COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 272/97 of 14 February 1997 setting the final reference amounts for producers of soya beans, rape or colza seed and sunflower seed for the 1996/97 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 of 30 June 1992 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1575/96 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,

Whereas Article 5 (1) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 provides that the Commission is to calculate a final regional reference amount based on the observed reference price for oil seeds, by substituting the observed reference price for the projected reference price; whereas the Commission has determined the observed reference price using the data provided pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3405/93 (3);

Whereas the area referred to in Article 5 (1) (f) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 for which the oil seeds compensatory payment does not exceed, following application of Article 2 (6) of that Regulation, the maximum guaranteed area; whereas, in accordance with Article 5 (1) (f) of that Regulation, there is no need to reduce the final regional reference amounts;

Whereas the ceiling applicable to irrigated soya in France laid down in Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 658/96 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1647/96 (5), has not been exceeded; whereas, in accordance with the first sentence of the sixth subparagraph of Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92, there is no need to reduce the final regional reference amounts;

Whereas the other producers received an advance payment at the level established in Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1479/96 (6);

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Joint Management Committee for Cereals, Oils and Fats and Dried Fodder,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. A succinct explanation of the calculation of the final regional reference amounts referred to in Article 5 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 is set out in Annex I.

2. The final regional reference amounts for the 1996/97 marketing year shall be as set out in Annex II.

3. In calculating the compensatory payment to be made to producers of oil seeds referred to in Article 11 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92, the competent authority shall take account of:

- any reduction in the producer's eligible area and the level of the compensatory payment,

- any advance payment made in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1479/96.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 14 February 1997.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 12.

(2) OJ No L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 310, 14. 12. 1993, p. 10.

(4) OJ No L 91, 12. 4. 1996, p. 46.

(5) OJ No L 207, 17. 8. 1996, p. 6.

(6) OJ No L 188, 27. 7. 1996, p. 11.

ANNEX I

Succinct explanation of the calculation of the final regional reference amount for producers of oil seeds in the 1996/97 marketing year.

Adjustment of support payments pursuant to Article 5 (1) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92. Final regional reference amounts.

1. The observed reference price for oil seeds, which represents the average price recorded on the markets during the 1996/97 marketing year, has been assessed at ECU 223,551 per tonne. This observed reference price has been calculated on the basis of offers and prices reported by Member States in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 3405/93.

2. The level of the observed reference price is such that it is necessary to reduce by 5 % the projected level of compensatory payments made to oil seed producers pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92. The final regional reference amounts will be established at a level 5 % lower than the projected regional reference amounts laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1479/96.

ANNEX II

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