1.3.86 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL55/61
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No552/86
of28February1986
fixingtheamountofthesubsidyonoilseeds
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats(')aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No3768/85(2)andin
particularArticle27(4)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1678/85(3)fixingtheconversionratestobeappliedin
agriculture,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
3772/85(4),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1569/72
of20July1972layingdownspecialmeasuresforcolza,
rapeandsunflowerseed(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1474/84(*),andinparticularArticle2(3)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
WhereasArticle27ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthatasubsidyshouldbegrantedinrespectofoil
seedsharvestedandprocessedwithintheCommunity
whenthetargetpriceforaspeciesofseedishigherthan
thepriceontheworldmarket;whereastheseprovisions
atpresentapplyonlyinrespectofcolza,rapeand
sunflowerseeds;
Whereasthesubsidyonoilseedsshould,theoretically ,be
equaltothedifferencebetweenthosetwoprices;
Whereasthetargetpriceandthemonthlyincrementsin
thetargetpriceofsunflowerseedforthe1985/86marke­
tingyearhavebeenfixedinRegulations (EEC)No
1489/85Q,and(EEC)No1490/85(8);whereasthetarget
priceforcolza,rapeandsunflowerseedapplicationin
SpainandinPortugalwassetbyRegulation(EEC)No
454/860;
Whereas,intheabsenceofthetargetpriceforthe
1985/86marketingyearforcolza,rapeandsunflowerseedandintheabsenceoftheamountofthemonthlyincrease
forApril,May,andJune1986forcolzaandrapeseed,the
amountofthesubsidyinthecaseofadvancefixingfor
March,April,MayandJune1986forcolzaandrapeseed
hasbeenobtainableonlyprovisionallyonthebasisofthe
targetpriceandthemonthlyincreaseaslastproposedby
theCommissiontotheCouncilforthemarketingyear
1985/86;whereasthisamountmay,therefore,beapplied
onatemporarybasisandshouldbeconfirmedorreplaced
whenthetargetpriceforthe1985/86marketingyearis
known;
Whereas,intheabsenceofthetargetpriceforthe
1986/87marketingyearforcolza,rapeandsunflower
seed,inthecaseofadvancefixingforJulyandAugust
1986forcolzaandrapeseedandforAugust1986for
sunflowerseed,theamountofthesubsidyonthese
productshasbeenobtainableonlyonthebasisofthe
targetpriceandthemonthlyincreaseproposedbythe
Commission totheCouncilforthemarketingyear
1986/87;whereasthisamountmay,therefore,beapplied
onatemporarybasisandshouldbeconfirmedorreplaced
whenthetargetpriceforthe1986/87marketingyearis
known;
WhereasArticle29ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthattheworldmarketprice,calculatedfora
Communityfrontiercrossingpoint,istobedetermined
onthebasisofthemostfavourablepurchasingopportuni­
ties,quotationsbeingadjustedwherenecessarytotake
accountofquotationsforcompetingproducts;
WhereasArticle4ofCouncilRegulationNo115/67/EEC
of6June1967layingdowncriteriafordetermining
worldmarketpricesforoilseedsandfixingthefrontier
crossingpoint(10),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1983/82(n),fixedthesaidcrossingpointat
Rotterdam ;whereasArticle1ofthatRegulationprovides
thatwhentheworldmarketpriceisbeingdetermined
accountshouldbetakenofalloffersontheworldmarket
knowntotheCommissionandofquotationsonthose
exchangeswhicharesignificantforinternationaltrade;
whereasArticle2ofCommissionRegulationNo225/
67/EECof28June1967ondetailedrulesfordetermi­
ningtheworldmarketpriceforoilseeds(12),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1971/85(13),provides
thatoffersandquotationswhichdonotrelatetoship­
mentstobeeffectedwithin30daysfollowingthedateon
whichtheworldmarketpriceisdeterminedshouldbe
disregarded ;whereasoffersandquotationswhichthe
Commissionbelieves,inviewofgeneralpricemovements(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/86.
(2)OJNoL362,31.12.1985,p.8.
(3)OJNoL132,21.5.1983,p.33.
(«)OJNoL137,27.5.1985,p.1.0OJNoL167,25.7.1972,p.9.
(«)OJNoL143,30.5.1984,p.4.0OJNoL151,10.6.1985,p.13.
(8)OJNoL151,10.6.1985,p.14.f)OJNoL53,1.3.1986.(">)OJNo111,10.6.1967,p.2196/67.
finOTNnI.21523.7.1982.o.6.
