NoL69/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities16.3.91
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No637/91
of15March1991
fixingtheamountofthesubsidyonoilseeds
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3577/90(2),andin
particularArticle27(4)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1678/85(3)fixingtheconversionratestobeappliedin
agriculture,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
550/910,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1569/72
of20July1972layingdownspecialmeasuresforcolza,
rapeandsunflowerseed(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2206/90(6),andinparticularArticle2(3)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
WhereasArticle27ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthatasubsidyshouldbegrantedinrespectofoil
seedsharvestedandprocessedwithintheCommunity
whenthetargetpriceforaspeciesofseedishigherthan
thepriceontheworldmarket;whereastheseprovisions
atpresentapplyonlyinrespectofcolza,rapeand
sunflowerseeds;
Whereasthesubsidyonoilseedsshould,theoretically ,be
equaltothedifferencebetweenthosetwoprices;
Whereasthetargetpriceandthemonthlyincreasesinthe
targetpriceforcolza,rapeandsunflowerseedforthe
1990/91marketingyearwerefixedbyCouncilRegula­
tions(EEC)No1317/900and(EEC)No1318/90(8);
Whereasasupplementtothetargetpricefor'doublezero'
colzaandrapeseedwasfixedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1317/90forthe1990/91marketingyear;
Whereasthestandardqualityforsunflowerseedhasbeen
maintainedbytheCouncilforthe1989/90and1990/91
marketingyears;whereasthecoefficientsofequivalence
appliedtothepricesofsunflowerseedfromthirdcoun­trieshavebeenfixedbyCommissionRegulationNo
225/67/EEC(9),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
2869/87(,0);
Whereasthetargetpricesandtheinterventionprices
fixedbytheCouncilaretobereducedinaccordancewith
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No1756/90of27June
1990establishingthetargetandinterventionpricesfor
colza,rapeandsunflowerseedandtheguideand
minimumpricesforsoyabeans,fixedinecusbythe
Councilandreducedasaresultofthemonetaryrealign­
mentof5January1990(");
Whereastheabatementofthesubsidyforcolzaandrape
seedwhicharises,whereappropriate,fromthesystemof
maximumguaranteedquantitiesforthe1990/91marke­
tingyear,hasbeenfixedbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No2509/90(l2);
Whereastheabatementofthesubsidyforsunflowerseed
whicharisefromthesystemofmaximumguaranteed
quantitiesforthe1990/91marketingyearhasbeenfixed
byCommissionRegulation(EEC)2833/90(l3);
'Whereas,owingtothelackofatargetpriceforrapeseed
andoftheadjustmentintherateofaidresultingfromthe
maximumguaranteedquantityarrangements forthe
1991/92marketingyear,therateoftheaidfixedin
advanceforthismarketingyearhasonlybeenabletobe
calculatedprovisionallyonthebasisoftheCommission's
priceproposalstotheCouncil;whereasthisamount
shouldthereforeonlybeappliedprovisionallyandshould
beconfirmedorreplacedoncethepricesandrelated
measuresandtheconsequences ofthemaximumguaran­
teedquantityarrangements forthe1991/92marketing
yearareknown;'
WhereasArticle29ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthattheworldmarketprice,calculatedfora
Communityfrontiercrossingpoint,istobedetermined
onthebasisofthemostfavourablepurchasingopportuni­
ties,quotationsbeingadjustedwherenecessarytotake
accountofquotationsforcompetingproducts;
WhereasArticle4ofCouncilRegulationNo115/67/EEC
of6June1967layingdowncriteriafordetermining
worldmarketpricesforoilseedsandfixingthefrontier
crossingpoint(14),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1983/82(1S),fixedthesaidcrossingpointat
Rotterdam ;whereasArticle1ofthatRegulationprovides
(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL353,17.12.1990,p.23. (')OJNo136,30.6.1967,p.2919/67.
(10)OJNoL273,26.9.1987,p.16.
(")OJNoL162,28.6.1990,p.19.
HOJNoL237,1.9.1990,p.7.
13OJNoL268,29.9.1990,p.86.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.11.
OOJNoL64,11.3.1991,p.51.0OJNoL167,25.7.1972,p.9.
(*)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.11.
OOJNoL132,23.5.1990,p.9.
8)OJNoL132,23.5.1990,p.11.(14)OJNo111,10.6.1967,p.2196/67.
