NoL328/40 30.11.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3478/91
of29November 1991
fixingtheexportrefundsonoilseeds
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1720/91(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo142/67/EECof
21June1967onexportrefundsoncolza,rapeand
sunflowerseeds(3),aslastamendedbytheActofAcces­
sionofGreece,andinparticularthefirstsentenceof
Article2(3)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1678/85
of11June1985fixingtheconversionratestobeapplied
inagriculture(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
2922/910,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1569/72
of20July1972layingdownspecialmeasuresforcolza,
rapeandsunflowerseed(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2206/90Q,andinparticularArticle2(3)
thereof,
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
2041/75of25July1975onspecialdetailedrulesforthe
applicationofthesystemofimportandexportlicences
andadvancefixingcertificatesforoilsandfats(8),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No557/91(9),andinparti­
cularArticle13thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
Whereasthetargetpriceandthemonthlyincreasesinthe
targetpriceforcolza,rapeandsunflowerseedforthe
1991/92marketingyearwerefixedbyCouncilRegula­
tions(EEC)No1722/91(10)and(EEC)No1723/91(■');
Whereastheabatementofthesubsidyforcolzaandrape
seedwhicharises,whereappropriate,fromthesystemofmaximumguaranteedquantitiesforthe1991/92marke­
tingyear,hasbeenfixedbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No3207/91(I2);
WhereasArticle27a(3)ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthattheadjustmentoftheamountofaidforrape
seedproducedinSpainforthe1991/92marketingyear
shallbefixedsothattheadjustedtargetpriceisthesame
inSpainasintheCommunityasconstitutedat31
December1985;
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);
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
seedwicharisesfromthesystemofmaximumguaranteed
quantitiesforthe1990/91marketingyearhasbeenfixed
byCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2509/90(14);
WhereasArticle1ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
651/71of29March1971oncertaindetailedrulesforthe(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
OOJNoL162,26.6.1991,p.27.0OJNo125,26.6.1967,p.2461/67.
(4)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.11.0OJNoL279,7.10.1991,p.43.
(6)OJNoL167,25.7.1972,p.9.
OOJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.11.
(8)OJNoL213,11.8.1975,p.1.
OOJNoL62,8.3.1991,p.23.
(10)OJNoL162,26.6.1991,p.31.
(")OJNoL162,26.6.1991,p.33.C2)Seepage68ofthisOfficialJournal.
(«3)OJNoL53,1.3.1986,p.55.MOJNoL237,1.9.1990,p.7.

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Communitiesduringaperiodtobedetermined,
multipliedbythefactorreferredtointhesecond
indentof(a);
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,applicationofexportrefundsonoilseeds('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1815/84(2),provides
thattheamountoftherefundmustbecalculatedonthe
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(3);
WhereasArticle2ofRegulationNo142/67/EECprovides
thattherefundmaybevariedaccordingtodestination
wheretheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequire­
mentsofcertainmarketsmakethisnecessary;
WhereasArticle4ofRegulation(EEC)No651/71
providesforthepublicationoftheamountofthefinal
refundobtainedfromtheconversionintoeachofthe
nationalcurrenciesoftheamountoftherefundinecus
plusorminusthedifferentialamount;whereasArticle1
ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1813/84(4),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1539/90(*),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
ofthecorrectingfactorreferredtoinArticle6(1)
ofRegulation(EEC)No1677/85(6),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2205/90Q.
(b)InthecaseofMemberStatesotherthanthosereferred
toin(a),thedifferencebetween:
—theagriculturalconversionrate,and
—theaveragerateoftheecuaspublishedintheC
SeriesoftheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Inthecaseofcolzaandrapeseed,theamountsof
therefundreferredtoinArticle4(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No651/71shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
2.Thereshallbenorefundonsunflowerseed.
3.Certificatesfixingtheexportrefundinadvanceshall
bevalidfromtheirdateofissueuntiltheendofthefol­
lowingmonth.
(')OJNoL75,30.3.1971,p.16.
(2)OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.46.0OJNoL113,28.4.1984,p.8.
(4)OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.41.
OOJNoL145,8.6.1990,p.20.
(6)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.6.
OOJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1December
1991.

NoL328/42 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.11.91
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29November1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof29November1991fixingtheexportrefundsonoil
seeds
(amountsper100kilograms)
Current
121stperiod
12ndperiod
23rdperiod
34thperiod
45thperiod
5
1.Grossrefunds(ECU):I
I I
—Spain 11,500 11,778— — — —
—Portugal 20,580 20,858— — — —
—otherMemberStates 11,500 11,778— — — —
2.Finalrefunds: l l
Seedsharvestedandexportedfrom: l l
—FederalRepublicofGermany(DM)27,07 27,73— — — —
—Netherlands (Fl) 30,50 31,24— — — —
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs) 558,40 571,90— — — —
—France(FF) 90,80 92,99— — — —
—Denmark(Dkr) 103,27 105,77— — — —
—Ireland(£Irl) 10,106 10,350— — — —
—UnitedKingdom(£) 8,755 8,976— — — —
—Italy(Lit) 20257 20746 — — — —
—Greece(Dr) 2648,03 2686,67— — — —
—Spain(Pta) 1799,91 1841,84— — — —
—Portugal(Esc) 4349,34 4407,35— — — —