(12)OJNo136,30.6.1967,p.2919/67.
C3)OJNoL185,18.7.1985,p.15.

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fordeterminingtheworldmarketpriceandwhereitis,
moreover,impossibleto.establishthevalueoftheoilor
oilcakeprocessedfromsuchseed,theworldmarketprice
shouldbedeterminedonthebasisofthemostrecent
knownvalueforoiloroilcake,adjustedtotakeaccount
ofthetrendofworldpricesforcompetingproductsby
applyingtothatvaluetherulessetoutinArticle2of
RegulationNo115/67/EEC;whereasArticle7ofRegula­
tionNo225/67/EECdefinescompetingproductsasthose
oilsoroilcakes,asthecasemaybe,whichappeartohave
beenofferedinthelargestquantitiesontheworldmarket
duringtheperiodunderconsideration ;
Whereas,underArticle6ofRegulationNo115/67/EEC,
thepricedeterminedforcolza,rapeandsunflowerseeds
mustalsobeadjustedbyanamountnotexceedingthe
margin,ascalculatedinaccordancewiththatArticle,
wherethatmarginmayaffectthenormaldisposalofseeds
harvestedintheCommunity ;
Whereasthefactorstobetakenintoconsideration forthe
purposeofdeterminingthatmarginaredefinedinArticle
8ofRegulationNo225/67/EEC;whereasnoadjustment
shouldbemadewherethemarginisfoundtobelessthan
0,604ECU;orinformationavailabletoit,nottoberepresentative of
therealtrendofthemarketmustalsobedisregarded ;
whereasoffersandquotationsrelatingtoquantitiesofless
than500tonnesandoffersrelatingtoseedofaquality
otherthanthatnormallyacceptableontheworldmarket
mustalsobedisregarded ;
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
cifRotterdamshouldbeincreasedby0,242ECU;
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;
WhereasArticle2ofRegulationNo115/67/EECprovides
that,wherenoofferorquotationcanbeusedasabasis
fordeterminingtheworldmarketprice,thatpriceshould
bedeterminedonthebasisofthevalueoftheaverage
quantitiesofoilandoilcakeresultingfromtheproces­
singof100kilogramsofseedwithintheCommunityless
anamountcorresponding tothecostofprocessingthese
seedsintooilandoilcake;whereasthequantitiesand
coststobetakenintoconsideration forthepurposesof
thecalculationarefixedinArticle5ofRegulationNo
225/67/EEC;whereasthevalueofthosequantitiesshould
bedeterminedinaccordancewithArticle6ofthatRegu­
lation;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo115/67/EECprovides
that,wherenoofferorquotationcanbeusedasabasisWhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1594/83of14
June1983onthesubsidyforoilseeds(')laiddownrules
forgrantingthesubsidyonoilseeds;whereas,underthat
Regulation,wherethesubsidytobegrantedisfixedin
advance,theamountofsuchsubsidymustbeequaltothe
amountapplicableonthedayonwhichtheapplication
foradvancefixingwaslodged,adjustedbythedifference
betweenthetargetpricevalidonthatdayandthetarget
pricevalidonthedayonwhichtheseedsareplaced
undercontrolatanoilorfeedmilland,whereappro­
priate,acorrectiveamount;whereasArticle35of
Commission Regulation (EEC)No2681/83of21
September1983layingdowndetailedrulesfortheappli­
cationofthesubsidysystemforoilseeds(2),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3818/85(3),provides
thatsuchadjustmentshouldinvolveincreasingorredu­
cingtheamountofsubsidyapplicableonthedayon
whichtheapplicationwaslodgedbythecorrective
amountandthedifferencebetweenthetargetprices
mentionedinArticle35ofRegulation (EEC)No
2681/83:
WhereasArticle37ofRegulation(EEC)No2681/83
providesthatthecorrectiveamountmustbeequaltothe
differencebetweentheworldmarketpriceforcolza,rape
andsunflowerseedsandtheforwardpriceforthoseseeds
validforashipmenteffectedduringthemonthinwhich
theseedswereplacedundercontrolatanoilmill,those
pricesbeingdeterminedinaccordancewithArticles1,4
(')OJNoL163,22.6.1983,p.44.
0OJNoL266,28.9.1983,p.1.
(3OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.20.

