NoL367/32 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.12.88
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No4165/88
of30December 1988
fixingtheexportrefundsonoilseeds
Whereas,inordertodeterminetheamountoftheaid,
accountshouldbetakenamongthecalculationfactorsof
thelatestCommissionproposalstotheCouncilonprices
andrelatedmeasures :
WhereasArticle28ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthatarefundmaybegrantedonexportstothird
countriesofoilseedsharvestedwithintheCommunity ;
whereastheamountofthisrefundmaynotexceedthe
differencebetweenpriceswithintheCommunityand
pricesontheworldmarketwheretheformerarehigher
thanthelatter;whereasArticle21ofRegulationNo
136/66/EECprovidesthat,atpresent,Article28ofthat
Regulationappliesonlytocolza,rapeandsunflower
seeds;
Whereastherefundforcolzaandrapeseedsproducedin
SpainorPortugalisadjustedinaccordancewithCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No478/86(,3);THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2210/88(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo142/67/EECof
21June1967onexportrefundsoncolza,rapeand
sunflowerseeds(3),aslastamendedbytheActofAcces­
sionofGreece(4),andinparticularthefirstsentenceof
Article2(3)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1678/85
of11June1985fixingtheconversionratestobeapplied
inagriculture(5),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
4136/88(6),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1569/72
of20July1972layingdownspecialmeasuresforcolza,
rapeandsunflowerseedQ,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2216/88(8),andinparticularArticle2(3)
thereof,
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
2041/75of25July1975onspecialdetailedrulesforthe
applicationofthesystemofimportandexportlicences
andadvancefixingcertificatesforoilsandfats(9),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2662/87(10),andin
particularArticle13thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
Whereasthetargetpriceandthemonthlyincreasesinthe
targetpriceforcolza,rapeandsunflowerseedforthe
1988/89marketingyearwerefixedbyCouncilRegula­
tions(EEC)No2213/88(")and(EEC)No2214/88(12);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;
Whereastheabatementofthesubsidyforcolzaandtape
seedwhicharisesfromthesystemofmaximumguaran­
teedquantitiesforthe1988/89marketingyearhasbeen
fixedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2761/88(14);
WhereasArticle1ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
651/71of29March1971oncertaindetailedrulesforthe
applicationofexportrefundsonoilseeds(I5)aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1815/84(16)provides
thattheamountoftherefundmustbecalculatedonthe')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
*)OJNoL197,26.7.1988,p.1.
')OJNo125,26.6.1967,p.2461/67.
♦)OJNoL291,19.11.1979,p.17.
ÓOJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.11.jOJNoL362,30.12.1988,p.13.
ÓOJNoL167,25.7.1972,p.9.
8)OJNoL197,26.7.1988,p.10.
^OJNoL213,11.8.1975,p.1.
,0)OJNoL252,3.9.1987,p.6.
»)OJNoL197,26.7.1988,p.6.
(,2)OJNoL197,26.7.1988,p.8.(13)OJNoL53,1.3.1986,p.55.
(14)OJNoL247,6.9.1988,p.7.
(15)OJNoL75,30.3.1971,p.16.HOJNoL170,29.6.1984,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
1102/84(');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
currentsituationoftheoil-seedsmarketandtotherates
orpricesoftheseproductsthat,pursuanttoArticle4of
Regulation(EEC)No651/71,theamountoftherefundin
ECUandtheamountofthefinalrefundineachofthe
nationalcurrenciesmust,inthecaseofcolzaandrape
seed,befixedinaccordancewiththeAnnextothisRegu­
lation;whereasitisnotnecessarytofixarefundfor
sunflowerseed;
WhereasArticle13ofRegulation(EEC)No2041/75
makesprovisionfortheperiodofvalidityofcertificates
fixingrefundsinadvancetobereducedifthemarket
situationwarrants;whereasintheinterestsofsound
marketmanagement areductionshouldbemade;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforOilsandFats,WhereasArticle2ofRegulationNo142/67/EECprovides
thattherefundmaybevariedaccordingtodestination
wheretheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequire­
mentsofcertainmarketsmakethisnecessary;
WhereasArticle4ofRegulation(EEC)No651/71
providesforthepublicationoftheamountofthefinal
refundobtainedfromtheconversionintoeachofthe
nationalcurrenciesoftheamountoftherefundinECU
plusorminusthedifferentialamount;whereasArticle1
ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1813/84(2),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2138/87(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),asrecordedoveraperiodtobedetermined ;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Inthecaseofcolzaandrapeseed,theamountsof
therefundreferredtoinArticle4(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No651/71shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
2.Thereshallbenorefundonsunflowerseed.
3.Certificatesfixingtheexportrefundinadvanceshall
bevalidfromtheirdateofissueuntiltheendofthefollo­
wingmonth.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1989.(')OJNoL113,28.4.1984,p.8.
(2)OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.41.
3)OJNoL200,21.7.1987,p.9.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30December1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30November1988fixingtheexportrefundsonoilseeds
(amountsper100kilograms)
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1.Grossrefunds(ECU): I
—Spain 15,280 15,598— — — —
—Portugal 19,440 19,758— — — —
—otherMemberStates 16,000 16,318— — —■—
2.Finalrefunds:l
Seedsharvestedandexportedfrom: l
—FederalRepublicofGermany(DM)38,25 39,00'— — — —
—Netherlands (Fl) 42,57 43,41— — — —
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs) 767,39 787,95— — — —
—France(FF) 115,08 117,49— — — —
—Denmark(Dkr) 137,33 142,21— — — —
—Ireland(£Irl) 12,797 13,065— — — —
—UnitedKingdom(£) 9,595 9,810— — — —
—Italy(Lit) 24361 24881 — — — —
—Greece(Dr) 1348,28 1380,95— — — —
—Spain(Pta) 2464,36 2513,40— — — —
—Portugal(Esc) 3552,063611,13— — — —