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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3723/90
of20December1990
fixingtheamountofthesubsidyonoilseeds
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats(l),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3499/90(2),andin
particularArticle27(4)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1678/85(3)fixingtheconversionratestobeappliedin
agriculture,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
3709/90(4),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1569/72
of20July1972layingdownspecialmeasuresforcolza,
rapeandsunflowerseed(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2206/90(®),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(?),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
2869/87(10);
Whereasthetargetpricesandtheinterventionprices
fixedbytheCouncilaretobereducedinaccordancewith
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No1756/90of27June
1990establishingthetargetandinterventionpricesfor
colza,rapeandsunflowerseedandtheguideand
minimumpricesforsoyabeans,fixedinecusbythe
Councilandreducedasaresultofthemonetaryrealign­
mentof5January1990(n);
Whereastheabatementofthesubsidyforcolzaandrape
seedwhicharises,whereappropriate,fromthesystemof
maximumguaranteedquantitiesforthe1990/91marke­
tingyear,hasbeenfixedbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No2509/90(12);
Whereastheabatementofthesubsidyforsunflowerseed
whicharisefromthesystemofmaximumguaranteed
quantitiesforthe1990/91marketingyearhasbeenfixed
byCommissionRegulation(EEC)2833/90(13);
WhereasArticle29ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthattheworldmarketprice,calculatedfora
Communityfrontiercrossingpoint,istobedetermined
onthebasisofthemostfavourablepurchasingopportuni­
ties,quotationsbeingadjustedwherenecessarytotake
accountofquotationsforcompetingproducts;
WhereasArticle4ofCouncilRegulationNo115/67/EEC
of6June1967layingdowncriteriafordetermining
worldmarketpricesforoilseedsandfixingthefrontier
crossingpoint(H),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1983/82(15),fixedthesaidcrossingpointat
Rotterdam;whereasArticle1ofthatRegulationprovides
thatwhentheworldmarketpriceisbeingdetermined
accountshouldbetakenofalloffersontheworldmarket
knowntotheCommissionandofquotationsonthose
exchangeswhicharesignificantforinternationaltrade;
whereasArticle2ofRegulationNo225/67/EECprovides
thatoffersandquotationswhichdonotrelatetoship­
mentstobeeffectedwithin30daysfollowingthedateon
whichtheworldmarketpriceisdeterminedshouldbe
disregarded ;whereasoffersandquotationswhichthe
Commissionbelieves,inviewofgeneralpricemovements
orinformationavailabletoit,nottoberepresentativeof
therealtrendofthemarketmustalsobedisregarded;
(>)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
OOJNo136,30.6.1967,p.2919/67.
(l0)OJNoL273,26.9.1987,p.16.
(")OJNoL162,28.6.1990,p.19.
(12)OJNoL237,1.9.1990,p.7.HOJNoL268,29.9.1990,p.86.(J)OJNoL338,5.12.1990,p.1.
OOJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.11.
(4)Seepage13ofthisOfficialJournal.(jOJNoL167,25.7.1972,p.9.
ftOJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.11.0OJNoL132,23.5.1990,p.9.
(*)OJNoL132,23.5.1990,p.11.HOJNo111,10.6.1967,p.2196/67.
(1S)OJNoL215,23.7.1982,p.6.

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fordeterminingtheworldmarketpriceandwhereitis,
moreover,impossibletoestablishthevalueoftheoilor
oilcakeprocessedfromsuchseed,theworldmarketprice
shouldbedeterminedonthebasisofthemostrecent
knownvalueforoiloroilcake,adjustedtotakeaccount
ofthetrendofworldpricesforcompetingproductsby
applyingtothatvaluetherulessetoutinArticle2of
RegulationNo115/67/EEC;whereasArticle7ofRegula­
tionNo225/67/EECdefinescompetingproductsasthose
oilsoroilcakes,asthecasemaybe,whichappeartohave
beenofferedinthelargestquantitiesontheworldmarket
duringtheperiodunderconsideration ;Whereasoffersandquotationsrelatingtoquantitiesof
lessthan500tonnesandoffersrelatingtoseedofa
qualityotherthanthatnormallyacceptableontheworld
marketmustalsobedisregarded ;
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
cingtheamountofsubsidyapplicableonthedayon
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
bedeterminedonthebasisofthevalueoftheaverage
quantitiesofoilandoilcakeresultingfromtheproces­
singof100kilogramsofseedwithintheCommunityless
anamountcorresponding tothecostofprocessingthese
seedsintooilandoilcake;whereasthequantitiesand
coststobetakenintoconsiderationforthepurposesof
thecalculationarefixedinArticle5ofRegulationNo
225/67/EEC;whereasthevalueofthosequantitiesshould
bedetermined inaccordancewithArticle6ofthat
Regulation;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
WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo115/67/EECprovides
that,wherenoofferorquotationcanbeusedasabasis(')OJNoL163,22.6.1983,p.44.
