1.11.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL299/41
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3398/88
of31October1988
fixingtheamountofthesubsidyonoilseeds
Whereastheabatementofthesubsidyforcolza,rapeand
sunflowerseedwhicharisesfromthesystemofmaximum
guaranteedquantitiesforthe1988/89marketingyearhas
beenfixedbyCommissionRegulations (EEC)No
2761/88(s)and(EEC)No3042/88(10);
Whereasthestandardqualityforsunflowerseedhasbeen
maintainedbytheCouncilforthe1988/89marketing
year;whereasthecoefficientsofequivalenceappliedto
thepricesofsunflowerseedfromthirdcountrieshave
beenfixedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2869/87
(");
WhereasArticle29ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthattheworldmarketprice,calculatedfora
Communityfrontiercrossingpoint,istobedetermined
onthebasisofthemostfavourablepurchasingopportuni­
ties,quotationsbeingadjustedwherenecessarytotake
accountofquotationsforcompetingproducts;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2210/88(2),andin
particularArticle27(4)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1678/85(3)fixingtheconversionratestobeappliedin
agriculture,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
3355/88(4),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1569/72
of20July1972layingdownspecialmeasuresforcolza,
rapeandsunflowerseed0,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No22167880,andinparticularArticle2(3)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
WhereasArticle27ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthatasubsidyshouldbegrantedinrespectofoil
seedsharvestedandprocessedwithintheCommunity
whenthetargetpriceforaspeciesofseedishigherthan
thepriceontheworldmarket;whereastheseprovisions
atpresentapplyonlyinrespectofcolza,rapeand
sunflowerseeds;
Whereasthesubsidyonoilseedsshould,theoretically ,be
equaltothedifferencebetweenthosetwoprices;
Whereasthetargetpriceandthemonthlyincreasesinthe
targetpriceforcolza,rapeandsunflowerseedforthe
1988/89marketingyearwerefixedbyRegulations (EEC)
No2213/880and(EEQNo2214/88(8);
Whereasasupplementtothetargetpricefor'doublezero'
colzaandrapeseedwasfixedinRegulation(EEC)No
2213/88;WhereasArticle4ofCouncilRegulationNo115/67/EEC
of6June1967layingdowncriteriafordetermining
worldmarketpricesforoilseedsandfixingthefrontier
crossingpoint(l2),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1983/82(13),fixedthesaidcrossingpointat
Rotterdam;whereasArticle1ofthatRegulationprovides
thatwhentheworldmarketpriceisbeingdetermined
accountshouldbetakenofalloffersontheworldmarket
knowntotheCommissionandofquotationsonthose
exchangeswhicharesignificantforinternationaltrade;
whereasArticle2ofCommissionRegulationNo225/
67/EECof28June1967ondetailedrulesfordetermi­
ningtheworldmarketpriceforoilseeds(H),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2869/87,providesthat
offersandquotationswhichdonotrelatetoshipmentsto
beeffectedwithin30daysfollowingthedateonwhich
theworldmarketpriceisdeterminedshouldbedisre­
garded;whereasoffersandquotationswhichthe
Commissionbelieves,inviewofgeneralpricemovements
orinformationavailabletoit,nottoberepresentative of
therealtrendofthemarketmustalsobedisregarded ;
whereasoffersandquotationsrelatingtoquantitiesofless
than500tonnesandoffersrelatingtoseedofaquality
otherthanthatnormallyacceptableontheworldmarket
mustalsobedisregarded ;0OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL197,26.7.1988,p.1.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.11.
(4)OJNoL296,29.10.1988,p.17.0OJNoL167,25.7.1972,p.9.
(«)OJNoL197,26.7.1988,p.10.0OJNoL197,26.7.1988,p.6.
(8)OJNoL197,26.7.1988,p.8.(9)OJNoL247,6.9.1988,p.7.HOJNoL271,1.10.1988,p.104.
(")OJNoL273,26.9.1987,p.16.
(I3)OJNoL215,23.7.1982,p.6.(I2)OJNo111,10.6.1967,p.2196/67.
(H)OJNo136,30.6.1967,p.2919/67.

