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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2944/89
of29September1989
fixingtheamountofthesubsidyonoilseeds
appliedtothepricesofsunflowerseedfromthirdcoun­
trieshavebeenfixedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No2869/870;
Whereastheabatementofthesubsidyforcolzaandtape
seedwhicharisesfromthesystemofmaximumguaran­
teedquantitiesforthe1989/90marketingyearhasbeen
fixedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2625/89(10);
Whereastheabatementofthesubsidyforsunflowerseed
whicharises,whereappropriate,fromthesystemof
maximumguaranteedquantitiesforthe1989/90marke­
tingyear,hasbeenfixedbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No2957/89(");whereastheamountofthesubsidy
forthe1989/90marketingyearhasbeenprovisionally
calculatedonthebasisofanabatementofECU11,55per
100kilograms;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1225/890,andin
particularArticle27(4)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1678/85(3)fixingtheconversionratestobeappliedin
agriculture,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
2639/89(4),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1569/72
of20July1972layingdownspecialmeasuresforcolza,
rapeandsunflowerseed(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2216/88(*),andinparticularArticle2(3)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
WhereasArticle27ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthatasubsidyshouldbegrantedinrespectofoil
seedsharvestedandprocessedwithintheCommunity
whenthetargetpriceforaspeciesofseedishigherthan
thepriceontheworldmarket;whereastheseprovisions
atpresentapplyonlyinrespectofcolza,rapeand
sunflowerseeds;
Whereasthesubsidyonoilseedsshould,theoretically,be
equaltothedifferencebetweenthosetwoprices;
Whereasthetargetpriceandthemonthlyincreasesinthe
targetpriceforcolza,rapeandsunflowerseedforthe
1989/90marketingyearwerefixedbyRegulations (EEC)
No1228/89Oand(EEC)No1229/89(8);
Whereasasupplementtothetargetpricefor'doublezero'
colzaandrapeseedwasfixedinRegulation(EEC)No
1228/89;
Whereasthestandardqualityforsunflowerseedhasbeen
maintainedbytheCouncilforthe1988/89and1989/90
marketingyears;whereasthecoefficientsofequivalenceWhereasArticle29ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthattheworldmarketprice,calculatedfora
Communityfrontiercrossingpoint,istobedetermined
onthebasisofthemostfavourablepurchasingopportuni­
ties,quotationsbeingadjustedwherenecessarytotake
accountofquotationsforcompetingproducts;
WhereasArticle4ofCouncilRegulationNo115/67/EEC
of6June1967layingdowncriteriafordetermining
worldmarketpricesforoilseedsandfixingthefrontier
crossingpoint(12),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1983/82(13),fixedthesaidcrossingpointat
Rotterdam;whereasArticle1ofthatRegulationprovides
thatwhentheworldmarketpriceisbeingdetermined
accountshouldbetakenofalloffersontheworldmarket
knowntotheCommissionandofquotationsonthose
exchangeswhicharesignificantforinternationaltrade;
whereasArticle2ofCommissionRegulationNo225/
67/EECof28June1967ondetailedrulesfordetermi­
ningtheworldmarketpriceforoilseeds(H),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2869/87,providesthat
offersandquotationswhichdonotrelatetoshipmentsto
beeffectedwithin30daysfollowingthedateonwhich
theworldmarketpriceisdeterminedshouldbedisre­
garded;whereasoffersandquotationswhichthe
Commissionbelieves,inviewofgeneralpricemovements
orinformationavailabletoit,nottoberepresentative of
therealtrendofthemarketmustalsobedisregarded ;
whereasoffersandquotationsrelatingtoquantitiesofless
than500tonnesandoffersrelatingtoseedofaquality
otherthanthatnormallyacceptableontheworldmarket
mustalsobedisregarded ;
(l)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.0OJNoL128,11.5.1989,p.15.
(3)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.11.
{*)OJNoL255,1.9.1989,p.14.OOJNoL273,26.9.1987,p.16.
(l0)OJNoL254,31.8.1989,p.9.
(")Seepage91ofthisOfficialJournal.
(u)OJNo111,10.6.1967,p.2196/67.
(13)OJNoL215,23.7.1982,p.6.
(u)OJNo136,30.6.1967,p.2919/67.(*)OJNoL167,25.7.1972,p.9.
(s)OJNoL197,26.7.1988,p.10.
OOJNoL128,11.5.1989,p.20.
