1.6.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL138/35
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1463/91
of31May1991
fixingtheexportrefundsonoilseeds
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishmentofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3577/90(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo142/67/EECof
21June1967onexportrefundsoncolza,rapeand
sunflowerseeds(3),aslastamendedbytheActofAcces­
sionofGreece,andinparticularthesecondsentenceof
Article2(3)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1678/85
of11June1985fixingtheconversionratestobeapplied
inagriculture(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1340/910,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1569/72
of20July1972layingdownspecialmeasuresforcolza,
rapeandsunflowerseed(6),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2206/90Q,andinparticularArticle2(3)
thereof,
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
2041/75of25July1975onspecialdetailedrulesforthe
applicationofthesystemofimportandexportlicences
andadvancefixingcertificatesforoilsandfats(8),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No557/91(9),andinparti­
cularArticle13thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
Whereas,thetargetpriceandthemonthlyincreasesin
thetargetpriceforcolza,rapeandsunflowerseedforthe
1990/91marketingyearwerefixedbyRegulations(EEC)
No1317/90(10)and(EEC)No1318/90(");
WhereasthepricesfixedbytheCouncilaretobereduced
inaccordancewithArticle2ofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No784/90of29March1990fixingthereducing
coefficientforagriculturalpricesinthe1990/91marke­
tingyearasaresultofthemonetaryrealignmentof5January1990andamendingthepricesandamountsfixed
inecusforthatmarketingyear(12);
Whereas,owingtothelackofatargetpriceforcolzaand
rapeandoftheadjustmentintherateofrefundresulting
fromthemaximumguaranteedquantityarrangementsfor
the1991/92marketingyear,therateoftherefundfixed
inadvanceforthismarketingyearhasonlybeenableto
becalculatedprovisionallyconformingwiththeCommis­
sion'sproposalstotheCouncil;whereasthisamount
shouldthereforeonlybeappliedprovisionallyandshould
beconfirmedorreplacedoncethepricesandrelated
measuresandtheconsequences ofthemaximumguaran­
teedquantityarrangements forthe1991/92marketing
yearareknown;
WhereasArticle28ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthatarefundmaybegrantedonexportstothird
countriesofoilseedsharvestedwithintheCommunity ;
whereastheamountofthisrefundmaynotexceedthe
differencebetweenpriceswithintheCommunityand
pricesontheworldmarketwheretheformerarehigher
thanthelatter;whereasArticle21ofRegulationNo
136/66/EECprovidesthat,atpresent,Article28ofthat
Regulationappliesonlytocolza,rapeandsunflower
seeds;
Whereastherefundforcolzaandrapeseedsproducedin
SpainorPortugalisadjustedinaccordancewithCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No478/86(13);
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(I4);(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL353',17.12.1990,p.23.
0OJNo125,26.6.1967,p.2461/67.
(4)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.11.
0OJNoL132,27.5.1991,p.40.
(6)OJNoL167,25.7.1972,p.9.0OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.11.
(8)OJNoL213,11.8.1975,p.1.
(9)OJNoL62,8.3.1991,p.23.
(10)OJNoL132,23.5.1990,p.9.
(")OJNoL132,23.5.1990,p.11.(12)OJNoL83,30.3.1990,p.102.
HOJNoL53,1.3.1986,p.55.HOJNoL237,1.9.1990,p.7.

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—theagriculturalconversionrate,and
—theaveragerateoftheecuaspublishedintheC
SeriesoftheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
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
marketmanagement areductionshouldbemade;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforOilsandFats,WhereasArticle1ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
651/71of29March1971oncertaindetailedrulesforthe
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(16)aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2205/90(17).
(b)InthecaseofMemberStatesotherthanthosereferred
toin(a),thedifferencebetween:HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
(')OJNoL75,30.3.1971,p.16.
(2)OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.46.
(3)OJNoL113,28.4.1984,p.8.
(4)OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.41.1.Inthecaseofcolzaandrapeseed,theamountsof
therefundreferredtoinArticle4(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No651/71shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
2.Thereshallbenorefundonsunflowerseed.(*)OJNoL145,8.6.1990,p.20.
(6)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.6.f)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.

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3.Certificatesfixingtheexportrefundinadvanceshall
bevalidfromtheirdateofissueuntiltheendofthefol­
lowingmonth.
4.However,theamountoftherefundfixedinadvance
forthe1991/92marketingyearforcolzaandrapeshallbe
confirmedorreplacedwitheffectfrom1June1991to
takeaccountofthepricesandrelatedmeasuresforthe1991/92marketingyearandoftheconsequencesofthe
maximumguaranteedquantityarrangements .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1June1991.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31May1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof31May1991fixingtheexportrefundsonoil
seeds
(amountsper100kilograms)
Current 1stperiod2ndperiod3rdperiod4thperiod5thperiod
6 7(') 8 9 10 11
1.Grossrefunds(ECU):
—Spain 0,000 0,000— — — —
—Portugal 21,470 18,174— — — —
—otherMemberStates 14,500 11,204— — — —
2.Finalrefunds:I \
Seedsharvestedandexportedfrom: I \ I
—FederalRepublicofGermany(DM)34,14 26,38— — — —
—Netherlands (Fl) 38,46 29,72— — —■—
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs) 704,07 544,02— — — —
—France(FF) 114,49 88,46— — — —
—Denmark(Dkr) 130,21 100,61— — — —
—Ireland(£Irl) 12,742 9,846— — — —
—UnitedKingdom(£) 10,993 8,421— — — —
—Italy(Lit) 25541 19735 — — — —
—Greece(Dr) 2515,53 1757,91— — — —
—Spain(Pta) 111,92 111,92— — — —
—Portugal(Esc) 4548,51 3861,32— — — —
(')Amountfixedprovisionally ,pendingandsubjecttothesettingofthepricesandrelatedmeasuresandoftheapplicationofthemaximumguaranteed
quantityarrangementsforthe1991/92marketingyear,conforminginparticular:
—totheCommission'sproposalsforthe1991/92marketingyearasregardsthetargetprice,themonthlyincreases,thereductionforrapeseedotherthan
'doublezero'andthearrangementsapplyingtorapeseedharvestedinSpain;
—totheadjustmentresultingfromthemaximumguaranteedquantityarrangementsandthatoftheagriculturalconversionratesappliedforthe1990/91
marketingyear.