HOJNoL215,23.7.1982,p.6.

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bedeterminedonthebasisofthevalueoftheaverage
quantitiesofoilandoilcakeresultingfromtheproces­
singof100kilogramsofseedwithintheCommunityless
anamountcorresponding tothecostofprocessingthese
seedsintooilandoilcake;whereasthequantitiesand
coststobetakenintoconsiderationforthepurposesof
thecalculationarefixedinArticle5ofRegulationNo
225/67/EEC;whereasthevalueofthosequantitiesshould
bedetermined inaccordancewithArticle6ofthat
Regulation;thatwhentheworldmarketpriceisbeingdetermined
accountshouldbetakenofalloffersontheworldmarket
knowntotheCommissionandofquotationsonthose
exchangeswhicharesignificantforinternationaltrade;
whereasArticle2ofRegulationNo225/67/EECprovides
thatoffersandquotationswhichdonotrelatetoship­
mentstobeeffectedwithin30daysfollowingthedateon
whichtheworldmarketpriceisdeterminedshouldbe
disregarded;whereasoffersandquotationswhichthe
Commissionbelieves,inviewofgeneralpricemovements
orinformationavailabletoit,nottoberepresentative of
therealtrendofthemarketmustalsobedisregarded ;
Whereasoffersandquotationsrelatingtoquantitiesof
lessthan500tonnesandoffersrelatingtoseedofa
qualityotherthanthatnormallyacceptableontheworld
marketmustalsobedisregarded ;WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo115/67/EECprovides
that,wherenoofferorquotationcanbeusedasabasis
fordeterminingtheworldmarketpriceandwhereitis,
moreover,impossibletoestablishthevalueoftheoilor
oilcakeprocessedfromsuchseed,theworldmarketprice
shouldbedeterminedonthebasisofthemostrecent
knownvalueforoiloroilcake,adjustedtotakeaccount
ofthetrendofworldpricesforcompetingproductsby
applyingtothatvaluetherulessetoutinArticle2of
RegulationNo115/67/EEC;whereasArticle7ofRegula­
tionNo225/67/EECdefinescompetingproductsasthose
oilsoroilcakes,asthecasemaybe,whichappeartohave
beenofferedinthelargestquantitiesontheworldmarket
duringtheperiodunderconsideration ;WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo225/67/EECprovides
thatoftheoffersandquotationstakenintoconsideration ,
thosefordeliverycandfshouldbeincreasedby0,2%;
whereasoffersandquotationsfordeliveryfas,fobor
otherwiseshouldbeincreased,asappropriate,byloading,
transportandinsurancecostsfromthepointofshipment
orloadingtothefrontiercrossingpoint;whereascif
offersandquotationsforfrontiercrossingpointsother
thanRotterdamshouldbeadjustedtoallowforthediffe­
renceintransportandinsurancecostsascomparedwitha
productdeliveredcifRotterdam;whereastheCommis­
sionshouldtakeaccountonlyoftheloading,transport
andinsurancecostswhichtoitsknowledgearethe
lowest;whereas,finally,offersandquotationsfordelivery
cifRotterdamshouldbeincreasedbyECU0,242;Whereas,underArticle6ofRegulationNo115/67/EEC,
thepricedeterminedforcolza,rapeandsunflowerseeds
mustalsobeadjustedbyanamountnotexceedingthe
margin,ascalculatedinaccordancewiththatArticle,
wherethatmarginmayaffectthenormaldisposalofseeds
harvestedintheCommunity ;
WhereasArticle5ofRegulationNo115/67/EECprovides
thattheworldmarketpriceshouldbedeterminedfor
seedofthestandardqualityforwhichthetargetpricehas
beenfixed,deliveredinbulk:WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1594/83of14
June1983onthesubsidyforoilseeds('),aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No1321/90(2),laiddownrulesfor
grantingthesubsidyonoilseeds;whereas,underthat
Regulation,wherethesubsidytobegrantedisfixedin
advance,theamountofsuchsubsidymustbeequaltothe
amountapplicableonthedayonwhichtheapplication
foradvancefixingwaslodged,adjustedbythedifference
betweenthetargetpricevalidonthatdayandthetarget
pricevalidonthedayonwhichtheseedsareplaced