(•)OJNoL128,11.5.1989,p.22.

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knownvalueforoiloroilcake,adjustedtotakeaccount
ofthetrendofworldpricesforcompetingproductsby
applyingtothatvaluetherulessetoutinArticle2of
RegulationNo115/67/EEC;whereasArticle7ofRegula­
tionNo225/67/EECdefinescompetingproductsasthose
oilsoroilcakes,asthecasemaybe,whichappeartohave
beenofferedinthelargestquantitiesontheworldmarket
duringtheperiodunderconsideration ;whereasArticle3ofRegulationNo225/67/EECprovides
thatoftheoffersandquotationstakenintoconsideration ,
thosefordeliverycandfshouldbeincreasedby0,2%;
whereasoffersandquotationsfordeliveryfas,fobor
otherwiseshouldbeincreased,asappropriate,byloading,
transportandinsurancecostsfromthepointofshipment
orloadingtothefrontiercrossingpoint;whereascif
offersandquotationsforfrontiercrossingpointsother
thanRotterdamshouldbeadjustedtoallowforthediffe­
renceintransportandinsurancecostsascomparedwitha
productdeliveredcifRotterdam;whereastheCommis­
sionshouldtakeaccountonlyoftheloading,transport
ahdinsurancecostswhichtoitsknowledgearethe
lowest;whereas,finally,offersandquotationsfordelivery
cifRotterdamshouldbeincreasedby0,242ECU;whereas,underArticle6ofRegulationNo115/67/EEC,
thepricedeterminedforcolza,rapeandsunflowerseeds
mustalsobeadjustedbyanamountnotexceedingthe
margin,ascalculatedinaccordancewiththatArticle,
wherethatmarginmayaffectthenormaldisposalofseeds
harvestedintheCommunity ;
whereasArticle5ofRegulationNo115/67/EECprovides
thattheworldmarketpriceshouldbedeterminedfor
seedofthestandardqualityforwhichthetargetpricehas
beenfixed,deliveredinbulk;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo225/67/EECprovides
thatoffersandquotationsrelatingtoproductspresented
otherwisethaninbulkshouldbeadjustedbydeducting
theadditionalvalueresultingfromthatpresentation ;
whereasoffersandquotationsrelatingtoaqualityother
thanthestandardqualityforwhichthetargetpricewas
fixedshouldbeadjustedonthebasisofthecoefficientsof
equivalenceshownintheAnnextothatRegulation;
whereas,inthecaseofoffersontheworldmarketfor
qualitiesofcolzaandrapeseedotherthanthoselistedin
thatAnnex,coefficientsofequivalencederivedfromthose
listedinthatAnnexmay,pursuanttoArticle4ofRegula­
tionNo225/67/EEC,beapplied;whereas,whenderived
coefficientsarebeingcalculated,accountmustbetakenof
thedifferencesbetweenpricesforthequalitiesofseedin
questionandpricesforthequalitieslistedinthatAnnex,
andofthecharacteristics ofthesevariousseeds;whereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1594/83of14
June1983onthesubsidyforoilseeds(l),aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No2215/88(2),laiddownrulesfor
grantingthesubsidyonoilseeds;whereas,underthat
Regulation,wherethesubsidytobegrantedisfixedin
advance,theamountofsuchsubsidymustbeequaltothe
amountapplicableonthedayonwhichtheapplication
foradvancefixingwaslodged,adjustedbythedifference
betweenthetargetpricevalidonthatdayandthetarget
pricevalidonthedayonwhichtheseedsareplaced
undercontrolatanoilorfeedmilland,whereappro­
priate,acorrectiveamount;whereasArticle35of
Commission Regulation (EEC)No2681/83of21
September1983layingdowndetailedrulesfortheappli­
cationofthesubsidysystemforoilseeds(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1966/89(4),provides
thatsuchadjustmentshouldinvolveincreasingorredu­
cingtheamountofsubsidyapplicableonthedayon
whichtheapplicationwaslodgedbythecorrective
amountandthedifferencebetweenthetargetprices
mentionedinArticle35ofRegulation(EEC)No
2681/83;
WhereasArticle2ofRegulationNo115/67/EECprovides
that,wherenoofferorquotationcanbeusedasabasis
fordeterminingtheworldmarketprice,thatpriceshould
bedeterminedonthebasisofthevalueoftheaverage
