NoL168/76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities1.7.88
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1896/88
of30June1988
fixingtheexportrefundsonoilseeds
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,Whereas,inordertodeterminetheamountoftheaid,
accountshouldbetakenamongthecalculationfactorsof
thelatestCommissionproposalstotheCouncilonprices
andrelatedmeasures;
WhereasArticle28ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthatarefundmaybegrantedonexportstothird
countriesofoilseedsharvestedwithintheCommunity ;
whereastheamountofthisrefundmaynotexceedthe
differencebetweenpriceswithintheCommunityand
pricesontheworldmarketwheretheformerarehigher
thanthelatter;whereasArticle21ofRegulationNo
136/66/EECprovidesthat,atpresent,Article28ofthat
Regulationappliesonlytocolza,rapeandsunflower
seeds:
Whereastherefundforcolzaandrapeseedsproducedin
SpainorPortugalisadjustedinaccordancewithCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No478/86(u);HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1098/88(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo142/67/EECof
21June1967onexportrefundsoncolza,rapeand
sunflowerseeds(3),aslastamendedbytheActofAcces­
sionofGreece(4),andinparticularthefirstsentenceof
Article2(3)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1678/85
of11June1985fixingtheconversionratestobeapplied
inagriculture(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1604/8(«),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1569/72
of20July1972layingdownspecialmeasuresforcolza,
rapeandsunflowerseedQ,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1869/87(8),andinparticularArticle2(3)
thereof,
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
2041/75of25July1975onspecialdetailedrulesforthe
applicationofthesystemofimportandexportlicences
andadvancefixingcertificatesforoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2662/87(10),andin
particularArticle13thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
WhereastheCouncilhasnot,todate,adoptedtheprices
forthe1988/89marketingyear,whichcommenceson1
July1988;whereasbyvirtueofthepowersconferredon
itbytheTreaty,theCommissionmustadoptthe
measuresessentialtoensurethatthecommonagricultural
policycontinuestooperateintheoilseedssectorandin
particulartoensurethattheabovementioned aidconti­
nuestobegranted;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;
Whereastheabatementofthesubsidywhicharises,where
appropriate,fromthesystemofmaximumguaranteed
quantitiesforthe1988/89marketingyear,hasnot,to
date,beenfixed;whereastheamountoftherefundfor
the1988/89marketingyearhasbeenprovisionallycalcu­
latedonthebasisofanabatementof4,502ECUper100
kgforcolzaandrapeseed;
WhereasArticle1ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
651/71of29March1971oncertaindetailedrulesforthe
applicationofexportrefundsonoilseeds(12)aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1815/84(,3)provides
thattheamountoftherefundmustbecalculatedonthe(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL110,29.4.1988,p.10.0OJNo125,26.6.1967,p.2461/67.
(4)OJNoL291,19.11.1979,p.17.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.11.0OJNoL143,10.6.1988,p.10.0OJNoL167,25.7.1972,p.9.
8OJNoL176,1.7.1987,p.30.0OJNoL213,11.8.1975,p.1.
(,0)OJNoL252,3.9.1987,p.6.(")OJNoL53,1.3.1986,p.55.
(I2)OJNoL75,30.3.1971,p.16.HOJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.46.

