1.10.83 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL269/37
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2740/83
of30September1983
fixingtheamountofthesubsidyonoilseeds
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1413/82(2),
andinparticularArticle27(4)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle27ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthatasubsidyshouldbegrantedinrespectof
oilseedsharvestedandprocessedwithintheCommu­
nitywhenthetargetpriceforaspeciesofseedis
higherthanthepriceontheworldmarket;whereas
theseprovisionsatpresentapplyonlyinrespectof
colza,rapeandsunflowerseeds;
Whereasthesubsidyonoilseedsshould,theoretically ,
beequaltothedifferencebetweenthosetwoprices;
Whereasthetargetpriceandthemonthlyincreasesin
thetargetpriceforoilseedsforthe1983/84marketing
yearwerefixedbyRegulations (EEC)No1591/83(3)
and(EEC)No1592/83(4);whereasArticle29ofRegu­
lationNo136/66/EECprovidesthattheworldmarket
price,calculatedforaCommunityfrontiercrossing
point,istobedeterminedonthebasisofthemost
favourablepurchasingopportunities ,quotationsbeing
adjustedwherenecessarytotakeaccountofquotations
forcompetingproducts;
WhereasArticle4ofCouncilRegulationNo115/
67/EECof6June1967layingdowncriteriafordeter­
miningworldmarketpricesforoilseedsandfixing
thefrontiercrossingpoint(*),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1983/82(6),fixedthesaidcros­
singpointatRotterdam;whereasArticle1ofthat
Regulationprovidesthatwhentheworldmarketprice
isbeingdeterminedaccountshouldbetakenofalloffersontheworldmarketknowntotheCommission
andofquotationsonthoseexchangeswhicharesigni­
ficantforinternational trade;whereasArticle2of
CommissionRegulationNo225/67/EECof28June
1967ondetailedrulesfordeterminingtheworld
marketpriceforoilseedsQ,aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No2040/83(8),providesthatoffersand
quotationswhichdonotrelatetoshipmentstobe
effectedwithin304aysfollowingthedateonwhich
theworldmarketpriceisdeterminedshouldbedisre­
garded;whereasoffersandquotationswhichthe
Commissionbelieves,inviewofgeneralpricemove­
mentsorinformationavailabletoit,nottoberepre­
sentativeoftherealtrendofthemarketmustalsobe
disregarded ;whereasoffersandquotationsrelatingto
quantitiesoflessthan500tonnesandoffersrelatingto
seedofaqualityotherthanthatnormallyacceptable
ontheworldmarketmustalsobedisregarded ;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo225/67/EEC
providesthatoftheoffersandquotationstakeninto
consideration ,thosefordeliverycandfshouldbe
increasedby0,2%;whereasoffersandquotationsfor
deliveryfas,foborotherwiseshouldbeincreased,as
appropriate,byloading,transportandinsurancecosts
fromthepointofshipmentorloadingtothefrontier
crossingpoint;whereascifoffersandquotationsfor
frontiercrossingpointsotherthanRotterdamshould
beadjustedtoallowforthedifferenceintransportand
insurancecostsascomparedwithaproductdelivered
cifRotterdam ;whereastheCommissionshouldtake
accountonlyoftheloading,transportandinsurance
costswhichtoitsknowledgearethelowest;whereas,
finally,offersandquotationsfordeliverycifRotterdam
shouldbeincreasedby0,242ECU;
WhereasArticle5ofRegulationNo115/67/EEC
providesthattheworldmarketpriceshouldbedeter­
minedforseedofthestandardqualityforwhichthe
targetpricehasbeenfixed,deliveredinbulk;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo225/67/EEC
providesthatoffersandquotationsrelatingtoproducts
presentedotherwisethaninbulkshouldbeadjusted
bydeductingtheadditionalvalueresultingfromthat
presentation ;whereasoffersandquotationsrelatingto
aqualityotherthanthestandardqualityforwhichthe
targetpricewasfixedshouldbeadjustedonthebasis
ofthecoefficientsofequivalenceshownintheAnnex(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL162,12.6.1982,p.6.
