31.12.87 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL378/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No4018/87
of30December 1987
fixingtheamountofthesubsidyonoilseeds
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,Whereasasupplementtothetargetpricefor'doublezero
colzaandrapeseedwasfixedinRegulation(EEC)No
1917/87:
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,Whereastheabatementofthesubsidywhicharises,where
appropriate,fromthesystemofmaximumguaranteed
quantitiesforthe1987/88marketingyear,hasbeenfixed
byCommissionRegulations (EEC)No2292/87(*)and
(EEC)No2295/87(10);HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats(')aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No3994/87(2)andin
particularArticle27(4)thereof,
Whereasthestandardqualityforsunflowerseedhasbeen
changedbytheCouncilforthe1987/88marketingyear;
whereasthecoefficientsofequivalenceappliedtothe
pricesofsunflowerseedfromthirdcountrieshavebeen
fixedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2869/87(");HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1678/85(3)fixingtheconversionratestobeappliedin
agriculture,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
3882/87(4),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1569/72
of-20July1972layingdownspecialmeasuresforcolza,
rapeandsunflowerseed(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1869/87(^andinparticularArticle2(3)
thereof,WhereasArticle29ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthattheworldmarketprice,calculatedfora
Communityfrontiercrossingpoint,istobedetermined
onthebasisofthemostfavourablepurchasingopportuni­
ties,quotationsbeingadjustedwherenecessarytotake
accountofquotationsforcompetingproducts;HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
WhereasArticle27ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthatasubsidyshouldbegrantedinrespectofoil
seedsharvestedandprocessedwithintheCommunity
whenthetargetpriceforaspeciesofseedishigherthan
thepriceontheworldmarket;whereastheseprovisions
atpresentapplyonlyinrespectofcolza,rapeand
sunflowerseeds;
Whereasthesubsidyonoilseedsshould,theoretically ,be
equaltothedifferencebetweenthosetwoprices;WhereasArticle4ofCouncilRegulationNo115/67/EEC
of6June1967layingdowncriteriafordetermining
worldmarketpricesforoilseedsandfixingthefrontier
crossingpoint(l2),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1983/82(13),fixedthesaidcrossingpointat
Rotterdam ;whereasArticle1ofthatRegulationprovides
thatwhentheworldmarketpriceisbeingdetermined
accountshouldbetakenofalloffersontheworldmarket
knowntotheCommissionandofquotationsonthose
exchangeswhicharesignificantforinternational 'trade;
whereasArticle2ofCommissionRegulationNo225/
67/EECof28June1967ondetailedrulesfordetermi­
ningtheworldmarketpriceforoilseeds(14),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2869/87,providesthat
offersandquotationswhichdonotrelatetoshipmentsto
beeffectedwithin30daysfollowingthedateonwhichWhereasthetargetpriceandthemonthlyincreasesinthe
targetpriceforcolza,rapeandsunflowerseedforthe
1987/88marketingyearwerefixedbyRegulations(EEC)
No1917/870and(EEC)No1918/87(8)
(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL377,31.12.1987.
(3)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.11. 0OJNoL209,31.7.1987,p.40.HOJNoL209,31.7.1987,p.43.
(")OJNoL273,26.9.1987,p.16.HOJNo111,10.6.1967,p.2196/67.
(,3)OJNoL215,23.7.1982,p.6.HOJNo136,30.6.1967,p.2919/67.(4)OJNoL365,24.12.1987,p.13.0OJNoL167,25.7.1972,p.9.
(«)OJNoL176,1.7.1987,p.30.0OJNoL183,3.7.1987,p.14.
(8)OJNoL183,3.7.1987,p.16.