quantitiesofoilandoilcakeresultingfromtheproces­
singof100kilogramsofseedwithintheCommunityless
anamountcorresponding tothecostofprocessingthese
seedsintooilandoilcake;whereasthequantitiesand
coststobetakenintoconsideration forthepurposesof
thecalculationarefixedinArticle5ofRegulationNo
225/67/EEC;whereasthevalueofthosequantitiesshould
bedeterminedinaccordancewithArticle6ofthat
Regulation ;WhereasArticle37ofRegulation(EEC)No2681/83
providesthatthecorrectiveamountmustbeequaltothe
differencebetweentheworldmarketpriceforcolza,rape
andsunflowerseedsandtheforwardpriceforthoseseeds
validforashipmenteffectedduringthemonthinwhich
theseedswereplacedundercontrolatanoilmill,those
pricesbeingdeterminedinaccordancewithArticles1,4
and5ofRegulationNo115/67/EEC;whereas,ifnooffer
andnopricecanbeusedforsuchdetermination ,the
methodofcalculationprovidedforinArticle37ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No2681/83shouldbeused;whereasthe
abovementioned differencemaybeadjustedinaccordance
withArticle38ofRegulation(EEC)No2681/83,account
beingtakenofthepricesofthemaincompetingcereals; WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo115/67/EECprovides
that,wherenoofferorquotationcanbeusedasabasis
fordeterminingtheworldmarketpriceandwhereitis,
moreover,impossibletoestablishthevalueoftheoilor
oilcakeprocessedfromsuchseed,theworldmarketprice
shouldbedeterminedonthebasisofthemostrecent(')OJNoL163,22.6.1983,p.44.
(J)OJNoL197,26.7.1988,p.9.
(3)OJNoL266,28.9.1983,p.1.
(<)OJNoL187,1.7.1989,p.130.

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Whereastheaidforcolza,rapeorsunflowerseed
harvestedorprocessedinSpainorPortugalistobe
advisedasprovidedforinCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
478/86(*);whereaspursuanttoArticle95(2)and293(2)
oftheActofAccessionthisaidistobeintroducedatthe
beginningofthe1986/87marketingyearforseed
harvestedinthesetwoMemberStates;
Whereas,inArticle14ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
475/86of25February1986layingdowngeneralrulesfor
themechanismforcontrollingthepricesandthequanti­
tiesofcertainproductsintheoilsandfatssectorreleased
forconsumptioninSpain(2),asamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1930/88(3),provisionismadeforthegranting
ofcompensatory aid,subjecttocertainconditions;
whereascompensatory aidshouldbefixedforsunflower
seedsharvestedinSpain;centralrateofeachofthecurrenciesofthe
MemberStatesreferredtoin(a),and
—thespotmarketrateforthecurrencyofthe
MemberStateinquestioninrelationtoeachof
thecurrenciesoftheMemberStatesreferredtoin
(a),asrecordedoveraperiodtobedetermined ;
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No1813/84specifiesthespot
andforwardexchangeratesandtheperiodtobeusedfor
calculatingthedifferentialamounts;whereasincases
where,foroneormoremonths,quotationsofforward
exchangeratesarenotavailable,theratesadoptedforthe
previousmonthsorthefollowingmonths,asthecasemay
be,mustbeused;
Whereasthesubsidyshouldbefixedwheneverthe
marketsituationmakesitnecessaryandinsuchawayas
toensureitsbeingappliedatleastonceaweek;whereas
thesubsidymaybealteredwheneveritbecomesobvious
thatsuchalterationisnecessary;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheseprovisionstothe
offersandquotationsknowntotheCommissionthat,
pursuanttoArticle33ofRegulation(EEC)No2681/83
theamountofthesubsidyinecusandtheamountofthe
subsidyineachofthenationalcurrenciesmustbefixed
inaccordancewiththeAnnextothisRegulation;
whereas,pursuanttothesameArticle,thespotand
forwardexchangeratesfortheecuinnationalcurrencies
determinedinaccordancewithArticle4ofRegulation
(EEC)No1813/84mustalsobepublished,WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1920/87(4),