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minedwheretheforwardexchangerateforoneormore
currenciesdiffersfromthespotratebyatleastagiven
percentage;whereasthispercentagehasbeenfixedat0,5
byRegulation(EEC)No1813/84;
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No1813/84specifiesthespot
andforwardexchangeratesandtheperiodtobeusedfor
calculatingthe-differentialamounts;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;
WhereasArticle13ofRegulation(EEC)No2041/75
makesprovisionfortheperiodofvalidityofcertificates
fixingrefundsinadvancetobereducedifthemarket
situationwarrants;whereasintheinterestsofsound
marketmanagement areductionshouldbemade;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforOilsandFats,basisoftheweightofexportedseeds;whereasthisweight
mustbeadjustedtotakeaccountofanydifferences
betweenthepercentagesofmoistureandimpuritiesfound
toexistandthoseusedtodefinethestandardqualityfor
whichthetargetpriceisfixed;whereas,whenthisadjust­
mentisbeingmade,theweightoftheexportedseeds
mustbeincreasedbytheamountofthedifference
betweentheactualmoistureandimpuritiescontentand
thatusedtodefinethestandardqualityiftheformeris
lowerthanthelatter;whereas,iftheoppositeapplies,the
weightoftheexportedseedsmustbereducedbythe
sameamount;
Whereasthestandardqualityreferredtoabovewas
definedinArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1102/840;
WhereasArticle2ofRegulationNo142/67/EECprovides
thattherefundmaybevariedaccordingtodestination
wheretheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequire­
mentsofcertainmarketsmakethisnecessary;
WhereasArticle4ofRegulation(EEC)No651/71
providesforthepublicationoftheamountofthefinal
refundobtainedfromtheconversionintoeachofthe
nationalcurrenciesoftheamountoftherefundinECU
plusorminusthedifferentialamount;whereasArticle1
ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1813/84(2),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2138/87(3),definedthe
elementswhichdeterminethe~differentialamounts;
whereastheseelementsareequaltotheincidenceonthe
targetpricereducedby7,5%ortherefundofthecoeffi­
cientderivedfromthepercentagereferredtoinArticle2
(l),ofRegulation(EEC)No1569/72;whereas,according
totheseprovisions,thispercentagerepresents:
(a)forthoseMemberStateswhosecurrenciesaremain­
tainedasbetweenthemselveswithinaspreadatany
givenmomentof2,25%,thedifferencebetween:
—the,conversionrateusedunderthecommonagri­
culturalpolicy,and
—theconversionrateresultingfromthecentralrate,
(b)fortheotherMemberStates,thedifferencebetween:
—therelationshipbetweentheconversionrateused
underthecommonagriculturalpolicyforthe
currencyoftheMemberStateconcernedandthe
centralrateofeachofthecurrenciesofthe
MemberStatesreferredtoin(a),and
—thespotmarketrateforthecurrencyofthe
MemberStateinquestioninrelationtoeachof
thecurrenciesoftheMemberStatesreferredtoin
(a),asrecordedoveraperiodtobedetermined ;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle2(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1569/72forwarddifferentialamountsaretobedeter­HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Inthecaseofcolzaandrapeseed,theamountsof
therefundreferredtoinArticle4(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No651/71shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
2.Thereshallbenorefundonsunflowerseed.
3.Certificatesfixingtheexportrefundinadvanceshall
bevalidfromtheirdateofissueuntiltheendofthefollo­
wingmonth.
4.However,theamountoftheexportrefundforcolza
andrapeseedsshallbeconfirmedorreplacedwitheffect
from1July1988totakeaccount,whereapplicable,ofthe
consequences oftheapplicationofthemaximumgaran­
teedquantitiessystemandofthepricesandrelated
measuresforthe1988/89marketingyear.
Article2
(')OJNoL113,28.4.1984,p.8.0OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.41.
MOJNoL200,21.7.1987,p.9. ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1988.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30June1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30June1988fixingtheexportrefundsoncolza
andrapeseed
(amountsper100kilograms)
Current
70)1stperiod
802ndperiod
93rdperiod
104thperiod
115thperiod
12
1.Grossrefunds(ECU):
—Spain 5,342 5,342— _ — _
—Portugal 9,502 9,502— —.— —
—otherMemberStates 5,000 5,000— — — —
2.Finalrefunds:\ \ \
Seedsharvestedandexportedfrom:
—FederalRepublicofGermany(DM)12,45 12,45— — — —
—Netherlands (Fl) 14,39 14,39— _ _ _
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs) 233,15 233,15— — — —
—France(FF) 25,17 25,17— — — —
—Denmark(Dkr) 38,09 38,09— — _ —
—Ireland(£Irl) 2,776 2,776— — — —
—UnitedKingdom(£) 0,261 0,261— — — —
—Italy(Lit) 3824 3820 — — — —
—Greece(Dr) 0,00 0,00— — — —
—Spain(Pta) 819,98 819,98— — — —
—Portugal(Esc) 1702,36 1682,62— — — —
(')Subjecttothereductionresultingfromthemaximumguaranteedquantitiessystemandthepricesandrelatedmeasuresforthe1988/89marketingyear.