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bedeterminedinaccordancewithArticle6ofthat
Regulation ;theworldmarketpriceisdeterminedshouldbedisre­
garded;whereasoffersandquotationswhichthe
Commissionbelieves,inviewofgeneralpricemovements
orinformationavailabletoit,nottoberepresentative of
therealtrendofthemarketmustalsobedisregarded ;
whereasoffersandquotationsrelatingtoquantitiesofless
than500tonnesandoffersrelatingtoseedofaquality
otherthanthatnormallyacceptableontheworldmarket
mustalsobedisregarded ;WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo115/67/EECprovides
that,wherenoofferorquotationcanbeusedasabasis
fordeterminingtheworldmarketpriceandwhereitis,
moreover,impossibletoestablishthevalueoftheoilor
oilcakeprocessedfromsuchseed,theworldmarketprice
shouldbedeterminedonthebasisofthemostrecent
knownvalueforoiloroilcake,adjustedtotakeaccount
ofthetrendofworldpricesforcompetingproductsby
applyingtothatvaluetherulessetoutinArticle2of
RegulationNo115/67/EEC;whereasArticle7ofRegula­
tionNo225/67/EECdefinescompetingproductsasthose
oilsoroilcakes,asthecasemaybe,whichappeartohave
beenofferedinthelargestquantitiesontheworldmarket
duringtheperiodunderconsideration ;WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo225/67/EECprovides
thatoftheoffersandquotationstakenintoconsideration ,
thosefordeliverycandfshouldbeincreasedby0,2%;
whereasoffersandquotationsfordeliveryfas,fobor
othefwiseshouldbeincreased,asappropriate,byloading,
transportandinsurancecostsfromthepointofshipment
orloadingtothefrontiercrossingpoint;whereascif
offersandquotationsforfrontiercrossingpointsother
thanRotterdamshouldbeadjustedtoallowforthediffe­
renceintransportandinsurancecostsascomparedwitha
productdeliveredcifRotterdam;whereastheCommis­
sionshouldtakeaccountonlyoftheloading,transport
andinsurancecostswhichtoitsknowledgearethe
lowest;whereas,finally,offersandquotationsfordelivery
cifRotterdamshouldbeincreasedby0,242ECU;Whereas,underArticle6ofRegulationNo115/67/EEC,
thepricedeterminedforcolza,rapeandsunflowerseeds
mustalsobeadjustedbyanamountnotexceedingthe
margin,ascalculatedinaccordancewiththatArticle,
wherethatmarginmayaffectthenormaldisposalofseeds
harvestedintheCommunity ;
WhereasArticle5ofRegulationNo115/67/EECprovides
thattheworldmarketpriceshouldbedeterminedfor
seedofthestandardqualityforwhichthetargetpricehas
beenfixed,deliveredinbulk;WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1594/83of14
June1983onthesubsidyforoilseeds('),asamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No935/86(2),laiddownrulesforgran­
tingthesubsidyonoilseeds;whereas,underthatRegula­
tion,wherethesubsidytobegrantedisfixedinadvance,
theamountofsuchsubsidymustbeequaltotheamount
applicableonthedayonwhichtheapplicationfor
advancefixingwaslodged,adjustedbythedifference
betweenthetargetpricevalidonthatdayandthetarget
pricevalidonthedayonwhichtheseedsareplaced
undercontrolatanoilorfeedmilland,whereappro­
priate,acorrectiveamount;whereasArticle35of
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No2681/83of21
September1983layingdowndetailedrulesfortheappli­
cationofthesubsidysystemforoilseeds(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3857/87(4),provides
thatsuchadjustmentshouldinvolveincreasingorredu­
cingtheamountofsubsidyapplicableonthedayon
whichtheapplicationwaslodgedbythecorrective
amountandthedifferencebetweenthetargetprices
mentionedinArticle35ofRegulation (EEC)No
2681/83:WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo225/67/EECprovides
thatoffersandquotationsrelatingtoproductspresented
otherwisethaninbulkshouldbeadjustedbydeducting
theadditionalvalueresultingfromthatpresentation ;
whereasoffersandquotationsrelatingtoaqualityother
thanthestandardqualityforwhichthetargetpricewas
fixedshouldbeadjustedonthebasisofthecoefficientsof
equivalenceshownintheAnnextothatRegulation;
whereas,inthecaseofoffersontheworldmarketfor
qualitiesofcolzaandrapeseedotherthanthoselistedin
thatAnnex,coefficientsofequivalencederivedfromthose
listedinthatAnnexmay,pursuanttoArticle4ofRegula­
tionNo225/67/EEC,beapplied;whereas,whenderived
coefficientsarebeingcalculated,accountmustbetakenof
thedifferencesbetweenpricesforthequalitiesofseedin
questionandpricesforthequalitieslistedinthatAnnex,
andofthecharacteristics ofthesevariousseeds;
WhereasArticle37ofRegulation(EEC)No2681/83
providesthatthecorrectiveamountmustbeequaltothe
differencebetweentheworldmarketpriceforcolza,rape
andsunflowerseedsandtheforwardpriceforthoseseeds
validforashipmenteffectedduringthemonthinwhich
theseedswereplacedundercontrolatanoilmill,those
pricesbeingdeterminedinaccordancewithArticles1,4WhereasArticle2ofRegulationNo115/67/EECprovides
that,wherenoofferorquotationcanbeusedasabasis
fordeterminingtheworldmarketprice,thatpriceshould
bedeterminedonthebasisofthevalueoftheaverage
quantitiesofoilandoilcakeresultingfromtheproces­
singof100kilogramsofseedwithintheCommunityless
anamountcorresponding tothecostofprocessingthese
seedsintooilandoilcake;whereasthequantitiesand
coststobetakenintoconsideration forthepurposesof
thecalculationarefixedinArticle5ofRegulationNo
225/67/EEC;whereasthevalueofthosequantitiesshould(>)OJNoL163,22.6.1983,p.44.
