1.3.86 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL55/67
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No553/86
of28February1986
fixingtheexportrefundsonoilseeds
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,WhereasArticle28ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthatarefundmaybegrantedonexportstothird
countriesofoilseedsharvestedwithintheCommunity ;
whereastheamountofthisrefundmaynotexceedthe
differencebetweenpriceswithintheCommunityand
pricesontheworldmarketwheretheformerarehigher
thanthelatter;whereasArticle21ofRegulationNo
136/66/EECprovidesthat,atpresent,Article28ofthat
Regulationappliesonlytocolza,rapeandsunflower
seeds:HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No3768/85(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo142/67/EECof
21June1967onexportrefundsoncolza,rapeand
sunflowerseeds(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2429/72(4),andinparticularthefirstsentenceof
Article2(3)thereof,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;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1678/85
of11June1985fixingtheconversionratestobeapplied
inagriculture(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
3772/85(<%
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1569/72
of20July1972layingdownspecialmeasuresforcolza,
rapeandsunflowerseedQ,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1474/84(8),andinparticularArticle2(3)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,Whereasintheabsenceofatargetpriceforcolzaand
rapeseedforthe1985/86marketingyearandofan
amountforthemonthlyincreasesapplicableinApril,
MayandJune1986foicolzaandrapeseed,incasesof
advancefixingforthemonthsofMarch,April,Mayand
June1986oftherefundontheseproductsithasbeen
possibleonlytomakeaprovisionalcalculationusingthe
targetpriceandmonthlyincreaseproposedbythe
CommissiontotheCouncilforthe1985/86marketing
year;whereasthereforesuchrefundamountsmustbe
appliedonlyprovisionallyandconfirmedoralteredwhen
thetargetpriceforthe1985/86marketingyearisknown;Whereasthetargetpriceandthemonthlyincreasesinthe
targetpriceforsunflowerseedforthe1985/86marketing
yearwerefixedbyRegulations (EEC)No1489/85(9)and
(EEC)No1490/85(10);whereasthetargetpriceforcolza,
rapeandsunflowerseedinSpainandinPortugalwas
fixedbyRegulation (EEC)No454/86(");
(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.0OJNoL362,31.12.1985,p.8.
3OJNo125,26.6.1967,p.2461/67.Whereasintheabsenceofatargetpriceforcolzaand
rapeseedforthe1986/87marketingyear,incasesof
advancefixingforthemonthsofJulyandAugust1986of
therefundontheseproducts,ithasbeenpossibleonlyto
makeaprovisionalcalculationusingthetargetpriceand
themonthlyincreaseproposedbytheCommissiontothe
Councilforthe1986/87marketingyear;whereasthere­
foresuchrefundamountsmustbeappliedonlyprov­
isionallyandconfirmedoralteredwhenthetargetprice
forthe1986/87marketingyearisknown;(*)OJNoL264,23.11.1972,p.1.
Ì5)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.11.
(«)OJNoL362,31.12.1985,p.24.0OJNoL167,25.7.1972,p.9.
(8)OJNoL143,30.5.1984,p.4.0OJNoL151,10.6.1985,p.13.
(10)OJNoL151,10.6.1985,p.14.
(")OJNoL53,1.3.1986.
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WhereasArticle1ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
651/71of29March1971oncertaindetailedrulesforthe
applicationofexportrefundsonoilseeds(')aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1815/84(2),provides
thattheamountoftherefundmustbecalculatedonthe
basisoftheweightofexportedseeds;whereasthisweight
mustbeadjustedtotakeaccountofanydifferences
betweenthepercentagesofmoistureandimpuritiesfound
toexistandthoseusedtodefinethestandardqualityfor
whichthetargetpriceisfixed;whereas,whenthisadjust­
mentisbeingmade,theweightoftheexportedseeds
mustbeincreasedbytheamountofthedifference
betweentheactualmoistureandimpuritiescontentand
thatusedtodefinethestandardqualityiftheformeris
lowerthanthelatter;whereas,iftheoppositeapplies,the
weightoftheexportedseedsmustbereducedbythe
sameamount;
Whereasthestandardqualityreferredtoabovewas
definedinArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1102/84(3);currencyoftheMemberStateconcernedandthe
centralrateofeachofthecurrenciesofthe
MemberStatesreferredtoin(a),and
—thespotmarketrateforthecurrencyofthe
MemberStateinquestioninrelationtoeachof
thecurrenciesoftheMemberStatesreferredtoin
(a),asrecordedoveraperiodtobedetermined ;
Whereas,however,pursuanttoArticle2aofRegulation
(EEC)No1569/72,themonetarydisparityforthemarke­
tingyears1984/85to1986/87willbecalculatedbya
