1.2.85 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL28/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No258/85
of31January1985
fixingtheexportrefundsonoilseeds
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2260/84(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo142/67/EEC
of21June1967onexportrefundsoncolza,rapeand
sunflowerseeds(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2429/72(4),andinparticularthefirst
sentenceofArticle2(3)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1223/83of20May1983ontheexchangeratestobe
appliedinagriculture(*),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No855/84(6),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1569/72of20July1972layingdownspecialmeasures
forcolza,rapeandsunflowerseedQ,aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No1474/84(8),andinparticular
Article2(3)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle28ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthatarefundmaybegrantedonexportsto
thirdcountriesofoilseedsharvestedwithinthe
Community ;whereastheamountofthisrefundmay
notexceedthedifferencebetweenpriceswithinthe
Communityandpricesontheworldmarketwherethe
formerarehigherthanthelatter;whereasArticle21
ofRegulationNo136/66/EECprovidesthat,at
present,Article28ofthatRegulationappliesonlyto
colza,rapeandsunflowerseeds;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo142/67/EEC
providesthatwhentherefundisbeingcalculated
accountmustbetakenofpricesrulingonthevarious
Communitymarketswhicharerepresentative fromthe
pointofviewofprocessingandexportation ;themostfavourablequotationsrecordedonthevariousmarkets
ofimportingthirdcountriesandcostsincurredin
placingthegoodsontheworldmarket;whereas,
whentheamountoftherefundisbeingfixed,account
mustalsobetakenofthelevelofmarketpriceswithin
theCommunityfortheoilseedsreferredtoinArticle
21ofRegulationNo136/66/EECandthefuturetrend
oftheseprices;whereas,furthermore ,accountshould
betakenoftheeconomicaspectoftheproposed
exportsandthesituationintheCommunityregarding
thesupplyofanddemandfortheseseeds;
Whereas,intheabsenceoftheindicativepriceforthe
1985/86marketingyearforcolzaandrapeseed,in
caseofadvancefixingforJuly1985,theamountof
therefundsontheseproductshasbeenobtainable
onlyonthebasisoftheindicativepriceproposedby
theCommissiontotheCouncilforthemarketingyear
1985/86;whereasthisamountmay,therefore,be
appliedonatemporarybasisandshouldbeconfirmed
orreplacedwhentheindicativepriceofthe1985/86
marketingyearisknown;
WhereasArticle1ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No651/71of29March1971oncertaindetailedrules
fortheapplicationofexportrefundsonoilseeds(9),as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1815/84(10),
providesthattheamountoftherefundmustbecalcu­
latedonthebasisoftheweightofexportedseeds;
whereasthisweightmustbeadjustedtotakeaccount
ofanydifferencesbetweenthepercentagesofmoisture
andimpuritiesfoundtoexistandthoseusedtodefine
thestandardqualityforwhichthetargetpriceisfixed;
whereas,whenthisadjustmentisbeingmade,the
weightoftheexportedseedsmustbeincreasedbythe
amountofthedifferencebetweentheactualmoisture
andimpuritiescontentandthatusedtodefinethe
standardqualityiftheformerislowerthanthelatter;
whereas,iftheoppositeapplies,theweightofthe
exportedseedsmustbereducedbythesameamount;
Whereasthestandardqualityreferredtoabovewas
definedinArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1102/84(");
WhereasArticle2ofRegulationNo142/67/EEC
providesthattherefundmaybevariedaccordingto
destinationwheretheworldmarketsituationorthe
specificrequirements ofcertainmarketsmakethis
necessary ;(■)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL208,3.8.1984,p.1.
(3)OJNo125,26.6.1967,p.2461/67.
(4)OJNoL264,23.11.1972,p.1.
OOJNoL132,21.5.1983,p.33.
(6)OJNoL90,1.4.1984,p.1.0OJNoL167,25.7.1972,p.9.
(8)OJNoL143,30.5.1984,p.4.0OJNoL75,30.3.1971,p.16.
(I0)OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.46.
(")OJNoL113,28.4.1984,p.8.

