NoL168/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 6.7.79
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1400/79
of5July1979
fixingtheamountofthesubsidyonoilseeds
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,miningworldmarketpricesforoilseedsandfixing
thefrontiercrossingpoint(5)fixedthesaidcrossing
pointatRotterdam;whereasArticle1ofthatRegula­
tionprovidesthatwhentheworldmarketpriceis
beingdeterminedaccountshouldbetakenofall
offersontheworldmarketknowntotheCommission
andofquotationsonthoseexchangeswhicharesignif­
icantforinternational trade;whereasArticle2of
CommissionRegulationNo225/67/EECof28June
1967ondetailedrulesfordeterminingtheworld
marketpriceforoilseeds(6),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No1393/79(7),providesthatoffersand
quotationswhichdonotrelatetoshipmentstobe
effectedwithin30daysfollowingthedateonwhich
theworldmarketpriceisdeterminedshouldbedisre­
garded;whereasoffersandquotationswhichthe
Commissionbelieves,inviewofgeneralpricemove­
mentsorinformationavailabletoit,nottoberepre­
sentativeoftherealtrendofthemarketmustalsobe
disregarded ;whereasoffersandquotationsrelatingto
quantitiesoflessthan500tonnesandoffersrelating
toseedofaqualityotherthanthatnormallyaccep­
tableontheworldmarketmustalsobedisregarded ;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganizationofthemarketinoilsand
fats('),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
590/79(2),andinparticularArticle27(4)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle27ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthatasubsidyshouldbegrantedinrespectof
oilseedsharvestedandprocessedwithintheCommu­
nitywhenthetargetpriceforaspeciesofseedis
higherthanthepriceontheworldmarket;whereas
theseprovisionsatpresentapplyonlyinrespectof
colza,rapeandsunflowerseeds;
Whereasthesubsidyonoilseedsshould,theoretically ,
beequaltothedifferencebetweenthosetwoprices;WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo225/67/EEC
providesthatoftheoffersandquotationstakeninto
consideration ,thosefordeliverycandfshouldbe
increasedby0-2%;whereasoffersandquotationsfor
deliveryfas,foborotherwiseshouldbeincreased,as
appropriate,byloading,transportandinsurancecosts
fromthepointofshipmentorloadingtothefrontier
crossingpoint;whereascifoffersandquotationsfor
frontiercrossingpointsotherthanRotterdamshould
beadjustedtoallowforthedifferenceintransportand
insurancecostsascomparedwithaproductdelivered
cifRotterdam ;whereastheCommissionshouldtake
accountonlyoftheloading,transportandinsurance
costswhichtoitsknowledgearethelowest;whereas,
finally,offersandquotationsfordeliverycif
Rotterdamshouldbeincreasedby0-20unitof
account;Whereasthetargetpriceandthemonthlyincreasesin
thetargetpriceforoilseedsforthe1979/80
marketingyearwerefixedbyRegulations (EEC)No
1294/79(3)and(EEC)No1295/79(4);whereasArticle
29ofRegulationNo136/66/EECprovidesthatthe
worldmarketprice,calculatedforaCommunityfron­
tiercrossingpoint,istobedeterminedonthebasisof
themostfavourablepurchasingopportunities ,quota­
tionsbeingadjustedwherenecessarytotakeaccount
ofquotationsforcompetingproducts;
WhereasArticle4ofCouncilRegulationNo115/
67/EECof6June1967layingdowncriteriafordeter­WhereasArticle5ofRegulationNo115/67/EEC
providesthattheworldmarketpriceshouldbedeter­
minedforseedofthestandardqualityforwhichthe
targetpricehasbeenfixed,deliveredinbulk;
(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(5)OJNo111,10.6.1967,p.2196/67.
(0)OJNo136,30.6.1967,p.2919/67.(2)OJNoL78,30.3.1979,p.1.
(3)OJNoL162,30.6.1979,p.13.
(4)OJNoL162,30.6.1979,p.14. (7)OJNoL167,5.7.1979,p.21.

