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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3866/90
of28December1990
fixingtheamountofthesubsidyonoilseeds
Whereasthestandardqualityforsunflowerseedhasbeen
maintainedbytheCouncilforthe1989/90and1990/91
marketingyears;whereasthecoefficientsofequivalence
appliedtothepricesofsunflowerseedfromthirdcoun­
trieshavebeenfixedbyCommissionRegulationNo
225/67/EEC(»),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
2869/87(10);
Whereasthetargetpricesandtheinterventionprices
fixedbytheCouncilaretobereducedinaccordancewith
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No1756/90of27June
1990establishingthetarget?ndinterventionpricesfor
colza,rapeandsunflowerseedandtheguideand
minimumpricesforsoyabeans,fixedinecusbythe
Councilandreducedasaresultofthemonetaryrealign­
mentof5January1990(");
Whereastheabatementofthesubsidyforcolzaandrape
seedwhicharises,whereappropriate,fromthesystemof
maximumguaranteedquantitiesforthe1990/91marke­
tingyear,hasbeenfixedbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No2509/90(I2);THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3577/90(2),andin
particularArticle27(4)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1678/85(3)fixingtheconversionratestobeappliedin
agriculture,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
3709/90(4),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1569/72
of20July1972layingdownspecialmeasuresforcolza,
rapeandsunflowerseed(s),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2206/90(*),andinparticularArticle2(3)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
WhereasArticle27ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthatasubsidyshouldbegrantedinrespectofoil
seedsharvestedandprocessedwithintheCommunity
whenthetargetpriceforaspeciesofseedishigherthan
thepriceontheworldmarket;whereastheseprovisions
atpresentapplyonlyinrespectofcolza,rapeand
sunflowerseeds;
Whereasthesubsidyonoilseedsshould,theoretically ,be
equaltothedifferencebetweenthosetwoprices;
Whereasthetargetpriceandthemonthlyincreasesinthe
targetpriceforcolza,rapeandsunflowerseedforthe
1990/91marketingyearwerefixedbyCouncilRegula­
tions(EEC)No1317/90f)and(EEC)No1318/90(8);
Whereasasupplementtothetargetpricefor'doublezero'
colzaandrapeseedwasfixedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1317/90forthe1990/91marketingyear;Whereastheabatementofthesubsidyforsunflowerseed
whicharisefromthesystemofmaximumguaranteed
quantitiesforthe1990/91marketingyearhasbeenfixed
byCommissionRegulation(EEC)2833/90(13);
WhereasArticle29ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthattheworldmarketprice,calculatedfora
Communityfrontiercrossingpoint,istobedetermined
onthebasisofthemostfavourablepurchasingopportuni­
ties,quotationsbeingadjustedwherenecessarytotake
accountofquotationsforcompetingproducts;
WhereasArticle4ofCouncilRegulationNo115/67/EEC
of6June1967layingdowncriteriafordetermining
worldmarketpricesforoilseedsandfixingthefrontier
crossingpoint(H),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1983/82(1S),fixedthesaidcrossingpointat
Rotterdam;whereasArticle1ofthatRegulationprovides
(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.0OJNoL353,17.12.1990,p.23.
0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.11.
(4)OJNoL358,21.12.1990,p.13.0OJNoL167,25.7.1972,p.9.
(«)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.11.f)OJNoL132,23.5.1990,p.9.
(8)OJNoL132,23.5.1990,p.11.C)OJNo136,30.6.1967,p.2919/67.
(,0)OJNoL273,26.9.1987,p.16.
(")OJNoL162,28.6.1990,p.19.
(,2)OJNoL237,1.9.1990,p.7.HOJNoL268,29.9.1990,p.86.
('<)OJNo111,10.6.1967,p.2196/67.HOJNoL215,23.7.1982,p.6.

