NoL81/46 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities28.3.91
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No767/91
of27March1991
fixingtheexportrefundsonoilseeds
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,1990/91marketingyearwerefixedbyRegulations (EEC)
No1317/90(10)and(EEC)No1318/90(11);
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,WhereasthepricesfixedbytheCouncilaretobereduced
inaccordancewithArticle2ofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No784/90of29March1990fixingthereducing
coefficientforagriculturalpricesinthe1990/91marke­
tingyearasaresultofthemonetaryrealignmentof5
January1990andamendingthepricesandamountsfixed
inecusforthatmarketingyear(u);
WhereasArticle28ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthatarefundmaybegrantedonexportstothird
countriesofoilseedsharvestedwithintheCommunity ;
whereastheamountofthisrefundmaynotexceedthe
differencebetweenpriceswithintheCommunityand
pricesontheworldmarketwheretheformerarehigher
thanthelatter;whereasArticle21ofRegulationNo
136/66/EECprovidesthat,atpresent,Article28ofthat
Regulationappliesonlytocolza,rapeandsunflower
seeds:HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3577/90(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo142/67/EECof
21June1967onexportrefundsoncolza,rapeand
sunflowerseeds(3),aslastamendedbytheActofAcces­
sionofGreece,andinparticularthesecondsentenceof
Article2(3)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1678/85
of11June1985fixingtheconversionratestobeapplied
inagriculture(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
801/910,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1569/72
of20July1972layingdownspecialmeasuresforcolza,
rapeandsunflowerseed(6),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2206/90Q,andinparticularArticle2(3)
thereof,Whereastherefundforcolzaandrapeseedsproducedin
SpainorPortugalisadjustedinaccordancewithCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No478/86(13);
WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo142/67/EECprovides
thatwhentherefundisbeingcalculatedaccountmustbe
takenofpricesrulingonthevariousCommunitymarkets
whicharerepresentative fromthepointofviewofproces­
singandexportation ;themostfavourablequotations
recordedonthevariousmarketsofimportingthirdcoun­
triesandcostsincurredinplacingthegoodsontheworld
market;whereas,whentheamountoftherefundisbeing
fixed,accountmustalsobetakenofthelevelofmarket
priceswithintheCommunityfortheoilseedsreferredto
inArticle21ofRegulationNo136/66/EECandthe
futuretrendoftheseprices;whereas,furthermore,
accountshouldbetakenoftheeconomicaspectofthe
proposedexportsandthesituationintheCommunity
regardingthesupplyofand.demandfortheseseeds;HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
2041/75of25July1975onspecialdetailedrulesforthe
applicationofthesystemofimportandexportlicences
andadvancefixingcertificatesforoilsandfats(8),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No557/91(9),andinparti­
cularArticle13thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
Whereas,thetargetpriceandthemonthlyincreasesin
thetargetpriceforcolza,rapeandsunflowerseedfortheWhereastheabatementofthesubsidyforcolzaandtape
seedwicharisesfromthesystemofmaximumguaranteed
quantitiesforthe1990/91marketingyearhasbeenfixed
byCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2509/90(H);(*)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
OOJNoL353,17.12.1990,p.23.
OOJNo125,26.6.1967,p.2461/67.
(4)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.11.
OOJNoL82,28.3.1991,p.30.
(6)OJNoL167,25.7.1972,p.9.0OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.11.
(*)OJNoL213,11.8.1975,p.1.
OOJNoL62,8.3.1991,p.23.'«)OJNoL132,23.5.1990,p.9.
'>)OJNoL132,23.5.1990,p.11.
I2)OJNoL83,30.3.1990,p.102.
")OJNoL53,1.3.1986,p.55.
,4)OJNoL237,1.9.1990,p.7.

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Communitiesduringaperiodtobedetermined,
multipliedbythefactorreferredtointhesecond
indentof(a).
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
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,WhereasArticle1ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
651/71of29March1971oncertaindetailedrulesforthe
applicationofexportrefundsonoilseeds('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1815/84(2),provides
thattheamountoftherefundmustbecalculatedonthe
basisoftheweightofexportedseeds;whereasthisweight
mustbeadjustedtotakeaccountofanydifferences
betweenthepercentagesofmoistureandimpuritiesfound
toexistandthoseusedtodefinethestandardqualityfor
whichthetargetpriceisfixed;whereas,whenthisadjust­
mentisbeingmade,theweightoftheexportedseeds
mustbeincreasedbytheamountofthedifference
betweentheactualmoistureandimpuritiescontentand
thatusedtodefinethestandardqualityiftheformeris
lowerthanthelatter;whereas,iftheoppositeapplies,the
weightoftheexportedseedsmustbereducedbythe
sameamount;
Whereasthestandardqualityreferredtoabovewas
definedinArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1102/84(3);
WhereasArticle2ofRegulationNo142/67/EECprovides
thattherefundmaybevariedaccordingtodestination
wheretheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequire­
mentsofcertainmarketsmakethisnecessary;
WhereasArticle4ofRegulation (EEC)No651/71
providesforthepublicationoftheamountofthefinal
refundobtainedfromtheconversionintoeachofthe
nationalcurrenciesoftheamountoftherefundinecus
plusorminusthedifferentialamount;whereasArticle1
ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1813/84(4),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1539/90(•*),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
ofthecorrectingfactorreferredtoinArticle6(1)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1677/85(16)aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2205/90(17).
(b)InthecaseofMemberStatesotherthanthosereferred
toin(a),thedifferencebetween:
—theagriculturalconversionrate,and
—theaveragerateoftheecuaspublishedintheC
SeriesoftheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Inthecaseofcolzaandrapeseed,theamountsof
therefundreferredtoinArticle4(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No651/71shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
2.Thereshallbenorefundonsunflowerseed.
3.Certificatesfixingtheexportrefundinadvanceshall
bevalidfromtheirdateofissueuntiltheendofthefol­
lowingmonth.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April1991.(')OJNoL75,30.3.1971,p.16.
(2)OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.46.
OOJNoL113,28.4.1984,p.8.
(4)OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.41.0OJNoL145,8.6.1990,p.20.
(6)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.6.
OOJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.

NoL81/48 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities28.3.91
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27March1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof27March1991fixingtheexportrefundsonoil
seeds
(amountsper100kilograms)
Current
41stperiod
52ndperiod
63rdperiod
74thperiod
85thperiod
9
1.Grossrefunds(ECU): I l
—Spain 0,000 0,278— — — —
—Portugal 23,470 23,748— — — —
—otherMemberStates 16,500 16,778— — — —
2.Finalrefunds:l l
Seedsharvestedandexportedfrom: l ll
—FederalRepublicofGermany(DM)38,84 39,50— — — —
—Netherlands (Fl) 43,77 44,50— — — —
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs) 801,18 814,68— — — —
—France(FF) 130,28 132,47— — — —
—Denmark(Dkr) 148,17 150,66— — — —
—Ireland(£Irl) 14,500 14,744— — — —
—UnitedKingdom(£) 12,460 12,677— — — —
—Italy(Lit) 29064 29554 — — — —
—Greece(Dr) 3135,57 3178,27— — — —
—Spain(Pta) 86,25 128,76— — — —
—Portugal(Esc) 4968,99 5027,00— — — —