(2)OJNoL132,23.5.1990,p.15.0OJNoL266,28.9.1983,p.1.
(4)OJNoL350,14.12.1990,p.57.

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—theagriculturalconversionrate,and
—theaveragerateoftheecuaspublishedintheC
SeriesoftheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communitiesduringaperiodtobedetermined
multipliedbythefactorreferredtointhesecond
indentofpoint(a);
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No1813/84specifiesthespot
andforwardexchangeratesandtheperiodtobeusedfor
calculatingthedifferentialamounts;whereasincases
where,foroneormoremonths,quotationsofforward
exchangeratesarenotavailable,theratesadoptedforthe
previousmonthsorthefollowingmonths,asthecasemay
be,mustbeused;
Whereasthesubsidyshouldbefixedwheneverthe
marketsituationmakesitnecessaryandinsuchawayas
toensureitsbeingappliedatleastonceaweek;whereas
thesubsidymaybealteredwheneveritbecomesobvious
thatsuchalterationisnecessary;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheseprovisionstothe
offersandquotationsknowntotheCommissionthat,
pursuanttoArticle33ofRegulation(EEC)No2681/83
theamountofthesubsidyinecusandtheamountofthe
subsidyineachofthenationalcurrenciesmustbefixed
inaccordancewiththeAnnextothisRegulation ;
whereas,pursuanttothesameArticle,thespotand
forwardexchangeratesfortheecuinnationalcurrencies
determinedinaccordancewithArticle4ofRegulation
(EEC)No1813/84mustalsobepublished,withArticle38ofRegulation(EEC)No2681/83,account
beingtakenofthepricesofthemaincompetingcereals;
Whereastheaidforcolza,rapeorsunflowerseed
harvestedorprocessedinSpainorPortugalistobe
advisedasprovidedforinCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
478/86(');whereaspursuanttoArticle95(2)and293(2)
oftheActofAccessionthisaidistobeintroducedatthe
beginningofthe1986/87marketingyearforseed
harvestedinthesetwoMemberStates;
Whereas,inArticle14ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
475/86of25February1986layingdowngeneralrulesfor
themechanismforcontrollingthepricesandthequanti­
tiesofcertainproductsintheoilsandfatssectorreleased
forconsumptioninSpain(2),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No387/90(3),provisionismadeforthegran­
tingofcompensatory aid,subjecttocertainconditions;
whereascompensatory aidshouldbefixedforsunflower
seedsharvestedinSpain;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1920/87(4),
providesforthegrantingofaspecialsubsidyfor
sunflowerseedharvestedandprocessedinPortugal;
whereastheamountofthissubsidyshouldbefixed;
WhereasArticle33ofRegulation (EEC)No2681/83
providesforthepublicationoftheamountofthefinal
subsidyobtainedfromtheconversionintoeachofthe
nationalcurrenciesoftheamountinecusresultingfrom
thecalculationreferredtoaboveplusorminusthediffe­
rentialamount;whereasArticle1ofCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No1813/84(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1539/90(*),definedtheelementswhichdeter­
minethedifferentialamounts;whereastheseelements
areequaltotheincidenceonthetargetpricelesspercen­
tagereferredtoinArticle5,paragraph 1ofthesaidregu­
lationorthesubsidyofthecoefficientderivedfromthe
percentagereferredtoinArticle2(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1569/72;whereas,accordingtotheseprovisions,this
percentagerepresents :
(a)forthoseMemberStateswhosecurrenciesaremain­
tainedasbetweenthemselveswithinaspreadatany
givenmomentof2,25%,thedifferencebetween:
—theconversionrateusedunderthecommon
agriculturalpolicy,and
—theconversionrateresultingfromthecentralrate
multipliedbythecorrectingfactorreferredtoin
Article6(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1677/85f),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2205/90(*);
(b)forMemberStatesotherthanthosereferredtoin(a),
thedifferencebetween:HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Theamountsofthesubsidyandtheexchangerates
referredtoinArticle33(2)and(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No2681/83shallbeassetoutintheAnnexeshereto.