(2)OJNoL87,2.4.1986,p.5.
(3)OJNoL266,28.9.1983,p.1.
(4)OJNoL363,23.12.1987,p.26.

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and5ofRegulationNo115/67/EEC;whereas,ifnooffer
andnopricecanbeusedforsuchdetermination ,the
methodofcalculationprovidedforinArticle37ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No2681/83shouldbeused;whereasthe
abovementioned differencemaybeadjustedinaccordance
withArticle38ofRegulation(EEC)No2681/83,account
beingtakenofthepricesofthemaincompetingcereals;
Whereastheaidforcolza,rapeorsunflowerseed
harvestedorprocessedinSpainorPortugalistobe
advisedasprovidedforinCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
478/86(');whereaspursuanttoArticle95(2)and293(2)
oftheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugalthisaidis
tobeintroducedatthebeginningofthe1986/87marke­
tingyearforseedharvestedinthesetwoMemberStates;(a)forthoseMemberStateswhosecurrenciesaremain­
tainedasbetweenthemselveswithinaspreadatany
givenmomentof2,25%,thedifferencebetween:
—theconversionrateusedunderthecommon
agriculturalpolicy,and
—theconversionrateresultingfromthecentralrate,
(b)fortheotherMemberStates,thedifferencebetween:
—therelationshipbetweentheconversionrateused
underthecommonagriculturalpolicyforthe
currencyoftheMemberStateconcernedandthe
centralrateofeachofthecurrenciesofthe
MemberStatesreferredtoin(a),and
—thespotmarketrateforthecurrencyofthe
MemberStateinquestioninrelationtoeachof
thecurrenciesoftheMemberStatesreferredtoin
(a),asrecordedoveraperiodtobedetermined ;
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No1813/84specifiesthespot
andforwardexchangeratesandtheperiodtobeusedfor
calculatingthedifferentialamounts;whereasincases
where,foroneormoremonths,quotationsofforward
exchangeratesarenotavailable,theratesadoptedforthe
previousmonthsorthefollowingmonths,asthecasemay
be,mustbeused;
Whereasthesubsidyshouldbefixedwheneverthe
marketsituationmakesitnecessaryandinsuchawayas
toensureitsbeingappliedatleastonceaweek;whereas
thesubsidymaybealteredwheneveritbecomesobvious
thatsuchalterationisnecessary;Whereas,inArticle14ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
475/86(2)of25February1986layingdowngeneralrules
forthemechanismforcontrollingthepricesandthe
quantitiesofcertainproductsintheoilsandfatssector
releasedforconsumptioninSpainprovisionismadefor
thegrantingofcompensatory aid,subjecttocertain
conditions;whereascompensatory aidshouldbefixedfor
sunflowerseedsharvestedinSpain;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1920/87(3),
providesforthegrantingofaspecialsubsidyfor
sunflowerseedharvestedandprocessedinPortugal;
whereastheamountofthissubsidyshouldbefixed;Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheseprovisionstothe
offersandquotationsknowntotheCommissionthat,
pursuanttoArticle33ofRegulation(EEC)No2681/83
theamountofthesubsidyinECUandtheamountofthe
subsidyineachofthenationalcurrenciesmustbefixed
inaccordancewiththeAnnextothisRegulation ;
whereas,pursuanttothesameArticle,thespotand
forwardexchangeratesfortheECUinnationalcurrencies
determinedinaccordancewithArticle4ofRegulation
(EEC)No1813/84mustalsobepublished,WhereasArticle33ofRegulation(EEC)No2681/83
providesforthepublicationoftheamountofthefinal
subsidyobtainedfromtheconversionintoeachofthe
nationalcurrenciesoftheamountinECUresultingfrom
thecalculationreferredtoaboveplusorminusthediffe­
rentialamount;whereasArticle1ofCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No1813/84(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2138/87(*),definedtheelementswhichdeter­
minethedifferentialamounts;whereastheseelements
areequaltotheincidenceonthetargetpriceless7,5%
orthesubsidyofthecoefficientderivedfromthepercen­
tagereferredtoinArticle2(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1569/72;whereas,accordingtotheseprovisions,this
percentagerepresents :HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
0OJNoL53,1.3.1986,p.55.0OJNoL53,1.3.1986,p.47.0OJNoL183,3.7.1987.
