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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No507/90
of28February 1990
fixingtheexportrefundsonoilseeds
1989/90marketing yearwerefixedbyRegulations (EEC)
No1228/89(,0)and(EEC)No.-1229/89(");
WhereasArticle28ofRegulation No136/66/EEC
providesthatarefundmaybegrantedonexportstothird
countriesofoilseedsharvestedwithintheCommunity ;
whereastheamountofthisrefundmaynotexceedthe
difference betweenpriceswithintheCommunity and
pricesontheworldmarketwheretheformerarehigher
thanthelatter;whereasArticle21ofRegulation No
136/66/EECprovidesthat,atpresent,Article28ofthat
Regulation appliesonlytocolza^rapeandsunflower
seeds;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccession ofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation No136/66/EECof
22September 1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organization ofthemarketinoilsandfatsQ,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2902/89(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation No142/67/EECof
21June1967onexportrefundsoncolza,rapeand
sunflower seeds(3),aslastamendedbytheActofAcces­
sionofGreece,andinparticular thefirstsentenceof
Article2(3)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1678/85
of11June1985fixingtheconversion ratestobeapplied
inagriculture (4),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
448/900,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1569/72
of20July1972layingdownspecialmeasuresforcolza,
rapeandsunflowerseed(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2216/880,andinparticular Article2(3)
thereof,Whereastherefundforcolzaandrapeseedsproducedin
SpainorPortugalisadjustedinaccordance withCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No478/86(,2);
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation No142/67/EECprovides
thatwhentherefundisbeingcalculatedaccountmustbe
takenofpricesrulingonthevariousCommunity markets
whicharerepresentative fromthepointofviewofproces­
singandexportation ;themostfavourable quotations
recordedonthevariousmarketsofimportingthirdcoun­
triesandcostsincurredinplacingthegoodsontheworld
market;whereas,whentheamountoftherefundisbeing
fixed,accountmustalsobetakenofthelevelofmarket
priceswithintheCommunity fortheoilseedsreferredto
inArticle21of=Regulation No136/66/EECandthe
futuretrendoftheseprices;whereas,furthermore ,
accountshouldbetakenoftheeconomic aspectofthe
proposedexportsandthesituationintheCommunity
regardingthesupplyofanddemandfortheseseeds;
Whereastheabatement ofthesubsidyforcolzaandtape
seedwhicharisesfromthesystemofmaximum guaran­
teedquantities forthe1989/90marketing yearhasbeen
fixedbyCommission Regulation (EEC)No2625/89(u);HavingregardtoCommission Regulation (EEC)No
2041/75of25July1975onspecialdetailedrulesforthe
application ofthesystemofimportandexportlicences
andadvancefixingcertificates foroilsandfats(8),aslast
amended byRegulation (EEC)No2662/87(9),andin
particular Article 13thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee ,
Whereas,thetargetpriceandthemonthlyincreasesin
thetargetpriceforcolza,rapeandsunflower seedfortheWhereasArticle 1ofCommission Regulation (EEC)No
651/71of29March1971oncertaindetailedrulesforthe
application ofexportrefundsonoilseeds(14),aslast
amendedbyRegulation {EEC)No1815/84(13),provides
thattheamountoftherefundmustbecalculated onthe (■)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL280,29.9.1989,p.2.
(3)OJNo125,26.6.1967,p.2461/67.
(4)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.11.0OJNoL47,23.1.1990,p.8.
(«)OJNoL167,25.7.1972,p.9.0OJNoL197,26.7.1988,p.10.
(8)OJNoL213,11.8.1975,p.1.
OOJNoL252,3.9.1987,p.6.(,0)OJNoL128,11.5.1989,p.20.
(»)OJNoL128,11.5.1989,p.22.
(12)OJNoL53,1.3.1986,p.55.
HOJNoL254,31.8.1989,p.9.
(14)OJNoL75,30.3.1971,p.16.
(,s)OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.46.