(3)OJNoL163,22.6.1983,p.40.
(*)OJNoL163,22.6.1983,p.42.
(s)OJNo111,10.6.1967,p.2196/67. 0OJNo136,30.6.1967,p.2919/67.
(8OJNoL200,23.7.1983,p.23. («)OJNoL215,23.7.1982,p.6.

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andoilcakeresultingfromtheprocessingofthese
seeds;
Whereasthefactorstobetakenintoconsideration for
thepurposeofdeterminingthatmarginaredefinedin
Article8ofRegulationNo225/67/EEC;whereasno
adjustmentshouldbemadewherethemarginisfound
tobelessthan0-604ECU;whereasArticle6(2)of
RegulationNo115/67/EECprovidesthat,whenthe
amountoftheadjustmentisbeingdetermined,
accountshouldbetakenoftheincidenceofthe
margininquestiononmarketingoperationsof
Communitytradersandonthedisposalofthevarious
typesofseedontheworldmarket;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1594/83of14
June1983onthesubsidyforoilseeds(')laiddown
rulesforgrantingthesubsidyonoilseeds;whereas,
underthatRegulation,wherethesubsidytobegranted
isfixedinadvance,theamountofsuchsubsidymust
beequaltotheamountapplicableonthedayon
whichtheapplicationforadvancefixingwaslodged,
adjustedbythedifferencebetweenthetargetprice
validonthatdayandthetargetpricevalidontheday
onwhichtheseedsareplacedundercontrolatanoil
milland,whereappropriate,acorrectiveamount;
whereasArticle35ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No2681/83of21September1983layingdown
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesubsidysystem
foroilseedsprovidesthatsuchadjustmentshould
involveincreasingorreducingtheamountofsubsidy
applicableonthedayonwhichtheapplicationwas
lodgedbythecorrectiveamountandthedifference
betweenthetargetpricesmentionedinArticle35of
Regulation (EEC)No2681/83;
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No1594/83extendedthe
subsidysystemforoilseedsmentionedinArticle27of
RegulationNo136/66/EECtocovercolzaandrape
seedincorporatedintoanimalfeeds;
WhereastheconditionsforthesaleofCommunity
seedsandthesituationofforwardoffersandpriceson
theworldmarketmakeitnecessarytoextendthe
periodofvalidityoftheAPpartofthecertificateuntil
theendofthesixthmonthfollowingthatduring
whichtheapplicationwaslodged;
WhereasArticle37ofRegulationNo2681/83
providesthatthecorrectiveamountmustbeequalto
thedifferencebetweentheworldmarketpricefor
colza,rapeandsunflowerseedsandtheforwardprice
forthoseseedsvalidforashipmenteffectedduring
themonthinwhichtheseedswereplacedunder
controlatanoilmill,thosepricesbeingdeterminedin
accordancewithArticles1,4and5ofRegulationNo
115/67/EEC;whereas,however,inrespectofcolza
andrapeseed,thepricedeterminedpursuantto
Article37(2)(a)istobeadjustedinaccordancewith
Article5(a)ofRegulationNo115/67/EEC;whereas,
ifnoofferandnopricecanbeusedforsuchdetermi­
nation,themethodofcalculationprovidedforintothatRegulation ;whereas,inthecaseofofferson
theworldmarketforqualitiesofcolzaandrapeseed
otherthanthoselistedinthatAnnex,coefficientsof
equivalencederivedfromthoselistedinthatAnnex
may,pursuanttoArticle4ofRegulationNo225/
67/EEC,beapplied;whereas,whenderivedcoef­
ficientsarebeingcalculated,accountmustbetakenof
thedifferencesbetweenpricesforthequalitiesofseed
inquestionandpricesforthequalitieslistedinthat
Annex,andofthecharacteristics ofthesevarious
seeds;
WhereasArticle2ofRegulationNo115/67/EEC
providesthat,wherenoofferorquotationcanbeused
asabasisfordeterminingtheworldmarketprice,that
priceshouldbedeterminedonthebasisofthevalue
oftheaveragequantitiesofoilandoilcakeresulting
fromtheprocessingof100kilogramsofseedwithin
theCommunitylessanamountcorresponding tothe
