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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)268 final
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Proposalfora ,
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REGULATION(EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
fixingthemainintervention centresforoilseedsforthe
1977/78marketingyearandthederivedintervention prices
applicable atthesecentres
Proposalfora
,REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCILI'
oncompensatory amountsforcolzaandrapeseed
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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/
C0M(77)268final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.FollowingtheCouncilDecisiontoincreasethetargetpriceandbasicintervention
pricesforthe1977/78marketingyearby3.5%forcolzaandrapeseedandby
7.5%forsunflowerseed,thefollowingmustalsobeestablishedforthesame
year:
-themainintervention centresandthederivedintervention pricesapplicable
thereof;
-thecompensatory amountsapplicabletocolzaandrapeseedharvestedinDenmark
andtheUnitedKingdom.
2.Theintervention priceshavebeenamendedtotakeintoaccountthenecessityto
facilitatethesupplytotheItalianmarketoftheseseedsontheonehand,and
ontheother,thechangesthathaveoccurredintransportcosts.Attherequest
oftheFrenchdelegation,thecentreatMarseillehasbeenabolished,anda
centreatLaPallicehasbeenaddedforbothkindsofseed,andacentreat
Strasbourgforsunflowerseed.
3.Article52oftheActconcerningtheConditionsofAccessionandtheAdjustments
totheTreatiesprovidesthatthederivedintervention pricesapplicablein
DenmarkandtheUnitedKingdomshouldbegraduallyalignedwiththelevelsof
thecommonprices.Therefore,thedifferencebetweenthecommonpricesandthe
pricesrulingintheUnitedKingdom shouldbereducedbyonehalf,
andaccordinglythecompensatory amountsapplicabletheretoreduced,for
theperiodfrom1Julyto31December1977.From1January1978theaccession
compensatory amountsshallnolongerbeapplied.
ForcolzaandrapeseedharvestedinDenmarkthecompensatory amountisminimal
andisthereforeabolishedfrom1July1977,inaccordancewiththeprovisions
ofArticle55(4)oftheabovementioned Act.
A.Financialimplications
ThiSproposalisanormalconsequenceoftheannualpricedecisions.Thereart
nofinancialimplications otherthanthosealreadytakenintoaccountinconnec
tionwiththepriceproposals(doc.C0M(77)150def.)

Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
oncompensatory amountsforcolzaandrapeseed
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
(1)HavingregardtotheActofAccession,andinparticularArticle62(1)
thereof,
y
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
(2)WhereasRegulation (EEC)No1463/76fixedthecompensatory amountsto
bedeductedfromthesubsidyortheexportrefundforcolzaandrapeseed
harvestedinDenmarkandtheUnitedKingdomduringthe1976/77cropyear
andplacedundercontrolattheoilmillorexportedduringthatyear;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle52oftheActofAccession,forthecrop
year1977/78thederivedintervention pricesapplicableinDenmarkandthe
UnitedKingdomaretomovetowardsalignmentwiththecommonprices;whereas
thecompensatory amountapplicableintheUnitedKingdomduringtheperiod
1Julyto31December1977shouldthereforebereducedaccordingly;whereas
however,inthecaseofDenmarktheapplicationofthesaidArticleresultsin
aminimalaccessioncoirpensatory amount,andwhereas,therefore,inaccordance
withArticle55(4)oftheActnosuchamountshouldbefixed.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
(1)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14
(2)OJNoL165,25.6.1976,p.4

2
Article 1
1.ForcolzaandrapeseedharvestedintheUnitedKingdomandplacedunder
controlattheoilmillpursuanttoArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)No2114/71^'
orexportedduringtheperiod1Julyto31December1977,thecompensatory
amounttobedeductedfromthesubsidyreferredtoinArticle27ofRegulation
(4)
No136/66/EECandfromtheexportrefundreferredtoinArticle28ofthat
Regulationshallbe1.37unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes.
2.Theconpensatory amounttobedeductedinaccordancewithparagraph 1shall
notexceedtheamountofthesubsidyorexportrefundapplicable.
Article2
DetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthisRegulationshallbedeterminedin
accordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle38ofRegulation No136/66/EEC.
Article3
-. 1._■
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1977.
4
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels. FortheCommission
(3)0JNoL222,2.10.1971,p.2
(4)0JNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66