undercontrolatanoilorfeedmilland,whereappro­
priate,acorrectiveamount;whereasArticle35of
Commission Regulation (EEC)No2681/83of21
September1983layingdowndetailedrulesfortheappli­
cationofthesubsidysystemforoilseeds(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3603/90(4),provides
thatsuchadjustmentshouldinvolveincreasingorredu­
cingthe.amountofsubsidyapplicableonthedayon
whichtheapplicationwaslodgedbythecorrective
amountandthedifferencebetweenthetargetprices
mentionedinArticle35ofRegulation (EEC)No
2681/83;WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo225/67/EECprovides
thatoffersandquotationsrelatingtoproductspresented
otherwisethaninbulkshouldbeadjustedbydeducting
theadditionalvalueresultingfromthatpresentation ;
whereasoffersandquotationsrelatingtoaqualityother
thanthestandardqualityforwhichthetargetpricewas
fixedshouldbeadjustedonthebasisofthecoefficientsof
equivalenceshownintheAnnextothatRegulation;
whereas,inthecaseofoffersontheworldmarketfor
qualitiesofcolzaandrapeseedotherthanthoselistedin
thatAnnex,coefficientsofequivalencederivedfromthose
listedinthatAnnexmay,pursuanttoArticle4ofRegula­
tionNo225/67/EEC,beapplied;whereas,whenderived
coefficientsarebeingcalculated,accountmustbetakenof
thedifferencesbetweenpricesforthequalitiesofseedin
questionandpricesforthequalitieslistedinthatAnnex,
andofthecharacteristics ofthesevariousseeds;
WhereasArticle2ofRegulationNo115/67/EECprovides
that,wherenoofferorquotationcanbeusedasabasis
fordeterminingtheworldmarketprice,thatpriceshould(')OJNoL163,22.6.1983,p.44.
(2)OJNoL132,23.5.1990,p.15.
(3)OJNoL266,28.9.1983,p.1.
(4)OJNoL350,14.12.1990,p.57.

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WhereasArticle37ofRegulation(EEC)No2681/83
providesthatthecorrectiveamountmustbeequaltothe
differencebetweentheworldmarketpriceforcolza,rape
andsunflowerseedsandtheforwardpriceforthoseseeds
validforashipmenteffectedduringthemonthinwhich
theseedswereplacedundercontrolatanoilmill,those
pricesbeingdeterminedinaccordancewithArticles1,4
and5ofRegulationNo115/67/EEC;whereas,ifnooffer
andnopricecanbeusedforsuchdetermination ,the
methodofcalculationprovidedforinArticle37ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No2681/83shouldbeused;whereasthe
abovementioned differencemaybeadjustedinaccordance
withArticle38ofRegulation(EEC)No2681/83,account
beingtakenofthepricesofthemaincompetingcereals;—theagriculturalconversionrate,and
—theaveragerateoftheecuaspublishedintheC
SeriesoftheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communitiesduringaperiodtobedetermined
multipliedbythefactorreferredtointhesecond
indentofpoint(a);
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No1813/84specifiesthespot
andforwardexchangeratesandtheperiodtobeusedfor
calculatingthedifferentialamounts;whereasincases
where,foroneormoremonths,quotationsofforward
exchangeratesarenotavailable,theratesadoptedforthe
previousmonthsorthefollowingmonths,asthecasemay
be,mustbeused;
Whereastheaidforcolza,rapeorsunflowerseed
harvestedorprocessedinSpainorPortugalistobe
adjustedasprovidedforinCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
478/86(');whereasthisaidis,forseedharvestedinthese
MemberStates,tobedeterminedinlinewiththeprovi­
sionsofArticles95(2)and(3)and293(2)and(3)ofthe
ActofAccession :Whereasthesubsidyshouldbefixedwheneverthe
marketsituationmakesitnecessaryandinsuchawayas
toensureitsbeingappliedatleastonceaweek;whereas
thesubsidymaybealteredwheneveritbecomesobvious
thatsuchalterationisnecessary;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheseprovisionstothe
offersandquotationsknowntotheCommissionthat,
pursuanttoArticle33ofRegulation(EEC)No2681/83
