NoL32/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 8.2.92
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No307/92
of7February1992
fixingtheamountofthesubsidyonoilseeds
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,1991/92marketingyearwerefixedbyCouncilRegula­
tions(EEC)No1722/910and(EEC)No1723/91(8);
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,Whereasasupplementtothetargetpricefor'doublezero
colzaandrapeseedwasfixedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1722/91forthe1991/92marketingyear;
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
Whereastheabatementofthesubsidyforcolzaandrape
seedwhicharises,whereappropriate,fromthesystemof
maximumguaranteedquantitiesforthe1991/92marke­
tingyear,hasbeenfixedbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No3207/91f);HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1720/91(2),andin
particularArticle27(4)thereof,
Whereastheabatementofthesubsidyforsunflowerseed
whicharisefromthesystemofmaximumguaranteed
quantitiesforthe1991/92marketingyearhasbeenfixed
byCommissionRegulation(EEC)3208/91(10);HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1678/85(3)fixingtheconversionratestobeappliedin
agriculture,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
3696/91(4),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1569/72
of20July1972layingdownspecialmeasuresforcolza,
rapeandsunflowerseed(5),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2206/90(6),andinparticularArticle2(3)
thereof,WhereasArticle27a(3)ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthattheadjustmentoftheamountofaidfor
rapeseedproducedinSpainforthe1991/92marketing
yearshallbefixedsothattheadjustedtargetpriceisthe
sameinSpainasintheCommunityasconstitutedat31
December1985;
WhereasArticle27ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthatasubsidyshouldbegrantedinrespectofoil
seedsharvestedandprocessedwithintheCommunity
whenthetargetpriceforaspeciesofseedishigherthan
thepriceontheworldmarket;whereastheseprovisions
atpresentapplyonlyinrespectofcolza,rapeand
sunflowerseeds;WhereasArticle29ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthattheworldmarket'price,calculatedfora
Communityfrontiercrossingpoint,istobedetermined
onthebasisofthemostfavourablepurchasingopportuni­
ties,quotationsbeingadjustedwherenecessarytotake
accountofquotationsforcompetingproducts;
Whereasthesubsidyonoilseedsshould,theoretically ,be
equaltothedifferencebetweenthosetwoprices;WhereasArticle4ofCouncilRegulationNo115/67/EEC
of6June1967layingdowncriteriafordetermining
worldmarketpricesforoilseedsandfixingthefrontier
crossingpoint("),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1983/82(2),fixedthesaidcrossingpointat
Rotterdam ;whereasArticle1ofthatRegulationprovidesWhereasthetargetpriceandthemonthlyincreasesinthe
targetpriceforcolza,rapeandsunflowerseedforthe
(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL162,26.6.1991,p.27.
OOJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.11.
(4)OJNoL350,19.12.1991,p.22.OOJNoL162,26.6.1991,p.31.
OOJNoL162,26.6.1991,p.33.0OJNoL303,1.11.1991,p.68.
(">)OJNoL303,1.11.1991,p.69.
(")OJNo111,10.6.1967,p.2196/67.
(I2)OJNoL215,23.7.1982,p.6.OOJNoL167,25.7.1972,p.9.
(6)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.11.

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bedeterminedonthebasisofthevalueoftheaverage
quantitiesofoilandoilcakeresultingfromtheproces­
singof100kilogramsofseedwithintheCommunityless
anamountcorresponding tothecostofprocessingthese
seedsintooilandoilcake;whereasthequantitiesand
coststobetakenintoconsiderationforthepurposesof
thecalculationarefixedinArticle5ofRegulationNo
225/67/EEC;whereasthevalueofthosequantitiesshould
bedetermined inaccordancewithArticle6ofthat
Regulation ;thatwhentheworldmarketpriceisbeingdetermined
accountshouldbetakenofalloffersontheworldmarket
knowntotheCommissionandofquotationsonthose
exchangeswhicharesignificantforinternationaltrade;
whereasArticle2ofRegulationNo225/67/EECprovides
thatoffersandquotationswhichdonotrelatetoship­
mentstobeeffectedwithin30daysfollowingthedateon
whichtheworldmarketpriceisdeterminedshouldbe
disregarded ;whereasoffersandquotationswhichthe
Commissionbelieves,inviewofgeneralpricemovements
orinformationavailabletoit,nottoberepresentative of
therealtrendofthemarketmustalsobedisregarded ;
Whereasoffersandquotationsrelatingtoquantitiesof
lessthan500tonnesandoffersrelatingtoseedofa