4)OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.41.$OJNoL200,21.7.1987,p.9.1.Theamountsofthesubsidyandtheexchangerates
referredtoinArticle33(2)and(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No2681/83shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.

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harvestedandprocessedinPortugalisfixedinAnnexIII.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1988.2.Theamountofthecompensatory aidreferredtoin
Article14ofRegulation(EEC)No475/86shallbeas
showninAnnexIIItothisRegulationforsunflowerseed
harvestedinSpain.
3.Theamountofthespecialsubsidyprovided
forbyRegulation(EEC)1920/87forsunflowerseed
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30December1987.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
ANNEXI
Aidstocolzaandrapeseedotherthan'doublezero*
(amountsper100kilograms)
Current
11stperiod
22ndperiod
33rdperiod
44thperiod
55thperiod
6
1.Grossaids(ECU):
—Spain
—Portugal
—OtherMemberStates0,000
0,000
21,9370,000
0,000
22,3730,000
0,000
23,0470,000
0,000
23,4440,000
0,000
24,1060,000
0,000
24,106
2.Finalaids: \ \
(a)Seedharvestedandprocessedin:
—FederalRepublicofGermany
(DM)
—Netherlands (Fl)
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs)
—France(FF)
—Denmark(Dkr)
—Ireland(£Irl)
—UnitedKingdom(£)
—Italy(Lit)
—Greece(Dr)53,46
59,26
1050,72
157,71
189,13
17,526
12,312
33338
1905,3354,50
60,42
1071,69
160,98
192,95
17,890
12,603
34036
1936,1156,10
62,22
1104,14
165,86
198,90
18,460
13,080
35002
2029,6057,15
63,39
1122,56
168,32
202,38
18,757
13,340
35457
2045,3558,71
65,15
1154,45
173,39
208,22
19,319
13,808
36546
2145,8759,02
65,46
1149,55
174,10
206,39
19,236
13,678
36340
2073,95
(b)SeedharvestedinSpainand
processed :
—inSpain(Pta)
—inanotherMemberState(Pta)*
0,00
3303,410,00
3370,740,00
3445,940,00
3494,390,00
3597,780,00
3566,70
(c)SeedharvestedinPortugaland
processed:
—inPortugal(Esc)
—inanotherMemberState(Esc)0,00
4239,690,00
4309,150,00
4426,530,00
4476,280,00
4595,280,00
4549,46

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ANNEXII
Aidstocolzaandrapeseed'doublezero'
(amountsper100kilograms)
\ Current 1stperiod2ndperiod3rdperiod4thperiod5thperiod
1 2 3 4 5 6
1.Grossaids(ECU): I \
—Spain 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500
—Portugal 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500
—OtherMemberStates 24,437 24,873 25,547 25,944 26,606 26,606
2.Finalaids: l l l
(a)Seedharvestedandprocessedin:I I I I
—FederalRepublicofGermany
(DM) 59,42 60,46 62,06 63,11 64,67 64,98
—Netherlands (Fl) 65,94 67,11 68,90 70,07 71,83 72,14
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs) 1170,88 1191,85 1224,31 1242,72 1274,61 1269,71
—France(FF) 176,40 179,67 184,55 187,01 192,07 192,79
—Denmark(Dkr) 211,01 214,84 220,79 224,26 230,11 228,28
—Ireland(£Irl) 19,605 19,969 20,538 20,835 21,397 21,315