2.Theamountofthecompensatory aidreferredtoin
Article14ofRegulation(EEC)No475/86shallbeas
showninAnnexIIItothisRegulationforsunflowerseed
harvestedinSpain.
3.Theamountofthespecialsubsidyprovided
forbyRegulation(EEC)1920/87forsunflowerseed
harvestedandprocessedinPortugalisfixedinAnnexIII.
(')OJNoL53,1.3.1986,p.55.0OJNoL53,1.3.1986,p.47.
(3)OJNoL42,16.2.1990,p.8.
(♦)OJNoL183,3.7.1987,p.18.
OOJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.41.
(')OJNoL145,8.6.1990,p.20.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.6.
(8)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon21December
1990.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20December1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEXI
Aidstocolzaandrapeseedotherthan'doublezero'
(amountsper100kg)
\ Current 1stperiod2ndperiod3rdperiod4thperiod5thperiod
I12 1 2 3 4 5
1.Grossaids(ECU):
—Spain 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000
—Portugal 0,000 28,667 25,970 25,970 25,970 25,970
—OtherMemberStates 21,765 21,697 19,000 19,000 19,000 19,000
2.Finalaids: l \ l
(a)Seedharvestedandprocessedin:\ I I I
—FederalRepublicofGermany
(DM) 51,24 51,08 44,73 44,73 44,73 44,79
—Netherlands (Fl) 57,73 57,55 50,40 50,40 50,40 50,46
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs) 1056,83 1053,53 922,57 922,57 922,57 922,62
—France(FF) 171,85 171,31 150,02 150,02 150,02 150,02
—Denmark(Dkr) 195,45 194,84 170,62 170,62 170,62 170,62
—Ireland(£Irl) 19,127 19,067 16,697 16,697 16,697 16,697
—UnitedKingdom(£) 16,579 16,516 14,314 14,289 14,281 14,228
—Italy(Lit) 38338 38218 33468 33468 33468 33371
—Greece(Dr) 4607,68 4574,64 3874,91 3828,41 3821,96 3695,12
(b)SeedharvestedinSpainand
processed: I I
—inSpain(Pta) 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
—inanotherMemberState(Pta)0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
(c)SeedharvestedinPortugaland
processed: I I
—inPortugal(Esc) 0,00 5988,90 5427,89 5418,25 5418,23 5377,45
—inanotherMemberState(Esc)6002,90 5988,90 5427,89 5418,25 5418,23 5377,45

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ANNEXII
Aidstocolzaandrapeseed'doublezero'
(amountsper100kg)
I Current 1stperiod2ndperiod3rdperiod4thperiod5thperiod
12 1 2 3 4 5
1.Grossaids(ECU): 1I\
—Spain 0,000 2,007 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000
—Portugal 1,030 31,167 28,470 28,470 28,470 28,470
—OtherMemberStates 24,265 24,197 21,500 21,500 21,500 21,500
2.Finalaids:ll l
(a)Seedharvestedandprocessed^in:I I I I
—FederalRepublicofGermany
(DM) 57,12 56,96 50,61 50,61 50,61 50,68
—Netherlands (Fl) 64,36 64,18 57,03 57,03 57,03 57,09
BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs) 1178,22 1174,92 1043,96 1043,96 1043,96 1044,01
—France(FF) 191,59 191,05 169,76 169,76 169,76 169,76
—Denmark(Dkr) 217,90 217,29 193,07 193,07 193,07 193,07
—Ireland(£Irl) 21,323 21,264 18,894 18,894 18,894 18,894
—UnitedKingdom(£) 18,528 18,465 16,263 16,238 16,230 16,177