methodwhichtakesintoaccountacoefficientappliedto
theconversionrateresultingfromthecentralrate;
whereasRegulation(EEC)No2679/85(*)fixedthecoeffi­
cient;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle2(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1569/72forwarddifferentialamountsaretobedeter­
mihedwheretheforwardexchangerateforoneormore
currenciesdiffersfromthespotratebyatleastagiven
percentage;whereasthispercentagehasbeenfixedat0,5
byRegulation(EEC)No1813/84;
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No1813/84specifiesthespot
andforwardexchangeratesandtheperiodtobeusedfor
calculatingthedifferentialamounts;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;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforOilsandFats,WhereasArticle2ofRegulationNo142/67/EECprovides
thattherefundmaybevariedaccordingtodestination
wheretheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequire­
mentsofcertainmarketsmakethisnecessary;
WhereasArticle4ofRegulation (EEC)No651/71
providesforthepublicationoftheamountofthefinal
refundobtainedfromtheconversionintoeachofthe
nationalcurrenciesoftheamountoftherefundinECU
plusorminusthedifferentialamount;whereasArticle1
ofRegulation(EEC)No1813/84(4)definedtheelements
whichdeterminethedifferentialamounts;whereasthese
elementsareequaltotheincidenceonthetarge,tpriceor
therefundofthecoefficientderivedfromthepercentage
referredtoinArticle2(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1569/72;whereas,accordingtotheseprovisions,this
percentagerepresents :
(a)forthoseMemberStateswhosecurrenciesaremain­
tainedasbetweenthemselveswithinaspreadatany
givenmomentof2,25%,thedifferencebetween:
—theconversionrateusedunderthecommonagri­
culturalpolicy,and
—theconversionrateresultingfromthecentralrate,
(b)forItaly,theUnitedKingdomandGreece,thediffe­
rencebetween :
—therelationshipbetweentheconversionrateused
underthecommonagriculturalpolicyfortheHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Inthecaseofcolzaandrapeseed,theamountsof
therefundreferredtoinArticle4(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No651/71shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.(')OJNoL75,30.3.1971,p.16.
(2)OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.46.
I3)OJNoL113,28.4.1984,p.8.
(<)OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.41. nOJNoL254,25.9.1985,p.14.

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2.Incasesofadvancefixingoftherefundoncolzaand
rapeseedforthemonthsofMarch,April,MayandJune
1986theamountwillhoweverbeconfirmedoraltered
witheffectfrom1March1986onthebasisofthetarget
pricesetfortheseproductsforthe1985/86marketing
yearandoftheamountforthemonthlyincreases
applicableinApril,MayandJune1986oncolzaandrape
seed.
3.Incasesofadvancefixingoftherefundoncolzaand
rapeseedforthemonthsofJulyandAugust1986theamountwillhoweverbeconfirmedoralteredwitheffect
from1March1986onthebasisofthetargetpricesetfor
theseproductsforthe1986/87marketingyear.
4.Thereshallbenorefundonsunflowerseed.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1March1986.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28February1986.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof28February1986fixingtheexportrefundsoncolza
andrapeseed
(amountsper100kilograms)
Current
month(')2ndmonth(')3rdmonth(')4thmonth(')5thmonth(2)6thmonth(2)
1.Grossrefunds(ECU):
—Spain 18,870 19,390 19,390 19,390 15,843 15,843
—Portugal 25,000 25,520 25,520 25,520 21,360 .21,360
—otherMemberStates 25,000 25,520 25,520 25,520 21,360 21,360
2.Finalrefunds:I
Seedsharvestedandexportedfrom:
—FederalRepublicofGermany(DM)61,33 62,57 62,59 62,75 52,83 53,31
—Netherlands (Fl) 69,10 70,50 70,50 70,67 59,49 59,98
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs) 1160,30 1184,43 1184,43 1183,45 990,38 983,03
—France(FF) 172,39 176,03 175,65 174,93 145,81 143,28
—Denmark(Dkr) 210,37 214,75 214,75 214,75 179,74 179,22
—Ireland(£Irl) 18,753 19,143 19,139 18,900 15,780 15,662
—UnitedKingdom(£) 13,761 14,083 14,083 14,083 11,509 11,340
—Italy(Lit) 35137 35905 35709 35520 29355 28672
—Greece(Dr) 1615,07 1668,29 1668,29 1668,29 1242,53 1242,53
—Spain(Pta) 2729,77 2804,85 2804,85 2804,85 2292,73 2239,29
—Portugal(Esc) 3767,37 3762,25 3710,82 3665,77 3040,30 2908,26
(')OnthebasisoftheCommission'sproposalconcerningtheindicativepriceforthe1985/86marketingyearandsubjecttoconfirmationbythe
Council'sdecision.
(2)ContingentontheCouncil'sdecisiononpricesandrelatedmattersforthe1986/87marketingyear.