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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1901/91
of28June1991
fixingtheexportrefundsonoilseeds
guaranteedquantityarrangements forthe1991/92
marketingyear,therateoftherefundforthismarketing
yearhasonlybeenabletobecalculatedprovisionallyon
thebasisoftheabatementapplicableforthe1990/91
marketingyear;whereasthisamoiintshouldtherefore
onlybeappliedprovisionallyandshouldbeconfirmedor
replacedoncetheconsequencesofthemaximumguaran­
teedquantityarrangements areknown;
WhereasArticle27a(3)ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthattheadjustmentoftheamountofaidfor
rapeseedproducedinSpainforthe1991/92marketing
yearshallbefixedsothattheadjustedtargetpriceisthe
sameinSpainasintheCommunityasconstitutedat31
December1985;
WhereasArticle28ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthatarefundmaybegrantedonexportstothird
countriesofoilseedsharvestedwithintheCommunity ;
whereastheamountofthisrefundmaynotexceedthe
differencebetweenpriceswithintheCommunityand
pricesontheworldmarketwheretheformerarehigher
thanthelatter;whereasArticle21ofRegulationNo
136/66/EECprovidesthat,atpresent,Article28ofthat
Regulationappliesonlytocolza,rapeandsunflower
seeds:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1720/91(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo142/67/EECof
21June1967onexportrefundsoncolza,rapeand
sunflowerseeds(3),aslastamendedbytheActofAcces­
sionofGreece,andinparticularthefirstsentenceof
Article2(3)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1678/85
of11June1985fixingtheconversionratestobeapplied
inagriculture(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1842/910,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1569/72
of20July1972layingdownspecialmeasuresforcolza,
rapeandsunflowerseed(6),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2206/90Q,andinparticularArticle2(3)
thereof,
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
2041/75of25July1975onspecialdetailedrulesforthe
applicationofthesystemofimportandexportlicences
andadvancefixingcertificatesforoilsandfats(8),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No557/91(9),andinparti­
cularArticle13thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
Whereasthetargetpriceandthemonthlyincreasesinthe
targetpriceforcolza,rapeandsunflowerseedforthe
1991/92marketingyearwerefixedbyRegulations (EEC)
No1722/91(10)and(EEC)No1723/91(»);
Whereas,owingtothelackofanadjustmentintherateof
refundforcolzaandraperesultingfromthemaximum/
Whereastherefundforcolzaandrapeseedsproducedin
SpainorPortugalisadjustedinaccordancewithCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No478/86(l2);
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(13);')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
2)OJNoL162,26.6.1991,p.27.
3)OJNo125,26:6.1967,p.2461/67.
4)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.11.
<)OJNoL172,1.7.1991,p.53.
<)OJNoL167,25.7.1972,p.9.
^OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.11.
")OJNoL213,11.8.1975,p.1.
9)OJNoL62,8.3.1991,p.23.
,0)OJNoL162,26.6.1991,p.31.
")OJNoL162,26.6.1991,p.33.(|2)OJNoL53,1.3.1986,p.55.
(13)OJNoL237,1.9.1990,p.7.

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—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;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforOilsandFats,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);
WhereasArticle2ofRegulationNo142/67/EECprovides
thattherefuhdmaybevariedaccordingtodestination
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:
(a)forthoseMemberStateswhosecurrenciesaremain­
tainedasbetweenthemselveswithinaspreadatany
givenmomentof2,25%,thedifferencebetween:
—theconversionrateusedunderthecommonagri­
culturalpolicy,and
—theconversionrateresultingfromthecentralrate
ofthecorrectingfactorreferredtoinArticle6(1)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1677/85(6),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2205/90Q.
(b)InthecaseofMemberStatesotherthanthosereferred
toin(a),thedifferencebetween:HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
(l)OJNoL75,30.3.1971,p.16.
(2)OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.46.0OJNoL113,28.4.1984,p.8.1.Inthecaseofcolzaandrapeseed,theamountsof>
therefundreferredtoinArticle4(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No651/71shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
2.Thereshallbenorefundonsunflowerseed.(4)OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.41.
(5)OJNoL145,8.6.1990,p.20.
(6)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.6.
0OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.

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3.Certificatesfixingtheexportrefundinadvanceshall
bevalidfromtheirdateofissueuntiltheendofthefol­
lowingmonth.
4.However,theamountoftherefundforthe1991/92
marketingyearforcolzaandrapeshallbeconfirmedorreplacedwitheffectfrom1July1991totakeaccountof
theconsequences ofthemaximumguaranteedquantity
arrangements forthe1991/92marketingyear.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1991.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28June1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommission Regulationof28June1991fixingtheexportrefundsonoil
seeds
(amountsper100kilograms)
Current
7(')1stperiod
8(')2ndperiod
93rdperiod
104thperiod
115thperiod
12
1.Grossrefunds(ECU):
—Spain
—Portugal
—otherMemberStates4,000
10,970
4,0004,000
10,970
4,000— —— —
2.Finalrefunds:I
Seedsharvestedandexportedfrom:
—FederalRepublicofGermany(DM)
—Netherlands (Fl)
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs)
—France(FF)
—Denmark(Dkr)
—Ireland(£Irl)
—UnitedKingdom(£)
—Italy(Lit)
—Greece(Dr)9,42
10,61
194,23
31,58
35,92
3,515
2,983
7046
870,219,42
10,61
194,23
31,58
35,92
3,515
2,983
7046
851,91—
— —
—
—Spain(Pta) 694,81 694,81— — — —
—Portugal(Esc) 2376,66 2376,66— — — —
(')Amountfixedprovisionally ,pendingandsubjecttotheapplicationofthemaximumguaranteedquantityarrangementsforthe1991/92marketingyear,
conformingtotheadjustmentresultingfromthemaximumguaranteedquantityarrangementsappliedforthe1990/91marketingyear.