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basisoftheweightofexportedseeds;whereasthisweight
mustbeadjustedtotakeaccountofanydifferences
betweenthepercentages ofmoistureandimpurities found
toexistandthoseusedtodefinethestandardqualityfor
whichthetargetpriceisfixed;whereas,whenthisadjust­
mentisbeingmade,theweightoftheexportedseeds
mustbeincreased bytheamountofthedifference
betweentheactualmoistureandimpurities contentand
thatusedtodefinethestandardqualityiftheformeris
lowerthanthelatter;whereas,iftheoppositeapplies,the
weightoftheexportedseedsmustbereducedbythe
sameamount ;
Whereasthestandardqualityreferredtoabovewas
definedinArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1102/840;WhereaspursuanttoArticle2(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1569/72forwarddifferential amounts aretobedeter­
minedwheretheforwardexchangerateforoneormore
currencies differsfromthespotratebyatleastagiven
percentage ;whereasthispercentage hasbeenfixedat0,5
byRegulation (EEC)No1813/84;
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No1813/84specifiesthespot
andforwardexchangeratesandtheperiodtobeusedfor
calculating thedifferential amounts ;whereasincases
where,foroneormoremonths,quotations offorward
exchangeratesarenotavailable ,theratesadoptedforthe
previousmonthsorthefollowingmonths,asthecasemay
be,mustbeused;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheseprovisions tothe
currentsituation oftheoilseedsmarketandtotherates
orpricesoftheseproductsthat,pursuanttoArticle4of
Regulation (EEC)No651/71,theamountoftherefundin
ecusandtheamountofthefinalrefundineachofthe
nationalcurrencies must,inthecaseofcolzaandrape
seed,befixedinaccordance withtheAnnextothisRegu­
lation;whereasitisnotnecessary tofixarefundfor
sunflower seed;
WhereasArticle13ofRegulation (EEC)No2041/75
makesprovision fortheperiodofvalidityofcertificates
fixingrefundsinadvancetobereducedifthemarket
situation warrants ;whereasintheinterests ofsound
marketmanagement areduction shouldbemade;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation are
inaccordance withtheopinionoftheManagement
Committee forOilsandFats,WhereasArticle2ofRegulation No142/67/EECprovides
thattherefundmaybevariedaccording todestination
wheretheworldmarketsituationofthespecificrequire­
mentsofcertainmarketsmakethisnecessary ;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :Whereas Article4ofRegulation (EEC)No651/71
providesforthepublication oftheamountofthefinal
refundobtained fromtheconversion intoeachofthe
nationalcurrencies oftheamountoftherefundinecus
plusorminusthedifferential amount;whereasArticle 1
ofCommission Regulation (EEC)No1813/84(2),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No431/89(3),definedthe
elements whichdetermine thedifferential amounts ;
whereastheseelementsareequaltotheincidenceonthe
targetpricereducedby7,5%ortherefundofthecoeffi­
cientderivedfromthepercentage referredtoinArticle2
(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No1569/72;whereas,according
totheseprovisions ,thispercentage represents :
(a)forthoseMemberStateswhosecurrencies aremain­
tainedasbetweenthemselves withinaspreadatany
givenmomentof2,25%,thedifference between :
—theconversion rateusedunderthecommonagri­
culturalpolicy,and
—theconversion rateresultingfromthecentralrate;
(b)fortheotherMemberStates,thedifferencebetween :
—therelationship betweentheconversion rateused
underthecommonagricultural policyforthe
currencyoftheMemberStateconcerned andthe
centralrateofeachofthecurrencies ofthe
MemberStatesreferredtoin(a),and
—thespotmarketrateforthecurrencyofthe
MemberStateinquestioninrelationtoeachof
thecurrencies oftheMemberStatesreferredtoin
(a),asrecordedoveraperiodtobedetermined ;Article 1
1.Inthecaseofcolzaandrapeseed,theamountsof
therefundreferredtoinArticle4(1)ofRegulation (EEC)
No651/71shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
2.Thereshallbenorefundonsunflower seed.
3.Certificates fixingtheexportrefundinadvanceshall
bevalidfromtheirdateofissueuntiltheendofthefol­
lowingmonth.
Article 2
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1March1990.(')OJNoL113,28.4.1984,p.8.0OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.41.0OJNoL50,22.2.1989,p.7.

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ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28February1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommission Regulation of28February 1990fixingtheexportrefundsonoil
seeds
(amountsper100kilograms)
Current 1stperiod 2ndperiod 3rdperiod 4thperiod 5thperiod
3 4 5 6 7 8
1.Grossrefunds(ECU):
—Spain 19,330 19,608— — — —
—Portugal 22,900 23,178— — — —
—otherMember States 21,500 21,778— — — —
2.Finalrefunds :
Seedsharvestedandexportedfrom: \
—FederalRepublicofGermany (DM) 51,12 51,78— — — —
—Netherlands (Fl) 56,71 57,45— — — —
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs) 1038,17 1051,59— — — —
—France(FF) 162,76 164,90— — — —
—Denmark (Dkr) 192,00 194,48—I-I— —
—Ireland(£Irl) 18,115 18,353— — — —
—UnitedKingdom (£) 13,131 13,326— — — —
—Italy(Lit) 35628 36101 — — — —
—Greece(Dr) 3637,31 3687,81— — — —
—Spain(Pta) 2989,66 3032,16— — — —
—Portugal (Esc) 4484,37 4539,90— — — —