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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
theamountofthesubsidyinECUandtheamountofthe
subsidyineachofthenationalcurrenciesmustbefixed
inaccordancewiththeAnnextothisRegulation;
whereas,pursuanttothesameArticle,thespotand
forwardexchangeratesfortheECUinnationalcurrencies
determinedinaccordancewithArticle4ofRegulation
(EEC)No1813/84mustalsobepublished,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :and5ofRegulationNo115/67/EEC;whereas,ifnooffer
andnopricecanbeusedforsuchdetermination ,the
methodofcalculationprovidedforinArticle37ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No2681/83shouldbeused;whereasthe
abovementioned differencemaybeadjustedinaccordance
withArticle38ofRegulation(EEC)No2681/83,account
beingtakenofthepricesofthemaincompetingcereals;
Whereastheaidforcolza,rapeorsunflowerseed
harvestedorprocessedinSpainorPortugalistobe
advisedasprovidedforinCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
478/86(');whereaspursuanttoArticle95(2)and293(2)
oftheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugalthisaidis
tobeintroducedatthebeginningofthe1986/87marke­
tingyearforseedharvestedinthesetwoMemberStates;
WhereasArticle33ofRegulation(EEC)No2681/83
providesforthepublicationoftheamountofthefinal
subsidyobtainedfromtheconversionintoeachofthe
nationalcurrenciesoftheamountinECUresultingfrom
thecalculationreferredtoaboveplusorminusthediffe­
rentialamount;whereasArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)
No1813/84(2)definedtheelementswhichdeterminethe
differentialamounts;whereastheseelementsareequalto
theincidenceonthetargetpriceorthesubsidyofthe
coefficientderivedfromthepercentagereferredtoin
Article2(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1569/72;whereas,
accordingtotheseprovisions,thispercentagerepresents :
(a)forthoseMemberStateswhosecurrenciesaremain­
tainedasbetweenthemselveswithinaspreadatany
givenmomentof2,25%,thedifferencebetween:
—theconversionrateusedunderthecommonagri­
culturalpolicy,and
—theconversionrateresultingfromthecentralrate,
(b)forItaly,theUnitedKingdomandGreece,thediffe­
rencebetween :
—therelationshipbetweentheconversionrateused
underthecommonagriculturalpolicyforthe
currencyoftheMemberStateconcernedandthe
centralrateofeachofthecurrenciesofthe
MemberStatesreferredtoin(a),and
—thespotmarketrateforthecurrencyofthe
MemberStateinquestioninrelationtoeachof
thecurrenciesoftheMemberStatesreferredtoin
(a),asrecordedoveraperiodtobedetermined;
Whereas,however,pursuanttoArticle2aofRegulation
(EEC)No1569/72,themonetarydisparityforthemarke­
tingyears1984/85to1986/87willbecalculatedbya
methodwhichtakesintoaccountacoefficientappliedto
theconversionrateresultingfromthecentralrate;
whereasRegulation(EEC)No2679/85(3)fixedthecoeffi­
cient;Article1
1.Theamountsofthesubsidyandtheexchangerates
referredtoinArticle33(2)and(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No2681/83shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
2.Theamountofthesubsidyinthecaseofadvance
fixingforMarch,April,MayandJune1986forcolzaand
rapeseedwill,however,beconfirmedorreplacedasfrom
1March1986totakeintoaccountthetargetpricewhich
isfixedfortheseproductsforthe1985/86marketingyear,
andtheamountofthemonthlyincreaseforApril,May
andJune1986forcolzaandrapeseed.
3.Theamountofthesubsidyinthecaseofadvance
fixingforJulyandAugust1986forcolzaandrapeseed
andforAugust1986forsunflowerseedwillhoweverbe
confirmedorreplacedasfrom1March1986totakeinto
accountthetargetpricewhichisfixedfortheseproducts
forthe1986/87marketingyear.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1March1986.(')OJNoL53,1.3.1986.
(*)NoL170,29.6.1984,p.41.