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WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo225/67/EEC
providesthatoffersandquotationsrelatingto
productspresentedotherwisethaninbulkshouldbe
adjustedbydeductingtheadditionalvalueresulting
fromthatpresentation ;whereasoffersandquotations
relatingtoaqualityotherthanthestandardquality
forwhichthetargetpricewasfixedshouldbeadjusted
onthebasisofthecoefficientsofequivalenceshown
intheAnnextothatRegulation ;whereas,inthecase
ofoffersontheworldmarketforqualitiesofcolza
andrapeseedotherthanthoselistedinthatAnnex,
coefficientsofequivalencederivedfromthoselisted
inthatAnnexmay,pursuanttoArticle4ofRegula­
tionNo225/67/EEC,beapplied;whereas,when
derivedcoefficientsarebeingcalculated,accountmust
betakenofthedifferencesbetweenpricesforthequal­
itiesofseedinquestionandpricesforthequalities
listedinthatAnnex,andofthecharacteristics ofthese
variousseeds:
WhereasArticle2ofRegulationNo115/67/EEC
providesthat,wherenoofferorquotationcanbeused
asabasisfordeterminingtheworldmarketprice,that
priceshouldbedeterminedonthebasisofthevalue
oftheaveragequantitiesofoilandoilcakeresulting
fromtheprocessingof100kilogramsofseedwithin
theCommunitylessanamountcorresponding tothe
costofprocessingtheseseedsintooilandoilcake;
whereasthequantitiesandcoststobetakeninto
consideration forthepurposesofthecalculationare
fixedinArticle5ofRegulationNo225/67/EEC;
whereasthevalueofthosequantitiesshouldbedeter­
minedinaccordancewithArticle6ofthatRegula­
tion;—thedifferencebetweenthepriceof100kilograms
ofcolza,rapeorsunflowerseeds,plusprocessing
costs,andthetotalofthepricesofthequantities
ofoilandoilcakeresultingfromtheprocessingof
thetypeofseedinquestion,and
—thedifferencebetweenthepriceof100kilograms
ofoneormoreotherseeds,plusprocessingcosts,
andthetotalofthepricesofthequantitiesofoil
andoilcakeresultingfromtheprocessingofthese
seeds;
Whereasthefactorstobetakenintoconsideration for
thepurposeofdeterminingthatmarginaredefinedin
Article8ofRegulationNo225/67/EEC;whereasno
adjustmentshouldbemadewherethemarginis
foundtobelessthan0-50unitofaccount;whereas
Article6(2)ofRegulationNo115/67/EECprovides
that,whentheamountoftheadjustmentisbeing
determined ,accountshouldbetakenoftheincidence
ofthemargininquestiononmarketingoperationsof
Communitytradersandonthedisposalofthevarious
typesofseedontheworldmarket;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2114/71of28
September1971onthesubsidyforoilseeds(*),as
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No851/78(2),laid
downrulesforgrantingthesubsidyonoilseeds;
whereas,underthatRegulation,wherethesubsidyto
begrantedisfixedinadvance,theamountofsuch
subsidymustbeequaltotheamountapplicableon
thedayonwhichtheapplicationforadvancefixing
waslodged,adjustedbythedifferencebetweenthe
targetpricevalidonthatdayandthetargetpricevalid
onthedayonwhichtheseedsareplacedunder
controlatanoilmilland,whereappropriate,acorrec­
tiveamount;whereasArticle36ofCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1204/72of7June1972layingdown
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesubsidysystem
foroilseeds(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2980/78(4),providesthatsuchadjustmentshould
involveincreasingorreducingtheamountofsubsidy
applicableonthedayonwhichtheapplicationwas
lodgedbythedifferencebetweenthetargetpricevalid
duringthemonthduringwhichtheseedswereplaced
undercontrolatanoilmillandthetargetpricevalid
onthedayonwhichtheapplicationwaslodged;
WhereasArticle38ofRegulation(EEC)No1204/72
providesthatthecorrectiveamountmustbeequalto
thedifferencebetweentheworldmarketpricefor
colza,rapeandsunflowerseedsandtheforwardprice
forthoseseedsvalidforashipmenteffectedduring
themonthinwhichtheseedswereplacedunder
controlatanoilmill,thosepricesbeingdetermined
inaccordancewithArticles1,4and5ofRegulationWhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo115/67/EEC
providesthat,wherenoofferorquotationcanbeused
asabasisfordeterminingtheworldmarketpriceand
whereitis,moreover,impossibletoestablishthevalue
oftheoiloroilcakeprocessedfromsuchseed,the
worldmarketpriceshouldbedeterminedonthebasis
ofthemostrecentknownvalueforoiloroilcake,
adjustedtotakeaccountofthetrendofworldprices
forcompetingproductsbyapplyingtothatvaluethe
rulessetoutinArticle2ofRegulationNo115/
67/EEC;whereasArticle7ofRegulationNo225/
67/EECdefinescompetingproductsasthoseoilsor
oilcakes,asthecasemaybe,whichappeartohave
beenofferedinthelargestquantitiesontheworld
marketduringtheperiodunderconsideration ;
WhereasArticle6(1)ofRegulationNo115/67/EEC
providesthat,whentheworldmarketpriceofatype
ofseedisbeingdetermined,thepriceusedshouldbe
adjustedbyanamountnotexceedingthemargin
between:(')OJNo1222,2.10.1971,p.2.
(2)OJNoL116,28.4.1978,p.4.
(J)OJNoL133,10.6.1972,p.1.
(4)OJNoL355,19.12.1978,p.17.

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115/67/EEC;whereas,ifnoofferandnopricecanbe
usedforsuchdetermination ,themethodofcalcula­
tionprovidedforinArticle38ofRegulation(EEC)
No1204/72shouldbeused;whereastheabove-men­
tioneddifferencemaybeadjustedpursuanttoArticle
39ofRegulation(EEC)No1204/72,accountbeing
takenofpricesforsoyaseedsontheworldmarket;
Whereasthesubsidyshouldbefixedwheneverthe
marketsituationmakesitnecessaryandinsuchaway
astoensureitsbeingappliedatleastonceaweek;
whereasthesubsidymaybealteredwheneverit
becomesobviousthatsuchalterationisnecessary;
Whereas,ifthesubsidysystemistooperatenormally,
subsidiesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodinrelationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No652/79of29
March1979(!)laiddownthecoefficientfor
expressingamounts,fixedinunitsofaccount,in
ECU;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheseprovisionsto
theoffersandquotationsknowntotheCommission
thatthesubsidyoncolza,rapeandsunflowerseeds
shouldbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheamountofthesubsidyreferredtoinArticle27of
RegulationNo136/66/EECshallbeassetoutinthe
Annexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon6July1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,5July1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
(!)OJNoL84,4.4.1979,p.1.

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof5July1979fixingtheamountofthesubsidyonoilseeds
(ECU/100kg)
CCTheading
NoDescription Subsidy
ex12.01
ex12.01Colzaandrapeseed
Sunflowerseed13-099
11.576
(ECU/100kg)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionSubsidyinthecaseofadvance
fixingforthemonthof
July
1979August
1979September
1979October
1979November
1979December
1979
ex12.01
ex12.01Colzaandrapeseed
Sunflowerseed13.099
11.57613.099
11-57613.480
9.97313.861
14.97714.01814.399