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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
cifRotterdamshouldbeincreasedby0,242ECU;
Whereas,underArticle6ofRegulationNo115/67/EEC,
thepricedeterminedforcolza,rapeandsunflowerseeds
mustalsobeadjustedbyanamountnotexceedingthe
margin,ascalculatedinaccordancewiththatArticle,
wherethatmarginmayaffectthenormaldisposalofseeds
harvestedintheCommunity ;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
questionandpricesforthequafitieslistedinthatAnnex,
andofthecharacteristics ofthesevariousseeds;WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1594/83of14
June1983onthesubsidyforoilseeds('),aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No2215/88(2),laiddownrulesfor
grantingthesubsidyonoilseeds;whereas,underthat
Regulation,wherethesubsidytobegrantedisfixedin
advance,theamountofsuchsubsidymustbeequaltothe
amountapplicableonthedayonwhichtheapplication
foradvancefixingwaslodged,adjustedbythedifference
betweenthetargetpricevalidonthatdayandthetarget
pricevalidonthedayonwhichtheseedsareplaced
undercontrolatanoilorfeedmilland,whereappro­
priate,acorrectiveamount;whereasArticle35of
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No2681/83of21
September1983layingdowndetailedrulesfortheappli­
cationofthesubsidysystemforoilseeds(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3378/88(4),provides
thatsuchadjustmentshouldinvolveincreasingorredu­
cingtheamountofsubsidyapplicableonthedayon
whichtheapplicationwaslodgedbythecorrective
amountandthedifferencebetweenthetargetprices
mentionedinArticle35ofRegulation (EEC)No
2681/83:WhereasArticle2ofRegulationNo115/67/EECprovides
that,wherenoofferorquotationcanbeusedasabasis
fordeterminingtheworldmarketprice,thatpriceshould
bedeterminedonthebasisofthevalueoftheaverage
quantitiesofoilandoilcakeresultingfromtheproces­
singof100kilogramsofseedwithintheCommunityless
anamountcorresponding tothecostofprocessingthese
seedsintooilandoilcake;whereasthequantitiesand
coststobetakenintoconsideration forthepurposesof
thecalculationarefixedinArticle5ofRegulationNo
225/67/EEC;whereasthevalueofthosequantitiesshould
bedeterminedinaccordancewithArticle6ofthat
Regulation ;WhereasArticle37ofRegulation(EEC)No2681/83
providesthatthecorrective ^amountmustbeequaltothe
differencebetweentheworldmarketpriceforcolza,rape
andsunflowerseedsandtheforwardpriceforthoseseeds
validforashipmenteffectedduringthemonthinwhich
(')OJNoL163,22.6.1983,p.44.
(*)OJNoL197,26.7.1988,p.9.
(3)OJNoL266,28.9.1983,p.1.0OJNoL296,29.10.1988,p.71.WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo115/67/EECprovides
that,wherenoofferorquotationcanbeusedasabasis

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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;
Whereastheaidforcolza,rapeorsunflowerseed
harvestedorprocessedinSpainorPortugalistobe
advisedas(providedforinCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
478/86(');whereaspursuanttoArticle95(2)and293(2)
oftheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugalthisaidis
tobeintroducedatthebeginningofthe1986/87marke­
tingyearforseedharvestedinthesetwoMemberStates;—theconversionrateresultingfromthecentralrate,
(b)fortheotherMemberStates,thedifferencebetween:
—therelationshipbetweentheconversionrateused
underthecommonagriculturalpolicyforthe
currencyoftheMemberStateconcernedandthe
centralrateofeachofthecurrenciesofthe
MemberStatesreferredtoin(a),and
—thespotmarketrateforthe.currencyofthe
MemberStateinquestioninrelationtoeachof
thecurrenciesoftheMemberStatesreferredtoin