.Proposalfora
REGULATION(EEC) OFTHECOUNCIL
fixingforthemarketingyear1977/78the,mainintervention centresforoilseeds
andthederivedintervention pricesapplicableatthosecentres
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation No136/66/EECof22September1966onthe
1establishment ofacommonorganization ofthemarketinoilsandfats,aslast
(2)amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1707/73'andinparticularthefirstsubparagraph
<jfArticle22(2)thereof,
y S
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle22(2)ofRegulation No136/66/EEC,themain
intervention centresforcolza,rapeseedandsunflowerseed,andthederived
interventionpricesapplicablethereatmustbefixedforthemarketingyear1977/78
Whereastheplaceswiththelargestmarketssituatedinthemainproductionareas
shouldbetaken'asthemainintervention centres;whereas,toensureanappropriate
pricelevelforCommunityseedindeficitareas,themostrepresentative placesfor
theprocessingofseedsshouldalsobeused,aswellasplacessituatedoutside
productionareaswhicharerepresentative asregardsinternaltradeandtheexport
ofseed;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle24ofRegulation No136/66/EEC,derivedinter­
ventionpricesmustbefixedatalevelpermittingseedtomovefreelywithinthe
Community,undernaturalconditionsofpriceformationandinaccordancewith
theneedsofthemarket;whereas,tothatend,interventionpricesshouldbefixed
sothatthedifferences betweenthemcorrespondtothepricedifferencestobe
expectedinthecaseofanormalharvest;
Whereasthederivedinterventionpricesforthe1976/77marketingyearwerefixed
inDenmarkandtheUnitedKingdomatalevellowerthanthecommonlevel;whereas
thesepricesshouldmovetowardsalingmentwiththecommonprices,inaccordance
withArticle52oftheActofAccession;
(1)0JNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66
(2)0JNoL175,29.6.1973,p.5

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Whereastheexperiencegainedduringthecourseofthe1976/77marketingyear
hasshownthatthemainintervention centresadoptedforthatmarketingyear,
withtheexceptionofMarseilleshouldberetained,andthatthecentreofLa
Palliceshouldbeaddedforbothkindsofseed,andthecentreofStrasbourgfor.
sunflowerseed;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
i
Article 1
Forthemarketingyear1977/78,themainintervention centresforcolza,rapeand
sunflowerseedandthederivedinterventionpricesapplicableinthesecentresshall
beasshownintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinall
MemberStates.
Doneat FortheCouncil

ANNEX
Mainintervention centresandderivedintervention pricesapplicableinthese
centres !
A.Forcolzaandrapeseed:
Centres Interventionpriceinu.a./100kg-standardquali-I
qualityseed I
Antwerp 27.45
flrhus -26.67from1Julyto31December1977
-26.99from1January1978
Copenhagen -26.67from1Julyto31December1977
-26.99from1January1978
Dusseldorf 27.45
Hamburg!27.51
Mannheim 27.30
Regensburg 25.85
Bordeaux 26.30
Bourges 26.30
Chatons-sur-Marne 26.66
Chartres 26.72
Chateauroux 26.23
Dijon 26.30
Dunkerque 27.35
Gennevilliers 27.03
LaPallice 26.30
LePouzin 26.11
Lyon 26.11
Rouen 27.35
Sete 26.30
Strasbourg 26.95
Dublin 27.71
Genoa 27.71
Rotterdam 27.55
Hull -26.34from1Julyto31December1977
-27.71from1January1978
Liverpool -26.34from1julyto31December1977
-27.71from1January1978
TiIbury -26.34from1Julyto31December1977
-27.71from1January1978
B.Forsunflower seed:
Centres |Interventionpriceinu.a./100kg-standard |
L_ qualityseed
Bordeaux 28.01 ï
Bourges 28.01
Dijon 28.01
LaPallice 28.01
LePouzin 28.39
Rouen 28.97
Strasbourg 28.98
Genoa 29.89
Grossetto 29.14
Siena 29.38 I
Perugia 29.14 ι
Macerata 28.93 I
Campobasso 28.65
Foggia 28.58