NoL303/64 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.11.73
REGULATION (EEC)No2985/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of31October1973
fixingtheexportrefundonoilseeds
countmustbetakenofpricesrulingonthevarious
Communitymarketswhicharerepresentative from
thepointofviewofprocessingandexportation ;the
mostfavourablequotationsrecordedonthevarious
marketsofimportingthirdcountriesandGreece,
andcostsincurredinplacingthegoodsontheworld
market;whereas,whentheamountoftherefundis
beingfixed,accountmustalsobetakenofthelevel
ofmarketpriceswithintheCommunityfortheoil
seedsreferredtoinArticle21ofRegulationNo136/
66/EECandthefuturetrendoftheseprices;
whereas,furthermore ,accountshouldbetakenofthe
ecQnomicaspectoftheproposedexportsandthe
situationintheCommunityregardingthesupplyof
anddemandfortheseseeds:THECOMMISSION *OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/
EEC(*)of22September1966ontheestablishment
ofacommonorganizationofthemarketinoilsand
fats,aslastamendedbvRegulation'EEC)No1707
73(2);
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo16266
EEC(3)of27October1966ontradeinoilsandfats
betweentheCommunityandGreece;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo142/67,•
EEC(4,of21June1967onexportrefundsoncolza,
rapeandsunflowerseeds,aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation'EEC,No242972'5/sandinparticularthe
firstsentenceofArticle2G)thereof:
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee :
WhereasArticle28ofRegulationNo13666EEC
providesthatarefundmaybegrantedonexportsto
thirdcountriesofoilseedsharvestedwithinthe
Community ;whereastheamountofthisrefund
maynotexceedthedifferencebetweenpriceswithin
theCommunityandpricesontheworldmarket
wheretheformerarehigherthanthelatter;whereas
Article21ofRegulationNo13666EECpro­
videsthat,atpresent,Article28ofthatRegulation
appliesonlytocolza,rapeandsunflowerseeds:
WhereasArticle8ofRegulationNo162.66/EECpro­
videsthatArticle28ofRegulationNo13666/EEC
andmeasurestakeninapplicationthereofapply,sub­
jecttotheprovisionsoftheAgreementestablishing
anAssociationbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandGreece,totradebetweentheCom­
munityandGreece:
WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo142/67/EECpro­
videsthatwhentherefundisbeingcalculatedac­WhereasArticle1ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No651/71of29March1971oncertaindetailed
rulesfortheapplicationofexportrefundsonoil
seedsprovidesthattheamountoftherefundmust
becalculatedonthebasisoftheweightofexported
seeds;whereasthisweightmustbeadjustedtotake
accountofanydifferencesbetweenthepercentages
ofmoistureandimpuritiesfoundtoexistandthose
usedtodefinethestandardqualityforwhichthetar­
getpriceisfixed;whereas,whenthisadjustmentis
beingmade^theweightoftheexportedseedsmustbe
increasedbytheamountofthedifferencebetween
theactualmoistureandimpuritiescontentandthat
usedtodefinethestandardqualityiftheformeris
lowerthanthelatter;whereas,iftheopposite
applies,theweightoftheexportedseedsmustbe
reducedbvthesameamount;
Whereasthestandardqualityreferred,toaboveis
definedinArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1360/73tof15May1973fixingthetargetprices
andbasicinterventionpricesforoilseedsforthe
1973/74marketingyear;
NX'hereasArticle2ofRegulationNo142/67/EECpro­
videsthattherefundmaybevariedaccordingtodes­
tinationwheretheworldmarketsituationorthespe­
(*)OJNo172.30.9.1966,p.302566.
(»)OJNoL1?5,29.6.19?3,p.5.
'•iOJNo19"29.10.1966.p.339366.
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fundshouldbefixedattheamountsshowninthe
AnnextothisRegulationforthoseproductsfor
whichthemarketingyearhasalreadybegun;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegula­
tionareinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheMan­
agementCommitteeforOilsandFats;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1cificrequirementsofcertainmarketsmakethisneces­
sary;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-250o,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesandcri­
teriatothepresentsituationonthemarketinoil
seeds,andinparticulartoquotationsorpricesfor
theseproductswithintheCommunityandonthe
marketsofthirdcountriesandGreece,thatthere­TherefundsontheproductsreferredtoinArticle21
ofRegulationNo13666/EEC,exportedtothird
countriesandGreece,areherebyfixedasshownin
theAnnextothisRegulation .
Artiee2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1Novem­
ber1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31October1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
Refundapplicabletooilseedsfrom1November1973
u.a.100kg*
CCTheading
No Inscriptionofpoods Refund
ex12.0J
ex12.01Colzaandrapeseed,otherthanforsowing
Sunflowerseed,otherthanforsowing—