NoL273/62 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.9.73
REGULATION (EEC)No2654/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of28September1973
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(*)of22September1966ontheestablishment
ofacommonorganizationofthemarketinoilsand
fats,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1707/
73(3);
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo162/66/
EEC(3)of27October1966ontradeinoilsandfats
betweentheCommunityandGreece;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo142/67/
EEC(4)of21June1967onexportrefundsoncolza,
rapeandsunflowerseeds,aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No2429/72(5),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
videsthatArticle28ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
andmeasurestakeninapplicationthereofapply,sub­
jecttotheprovisionsoftheAgreementestablishing
anAssociationbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandGreece,totradebetweentheCom­
munityandGreece;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo142/67,/EECpro­
videsthatwhentherefundisbeingcalculatedac­WhereasArticle1ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No651/71(°)of29March1971oncertaindetailed
rulesfortheapplicationofexportrefundsonoil
seedsprovidesthattheamountoftherefundmust
becalculatedonthebasisoftheweightofexported
seeds;whereasthisweightmustbeadjustedtotake
accountofanydifferencesbetweenthepercentages
ofmoistureandimpuritiesfoundtoexistandthose
usedtodefinethestandardqualityforwhichthetar­
getpriceisfixed;whereas,whenthisadjustmentis
beingmade,theweightoftheexportedseedsmustbe
increasedbytheamountofthedifferencebetween
theactualmoistureandimpuritiescontentandthat
usedtodefinethestandardqualityiftheformeris
lowerthanthelatter;whereas,iftheopposite
applies,theweightoftheexportedseedsmustbe
reducedbvthesameamount;
Whereasthestandardqualityreferredtoaboveis
definedinArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1360/73(7)of15May1973fixingthetargetprices
andbasicinterventionpricesforoilseedsforthe
1973/74marketingyear;
WhereasArticle2ofRegulationNo142/67/EECpro­
videsthattherefundmaybevariedaccordingtodes­
tinationwheretheworldmarketsituationorthespe­
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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
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1October
1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28September1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
Refundapplicabletooilseedsfrom1October1973
fu.a.1100kg)
CCTheading
No Descriptionofgoods Refund
ex12.01
ex12.01Colzaandrapeseed,otherthanforsowing
Sunflowerseed,otherthanforsowing—