11.6.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL146/21
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1573/91
of10June1991
alteringtheexportrefundsonoilseeds
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats(1),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3577/90(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo142/67/EECof
21June1967onexportrefundsoncolza,rapeand
sunflowerseeds(3),aslastamendedbytheActofAcces­
sionofGreece,andinparticularthesecondsentenceof
Article2(3)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1678/85
of11June1985fixingtheconversionratestobeapplied
inagriculture(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1533/910,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1569/72
of20July1972layingdownspecialmeasuresforcolza,
rapeandsunflowerseed(%aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2206/90f),andinparticularArticle2(3)
thereof,
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
2041/75of25July1975onspecialdetailedrulesforthe
applicationofthesystemofimportandexportlicences
andadvancefixingcertificatesforoilsandfats(8),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No557/91(9),andinparti­
cularArticle13thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
Whereas,thetargetpriceandthemonthlyincreasesin
thetargetpriceforcolza,rapeandsunflowerseedforthe
1990/91marketingyearwerefixedbyRegulations (EEC)
No1317/90(10)and(EEC)No1318/90(»);
WhereasthepricesfixedbytheCouncilaretobereduced
inaccordancewithArticle2ofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No784/90of29March1990fixingthereducing
coefficientforagriculturalpricesinthe1990/91marke­
tingyearasaresultofthemonetaryrealignmentof5January1990andamendingthepricesandamountsfixed
inecusforthatmarketingyear(12);
Whereas,owingtothelackofatargetpriceforcolzaand
rapeandoftheadjustmentintherateofrefundresulting
fromthemaximumguaranteedquantityarrangementsfor
the1991/92marketingyear,therateoftherefundfixed
inadvanceforthismarketingyearhasonlybeenableto
becalculatedprovisionallyconformingwiththeCommis­
sion'sproposalstotheCouncil;whereasthisamount
shouldthereforeonlybeappliedprovisionallyandshould
beconfirmedorreplacedoncethepricesandrelated
measuresandtheconsequences ofthemaximumguaran­
teedquantityarrangements forthe1991/92marketing
yearareknown;
WhereasArticle28ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthatarefundmaybegrantedonexportstothird
countriesofoilseedsharvestedwithintheCommunity ;
whereastheamountofthisrefundmaynotexceedthe
differencebetweenpriceswithintheCommunityand
pricesontheworldmarketwheretheformerarehigher
thanthelatter;whereasArticle21ofRegulationNo
136/66/EECprovidesthat,atpresent,Article28ofthat
Regulationappliesonlytocolza,rapeandsunflower
seeds;
Whereastherefundforcolzaandrapeseedsproducedin
SpainorPortugalisadjustedinaccordancewithCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No478/86(»);
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;
Whereastheabatementofthesubsidyforcolzaandtape
seedwicharisesfromthesystemofmaximumguaranteed
quantitiesforthe1990/91marketingyearhasbeenfixed
byCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2509/90(,4);(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL353,17.12.1990,p.23.0OJNo125,26.6.1967,p.2461/67.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.11.
Is)OJNoL145,10.6.1991,p.40.
(«)OJNoL167,25.7.1972,p.9.oOJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.11.
(8)OJNoL213,11.8.1975,p.1.0OJNoL62,8.3.1991,p.23.
(10)OJNoL132,23.5.1990,p.9.
(»»)OJNoL132,23.5.1990,p.11.(12)OJNoL83,30.3.1990,p.102.
(13)OJNoL53,1.3.1986,p.55.
(14)OJNoL237,1.9.1990,p.7.

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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);ofRegulation(EEC)No1677/85(16)aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2205/90(17).
(b)InthecaseofMemberStatesotherthanthosereferred
toin(a),thedifferencebetween:
—theagriculturalconversionrate,and
—theaveragerateoftheecuaspublishedintheC
SeriesoftheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communitiesduringaperiodtobedetermined,
multipliedbythefactorreferredtointhesecond
indentof(a).
