1.11.89 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL320/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3289/89
of31October1989
fixingtheexportrefundsonoilseeds
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,1989/90marketingyearwerefixedbyRegulations(EEC)
No1228/89Hand(EEC)No1229/89(");
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,WhereasArticle28ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthatarefundmaybegrantedonexportstothird
countriesofoilseedsharvestedwithintheCommunity;
whereastheamountofthisrefundmaynotexceedthe
differencebetweenpriceswithintheCommunityand
pricesontheworldmarketwheretheformerarehigher
thanthelatter;whereasArticle21ofRegulationNo
136/66/EECprovidesthat,atpresent,Article28ofthat
Regulationappliesonlytocolza,rapeandsunflower
seeds;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats0,aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2902/89(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo142/67/EECof
21June1967onexportrefundsoncolza,rapeand
sunflowerseeds(3),aslastamendedbytheActofAcces­
sionofGreece,andinparticularthefirstsentenceof
Article2(3)thereof,Whereastherefundforcolzaandrapeseedsproducedin
SpainorPortugalisadjustedinaccordancewithCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No478/86(n);
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1678/85
of11June1985fixingtheconversionratestobeapplied
inagriculture(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
3215/89Q,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;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1569/72
of20July1972layingdownspecialmeasuresforcolza,
rapeandsunflowerseed0,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2216/880,andinparticularArticle2(3)
thereof,
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
2041/75of25July1975onspecialdetailedrulesforthe
applicationofthesystemofimportandexportlicences
andadvancefixingcertificatesforoilsandfats0,aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2662/870,andin
particularArticle13thereof,Whereastheabatementofthesubsidyforcolzaandtape
seedwhicharisesfromthesystemofmaximumguaran­
teedquantitiesforthe1989/90marketingyearhasbeen
fixedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2625/89(13);
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
Whereas,thetargetpriceandthemonthlyincreasesin
thetargetpriceforcolza,rapeandsunflowerseedfortheWhereasArticle1ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
651/71of29March1971oncertaindetailedrulesforthe
applicationofexportrefundsonoilseeds(14),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1815/84(I5),provides
thattheamountoftherefundmustbecalculatedonthe (>)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.0OJNoL280,29.9.1989,p.2.
(3)OJNo125,26.6.1967,p.2461/67.
(4)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.11.0OJNoL312,27.10.1989,p.20.0OJNoL167,25.7.1972,p.9.oOJNoL197,26.7.1988,p.10.0OJNoL213,11.8.1975,p.1.0OJNoL252,3.9.1987,p/6.HOJNoL128,11.5.1989,p.20.
")OJNoL128,11.5.1989,p.22.MOJNoL53,1.3.1986,p.55.MOJNoL254,31.8.1989,p.9.
(14)OJNoL75,30.3.1971,p.16.
(,J)OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.46.

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basisoftheweightofexportedseeds;whereasthisweight
mustbeadjustedtotakeaccountofanydifferences
betweenthepercentagesofmoistureandimpuritiesfound
toexistandthoseusedtodefinethestandardqualityfor
whichthetargetpriceisfixed;whereas,whenthisadjust­
mentisbeingmade,theweightoftheexportedseeds
mustbeincreasedbytheamountofthedifference
betweentheactualmoistureandimpuritiescontentand
thatusedtodefinethestandardqualityiftheformeris
lowerthanthelatter;whereas,iftheoppositeapplies,the
weightoftheexportedseedsmustbereducedbythe
sameamount;
Whereasthestandardqualityreferredtoabovewas
definedinArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1102/840;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
marketmanagementareductionshouldbemade;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforOilsandFats,WhereasArticle2ofRegulationNo142/67/EECprovides
thattherefundmaybevariedaccordingtodestination
wheretheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequire­
mentsofcertainmarketsmakethisnecessary;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :WhereasArticle4ofRegulation(EEC)No651/71
providesforthepublicationoftheamountofthefinal
refundobtainedfromtheconversionintoeachofthe
nationalcurrenciesoftheamountoftherefundinecus
plusorminusthedifferentialamount;whereasArticle1
ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1813/84(2),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No431/89(3),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;
(b)fortheotherMemberStates,thedifferencebetween:
—therelationshipbetweentheconversionrateused
underthecommonagriculturalpolicyforthe
currencyoftheMemberStateconcernedandthe
centralrateofeachofthecurrenciesofthe
MemberStatesreferredtoin(a),and
—thespotmarketrateforthecurrencyofthe
MemberStateinquestioninrelationtoeachof
thecurrenciesoftheMemberStatesreferredtoin
(a),isrecordedoveraperiodtobedetermined;Article1
1.Inthecaseofcolzaandrapeseed,theamountsof
therefundreferredtoinArticle4(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No651/71shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
2.Thereshallbenorefundonsunflowerseed.
3.Certificatesfixingtheexportrefundinadvanceshall
bevalidfromtheirdateofissueuntiltheendofthefol­
lowingmonth.
Article2
(>)OJNoL113,28.4.1984,p.8.
OOJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.41.
P)OJNoL50,22.2.1989,p.7.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1November
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31October1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof31October1989fixingtheexportrefundsonoilseeds
(amountsper100kilograms)
Current
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1.Grossrefunds(ECU): \
—Spain 21,940 22,218— — — —
—Portugal 19,500 19,739— — — —
—otherMemberStates 18,500 18,778— — — —
2.Finalrefunds:\II l
Seedsharvestedandexportedfrom:\ \ l
—FederalRepublicofGermany(DM)44,19 44,84— — — —
—Netherlands (Fl) 48,80 49,53 — — — —
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs) 893,31 906,73— — . — —
—France(FF) 138,50 140,64— — — —
—Denmark(Dkr) 165,21 167,69— — — —
—Ireland(£Irl) 15,415 15,653— — —
—UnitedKingdom(£) 10,805 11,000— — -— —
—Italy(Lit) 30548 31013 — —' — —
—Greece(Dr) 2609,50 2621,90•— — — —
—Spain(Pta) 3467,71 3510,21 — — —'—
—Portugal(Esc) 3601,20 3647,09 — — — —