—UnitedKingdom(£) 13,953 14,244 14,720 14,981 15,448 15,318
—Italy(Lit) 37330 38028 38994 39450 40539 40333
—Greece(Dr) 2226,18 2256,96 2350,45 2366,20 2466,72 2394,80
(b)SeedharvestedinSpainand
processed: II I
—inSpain(Pta) 385,53 385,53 385,53 385,53 385,53 385,53
—inanotherMemberState(Pta)3688,95 3756,28 3831,47 3879,92 3983,32 3952,24
(c)SeedharvestedinPortugaland
processed: II I
—inPortugal(Esc) 429,31 429,31 429,31 429,31 429,31 429,31
—inanotherMemberState(Esc)4669,00 4738,46 4855,84 4905,59 5024,59 4978,77

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ANNEXIII
Aidstosunflowerseed
(amountsper100kilograms)
Current
11stperiod
22ndperiod
33rdperiod
44thperiod
5
3,440
0,000
34,756
84,15
93,64
1666,22
252,79
301,37
28,150
20,733
53493
3482,98
530,49
4046,28
0,00
6842,97
6644,91
3999,32
6644,913,440
0,000
35,159
85,11
94,73
1685,57
255,77
304,89
28,482
20,988
54128
3530,59
530,49
4108,08
0,00
6912,79
6712,71
4062,92
6712,711.Grossaids(ECU):
—Spain
—Portugal
—OtherMemberStates
2.Finalaids:
(a)Seedharvestedandprocessedin('):
—FederalRepublicofGermany
(DM)
—Netherlands (Fl)
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs)
—France(FF)
—Denmark(Dkr)
—Ireland(£Irl)
—UnitedKingdom(£)
—Italy(Lit)
—Greece(Dr)
(b)SeedharvestedinSpainand
processed:
—inSpain(Pta)
—inanotherMemberState(Pta)
(c)SeedharvestedinPortugaland
processed:
—inPortugal(Esc)
—inSpain(Esc)
—inanotherMemberState(Esc)
3.Compensatory aids:
—inSpain(Pta)
4.Specialaid:
-—inPortugal(Esc)3,440
0,000
33,967
82,10
91,40
1629,11
247,91
294,57
27,558
20,293
52621
3487,59
530,49
3970,38
0,00
6744,42
6549,20
3921,61
6549,203,440
0,000
34,090
82,42
91,74
1634,94
248,69
295,59
27,645
20,331
52780
3457,56
530,49
3988,51
0,00
6753,41
6557,94
3939,75
6557,943,440
0,000
34,423
83,24
92,64
1650,92
250,86
298.48
27,913
20,532
53158
3483,87
530.49
4008,92
0,00
6805,95
6608,96
3961,95
6608,96
(')ForseedharvestedintheCommunityasconstitutedat31December1985andprocessedinSpain,theamountsshownin2(a)tobemultipliedby1,029807.
ANNEXIV
ExchangerateoftheECUtobeusedforconvertingfinalaidsintothecurrencyoftheprocessingcountrywhenthelatterisacountryotherthanthecountryofproduction
(valueof1ECU)
Current
11stperiod
22ndperiod
33rdperiod
44thperiod
55thperiod
6
DM
Fl
Bfrs/Lfrs
FF
Dkr
£Irl
£
Lit
Dr
Esc
Pta,2,064870
2,321810
43,176700
6,987310
7,957360
0,777525
0,691816
1518,18
163,53500
168,70500
140,085002,059500
2,317270
43,169700
7,001830
7,972270
0,778392
0,693042
1524,30
165,68900
169,92600
140,636002,054110
2,313300
43,171100
7,016130
7,989900
0,779554
0,694133
1530,31
167,72600
171,11000
141,199002,049060
2,309760
43,167900
7,028200
8,010760
0,780692
0,695179
1536,45
169,55200
172,46800
141,843002,049060
2,309760
43,167900
7,028200
8,010760
0,780692
0,695179
1536,45
169,55200
172,46800
141,843002,033820
2,298000
43,161000
7,070720
8,069730
0,784848
0,698347
1553,93
175,61200
175,43400
143,82100