providesforthegrantingofaspecialsubsidyfor
sunflowerseedharvestedandprocessedinPortugal;
whereastheamountofthissubsidyshouldbefixed;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :WhereasArticle33ofRegulation(EEC)No2681/83
providesforthepublicationoftheamountofthefinal
subsidyobtainedfromtheconversionintoeachofthe
nationalcurrenciesoftheamountinecusresultingfrom
thecalculationreferredtoaboveplusorminusthediffe­
rentialamount;whereasArticle1ofCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No1813/84Q,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No431/89(*),definedtheelementswhichdeter­
minethedifferentialamounts;whereastheseelements
areequaltotheincidenceonthetargetpricelesspercen­
tagereferredtoinArticle5,paragraph1ofthesaidregu­
lationorthesubsidyofthecoefficientderivedfromthe
percentagereferredtoinArticle2(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1569/72;whereas,accordingtotheseprovisions,this
percentagerepresents :
(a)forthoseMemberStateswhosecurrenciesaremain­
tainedasbetweenthemselveswithinaspreadatany
givenmomentof2,25%,thedifferencebetween:
—theconversionrateusedunderthecommon
agriculturalpolicy,and
—theconversionrateresultingfromthecentralrate;
(b)fortheotherMemberStates,thedifferencebetween:
—therelationshipbetweentheconversionrateused
underthecommonagriculturalpolicyforthe
currencyoftheMemberStateconcernedandtheArticle1
1.Theamountsofthesubsidyandtheexchangerates
referredtoinArticle33(2)and(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No2681/83shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
2.Theamountofthecompensatory aidreferredtoin
Article14ofRegulation(EEC)No475/86shallbeas
showninAnnexIIItothisRegulationforsunflowerseed
harvestedinSpain.
3.Theamountofthespecialsubsidyprovided
forbyRegulation(EEC)1920/87forsunflowerseed
harvestedandprocessedinPortugalisfixedinAnnexIII.
(')OJNoL53,1.3.1986,p.55.
(2)OJNoL53,1.3.1986,p.47.
(3)OJNoL170,2.7.1988,p.3.
(4)OJNoL183,3.7.1987,p.18.
OOJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.41
(<)OJNoL50,22.2.1989,p.7.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1October1989.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29September1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEXI
Aidstocolzaandrapeseedotherthan'doublezero*
(,amountsper100kg)
\ Current 1stperiod2ndperiod3rdperiod4thperiod5thperiod
10 11 12 1 2 3
1.Grossaids(ECU): \I\
—Spain 1,170 1,170 1,170 1,170 1,170 1,170
—Portugal 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000
—OtherMemberStates 22,170 22^96 22,474 22,593 22^00 23,189
2.Finalaids:\ \ l\
(a)Seedharvestedandprocessedin: I\
—FederalRepublicofGermany
(DM) 52,66 53,19 5338 53,69 54,41 55,28
—Netherlands (Fl) 58,48 59,08 59,28 59,63 60,44 61,44
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs) 1070,52 1081,43 1085,20 1090,95 1105,77 1120,42
—France(FF) 168,23 169,97 170,54 171,44 173,82 176,05
—Denmark(Dkr) 197,98 200,00 200,69 201,76 204,50 207,08
—Ireland(£Irl) 18,724 18,917 18,981 19,081 19,345 19,594
—UnitedKingdom(£) 14,679 14,837 14,872 14,916 15,135 15,247
—Italy(Lit) 37188 37566 37698 37859 38373 38698
—Greece(Dr) 3621,74 3645,81 3623,91 3607,63 3664,50 3635,51
(b)SeedharvestedinSpainand
processed: I1
—inSpain(Pta) 178,89 178,89 178,89 178,89 178,89 178,89
—inanotherMemberState(Pta)3177»743212,41 3218,64 3228,94 3275,45 3297,08
(c)SeedharvestedinPortugaland
processed: II
—inPortugal(Esc) 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
—inanotherMemberState(Esc)4494,56 4484,47 ;4487,75 4487,37 4539,02 4537,31

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ANNEXII
Aidstocolzaandrapeseed'doublezero'
(amountsper100kg)
