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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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COM(78)295final.
Brussels.29June197o.
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
adoptinggeneralrulesinconnectionwithspecial
-measuresforcastorseeds
(submittedtotheCouncil "by-theCommission)
COM(78)295final.

'EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
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Thepurposeofthisdraftproposalistolaydown,accordingtoArticle2(4)
and3ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2874/77:. ^
-generalrulesforgrantingtheaid,'
-detailedrulesforcheckingentitlement totheaid,
-conditionsfortheoil"millstomeetforentitlementtotheaid,
-criteriafordetermining theworldmarketprice. -' -κ -*
Thecriteriafordetermining theworldmarketpricearebasedthosealready
existingforotheroilseeds.
Asforgrantingtheaid,theamountshallbethatoftheaidapplicable theday
1 *ofplacingundercontrolandtheentitlement toaidisthemomentofprocessing .
Thepossibility ofadvancepaymentoftheaidisprovidedfor.Inorderto
havetheentitlement toaidtheprocessingundertakings mustlodgethestandard
contractwiththeproducerandsubmit'themselvestothecontrolsfordetermining
thequantities havingentitlement toaid..
Acontrolisprovidedforinboththeagricultural andtheseed-processing
sectors. • '

Proposal for a
REGULATION (EEC )
adopting general rules inconnection with special measures forcastor seeds ^ .
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
• •
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community /
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC)No2874 /77of19December 1977 laying down
specia.l measures ,inrespect ofcastor seeds^J andinparticular Articles 2(4)and3 .
thereof ,.
Having regard to.theproposal ,from theComrission , ' '
'whereas Article 2(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No ,2874 /77requires theadoption ofgeneral rules
forgranting ,theaid,detailed rules forchecking entitlement totheaidandtheconditions
.laid down forentitlement totheaidtobemetbytheseed processing undertakings and
whereas Article 3thereof requires thecriteria fordetermining theworld market price
tobelaid down ; ", ' -
Whereas theworld market price must bedetermined onthebasis ofthemost favourable
-.purchasing possibilities onthat market ;
Whereas relevant figures should bet.hose recorded during themarketing period for
Community seeds foroffers ontheworld marketPpr icesquoted onthemajor international
exchanges ;whereas ,hdwever ;those offers which cannot beconsidered representative on •
thetrue trerjd.of thetrue trend ofthemarket should beignored ;
r •
Whereas ,ifthere arenorepresentative offers orquotations forcastor seeds ,theworld
market price forcastor seed should bedetermined onthevalue oftheproducts resulting
from theprocessing ofthis seed ;whereas where theoffers orquotations forcastor seeds
ontheworld market would prejudice thesale ofthe Community production ofcastor seeds
theworld market price should bedetermined onthevalue oftheaverage quantities of
oilandoil-cake derived from theprocessing ofcastor seecfc less theprocessing costs ;
Whereas ,ifthere arenooffers orquotations either forcastor seeds ,orforoiland
oilcakes theworld market price forcastor seeds should bedetermined atthe same level
astheguide price ;
<1)OJNoL332,24.12.1977 ,*p.1

Whereas,toensurethesmoothcunningofthesubsidysystem,the.worldmarketprice
mustberecordedToraCommunityfrontiercrossingpoint;whereasin'fixingthispoint
accountshouldbetakenoftheextenttowhichitisrepresentative forimportsof
such,seedsandtherefore^the portofRotterdamshouldbechosen;whereasoffersand
quotationswillhavetobeadjustedif.theyrelatetoadifferentfrontiercrossing -
■» * m
point;
Whereassuchadjustments shouldalsobemadetotheoffersandquotations adoptedio
ordertocompensateforanyvariationfromthepresentation andqualityusedascriteri
whenfixingtheguideprice;
Whereas,inviewofthesmoothrunningofthesubsidysystemitshouldbespecified ,
thattheaidshouldbegrantedfortheexactquantityofcastorseedsharvested and
processedintheCommunityandtoundertakings whichhavelodgedthecontractconcluded
withtheproducers andwhosestockaccountsallowthequantityofCommunityprocessed
seedtobeverified; . '
Whereastherighttoaidisacquiredwhentheseedshavebeenprocessed;whereas,
however,itshouldbespecifiedthattheaidmaybeadvanced .totheinterestedparties
beforetheproductsareprocessed;whereas,inocdertopreventfrauditisnecessary
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tospecifythataguarantee mustbegiventoensuretheprocessingoftheproducts
forwhichtheaidispaid;
WhereastheproducerMemberStatesandtheMemberStatesinwhichthe.seedswillbe
processedshouldberequiredtosetupthecontrolarrangements necessarytoensure
thesmoothrunningofthesubsidysystemthatthecontrol ,arrangements shouldinparti­
cularallotstochecktheobservanceoftheminimumpricereferredtoinArticle2(Z)•
ofRegulation (EEC)No2874/77andtoavoidinjustified applications fpraid;whereas
forthepurposeoftheControlMemberStatesshallassisteact)other; '
Whereasspecialprovisions shouldbemadetocheckseedswhichareprocessedina
MemberStateotherthanthatInwhichtheyareprocessed,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : '

I. WORLD PRICE .
Article 1
1.Teworld market price forcastor seeds shall bedetermined inaccordance with the
.■ _„<!>orocedure laid down inArticle 38of -Regulation No136/66/EEC . –
2.During themost representative period forthesale ofseeds ofCommunity origin this
price shall |»«determined periodically ^ :r.
.TheLast price determined during thesaid period shall beused forfixfhg thesubsidy ,to
beapplied fortheremainder ofthemarketing year .
3.Indetermining theworld market price account shall only betaken oftheoffers madp
ontheworld market fordelivery during theperiod referred toinparagraph 2andthe
prices quoted fordelivery during thesame period onthemain international trade
markets .
4.Theworld market price shall bedetermined onthebasis ofthe'actual most favOCrable
f *
purchasing possibilities disregarding offers andprices which cannot beconsidered as
representative oftheactual market tfend .
Article 2
Where nooffer andnopr-jCR-canbeused todetermine theworld market price ofcastor
seeds ,theprice shall be'determined ontheb?sis oftheoffers and prices forthe
oilandoilcakes from castrobeans ontheworld orCommunity markets .Forthat purpose
account shall betaken ofthe value oftheaverage quantities ofoilandoilcake obtai­
nedintheCommunity through processing 100kilograms ofcastor seeds less anamount
representing thecost ofprocessing theseed into oilandoilcake .
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Article 3 ■_
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Where nooffer orprice tcanbeused todetermine theworld market
price forcastor seeds andfurther ,where itisimpossible toestablish the value
ofthe'oi Icake .oroiI"processed from such seeds ,the'world market price shall beequal
totheguide price forcastor seeds , ' '_ ■
Article 4
Theworld market price shall bedetermined forSeeds inbulk delivered toRotterdam
ofthe standard quality inrespect ofwhich theguide price wasfixed .
Where ,theoffers andprices donot fulfil theconditions setoutabove the necessary
adjustments shall bemade . ' .
II. AID
Article 5 ' '•
Theaidprovided forinArticle 2ofRegulation (EEC)No2874 /77shall begranted under
theconditions setout inthat Article forcastor seeds harvested andprocessed inthe
Community with aview totheproduction of«il. » ." ' ._
~ 0JNo172/30.9.1966 /p.3025 /66

Article 6
1.Aidshall begranted only toundertakings processing castor seeds
(a)which ,notlater than adate tobefixed have lodged acontract that satisfies
theconditions referred to ,inArticle 2(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No"2874 /77
andthose tobelaid down inaccordance with paragraph 5ofthesame Article with
_theagency designated for .that purpose bythe :Member State inwhich theseed will '
beprocessed ; . ' , •"•
(b)which have requested thecompetent authority totake thecastor seeds under
control attheoilmill ; / . -
<c)*which ,with aview tochecking entitlement totheaid,
-keep separate stock accounts forseed harvested within andoutside theCommunity ,
which show ,atleast ,thequantities andthequality ofthe castor seeds taken
1nbythem ,their date ofentry andthequantity ofoilproduced anddspatched ;
-furnish ,where appropriate ,anyother supporting documents necessary tocheck
entitlement totheaid. #. »
2*Where theseed isproduced inaMember State other than that inwhich
<itwill beprocessed ,aidshall begranted only tooilmills which' have -'lodged ,
before adate tobefixed ,acopy ofthecontract with theagency desi­
gnated bytheMember State inwhich the .seed isproduced ,andalso have submitted
td theagency designated bytheMember State inwhich theseed will beprocessed
the certificate reft red toinArticle 10(3). ■ '
Article 7 .
Theamount oftheaidshall bethat valid onthedayonwhich theinterested party
requests theMember State concerned totake theseeds under control attheoilmill where
they aretobeprocessed .
Article 8 .
Entitlement to"theaidarises atthetime ofprocessing theseeds with aview tothe
production ofoil .Theaid -may,however ,bepa.id inadvance when theproduct hasbeen :
putunder control attheoilmill ,providedthat aguarantee islodged against their"
processing .\ v •
' *. Article 9 .*>v •
1.Thaweight oftheseeds referred toinArticle 5shall "bedetermined andsamples
taken , ' .onarrival .attheoilmill where they aretobeprocessed .

2.Theamountoftheaidshallbecalculated onthebasisoftheweight,thisbeing
adjustedinaccordancewithsuchdifferences asmayexistbetweenthepercentages
ofmoistureandofimpurities recordedandthepercentages
applyingtothestandardqualityforwhichtheguidepriceisfixed.
III.-CONTROL ,..'. '
Article10 •
1.TheproducerMemberStatesshallcheckthatthecontractfulfilstheconditions
laiddown.
*H.
2.TheproducerMemberStateshallmakeranddmonsite_checJcstodeterminethatthe
areasindicatedinthecontractslodgedarecorrect.
3.WhenapplyingtheprovisionsofArticle6(2),theproducerMemberStateshallforward,
notlaterthanadatetobefixed,■'tothepartyconcerned,acertificateofcon­
formityofthecontractwiththeconditionslaiddownalso,whereappropriate,of
theaccuracyoftheinformation concerning theareassown.
A.TheMemberSteteinwhichtheseedsreferredtoinArticle 1areprocessedshall
checktheentryandprocessingoftteseseedsattheoilmillinordertoensurethat
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.theaidisgrantedonlyinresoectofseeds.qualifyingforit.
5.EachMemberStateshaOlxommunicate ' .tothe.Commission,
beforetheirentryintoforce,theprovisionswhichitisadoptinginorderto"
ensurethatthecheckprovidedforinparagraph (A)ismade. '
-''•Article11 ^ .
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MemberStatesshallassisteachotherinapplyingthisRegulation .
vArticle12
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingitspublication in
theOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein all
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MemberStates.
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