NoL246/74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.9.79
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2138/79
of28September1979
fixingtheaidforcastorseeds
Whereasoffersandpriceswhichdonotsatisfythese
conditionsmustbeadjustedinaccordancewith
Article2ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
2081/79;
WhereasArticle2ofRegulation(EEC)No1853/78
providesthatwherenoofferorpricecanbeusedto
determinetheworldmarketpriceofcastorseedit
shallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheoffersand
pricesontheworldorCommunitymarketsforcastor
oilandoil-cake;whereasforthispurposethevalueof
theaveragequantitiesofoilandoil-cakeobtainedin
theCommunityfromprocessing100kgofcastorseed
lesstheamountofthecostofprocessingtheseedinto
oilandoil-cakeshallbeused;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)No1853/78
providesthatwherenoofferorpricecanbeusedto
determinetheworldmarketpriceforcastorseedand,
further,itisimpossibletoestablishthevalueofthe
oil-cakeoroilprocessedfromsuchseed,theworld
marketpriceshallbeequaltotheguidepricefor
castorseed;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2874/77of19December1977layingdownspecial
measuresinrespectofcastorseeds(*),andinparti­
cularArticle2(5)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee,
WhereasArticle2(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No2874/77
specifiesthataidshallbegrantedinrespectofcastor
seedswhentheguidepriceforamarketingyearis
higherthantheworldmarketprice;whereasthisaid
istobeequal*tothedifferencebetweenthesetwo
prices;
WhereastheguidepricehasbeenfixedbyCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No1608/79of24July1979fixing
theguidepriceforcastorseedforthe1979/80
marketingyear(2);
Whereastheworldmarketpriceisdeterminedfor
seedinbulkdeliveredtoRotterdamofthestandard
qualityforwhichtheguidepricewasfixed;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1853/78of25
July1978adoptinggeneralrulesinconnectionwith
specialmeasuresforcastorseeds(3)providesthatthe
worldmarketpriceshallbedeterminedonthebasis
oftheactualmostfavourablepurchasingpossibilities
disregardingoffersandpriceswhichcannotbeconsid­
eredasrepresentative oftheactualmarkettrend;
Whereasindeterminingtheworldmarketprice
accountistobetakenonlyoftheoffersmadeonthe
worldmarketfordeliveryduringthemostrepresenta­
tiveperiodforthesaleofseedofCommunityorigin
andofthepricesquotedfordeliveryduringthesame
periodonthemajorinternationalexchanges;whereas
themostrepresentativeperiodforthesaleofseedof
CommunityoriginhasbeenfixedbyCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2081/79of26September1979
layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthe
specialmeasuresforcastorseeds(4);Whereasinordertopermittheaidsystemtofunction
smoothlythefollowingconversionratesshouldbe
used:
—forcurrenciestheexchangeratesforwhichare
keptatanygivenmomentwithinamaximum
spreadof2-25%,aconversionratecalculated
fromtheiractualparity,
—fortheothercurrenciesaconversionratecalcu­
latedfromthearithmeticalmeanofthespot
marketratesofeachofthesecurrencies,recorded
overagivenperiod,againsttheCommunity
currenciesindicatedintheprecedingindent;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No652/79of29
March1979(5)laiddownthecoefficientfor
expressingamounts,fixedinunitsofaccount,in
ECU;
Whereastheaidmustbefixedonceamonth,andin
suchawaythatitcanbeappliedfromthefirstdayof
themonthfollowingthedateoffixing;whereasit
maybealteredbetweenfixing;(i)OJNoL332,24.12.1977,p.1.
(2)OJNoL190,28.7.1979,p.1.$OJNoL212,2.8.1978,p.1.
4OJNoL244,27.9.1979,p.11. (5)OJNoL84,4.4.1979,p.1.

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Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1October
1979.WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforOilsandFats,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheaidreferredtoinArticle2ofRegulation(EEC)
No2874/77shallbe12.976ECUper100kilograms.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28September1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President