Current 1stperiod2ndperiod3rdperiod4thperiod5thperiod
10 11 12 1 2 3
1.Grossaids(ECU):
—Spain 3,670 3,670 3,670 3,670 3,670 3,670
—Portugal 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500
—OtherMemberStates 24,670 24,896 24,974 25,093 25,400 25,689
2.Finalaids:l
(a)Seedharvestedandprocessedin:l \ I
—FederalRepublicofGermany l
(DM) 58,56 59,10 59,28 59,59 60,31 61,18
—Netherlands (Fl) 65,08 65,67 65,88 66,23 67,04 68,03
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs) 1191,24 1202,15 1205,92 1211,66 1226,49 1241,14
—France(FF) 187,48 189,21 189,79 190,69 193,06 195,29
—Denmark(Dkr) 220,30 22232 223,02 224,08 226,82 229,40
—Ireland(£Irl) 20,866 21,059 21,123 21,223 21,487 21,736
—UnitedKingdom(£) 16,433 16,590 16,626 16,669 16,889 17,000
—Italy(Lit) 41371 41749 41880 42042 42555 42881
—Greece(Dr) 4070,20 4094,27 407238 4056,094112^7 4083,98
(b)SeedharvestedinSpainandIlliIl
processed:Il\\
—inSpain(Pta) 561,13 561,13 561,13 561,13 561,13 561,13
—inanotherMemberState(Pta)3559,98 3594,65 3600,88 3611,18 3657,69 3679,32
(c)SeedharvestedinPortugalandIlIIII
processed: Il
—inPortugal(Esc) 480,01 480,01 480,01 480,01 480,01 480,01
—inanotherMemberState(Esc)4974,56 4964,48 4967,75 4967,37 5019,02 5017,32

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ANNEXIII
Aidstosunflowerseed
(amountsper100kg)
l Current 1stperiod 2ndperiod 3rdperiod 4thperiod
l10 11 12 1 2
1.Grossaids(ECU):
—Spain 6,890 6,890 6,890 6,890 6,890
—Portugal 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000
—OtherMemberStates 29,500 29,793 29,924 30,196 31,050
2.Finalaids:II
(a)Seedharvestedandprocessedin('):
—FederalRepublicofGermany
(DM) 70,01 70,01 71,02 71,69 73,69
—Netherlands (Fl) 77,82 78,59 78,94 79,69 81,94
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs) 1424,46 1438,61 1444,94 1458,07 149931
—France(FF) 224,30 226,55 227,54 229,63 236,29
—Denmark(Dkr) 263,44 266,05 267,22 269,65 277,28
—Ireland(£Irl) 24,964 25,215 25,325 25,557 26,299
—UnitedKingdom(£) 19,691 19,896 19,968 20,120 20,752
—Italy(Lit) 49466 49956 50176 50588 52014
—Greece(Dr) 4883,66 4917,84 4900,95 4910,08 5078,95
(b)SeedharvestedinSpainand
processed:
—inSpain(Pta) 1053,45 1053,45 1053,45 1053,45 1053,45
—inanotherMemberState(Pta)3620,20'3664,96 3678,00 3709,43 3836,32
(c)SeedharvestedinPortugaland
processed:
—inPortugal(Esc) 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
—inSpain(Esc) 6485,04 6477,48 6489,20 6515,69 6676,52
—inanotherMemberState(Esc)6320,24 6312,87 6324,29 6350,116506,84
3.Compensatory aids:II \ I L
—inSpain(Pta) 3574,32 3619,09 3632,13 3663,07 3789,97
4.Specialaid: \ IIl
—inPortugal(Esc) 6320,24 6312,87 6324,29 6350,11 6506,84
(')ForseedharvestedmtheCommunityasconstitutedat31December1985andprocessedinSpain,theamountsshownin2(a)tobemultipliedby1,0260760,
ANNEXIV
Exchangerateoftheecutobeusedforconvertingfinalaidsintothecurrencyoftheprocessing
countrywhenthelatterisacountryotherthanthecountryofproduction
(valueofECU1)
Current
101stperiod
112ndperiod
123rdperiod
14thperiod
25thperiod
3
DM 2,073350 2,069410 2,065180 2,061740 2,061740 2,051540
Fl 2,337500 2,332970 2,330850 2,323840 2,323840 2,310970
Bfrs/Lfrs 43,445000 43,402500 43,354500 43,320300 43,320300 43,188700
FF 7,013070 7,010270 7,006370 7,004500 7,004500 6,996950
Dkr 8,060230 8,058850 8,056660 8,057050 8,057050 8,063030
£Irl 0,778082 0,777414 0,777345 0,777195 0,777195 0,778471
£ 0,675663 0,677670 0,679674 0^81635 0,681635 0,687283
Lit; 1495,78- 1499,03 1502,13 1505,39 150539 1514,23
Dr 180,21000 182,13600 184,15200 186,30700 186,30700 191,47400
Esc 174,14400 174,64800 175,23700 176,11600 176,11600 178,96900
Pta 129,86300 130,38000 130,87400 131,32900 131,32900 132,49200