WhereaspursuanttoArticle2(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1569/72forwarddifferentialamountsaretobedeter­
minedwheretheforwardexchangerateforoneormore
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
currentsituationoftheoilseedsmarketandtotherates
orpricesoftheseproductsthat,pursuanttoArticle4of
Regulation(EEC)No651/71,theamountoftherefundin
ecusandtheamountofthefinalrefundineachofthe
nationalcurrenciesmust,inthecaseofcolzaandrape
seed,befixedinaccordancewiththeAnnextothisRegu­
lation;whereasitisnotnecessarytofixarefundfor
sunflowerseed;
WhereasArticle13ofRegulation(EEC)No2041/75
makesprovisionfortheperiodofvalidityofcertificates
fixingrefundsinadvancetobereducedifthemarket
situationwarrants;whereasintheinterestsofsound
marketmanagement areductionshouldbemade,WhereasArticle2ofRegulationNo142/67/EECprovides
thattherefundmaybevariedaccordingtodestination
wheretheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequire­
mentsofcertainmarketsmakethisnecessary;
WhereasArticle4ofRegulation (EEC)No651/71
providesforthepublicationoftheamountofthefinal
refundobtainedfromtheconversionintoeachofthe
nationalcurrenciesoftheamountoftherefundinecus
plusorminusthedifferentialamount;whereasArticle1
ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1813/84(4),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1539/90(*),definedthe
elementswhichdeterminethedifferentialamounts;
whereastheseelementsareequaltotheincidenceonthe
targetpricereducedby7,5%ortherefundofthecoeffi­
cientderivedfromthepercentagereferredtoinArticle2
(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1569/72;whereas,according
totheseprovisions,thispercentagerepresents:
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION : (a)forthoseMemberStateswhosecurrenciesaremain­
tainedasbetweenthemselveswithinaspreadatany
givenmomentof2,25%,thedifferencebetween:
Article1
—theconversionrateusedunderthecommonagri­
culturalpolicy,and
—theconversionrateresultingfromthecentralrate
ofthecorrectingfactorreferredtoinArticle6(1)1.Inthecaseofcolzaandrapeseed,theamountsof
therefundreferredtoinArticle4(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No651/71shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
2.Thereshallbenorefundonsunflowerseed. 0OJNoL75,30.3.1971,p.16.
(2)OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.46.
(3)OJNoL113,28.4.1984,p.8.
(4)OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.41.V)OJNoL145,8.6.1990,p.20.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.6.0OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.

11.6.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL146/23
1991/92marketingyearandoftheconsequences ofthe
maximumguaranteedquantityarrangements .3.Certificatesfixingtheexportrefundinadvanceshall
bevalidfromtheirdateofissueuntiltheendofthefol­
lowingmonth.
4.However,theamountoftherefundfixedinadvance
forthe1991/92marketingyearforcolzaandrapeshallbe
confirmedorreplacedwitheffectfrom11.June1991to
takeaccountofthepricesandrelatedmeasuresfortheArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon11June1991.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10June1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof10June1991alteringtheexportrefundsonoil
seeds
(amountsper100kilograms)
Current
61stperiod
7(')2ndperiod
83rdperiod
94thperiod
105thperiod
11
1.Grossrefunds(ECU):
—Spain
—Portugal
—otherMemberStates
2.Finalrefunds:
Seedsharvestedandexportedfrom:
—FederalRepublicofGermany(DM)
—Netherlands (Fl)
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs)
—France(FF)
—Denmark(Dkr)
—Ireland(£Irl)
—UnitedKingdom(£)
—Italy(Lit)
—Greece(Dr)
—Spain(Pta)
—Portugal(Esc)0,000
19,970
13,000
30,60
34,48
631,23
102,64
116,74
11,424
9,755
22899
2128,69
111,92
4240,720,000
16,674
9,704
22,84
25,74
471,19
76,62
87,14
8,528
7,182
17093
1370,25
111,92
3553,54— —
—
—
(')Amountfixedprovisionally,pendingandsubjecttothesettingofthepricesandrelatedmeasuresandoftheapplicationofthemaximumguaranteed
quantityarrangementsforthe1991/92marketingyear,conforminginparticular:
—totheCommission'sproposalsforthe1991/92marketingyearasregardsthetargetprice,themonthlyincreases,thereductionforrapeseedotherthan
'doublezero'andthearrangementsapplyingtorapeseedharvestedinSpain;
—totheadjustmentresultingfromthemaximumguaranteedquantityarrangementsandthatoftheagriculturalconversionratesappliedforthe1990/91
marketingyear.