qualityotherthanthatnormallyacceptableontheworld
marketmustalsobedisregarded ;WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo115/67/EECprovides
that,wherenoofferorquotationcanbeusedasabasis
fordeterminingtheworldmarketpriceandwhereitis,
moreover,impossibletoestablishthevalueoftheoilor
oilcakeprocessedfromsuchseed,theworldmarketprice
shouldbedeterminedonthebasisofthemostrecent
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
andinsurancecostswhichtoitsknowledgearethe
lowest;whereas,finally,offersandquotationsfordelivery
cifRotterdamshouldbeincreasedbyECU0,242;Whereas,underArticle6ofRegulationNo115/67/EEC,
thepricedeterminedforcolza,rapeandsunflowerseeds
mustalsobeadjustedbyanamountnotexceedingthe
margin,ascalculatedinaccordancewiththatArticle,
wherethatmarginmayaffectthenormaldisposalofseeds
harvestedintheCommunity ;
WhereasArticle5ofRegulationNo115/67/EECprovides
thattheworldmarketpriceshouldbedeterminedfor
seedofthestandardqualityforwhichthetargetpricehas
beenfixed,deliveredinbulk;WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1594/83of14
June1983onthesubsidyforoilseeds('),aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No1321/90(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)No2964/91(4),provides
thatsuch'adjustmentshouldinvolveincreasingorredu­
cingtheamountofsubsidyapplicableonthedayon
whichtheapplicationwaslodgedbythecorrective
amountandthedifferencebetweenthetargetprices
mentionedinArticle35ofRegulation (EEC)No
2681/83;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;
(')OJNoL163,22.6.1983,p.44.0OJNoL132,23.5.1990,p.15.
(3)OJNoL266,28.9.1983,p.1.WhereasArticle2ofRegulationNo115/67/EECprovides
that,wherenoofferorquotationcanbeusedasabasis
fordeterminingtheworldmarketprice,thatpriceshould (4)OJNoL282,10.10.1991,p.15.

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WhereasRegulation(EEC)No59/92(')limitsthevalidity
ofthecertificateprovidedforinArticle4ofCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No1594/83to30June1992;
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;Article6(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1677/85(*),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2205/90(%
(b)forMemberStatesotherthanthosereferredtoin(a),
thedifferencebetween:
—theagriculturalconversionrate,and
—theaveragerateoftheecuaspublishedintheC
SeriesoftheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communitiesduringaperiodtobedetermined
multipliedbythefactorreferredtointhesecond
indentofpoint(a);
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,Whereastheaidforcolza,rapeorsunflowerseed
harvestedorprocessedinSpainorPortugalistobe
adjustedasprovidedforinCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
478/86(2);whereasthisaidis,forseedharvestedinthese
MemberStates,tobedeterminedinlinewiththeprovi­
sionsofArticles95(2)and(3)and293(2)and(3)ofthe
ActofAccession;
WhereasArticle33ofRegulation(EEC)No2681/83
providesforthepublicationoftheamountofthefinal
subsidyobtainedfromtheconversionintoeachofthe
nationalcurrenciesoftheamountinecusresultingfrom
thecalculationreferredtoaboveplusorminusthediffe­
rentialamount;whereasArticle1ofCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No1813/84(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1539/90(4),definedtheelementswhichdeter­
minethedifferentialamounts;whereastheseelements
areequaltotheincidenceonthetargetpricelesspercen­
tagereferredtoinArticle5,paragraph 1ofthesaidregu­
lationorthesubsidyofthecoefficientderivedfromthe
percentagereferredtoinArticle2(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1569/72;whereas,accordingtotheseprovisions,this
percentagerepresents :HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theamountsofthesubsidyandtheexchangerates
referredto:inArticle33(2)and(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No2681/83shallbeassetoutintheAnnexeshereto.(a)forthoseMemberStateswhosecurrenciesaremain­
tainedasbetweenthemselveswithinaspreadatany
givenmomentof2,25%,thedifferencebetween:
—theconversion rateusedunderthecommon
agriculturalpolicy,and
—theconversionrateresultingfromthecentralrate
multipliedbythecorrectingfactorreferredtoinArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon8February1992.
(»)OJNoL6,11.1.1992,p.15.
OOJNoL53,1.3.1986,p.55.0OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.41.
(4OJNoL145,8.6.1990,p.20.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.6.