(a),asrecordedoveraperiodtobedetermined ;
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,Whereas,inArticle14ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
475/76of25February1986layingdowngeneralrulesfor
themechanismforcontrollingthepricesandthequanti­
tiesofcertainproductsintheoilsandfatssectorreleased
forconsumptioninSpain(2),asamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1930/88(3),provisionismadeforthegranting
ofcompensatory aid,subjecttocertainconditions ;
whereascompensatory aidshouldbefixedforsunflower
seedsharvestedinSpain;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1920/87(4),
providesforthegrantingofaspecialsubsidyfor
sunflowerseedharvestedandprocessedinPortugal;
whereastheamountofthissubsidyshouldbefixed;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :WhereasArticle33ofRegulation(EEC)No2681/83
providesforthepublicationoftheamountofthefinal
subsidyobtainedfromtheconversionintoeachofthe
national,currenciesoftheamountinECUresultingfrom
thecalculationreferredtoaboveplusorminusthediffe­
rentialamount;whereasArticle1ofCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No1813/84(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2138/87(6),definedtheelementswhichdeter­
minethedifferentialamounts;whereastheseelements
areequaltotheincidenceonthetargetpriceless7,5%
orthesubsidyofthecoefficientderivedfromthepercen­
tagereferredtoinArticle2(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1569/72;whereas,accordingtotheseprovisions,this
percentagerepresents :
(a)forthoseMemberStateswhosecurrenciesaremain­
tainedasbetweenthemselveswithinaspreadatany
givenmomentof2,25%,thedifferencebetween:
—theconversionrateusedunderthecommon
agriculturalpolicy,andArticle1
1.Theamountsofthesubsidyandtheexchangerates
referredtoinArticle33(2)and(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No2681/83shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
2.Theamountofthecompensatory aidreferredtoin
Article14ofRegulation(EEC)No475/86shallbeas
showninAnnexIIItothisRegulationforsunflowerseed
harvestedinSpain. '
3.Theamountofthespecialsubsidyprovided
forbyRegulation(EEC)1920/87forsunflowerseed
harvestedandprocessedinPortugalisfixedinAnnexIII.
(')OJNoL53,1.3.1986,p.55.0OJNoL53,1.3.1986,p.47.
OOJNoL170,2.7.1988,p.3.0OJNoL183,3.7.1987,p.18.
OOJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.41.
(6)OJNoL200,21.7.1987,p,9.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1November
1988.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31October1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
ANNEXI
Aidstocolzaandrapeseedotherthan'doublezero*
(amountsper100kg)
Current
111stperiod
122ndperiod
13rdperiod
24thperiod
35thperiod
4
LGrossaids(ECU):
—Spain
—Portugal
—OtherMemberStates0,580
0,000
20,8280,580
0,000
21,0680,580
0,000
21,2320,580
0,000
20,6950,580
0,000
20,8580,580
0,000
21,022
XFinalaids:
(a)Seedharvestedandprocessedin:
—FederalRepublicofGermany
(DM)
—Netherlands (Fl)
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs)
—France(FF)
—Denmark(Dkr)
—Ireland(£Irl)
—UnitedKingdom(£)
—Italy(Lit)
—Greece(Dr)»49,54
55,30
997,15
148,97
179,21
16,554
12,228
30966
2348,2050,10
55,93
1008,67
150,74
181,30
16,751
12,381
31342
2374,1250,49
56,37
1025,23
156,18
186,12
17,731
13,219
33031
2373,5949,28
54,95
999,30
151,88
181,30
16,893
12,773
31973
2235,3949,67
55,39
1007,17
153,09
182,73
17,027
12,875
32227
2253,8050,31
56,05
1015,09
154,29
,184,14
17,161
12,881
32193
2190,70
(b)SeedharvestedinSpainand
processed:
—inSpain(Pta)
—inanotherMemberState(Pta)
(c)SeedharvestedinPortugaland
processed:
—inPortugal(Esc)
—inanotherMemberState(Esc)89,44
3106,06
0,00
4492,0289,44
3143,08
0,00
4536,9289,44
3161,05
0,00
4551,1189,44
3066,78
0,00
4427,1989,44
3091,82
0,00
4457,0689,44
3081,47
0,00
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ANNEXII
Aidstocolzaandrapeseed'doublezero'
(amountsper100kg)
Current
111stperiod
122ndperiod
13rdperiod
24thperiod
35thperiod
4
1.Grossaids(ECU):
—Spain
—Portugal
—OtherMemberStates3,080
2,500
23,3283,080
2,500
23,5683,080
2,500
23,7323,080
2,500
23,1953,080
2,500
23,3583,080
2,500
23,522
2.Finalaids:
(a)Seedharvestedandprocessedin:
—FederalRepublicofGermany
(DM)
—Netherlands (Fl)
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs)
—France(FF)
—Denmark(Dkr)
—Ireland(£Irl)
—UnitedKingdom(£)
—Italy(Lit)
—Greece(Dr)55,44
61,91
1117,32
167,66
201,10
18,632
13,868
34958
2720,1956,01
62,55
1128,84
169,43
203,19
18,829
14,021
35335
2746,1256,40
62,99
1145,94
175,14
208,23
19,481
14,906
37119
2745,5955,19
61,57
1120,01
170,84
203,41
19,003
14,461
36061
2607,3855,57
62,00
1127,89
172,05
204,84
19,136
14,563
36314
2625,8056,21
62,67
1135,80
173,26
206,24
19,271
14,569
36280
2562,70
(b)SeedharvestedinSpainand
processed:
—inSpain(Pta)
—inanotherMemberState(Pta)
(c)SeedharvestedinPortugaland
processed:
—inPortugal(Esc)
—inanotherMemberState(Esc)474,98
3491,59
470,02
4962,03474,98
3528,62
470,02
5006,94474,98
3546,59
470,02
5021,12474,98
3452,31
470,02
4897,21474,98
3477,35
470,02
4927,08474,98
3467,00
470,02
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ANNEXIII
Aidstosunflowerseed
(amountsper100kg)
Current
111stperiod
122ndperiod
13rdperiod
24thperiod
3
5,170
0,000
22,5835,170
0,000
22,9615,170
0,000
23,1315,170
0,000
22,5225,170
0,000
22,9001.Grossaids(ECU):
—Spain
—Portugal
—OtherMemberStates
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)
—inanotherMemberState(Pta)
(c)SeedharvestedinPortugaland
processed:53,74
59,97
1080,81
160,91
194,03
17,880
13,128
33368
2478,2654,63
60,97
1098,99
163,75
197,34
18,195
13,379
33975
2526,9155,04
61,42
1116,92
169,75
202,64
18,880
14,310
35848
2521,8553,67
59,82
1087,52
164,88
197,17
18,338
13,803
34643
2363,6254,56
60,82
1105,77
167,75
200,52
18,657
14,060
35264
2421,13
797,28
340«,43797,28
3466,72797,28
3484,38797,28
3377,06797,28
3435,38
—inPortugal(Esc)
—inSpain(Esc)
—inanotherMemberState(Esc)0,00
6525,52
6336,64
3361,60
6336,640,00
6598,82
6407,82
3419,89
6407,820,00
6612,07
6420,69
3434,79
6420,690,00
6467,16
6279,97
3327,48
6279,970,00
6540,52
6351,21
3385,79
6351,213.Compensatory aids:
—inSpain(Pta)
4.Specialaid:
—inPortugal(Esc)
(')ForseedharvestedintheCommunityasconstitutedat31December1985andprocessedinSpain,theamountsshownin2(a)tobemultipliedby1,0298070.
ANNEXIV
ExchangerateoftheECUtobeusedforconvertingfinalaidsintothecurrencyoftheprocessingcountrywhenthelatterisacountryotherthanthecountryofproduction
(valueof1ECU)
Current
111stperiod
122ndperiod
13rdperiod
24thperiod
35thperiod
4
DM
Fl
Bfrs/Lfrs
FF2,072150
2,336610
43,435400
7,0765702,067930
2,332830
43,434400
7,0822302,063760
2,329380
43,436800
7,0880502,059890
2,325130
43,423500
7,0947602,059890
2,325130
43,423500
7,0947602,048560
2,314270
43,412800
7,111510
Dkr
£Irl
£
Lit
Dr
Esc
Pta7,993410
0,775606
0,657241
1543,06
170,19000
171,33200
136,358007,997300
0,775706
0,659014
1548,42
171,51900
172,15400
136,844008,003260
0,775669
0,660741
1553,44
172,74600
173,01200
137,398008,011890
0,775805
0,662383
1558,56
174,08900
173,93300
137,927008,011890
0,775805
0,662383
1558,56
174,08900
173,93300
137,927008,034930
0,775258
0,667276
1572,78
178,95500
176,57500
139,55900
/