—Italy(Lit) 42742 42622 37871 37871 37871 37775
—Greece(Dr) 5164,95 5131,90 4432,17 4385,67 4379,22 4252,38
(b)SeedharvestedinSpainand
processed : IIIl
—inSpain(Pta) 0,00 361,78 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
—inanotherMemberState(Pta)371,04 361,78 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
(c)SeedharvestedinPortugaland
processed: III
—inPortugal(Esc) 214,94 6510,59 5949,58 5939,94 5939,92 5899,14
—inanotherMemberState(Esc)6524,59 6510,59 5949,58 5939,94 5939,92 5899,14

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ANNEXIII
Aidstosunflowerseed
(amountsper100kg)
Current 1stperiod 2ndperiod 3rdperiod 4thperiod
12 1 2 3 4
1.Grossaids(ECU): \
—Spain 8,600 29,733 27,266 27,667 27,253
—Portugal 0,000 38,656 36,240 36,640 36,240
—OtherMemberStates 26,285 26,416 24,000 24,400 24,000
2.Finalaids: l l
(a)Seedharvestedandprocessedin('): l l \
—FederalRepublicofGermany
(DM) 61,88 62,19 56,50 57,44 56,50
—Netherlands (Fl) 69,72 70,07 63,66 64,72 63,66
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs) 1276,30 1282,66 1165,35 1184,77 1165,35
—France(FF) 207,54 208,57 189,50 192,65 189,50
—Denmark(Dkr) 236,04 237,21 215,52 219,11 215,52
—Ireland(£Irl) 23,099 23,214 21,091 21,442 '21,091
—UnitedKingdom(£) 20,018 20,115 18,140 18,437 18,101
—Italy(Lit) 46300 46530 42275 42979 42275
—Greece(Dr) 5561,95 5574,15 4937,09 4983,38 4875,86
(b)SeedharvestedinSpainand
processed: I
—inSpain(Pta) 1314,91 4598,85 4228,44 4282,63 4221,55
—inanotherMemberState(Pta)4635,43 4656,04 4293,34 4347,51 4288,47
(c)SeedharvestedinPortugaland
processed: I I
—inPortugal(Esc) 0,00 8074,41 7571,90 7644,73 7561,21
—inSpain(Esc) 8226,79 8254,84 7741,09 7815,56 7730,17
—inanotherMemberState(Esc)8046,98 8074,41 7571,90 7644,73 7561,21
3.Compensatory aids:II \
—inSpain(Pta) 4606,52— — — —
4.Specialaid:||Il \
—inPortugal(Esc) 8046,98 — — — —
(')ForseedharvestedintheCommunityasconstitutedat31December1985andprocessedinSpain,theamountsshownin2(a)tobemultipliedby1,0223450.
ANNEXIV
Exchangerateoftheecutobeusedforconvertingfinalaidsintothecurrencyoftheprocessing
countrywhenthelatterisacountryotherthanthecountryofproduction
(valueofECU1}
I Current 1stperiod 2ndperiod 3rdperiod 4thperiod 5thperiod
12 1 2 3 4 5
DM 2,041570 2,038950 2,036470 2,034300 2,034300 2,027980
Fl 2,304490 2,301740 2,298990 2,296910 2,296910 2,289670
Bfrs/Lfrs 42,287700 42,243100 42,206100 42,172000 42,172000 42,073500
FF 6,939100 6,933540 6,930220 6,928350 6,928350 6,923370
Dkr 7,878370 7,874620 7,870670 7,870220 7,870220 7,864700
£Irl 0,766932 0,766825 0,766415 0,766479 0,766479 0,766439
£ 0,710475 0,712514 0,714195 0,715187 0,715187 0,717792
Lit 1540,24 1542,80 1544,91 1546,67 1546,67 1553,30
Dr 212,70000 214,67000 216,88300 219,43000 219,43000 226,73400
Esc 180,50800 180,73500 181,14200 182,00100 182,00100 184,38000
Pta 130,21500 130,63800 131,03100 131,37000 131,37000 132,45800