theamountofthesubsidyinecusandtheamountofthe
subsidyineachofthenationalcurrenciesmustbefixed
inaccordancewiththeAnnextothisRegulation ;
whereas,pursuanttothesameArticle,thespotand
forwardexchangeratesfortheecuinnationalcurrencies
determinedinaccordancewithArticle4ofRegulation
(EEC)No1813/84mustalsobepublished,WhereasArticle33ofRegulation(EEC)No2681/83
providesforthepublicationoftheamountofthefinal
subsidyobtainedfromtheconversionintoeachofthe
nationalcurrenciesoftheamountinecusresultingfrom
thecalculationreferredtoaboveplusorminusthediffe­
rentialamount;whereasArticle1ofCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No1813/84(2),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1539/90(3),definedtheelementswhichdeter­
minethedifferentialamounts;whereastheseelements
areequaltotheincidenceonthetargetpricelesspercen­
tagereferredtoinArticle5,paragraph 1ofthesaidregu­
lationorthesubsidyofthecoefficientderivedfromthe
percentagereferredtoinArticle2(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1569/72;whereas,accordingtotheseprovisions,this
percentagerepresents :HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Theamountsofthesubsidyandtheexchangerates
referredtoinArticle33(2)and(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No2681/83shallbeassetoutintheAnnexeshereto.(a)forthoseMemberStateswhosecurrenciesaremain­
tainedasbetweenthemselveswithinaspreadatany
givenmomentof2,25%,thedifferencebetween:
—theconversionrateusedunderthecommon
agriculturalpolicy,and
—theconversionrateresultingfromthecentralrate
multipliedbythecorrectingfactorreferredtoin
Article6(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1677/85(4),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2205/90(*);2.However,theamountoftheaidfixedinadvancefor
the1991/92marketingyearfortherapeseedshallbe
confirmedorreplacedwitheffectfrom16March1991to
takeaccountofthepricesandrelatedmeasuresforthe
1991/92marketingyearandoftheconsequences ofthe
maximumguaranteedquantityarrangements .
(b)forMemberStatesotherthanthosereferredtoin(a),
thedifferencebetween:
Article2 (')OJNoL53,1.3.1986,p.55.0OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.41.0OJNoL145,8.6.1990,p.20.
(4)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.6.0OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9. ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon16March1991.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15March1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEXI,
Aidstocolzaandrapeseedotherthan'doublezero'
(amountsper100kg)
\ Current 1stperiod2ndperiod3rdperiod4thperiod5thperiod
3 4 5 6 70 8(')
1.Grossaids(ECU): \
—Spain 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 11,246 11,246
—Portugal 27,646 27,724 27,662 27,662 18,216 18,216
—OtherMemberStates 20,676 20,754 20,692 20,692 11,246 11,246
2.Finalaids: \
Seedharvestedandprocessedin: \ll
—FederalRepublicofGermany(DM)48,68 48,86 48,71 48,71 26,48 26,49
—Netherlands (Fl) 54,84 55,05 54,89 54,89 29,83 29,86
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs) 1003,95 1007,74 1004,73 1004,73 546,06 546,22
—France(FF) 163,25 163,87 163,38 163,38 88,79 88,79
—Denmark(Dkr) 185,67 186,37 185,81 185,81 100,99 100,99
—Ireland(£Irl) 18,170 18,238 18,184 18,184 9,883 9,878
—UnitedKingdom(£) 15,818 15,875 15,820 15,820 8,366 8,327
—Italy(Lit) 36420 36557 36448 36448 19809 19657
—Greece(Dr) 4204,52 4196,84 4136,46 4099,63 1845,08 1724,98
—Spain(Pta) 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 1809,62 1789,32
—Portugal(Esc) 5824,88 5841,88 5827,68 5816,70 3859,31 3815,46
ANNEXII
Aidstocolzaandrapeseed'doublezero'
