NoL274/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.10.91
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2873/91
of30September1991
fixingtheexportrefundsonoilseeds
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
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
2566/910,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1569/72
of20July1972layingdownspecialmeasuresforcolza,
rapeandsunflowerseed(6),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2206/90(7),andinparticularArticle2(3)
thereof,
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
2041/75of25July1975onspecialdetailedrulesforthe
applicationofthesystemofimportandexportlicences
andadvancefixingcertificatesforoilsandfats(8),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No557/91(9),andinparti­
cularArticle13thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
Whereasthetargetpriceandthemonthlyincreasesinthe
targetpriceforcolza,rapeandsunflowerseedforthe
1991/92marketingyearwerefixedbyRegulations(EEC)
No1722/91(10)and(EEC)No1723/91(");
Whereas,owingtothelackofanadjustmentintherateof
refundforcolzaandraperesultingfromthemaximumguaranteedquantityarrangements forthe1991/92
marketingyear,therateoftherefundforthismarketing
yearhasonlybeenabletobecalculatedprovisionallyon
thebasisoftheabatementapplicableforthe1990/91
marketingyear;whereasthisamountshouldtherefore
onlybeappliedprovisionallyandshouldbeconfirmedor
replacedoncetheconsequencesofthemaximumguaran­
teedquantityarrangementsareknown;
WhereasArticle27a(3)ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthattheadjustmentoftheamountofaidfor
rapeseedproducedinSpainforthe1991/92marketing
yearshallbefixedsothattheadjustedtargetpriceisthe
sameinSpainasintheCommunityasconstitutedat31
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(,2);
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(l3);(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.0OJNoL162,26.6.1991,p.27.0OJNo125,26.6.1967,p.2461/67.
OOJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.11.
OOJNoL244,31.8.1991,p.48.
(ÓOJNoL167,25.7.1972,p.9.
0OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.11.0OJNoL213,11.8.1975,p.1.0OJNoL62,8.3.1991,p.23.
(,0)OJNoL162,26.6.1991,p.31.
(")OJNoL162,26.6.1991,p.33.(,2)OJNoL53,1.3.1986,p.55.
13)OJNoL237,1.9.1990,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
1102/840;
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(*),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2205/90(7).
(b)InthecaseofMemberStatesotherthanthosereferred
toin(a),thedifferencebetween:HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
(')OJNoL75,30.3.1971,p.16.
(2)OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.46.1.Inthecaseofcolzaandrapeseed,theamountsof
therefundreferredtoinArticle4(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No651/71shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
2.Thereshallbenorefundonsunflowerseed.(3)OJNoL113,28.4.1984,p.8.
(4)OJNoL170,29.6.1984,p.41.
OOJNoL145,8.6.1990,p.20.HOJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.6.
f)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.

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3.Certificatesfixingtheexportrefundinadvanceshall
bevalidfromtheirdateofissueuntiltheendofthefol­
lowingmonth.
4.However,theamountoftherefundforthe1991/92
marketingyearforcolzaandrapeshallbeconfirmedorreplacedwitheffectfrom1October1991totakeaccount
oftheconsequencesofthemaximumguaranteedquantity
arrangementsforthe1991/92marketingyear.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1October1991.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30September1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30September1991fixingtheexportrefundsonoil
seeds
(amountsper100kilograms)
Current
10(')1stperiod
ll(')2ndperiod
123rdperiod
14thperiod
25thperiod
3
1.Grossrefunds(ECU): I
—Spain 13,500 13,778— — — —
—Portugal 20,470 20,748— — — —
—otherMemberStates 13,500 13,778 — — — —
2.Finalrefunds:IIIll
Seedsharvestedandexportedfrom:'Illl \
—FederalRepublicofGermany(DM)31,78 32,44— — — —
—Netherlands (Fl) 35,81 36,55— — — —
—BLEU(Bfrs/Lfrs) 655,51 669,01— — — —
—France(FF) 106,59 108,79— — — —
—Denmark(Dkr) 121,23 123,72— — — —
—Ireland(£Irl) 11,863 12,108— — — —
—UnitedKingdom(£) 10,606 10,827 — — — —
—Italy(Lit) 2378024269 — — — —
—Greece(Dr) 3261,96 3311,33— — — —
—Spain(Pta) 2116,64 2158,57— — — —
—Portugal(Esc) 4371,82 4429,83— — — —
OAmountfixedprovisionally,pendingandsubjecttotheapplicationofthemaximumguaranteedquantityarrangementsforthe1991/92marketingyear,
conformingtotheadjustmentresultingfromthemaximumguaranteedquantityarrangementsappliedforthe1990/91marketingyear.