulartoquotationsorpricesfor
theseproductswithintheCommunityandonthe
marketsofthirdcountriesandGreece,thatthere­TherefundsontheproductsreferredtoinArticle21
ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC,exportedtothird
countriesandGreece,areherebyfixedasshownin
theAnnextothisRegulation.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1Sep­
tember1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31August1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
Refundapplicabletooilseedsfrom1September1973
(u.a.1100kg)
CCTheading
No Descriptionofgoods Refund
ex12.01
ex12.01Colzaandrapeseed
Sunflowerseed,otherthanforsowing—