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bedeterminedonthebasisofthevalueoftheaverage
quantitiesofoilandoilcakeresultingfromtheproces­
singof100kilogramsofseedwithintheCommunityless
anamountcorresponding tothecostofprocessingthese
seedsintooilandoilcake;whereasthequantitiesand
coststobetakenintoconsiderationforthepurposesof
thecalculationarefixedinArticle5ofRegulationNo
225/67/EEC;whereasthevalueofthosequantitiesshould
bedeterminedinaccordancewithArticle6ofthat
Regulation;thatwhentheworldmarketpriceisbeingdetermined
accountshouldbetakenofalloffersontheworldmarket
knowntotheCommissionandofquotationsonthose
exchangeswhicharesignificantforinternationaltrade;
whereasArticle2ofRegulationNo225/67/EECprovides
thatoffersandquotationswhichdonotrelatetoship­
mentstobeeffectedwithin30daysfollowingthedateon
whichtheworldmarketpriceisdeterminedshouldbe
disregarded;whereasoffersandquotationswhichthe
Commissionbelieves,inviewofgeneralpricemovements
orinformationavailabletoit,nottoberepresentative of
therealtrendofthemarketmustalsobedisregarded ;
Whereasoffersandquotationsrelatingtoquantitiesof
lessthan500tonnesandoffersrelatingtoseedofa
qualityotherthanthatnormallyacceptableontheworld
marketmustalsobedisregarded ;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
otherwiseshouldbeincreased,asappropriate,byloading,
transportandinsurancecostsfromthepointofshipment
orloadingtothefrontiercrossingpoint;whereascif
offersandquotationsforfrontiercrossingpointsother
thanRotterdamshouldbeadjustedtoallowforthediffe­
renceintransportandinsurancecostsascomparedwitha
productdeliveredcifRotterdam;whereastheCommis­
sionshouldtakeaccountonlyoftheloading,transport
andinsurancecostswhichtoitsknowledgearethe
lowest;whereas,finally,offersandquotationsfordelivery
cifRotterdamshouldbeincreasedbyECU0,242;Whereas,underArticle6ofRegulationNo115/67/EEC,
thepricedeterminedforcolza,rapeandsunflowerseeds
mustalsobeadjustedbyanamountnotexceedingthe
margin,ascalculatedinaccordancewiththatArticle,
wherethatmarginmayaffectthenormaldisposalofseeds
harvestedintheCommunity ;
WhereasArticle5ofRegulationNo115/67/EECprovides
thattheworldmarketpriceshouldbedeterminedfor
seedofthestandardqualityforwhichthetargetpricehas
beenfixed,deliveredinbulk;WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1594/83of14
June1983onthesubsidyforoilseeds('),aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No1321/90(2),laiddownrulesfor
grantingthesubsidyonoilseeds;whereas,underthat
Regulation,wherethesubsidytobegrantedisfixedin
advance,theamountofsuchsubsidymustbeequaltothe
amountapplicableonthedayonwhichtheapplication
foradvancefixingwaslodged,adjustedbythedifference
betweenthetargetpricevalidonthatdayandthetarget
pricevalidonthedayonwhichtheseedsareplaced
undercontrolatanoilorfeedmilland,whereappro­
priate,acorrectiveamount;whereasArticle35of
Commission Regulation (EEC)No2681/83of21
September1983layingdowndetailedrulesfortheappli­
cationofthesubsidysystemforoilseeds(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3603/90(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;
(')OJNoL163,22.6.1983,p.44.
OOJNoL132,23.5.1990,p.15.0OJNoL266,28.9.1983,p.1.WhereasArticle2ofRegulationNo115/67/EECprovides
that,wherenoofferorquotationcanbeusedasabasis
fordeterminingtheworldmarketprice,thatpriceshould0OJNoL350,14.12.1990,p.57.

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WhereasArticle37ofRegulation(EEC)No2681/83
providesthatthecorrectiveamountmustbeequaltothe
differencebetweentheworldmarketpriceforcolza,rape
andsunflowerseedsandtheforwardpriceforthoseseeds
validforashipmenteffectedduringthemonthinwhich
theseedswereplacedundercontrolatanoilmill,those
pricesbeingdeterminedinaccordancewithArticles1,4
and5ofRegulationNo115/67/EEC;whereas,ifnooffer
andnopricecanbeusedforsuchdetermination ,the
