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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2154/83
of29July1983
fixingtheamountofthesubsidyonoilseeds
offersontheworldmarketknowntotheCommission
andofquotationsonthoseexchangeswhicharesigni­
ficantforinternational trade;whereasArticle2of
CommissionRegulationNo225/67/EECof28June
1967ondetailedrulesfordeterminingtheworld
marketpriceforoilseeds0,aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No2040/83(8),providesthatoffersand
quotationswhichdonotrelatetoshipments ,tobe
effectedwithin30daysfollowingthedateonwhich
theworldmarketpriceisdeterminedshouldbedisre­
garded;whereasoffersandquotationswhichthe
Commissionbelieves,inviewofgeneralpricemove­
mentsorinformationavailabletoit,nottoberepre­
sentativeoftherealtrendofthemarketmustalsobe
disregarded ;whereasoffersandquotationsrelatingto
quantitiesoflessthan500tonnesandoffersrelatingto
seedofaqualityotherthanthatnormallyacceptable
ontheworldmarketmustalsobedisregarded ;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
isbeingdeterminedaccountshouldbetakenofallWhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo225/67/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.
OOJNoL162,12.6.1982,p.6.
(3)OJNoL163,22.6.1983,p.40.
(4)OJNoL163,22.6.1983,p.42.
Is)OJNo111,10.6.1967,p.2196/67.
(6)OJNoL215,23.7.1982,p.6.OOJNo136,30.6.1967,p.2919/67.
(8OJNoL200,23.7.1983,p.23.

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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)No2114/71of28
September1971onthesubsidyforoilseeds('),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No851/78(2),laid
downrulesforgrantingthesubsidyonoilseeds;
whereas,underthatRegulation,wherethesubsidyto
begrantedisfixedinadvance,theamountofsuch
subsidymustbeequaltotheamountapplicableonthe
dayonwhichtheapplicationforadvancefixingwas
lodged,adjustedbythedifferencebetweenthetarget
pricevalidonthatdayandthetargetpricevalidon
thedayonwhichtheseedsareplacedundercontrolat
anoilmilland,whereappropriate,acorrective
amount;whereasArticle36ofCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No1204/72of7June1972layingdown
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesubsidysystem
foroilseeds(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2127/83(4),providesthatsuchadjustmentshould
involveincreasingorreducingtheamountofsubsidy
applicableonthedayonwhichtheapplicationwas
lodgedbythedifferencebetweenthetargetpricevalid
duringthemonthduringwhichtheseedswereplaced
undercontrolatanoilmillandthetargetpricevalid
onthedayonwhichtheapplicationwaslodged;
WhereastheconditionsforthesaleofCommunity
seedsandthesituationofforwardoffersandpriceson
theworldmarketmakeitnecessarytoextendthe
periodofvalidityoftheAPpartofthecertificateuntil
theendofthesixthmonthfollowingthatduring
whichtheapplicationwaslodged;
WhereasArticle38ofRegulation (EEC)No1204/72
providesthatthecorrectiveamountmustbeequalto
thedifferencebetweentheworldmarketpricefor
colza,rapeandsunflowerseedsandtheforwardprice
forthoseseedsvalidforashipmenteffectedduring
themonthinwhichtheseedswereplacedunder
controlatanoilmill,thosepricesbeingdeterminedin
accordancewithArticles1,4and5ofRegulationNo
115/67/EEC;whereas,however,inrespectofcolza
andrapeseed,thepricedeterminedpursuantto
Article38(2)(a)istobeadjustedinaccordancewith
Article5(a)ofRegulationNo115/67/EEC;whereas,
ifnoofferandnopricecanbeusedforsuchdetermi­tothatRegulation ;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
costof.processingtheseseedsintooilandoilcake;
whereasthequantitiesandcoststobetakeninto
consideration forthepurposesofthecalculationare
fixedinArticle5ofRegulationNo225/67/EEC;
whereasthevalueofthosequantitiesshouldbedeter­
minedinaccordancewithArticle6ofthatRegula­
tion;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo115/67/EEC
providesthat,wherenoofferorquotationcanbeused
asabasisfordeterminingtheworldmarketpriceand
whereitis,moreover,impossibletoestablishthevalue
oftheoiloroilcakeprocessedfromsuchseed,the
worldmarketpriceshouldbedeterminedonthebasis
ofthemostrecentknownvalueforoiloroilcake,
adjustedtotakeaccountofthetrendofworldprices
forcompetingproductsbyapplyingtothatvaluethe
rulessetoutinArticle2ofRegulationNo115/
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(•)OJNoL222,2.10.1971,p.2.
MOJNoL116,28.4.1978,p.4.
(3)OJNoL133,10.6.1972,p.1.
4OJNoL205,29.7.1983,p.27.

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relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheseprovisionsto
theoffersandquotationsknowntotheCommission
thatthesubsidyoncolza,rapeandsunflowerseeds
shouldbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheamountofthesubsidyreferredtoinArticle27of
RegulationNo136/66/EECshallbeassetoutinthe
Annexhereto.nation,themethodofcalculationprovidedforin
Article38ofRegulation (EEC)No1204/72shouldbe
used;whereastheabovementioned differencemaybe
adjustedpursuanttoArticle39ofRegulation(EEC)
No1204/72,accountbeingtakenofpricesforsoya
seedsontheworldmarket;
Whereasthesubsidyshouldbefixedwheneverthe
marketsituationmakesitnecessaryandinsuchaway
astoensureitsbeingappliedatleastonceaweek;
whereasthesubsidymaybealteredwheneverit
becomesobviousthatsuchalterationisnecessary;
Whereas,ifthesubsidysystemistooperatenormally,
subsidiesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2,25%,arateofexchangebasedonthe
centralrate,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodinArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1August
1983.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29July1983.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof29July1983fixingtheamountofthesubsidy
onoilseeds
(ECU/100kg)
CCT
heading
NoDescription Subsidy
ex12.01 Colzaandrapeseed 20,213
ex12.01 Sunflowerseed 28,639
(ECU/100kg)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionSubsidyinthecaseofadvance
fixingforthemonthof
August
1983September
1983October
1983November
1983December
1983January
1984
ex12.01 Colzaandrapeseed 20,21320,92720,32520,90221,07821,027
ex12.01 Sunflowerseed 28,63927,86328,02128,25628,527—