costofprocessingtheseseedsintooilandoilcake;
whereasthequantitiesandcoststobetakeninto
consideration forthepurposesofthecalculationare
fixedinArticle5ofRegulationNo225/67/EEC;
whereasthevalueofthosequantitiesshouldbedeter­
minedinaccordancewithArticle6ofthatRegula­
tion;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo115/67/EEC
providesthat,wherenoofferorquotationcanbeused
asabasisfordeterminingtheworldmarketpriceand
whereitis,moreover,impossibletoestablishthevalue
oftheoiloroilcakeprocessedfromsuchseed,the
worldmarketpriceshouldbedeterminedonthebasis
ofthemostrecentknownvalueforoiloroilcake,
adjustedtotakeaccountofthetrendofworldprices
forcompetingproductsbyapplyingtothatvaluethe
rulessetoutinArticle2ofRegulationNo,115/
67/EEC;whereasArticle7ofRegulationNo225/
67/EECdefinescompetingproductsasthoseoilsor
oilcakes,asthecasemaybe,whichappeartohave
beenofferedinthelargestquantitiesontheworld
marketduringtheperiodunderconsideration ;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle5(a)ofRegula­
tionNo115/67/EEC,whentheworldmarketpricefor
colzaorrapeseedisdetermined,thepriceadoptedis
tobeadjustedbyanamountnotexceedingthediffe­
rencebetweenthepriceof100kilogramsofcolzaor
rapeseedplusprocessingcostsandthetotalpriceof
thequantitiesofoilandoilcakegivenbyprocessing
thoseseeds;whereas,pursuanttoArticle6(1)ofthe
sameRegulation,thepriceadoptedforcolza,rapeand
sunflowerseedsmustalsobeadjustedbyanamount
notexceedingthedifferencebetween:
—thedifferencebetweenthepriceof100kilograms
ofcolza,rapeorsunflowerseeds,plusprocessing
costs,andthetotalofthepricesofthequantitiesof
oilandoilcakeresultingfromtheprocessingof
thetypeofseedinquestion,and
—thedifferencebetweenthepriceof100kilograms
ofoneormoreotherseeds,plusprocessingcosts,
andthetotalofthepricesofthequantitiesofoil(')OJNoL163,22.6.1983,p.44.

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Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheseprovisionsto
theoffersandquotationsknowntotheCommission
thatthesubsidyoncolza,rapeandsunflowerseeds
shouldbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto,Article37ofRegulation(EEC)No2681/83shouldbe
used;whereastheabovementioned differencemaybe
adjustedinaccordancewithArticle38ofRegulation
(EEC)No2681/83,accountbeingtakenoftheprices
ofthemaincompetingcereals;
Whereasthesubsidyshouldbefixedwheneverthe
marketsituationmakesitnecessaryandinsuchaway
astoensureitsbeingappliedatleastonceaweek;
whereasthesubsidymaybealteredwheneverit
becomesobviousthatsuchalterationisnecessary;
Whereas,ifthesubsidysystemistooperatenormally,
subsidiesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2,25%,arateofexchangebasedonthe
centralrate,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheamountofthesubsidyreferredtoinArticle27of
RegulationNo136/66/EECshallbeassetoutinthe
Annexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1October
1983.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30September1983.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30September1983fixingtheamountofthesubsidy
onoilseeds
(ECU/100kg)
CCT
heading
NoDescription Subsidy
ex12.01 Colzaandrapeseed 6,804
ex12.01 Sunflowerseed 13,139
(ECU/100kg)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionSubsidyinthecaseofadvance
fixingforthemonthof
October
1983November
1983December
1983January
1984February
1984March
1984
ex12.01 Colzaandrapeseed 6,8047,2427,5427,4376,5566,838
ex12.01 Sunflowerseed 13,13914,071,14,37713,98414,153—