methodofcalculationprovidedforinArticle37ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No2681/83shouldbeused;whereasthe
abovementioned differencemaybeadjustedinaccordance
withArticle38ofRegulation(EEC)No2681/83,account
beingtakenofthepricesofthemaincompetingcereals;(b)forMemberStatesotherthanthosereferredtoin(a),
thedifferencebetween:
—theagriculturalconversionrate,and
—theaveragerateoftheecuaspublishedintheC
SeriesoftheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communitiesduringaperiodtobedetermined
multipliedbythefactorreferredtointhesecond
indentofpoint(a);
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No1813/84specifiesthespot
andforwardexchangeratesandtheperiodtobeusedfor
calculatingthedifferentialamounts;whereasincases
where,foroneormoremonths,quotationsofforward
exchangeratesarenotavailable,theratesadoptedforthe
previousmonthsorthefollowingmonths,asthecasemay
be,mustbeused;
Whereasthesubsidyshouldbefixedwheneverthe
marketsituationmakesitnecessaryandinsuchawayas
toensureitsbeingappliedatleastonceaweek;whereas
thesubsidymaybealteredwheneveritbecomesobvious
thatsuchalterationisnecessary;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheseprovisionstothe
offersandquotationsknowntotheCommissionthat,
pursuanttoArticle33ofRegulation(EEC)No2681/83
theamountofthesubsidyinecusandtheamountofthe
subsidyineachofthenationalcurrenciesmustbefixed
inaccordancewiththeAnnextothisRegulation;
whereas,pursuanttothesameArticle,thespotand
forwardexchangeratesfortheecuinnationalcurrencies
determinedinaccordancewithArticle4ofRegulation
(EEC)No1813/84mustalsobepublished,Whereastheaidforcolza,rapeorsunflowerseed
harvestedorprocessedinSpainorPortugalistobe
adjustedasprovidedforinCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
478/86(');whereasthisaidis,forseedharvestedinthese
MemberStates,tobedeterminedinlinewiththeprovi­
sionsofArticles95(2)and(3)and293(2)and(3)ofthe
ActofAccession:
WhereasArticle33ofRegulation(EEC)No2681/83
providesforthepublicationoftheamountofthefinal
subsidyobtainedfromtheconversionintoeachofthe
nationalcurrenciesoftheamountinecusresultingfrom
thecalculationreferredtoaboveplusorminusthediffe­
rentialamount;whereasArticle1ofCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No1813/84(2),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1539/90(3),definedtheelementswhichdeter­
minethedifferentialamounts;whereastheseelements
areequaltotheincidenceonthetargetpricelesspercen­
tagereferredtoinArticle5,paragraph1ofthesaidregu­
lationorthesubsidyofthecoefficientderivedfromthe
percentagereferredtoinArticle2(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1569/72;whereas,accordingtotheseprovisions,this
percentagerepresents :HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theamountsofthesubsidyandtheexchangerates
referredtoinArticle33(2)and(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No2681/83shallbeassetoutintheAnnexeshereto.
2.Theamountofthecompensatory aidreferredtoin
Article14ofRegulation(EEC)No475/86shallbeas
showninAnnexIIItothisRegulationforsunflowerseed
harvestedinSpain.
3.Theamountofthespecialsubsidyprovided
forbyRegulation(EEC)1920/87forsunflowerseed
harvestedandprocessedinPortugalisfixedinAnnexIII.(a)forthoseMemberStateswhosecurrenciesaremain­
tainedasbetweenthemselveswithinaspreadatany
givenmomentof2,25%,thedifferencebetween:
—theconversionrateusedunderthecommon
agriculturalpolicy,and
—theconversionrateresultingfromthecentralrate
multipliedbythecorrectingfactorreferredtoin
Article6(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1677/85(4),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2205/90(*);
(')OJNoL53,1.3.1986,p.55.
(2)OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.41.
(3)OJNoL145,8.6.1990,p.20.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1991.(4)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.6.