(amountsper100kg)
l Current 1stperiod 2ndperiod 3rdperiod 4thperiod 5thperiod
l3 4 5 6 70 80
1.Grossaids(ECU): | I I \
—Spain 0,986 1,064 1,002 1,002 13,746 13,746
—Portugal 30,146 30,224 30,162 30,162 20,716 20,716
—OtherMemberStates 23,176 23,254 23,192 23,192 13,746 13,746
2.Finalaids: \ \ \
Seedharvestedandprocessedin: \ \ \
—FederalRepublicofGermany(DM)54,56 54,74 54,60 54,60 32,36 32,38
—Netherlands (Fl) 61,48 61,68 61,52 61,52 36,46 36,49
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs) 1125,34 1129,13 1126,12 1126,12 667,45 667,61
—France(FF) 182,99 183,60 183,12 183,12 108,53 108,53
—Denmark(Dkr) 208,12 208,82 208,26 208,26 123,44 123,44
—Ireland(£Irl) 20,367 20,435 20,381 20,381 12,080 12,075
—UnitedKingdom(£) 17,767 17,824 17,769 17,769 10,315 10,276
—Italy(Lit) 40823 40961 40852 40852 24213 24060
—Greece(Dr) 4761,78 4754,10 4693,72 4656,89 2402,34 2282,24
—Spain(Pta) 242,92 255,76 244,39 237,42 2191,86 2171,56
—Portugal(Esc) 6346,57 6363,57 6349,37 6338,39 4381,00 4337,15
(')Amountfixedprovisionally ,pendingandsubjecttothesettingofthepricesandrelatedmeasuresandoftheapplicationofthemaximumguaranteedquantity
arrangements forthe1991/92marketingyear,onthebasisinparticular:
—oftheCommission'sproposalsforthe1991/92marketingyearasregardsthetargetprice,themonthlyincreases,thereductionforrapeseedotherthan'double
zero'andthearrangementsapplyingtorapeseedharvestedinSpain;
—theadjustmentresultingfromthemaximumguaranteedquantityarrangementsandtheagriculturalconversionratesappliedforthe1990/91marketingyear.

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ANNEXIII
Aidstosunflowerseed
(amountsper100kg)
Current 1stperiod 2ndperiod 3rdperiod 4thperiod
I3 4 5 6 7
1.Grossaids(ECU):
—Spain 30,792 30,925 30,838 30,592 30,450
—Portugal 39,708 39,845 39,765 39,524 39,384
—OtherMemberStates 27,468 27,605 27,525 27,284 27,144
2.Finalaids:
(a)Seedharvestedandprocessedin('):I I
—FederalRepublicofGermany\II
(DM) 64,66 •64,99 64,80 64,23 63,90
—Netherlands (Fl) 72,86 73,22 73,01 72,37 72,00
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs) 1333,74 1340,40 1336,51 1324,81 1318,01
—France(FF) 216,88 217,96 217,33 215,42 214,32
—Denmark(Dkr) 246,66 247,89 247,17 245,01 243,75
—Ireland(£Irl) 24,138 24,259 24,188 23,977 23,853
—UnitedKingdom(£) 21,103 21,207 21,136 20,943 20,831
—Italy(Lit) 48384 48625 48484 48059 47813
—Greece(Dr) 5705,58 5710,82 5643,14 5542,51 5506,19
—Portugal(Esc) 8340,82 8370,07 8352,44 8292,15 8263,41
(b)SeedharvestedinSpainandIl \ll
processed:IIIll
—inSpain(Pta) 4785,82 4807,08 4792,72 4750,46 4729,37
—inanotherMemberState(Pta)4841,20 4862,99 4849,83 4808,40 4787,69
(')ForseedharvestedinMemberStatesotherthanSpainandprocessedinSpain,theamountsshownin2(a)tobemultipliedby1,0186140.
ANNEXIV
Exchangerateoftheecutobeusedforconvertingfinalaidsintothecurrencyoftheprocessing
countrywhenthelatterisacountryotherthanthecountryofproduction
(valueofECU1)
l Current 1stperiod 2ndperiod 3rdperiod 4thperiod 5thperiod
l3 4 5 6 7 8
DM 2,050710 2,048330 2,046430 2,044560 2,044560 2,039570
Fl 2,310890 2,308230 2,305930 2,303660 2,303660 2,297920
Bfrs/Lfrs 42,232200 42,192000 42,145900 42,109900 42,109900 42,013500
FF 6,987130 6,980510 6,975610 6,970830 6,970830 6,959170
Dkr 7,884100 7,882270 7,880770 7,880420 7,880420 7,875580
£Irl 0,770003 0,770197 0,771111 0,771578 0,771578 0,774066
£ 0,702335 0,703770 0,704840 0,705845 0,705845 0,707772
Lit 1531,19 1534,04 1536,39 1538,63 1538,63 1546,16
Dr 221,13900 223,70300 226,32300 228,92600 228,92600 235,50400
Esc 178,36500 178,87500 179,42600 180,14100 180,14100 182,31900
Pta 127,67100 128,11900 128,48700 128,83100 128,83100 129,76700