(6)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,7February1992.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
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ANNEXI
Aidstocolzaandrapeseedotherthan'doublezero'
(amountsper100kg)
Current
21stperiod
32ndperiod
43rdperiod
54thperiod
6
1.Grossaids(ECU):
—Spain 17,535 17,993 18,271 18,579 17,009
—Portugal 26,615 27,073 27,351 27,659 26,089
—OtherMemberStates 17,535 17,993 18,271 18,579 17,009
2.Finalaids:
Seedharvestedandprocessedin:
—FederalRepublicofGermany(DM)41,28 42,36 43,01 43,74 40,04
—Netherlands (Fl) 46,51 47,73 48,46 49,28 45,12
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs) 851,43 873,67 887,17 902,13 825,89
—France(FF) 138,45 142,07 144,26 146,69 134,30
—Denmark(Dkr) 157,46 161,58 164,07 166,84 152,74
—Ireland(£Irl) 15,409 15,812 16,056 16,327 14,947
—UnitedKingdom(£) 13,670 14,038 14,260 14,507 13,227
—Italy(Lit) 30887 31694321833272629961
—Greece(Dr) 4167,014267,23 4300,53 4346,02 3911,52
—Spain(Pta) 2690,33 2758,70 2800,52,2845,18 2613,29
—Portugal(Esc) 5631,19 5725,47 5772,89 5827,715507,09
ANNEXII
Aidstocolzaandrapeseed'doublezero'
(amountsper100kg)
Current
21stperiod
32ndperiod
43rdperiod
54thperiod
6
1.Grossaids(ECU): '
—Spain 18,785 19,243 19,521 19,829 18,259
—Portugal 27,865 28,323 28,601 28,909 27,339
—OtherMemberStates 18,785 19,243 19,521 19,829 18,259
2.Finalaids:
Seedharvestedandprocessedin:
—FederalRepublicofGermany(DM)44,22 45,30 45,96 46,68 42,98
—Netherlands (Fl) 49,83 51,04 51,78 52,60 48,43
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs) 912,13 934,37 947,87 962,82 886,59
—France(FF) 148,32 151,94 154,13 156,56 144,17
—Denmark(Dkr) 168,69 172,80 175,30 178,06 163,96
—Ireland(£Irl) 16,508 16,910 17,155 17,425 16,046
—UnitedKingdom(£) 14,664 15,033 15,255 15,501 14,221
—Italy(Lit) 3308933896343853492832162
—Greece(Dr) 4482,17 4582,38 4615,68 4661,17 4226,67
—Spain(Pta) 2878,86 2947,24 2989,05 3033,72 2801,83
—Portugal(Esc) 5892,04 5986,31 6033,74 6088,55 5767,93

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ANNEXIII
Aidstosunflowerseed
(amountsper100kg)
l Current 1stperiod 2ndperiod 3rdperiod 4thperiod
I2 3 4 5 6
1.Grossaids(ECU):
—Spain 30,620 31,544 32,230 31,797 30,782
—Portugal 37,663 38,578 39,259 38,837 37,837
—OtherMemberStates 19,233 20,148 20,829 20,407 19,407
2.Finalaids:
(a)Seedharvestedandprocessedin:
—FederalRepublicofGermany
(DM) 45,28 47,43 49,04 48,04 45,69
.—Netherlands (Fl) 51,02 53,44 55,25 54,13 51,48
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs) 933,88 978,31 1011,38 990,89 942,33
—France(FF) 151,86 159,08 164,46 161,13 153,23
—Denmark(Dkr) 172,71 180,93 187,04 183,25 174,27
—Ireland(£Irl) 16,901 17,706 18,304 17,933 17,054
—UnitedKingdom(£) 14,986 15,726 16,275 15,926 15,110
—Italy(Lit) 33878 35490 36689 35946 34184
—Greece(Dr) 4563,35 4784,34 4923,50 4763,40 4486,65
—Portugal(Esc) 7939,90 8127,07 8256,64 8162,74 7958,52
(b)SeedharvestedinSpainand
processed:
—inSpain(Pta) 4665,67 4802,93 4905,13 4840,49 4690,60
—inanotherMemberState(Pta)4711,89 4847,86 4949,30 4886,35 4738,65
ANNEXIV
Exchangerateoftheecutobeusedforconvertingfinalaidsintothecurrencyoftheprocessing
countrywhenthelatterisacountryotherthanthecountryofproduction
(valueofECU1)
Current
21stperiod
32ndperiod
43rdperiod
54thperiod
6
DM 2,042950 2,041800 2,040570 2,039530 2,039530
Fl 2,299710 2,298490 2,297200 2,296140 2,296140
Bfrs/Lfrs 42,115100 42,085500 42,057900 42,038200 42,038200
FF 6,960370 6,958570 6,957140 6,955860 6,955860
Dkr 7,916300 7,914490 7,912880 7,910990 7,910990
£Irl 0,766797 0,766451 0,765432 0,764839 0,764839
£ 0,711092 0,711192 0,711334 0,711368 0,711368
Lit 1535,40 1537,34 1539,23 1540,77 1540,77
Dr 236,29700 238,77700 241,32400 243,62000 243,62000
Esc 176,09000 176,94000 177,66400 178,27700 178,27700
Pta 128,61000 128,84500 129,10700 129,35100 129,35100