(3)OJNoL254,25.9.1985,p.14.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28February1986.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President

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ANNEXI
Aidstocolzaandrapeseed
(amountsper100kilograms)
Current
month(')2ndmonth(')3rdmonth(')4thmonth(')5thmonth(2)6thmonth(*)
1.Grossaids(ECU)\\I
—Spain'—— — — 0,613 0,613
—Portugal— — ——, 0,000 0,000
—OtherMemberStates 32,868 27,976 27,976 28,693 24,419 24,419
2.Finalaids
(a)Seedharvestedandprocessedin:
—FederalRepublicofGermany
(DM)
—Netherlands (Fl)
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs)
—France(FF)
—Denmark(Dkr)
—Ireland(£Irl)
—UnitedKingdom(£)
—Italy(Lit)
—Greece(Dr)
(b)SeedharvestedinSpainand
processed :
—inSpain(Pta)
—inPortugal(Pta)
—inaMemberStatelistedat(a)
(Pta)
(c)SeedharvestedinPortugaland
processed :
—inSpain(Esc)
—inPortugal(Esc)
—inaMemberStatelistedat(a)
(Esc)79,56
89,65
1525,46
228,30
276,58
24,655
19,164
47398
2716,6868,26
76,91
1298,42
193,48
235,42
20,985
15,769
39732
2012,1668,28
76,91
1298,42
193,14
235,42
20,982
15,769
39555
2012,1670,08
78,93
1330,84
197,62
241,45
21,311
16,262
40514
2112,5459,89
67,46
1132,47
167,68
205,49
18,104
13,610
34169
1670,83
97,00
2733,75
2733,75
3521,15
0,00
3521,1560,32
67,88
1126,02
165,46
205,03
18,000
13,461
33570
1670,83
11,08
2686,84
2686,84
3405,24
0,00
3405,24
(d)SeedharvestedinaMemberState
listedat(a)andprocessed :
—inSpain
—inPortugalTheamountsgivenat(a)remainunchanged
Theamountsgivenat(a)remainunchanged
(>)OnthebasisoftheCommission'sproposalconcerningtheindicativepriceforthe1985/86marketingyearandsubjecttoconfirmationbythe
Council'sdecision.
(*)ContingentontheCouncil'sdecisiononpricesandrelatedmattersforthe1986/87marketingyear.

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ANNEXII
Aidstosunflowerseed
(amountsper100kilograms)
Current
month2ndmonth 3rdmonth 4thmonth 5thmonth
1.Grossaids(ECU)
—Spain— — —
—Portugal— — — —
—OtherMemberStates 39,689 38,926 38,926 41,648 41,389
2.FinalaidsIIIIIIIlIl
(a)Seedharvestedandprocessedin:l
—FederalRepublicofGermany
(DM) 96,11 94,35 94,37 100,79 100,19
—Netherlands (Fl) 108,30 106,31 106,31 113,54 112,87
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs) 1842,04 1806,63 1806,63 1932,20 1920,17
—France(FF) 275,62 270,19 269,86 288,69 286,84
—Denmark(Dkr) 333,98 327,56 327,56 350,47 348,29
—Ireland(£Irl) 29,771 29,199 29,195 31,053 30,856
—UnitedKingdom(£) 23,100 22,576 22,576 24,446 24,268
—Italy(Lit) 57189 55997 55824 59941 59534
—Greece(Dr) 3257,74 3150,91 3150,91 3532,03 3495,76
(b)SeedharvestedinSpainand
processed :l
—inSpain(Pta)— — — — —
—inPortugal(Pta)— — — — —
—inaMemberStatelistedat(a)
(Pta)— — — —
(c)SeedharvestedinPortugaland
processed :l
—inSpain(Esc)— — — — —
—inPortugal(Esc)— — — — —
—inaMemberStatelistedat(a)
(Esc)— — — — —
(d)SeedharvestedinaMemberState
listedat(a)andprocessed :
—inSpain Theamountsgivenat(a)aretobemultipliedby1,037269
—inPortugal Theamountsgivenat(a)remainunchangedI
ANNEXIII
ExchangerateoftheECUtobeusedforconvertingfinalaidsintothecurrencyofthe
processingcountrywhenthelatterisacountryotherthanthecountryofproduction
(valueof1ECU)
Current
month2stmonth 3rdmonth 4ndmonth 5thmonth 6thmonth
DM 2,163730 2,155740 2,144780 2,135660 2,135660 2,114240
Fl 2,443920 2,437280 2,427690 2,420030 2,420030 2,402680
Bfrs/Lfrs 44,342900 44,374300 44,379100 44,409200 44,409200 44,437800
FF 6,650230 6,665480 6,702200 6,731600 6,731600 6,785560
Dkr 7,989740 7,979560 7,964750 7,954000 7,954000 7,941980
£Irl 0,715512 0,720067 0,724915 0,728451 0,728451 0,733135
£ 0,646257 0,647847 0,649025 0,650371 0,650371 0,655218
Lit 1472,19 1482,06 1494,23 1503,18 1503,18 1528,59
Dr 133,602200 133,534600 133,357000 133,262900 133,262900 133,121600
Pta 136,370304 136,928678 137,018840 137,774125 137,774125 139,066863
Esc 141,902080 145,750272 147,687848 149,384976 149,384976 154,359439