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Whereaswhere,forone"ormoremonths,forward
exchangeratesarenotavailable,therateadoptedfor
thepreviousmonthorthefollowingmonth,asthe
casemaybe,istobeused;
Whereas,fortheperiod23to29January1985,for
certaincurrencies :
—forthecurrentmonth,thedifferencereferredtoin
Article2(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No1569/72
differsbymorethanonepointfromthepercen­
tageadoptedforthepreviousfixing,
—forcertainfollowingmonthsthedifference
referredtoinArticle2(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1569/72exceeds0,5%;whereasthisdifferencein
thecaseofcertainforwarddifferentialamounts
differsbymorethanonepointfromthepercen­
tageadoptedforthepreviousfixing;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheseprovisionsto
thecurrentsituationoftheoil-seedsilarketandtothe
ratesorpricesoftheseproductsthat,pursuantto
Article4ofRegulation(EEC)No651/71,theamount
oftherefundinECUandtheamountofthefinal
refundineachofthenationalcurrenciesmust,inthe
caseofcolzaandrapeseed,befixedinaccordance
withtheAnnextothisRegulation ;whereasitisnot
necessarytofixarefundforsunflowerseed;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforOilsandFats,WhereasArticle4ofRegulation (EEC)No651/71
providesforthepublicationoftheamountofthefinal
refundobtainedfromtheconversionintoeachofthe
nationalcurrenciesoftheamountoftherefundin
ECUplusorminusthedifferentialamount;whereas
Article1ofRegulation(EEC)No1813/840defined
theelementswhichdeterminethedifferential
amounts;whereastheseelementsareequaltothe
incidenceonthetargetpriceortherefundofthecoef­
ficientderivedfromthepercentagereferredtoin
Article2(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No1569/72;
whereas,accordingtotheseprovisions,thispercentage
represents :
(a)forthoseMemberStateswhosecurrenciesare
maintainedasbetweenthemselveswithinaspread
atanygivenmomentof2,25%,thedifference
between :
—theconversionrateusedunderthecommon
agriculturalpolicy,and
—theconversionrateresultingfromthecentral
rate,
(b)forItaly,theUnitedKingdomandGreece,the
differencebetween :
—therelationshipbetweentheconversionrate
usedunderthecommonagriculturalpolicyfor
thecurrencyoftheMemberStateconcerned
andthecentralrateofeachofthecurrenciesof
theMemberStatesreferredtoin(a),and
—thespotmarketrateforthecurrencyofthe
MemberStateinquestioninrelationtoeachof
thecurrenciesoftheMemberStatesreferredto
in(a),asrecordedoveraperiodtobedeter­
mined;
Whereas,however,pursuanttoArticle2aofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1569/72,themonetarydisparityforthe
marketingyears1984/85to1986/87willbecalculated
byamethodwhichtakesintoaccountacoefficient
appliedtotheconversionrateresultingfromthe
centralrate;whereasthesaidArticle2afixedthecoef­
ficientforthebeginningofthe1984/85marketing
year;whereasaccountshouldbetakenthereofin
respectofcolzaandrapeseedwitheffectfrom1July
1984,andinrespectofsunflowerseedwitheffectfrom
1August1984;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle2L(2)ofRegulation (EEC)
No1569/72forwarddifferentialamountsaretobe
determinedwheretheforwardexchangerateforone
ormorecurrenciesdiffersfromthespotratebyatleast
agivenpercentage ;whereasthispercentagehasbeen
fixedat0,5byRegulation(EEC)No1813/84;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Inthecaseofcolzaandrapeseed,theamountsofthe
refundreferredtoinArticle4(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No651/71shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Theamountoftherefundsinthecaseofadvance
fixingforJuly1985will,however,forcolzaandrape
seed,beconfirmedorreplacedasfrom1February
1985totakeintoaccounttheindicativepricewhichis
fixedfortheseproductsforthe1985/86marketing
year.
Norefundisfixedforsunflowerseed.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February
1985. (')OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.41.

1.2.85 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL28/21
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31January1985.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof31January1985fixingtheexport'refundsoncolza
andrapeseed
(amountsper100kilograms)
Current
month1stmonth 2ndmonth 3rdmonth 4thmonth 5thmonth
1.Grossrefunds(ECU) 9,500 10,020 10,540 10,540 10,540 4,690(')
2.Finalrefundsl\||
Seedsharvestedandexportedfrom:l-\
—FederalRepublicofGermany(DM)25,43 26,67 27,95 28,21 28,21 15,04(')
—Netherlands (Fl) 28,66 30,06 31,46 31,73 31,73 16,80(')
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs) 440,91 465,05 489,18 487,58 487,58 204,09(')
—France(FF) 55,55 59,13 62,08 60,94 60,94 20,77(')
—Denmark(Dkr) 79,94 84,32.88,69 88,69 88,69 38,62(')
—Ireland(£Irl) 7,126 7,516 7,900 7,826 7,826 2,898(>)
—UnitedKingdom(£) 4,254 4,576 4,897 4,897 4,897 1,2780)
—Italy(Lit) 13604 14344 14780 14482 144825165(')
—Greece(Dr) 671,15 718,23 765,30 765,30 765,30 235,71(■)
(')OnthebasisoftheCommission sproposalconcerningtheindicativepriceandsubjecttoconfirmationbytheCouncil'sdecision.