Is)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28December1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEXI
Aidstocolzaandrapeseedotherthan'doublezero'
(amountsper100kg)
Current
11stperiod
22ndperiod
33rdperiod
44thperiod
55thperiod
6
1.Grossaids(ECU): I I
—Spain 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000
—Portugal 25,970 25,970 25,970 25,970 25,970 25,970
—OtherMemberStates 19,000 19,000 19,000 19,000 19,000 19,000
2.Finalaids: \IIIl l
Seedharvestedandprocessedin: \ \ \
—FederalRepublicofGermany(DM)44,73 44,73 44,73 44,73 44,73 44,80
—Netherlands (Fl) 50,40 50,40 50,40 50,40 50,40 50,46
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs) 922,57 922,57 922,57 922,57 922,57 922,57
—France(FF) 150,02 150,02 150,02 150,02 150,02 150,02
—Denmark(Dkr) 170,62 170,62 170,62 170,62 170,62 170,62
—Ireland(£Irl) 16,697 16,697 16,697 16,697 16,697 16,697
—UnitedKingdom(£) 14,325 14,317 14,309 14,284 14,276 14,231
—Italy(Lit) 33468 33468 33468 33468 33468 33368
—Greece(Dr) 3928,97 3908,67 3883,03 3830,85 3824,54 3706,51
—inSpain(Pta) 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
—inPortugal(Esc) 5430,95 5431,16 5431,36 5423,67 5423,74 5391,67

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ANNEXII
Aidstocolzaandrapeseed'doublezero'
(amountsper100kg)
Current
11stperiod
22ndperiod
33rdperiod
44thperiod
55thperiod
6
1.Grossaids(ECU): II
—Spain 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000
—Portugal 28,470 28,470 28,470 28,470 28,470 28,470
—OtherMemberStates 21,500 21,500 21,500 21,500 21,500 21,500
2.Finalaids:I \Il||
Seedharvestedandprocessedin:\ \Il \
—FederalRepublicofGermany(DM)50,61 50,61 50,61 50,61 50,61 50,68
—Netherlands (Fl) 57,03 57,03 57,03 57,03 57,03 57,09
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs) 1043,96 1043,96 1043,96 1043,96 1043,96 1043,96
—France(FF) 169,76 169,76 169,76 169,76 169,76 169,76
—Denmark(Dkr) 193,07 193,07 193,07 193,07 193,07 193,07
—Ireland(£Irl) 18,894 18,894 18,894 18,894 18,894 18,894
—UnitedKingdom(£) 16,274 16,266 16,258 16,233 16,225 16,180
—Italy(Lit) 37871 37871 37871 37871 37871 37772
—Greece(Dr) 4486,23 4465,93 4440,29 4388,114381,80 4263,77
—Spain(Pta) 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
—Portugal(Esc) 5952,64 5952,85 5953,05 5945,36 5945,43 5913,36

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ANNEXIII
Aidstosunflowerseed
(amountsper100kg)
Current
11stperiod
22ndperiod
33rdperiod
44thperiod
5
1.Grossaids(ECU): \
—Spain 27,272 27,266 27,259 27,253 27,247
—Portugal 36,240 36,240 36,240 36,240 36,240
—OtherMemberStates 24,000 24,000 24,000 24,000 24,000
2.Finalaids: l
(a)Seedharvestedandprocessedin('):I
—FederalRepublicofGermany\ \ l
(DM) 56,50 56,50 56,50 56,50 56,50
—Netherlands (Fl) 63,66 63,66 63,66 63,66 63,66
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs) 1165,35 1165,35 1165,35 1165,35 1165,35
—France(FF) 189,50 189,50 189,50 189,50 189,50
—Denmark(Dkr) 215,52 215,52 215,52 215,52 215,52
—Ireland(£Irl) 21,091 21,091 21,091 21,091 21,091
—UnitedKingdom(£) 18,152 18,143 18,133 18,104 18,095
—Italy(Lit) 42275 42275 42275 42275 42275
—Greece(Dr) 4999,23 4975,76 4946,14 4886,06 4878,55
—Portugal(Esc) 7575,27 7575,51 7575,75 7567,25 7567,33
(b)SeedharvestedinSpainand
processed:
—inSpain(Pta) 4231,62 4231,76 4228,40 4223,66 4223,66
—inanotherMemberState(Pta)4295,52 4296,57 4294,22 4290,52 4291,44
(')ForseedharvestedinMemberStatesotherthanSpainandprocessedinSpain,theamountsshownin2(a)tobemultipliedby1,0186140.
ANNEXIV
Exchangerateoftheecutobeusedforconvertingfinalaidsintothecurrencyoftheprocessing
countrywhenthelatterisacountryotherthanthecountryofproduction
(valueofECU1)
Current
11stperiod
22ndperiod
33rdperiod
44thperiod
55thperiod
6
DM 2,041940 2,039490 2,036890 2,034790 2,034790 2,028030
Fl 2,299390 2,296680 2,294090 2,291850 2,291850 2,284530
Bfrs/Lfrs 42,178600 42,137100 42,116000 42,077400 42,077400 41,985300
FF 6,948130 6,943660 6,941570 6,939130 6,939130 6,935700
Dkr 7,879510 7,871490 7,870100 7,861830 7,861830 7,862350
£Irl 0,766651 0,766451 0,766417 0,766579 0,766579 0,767061
£ 0,710623 0,712462 0,714125 0,715171 0,715171 0,717780
Lit 1540,86 1543,19 1544,75 1547,64 1547,64 1554,10
Dr 213,08600 215,12500 216,40300 219,27900 219,27900 226,45300
Esc 181,19400 181,49900 181,78800 182,57000 182,57000 184,44900
Pta 130,23800 130,65200 131,06000 131,29200 131,29200 132,44300