PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2592/79 LAYING DOWN RULES FOR CARRYING OUT THE REGISTRATION OF CRUDE OIL IMPORTS IN THE COMMUNITY PROVIDED FOR IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1893/79
Date: 1990-02-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: information, petroleum, statistics

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COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0MC90) 43 final 

Brussels, 28 February 1990 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 

amending  Regulation 

(EEC)  No  2592/79 

l a y i ng  down  r u l es  f or  c a r r y i ng 

out 

the  r e g i s t r a t i on  of  crude  o il 

imports 

in  t he  Community 

provided  f or 

in  Regulation  (EEC)  No  1893/79 

(presented  by the  Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

1. The Registration of crude oil imports was set up on 
28, August 1979  ( Regulation(EEC) No. 1893/79 ) by the 
Council in the aftermath of the troubles in Iran . 

2. With the adoption of Regulation(EEC) No.2592/79 the 
Council laid down rules for carrying out the Registration 
of crude oil imports in the Community . 

3. The basic Regulation(EEC) No.1893/79 and the 
complementary Regulation  (EEC) No.2592/79 laying down the 
rules for carrying out registration of crude oil imports 
have been renewed to 31 December 1991 by Regulation(EEC) 
No.4152/88 . 

4. The system has functioned very well and provides us 
with the quickest source of information on crude oil 
supply costs for the Community . 

5.After consulting Member States' administrations and 
receiving their positive response , it is now proposed to 
simplify the reporting requirements under this regulation 
to accord with the changed trading conditions prevailing 
in international oil markets . This will relieve 
operators of the obligation to report certain data no 
longer relevant to analysing the supply costs of crude 
oil in the Community. 

6. By making these changes we shall be bringing our 
reporting requirements into line with those of national 
administrations and other international organisations . 

7.Member States will no longer be required to report on 
transactions concerning affiliates/non-affiliates and 
transactions on the basis of continuing and non-
continuing supply arrangements  .Minimum and maximum 
prices and credit days will no longer be required nor 
will FOB prices . Member States will still report FOB 
prices on a quarterly basis under Regulation 76/491/EEC . 

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Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 

amending  Regulation  (EEC) No 2592/79  laying down  rules for  carrying 
out  the registration  of  crude oil imports  in the  Community 
provided  for  in Regulation  (EEC) No 1893/79 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES, 

Having  regard  to the Treaty  establishing  the  European  Economic  Community, 
and  in particular Article 103 thereof, 

Having  regard  to the proposal from  the  Commission, 

Whereas, the Council, by means of  Regulation  (EEC) No 1893/79 , as last 
amended  by Regulation  (EEC) No 4152/88^, which expires on 31 December 1991, 
introduced  registration  for  crude oil imports  in the  Community; 

1 

Whereas  the Council, by means of  Regulation  (EEC) No 2592/79 ,  as amended 
by Regulation  (EEC) No 4152/88, which  also expires on 31 December 1991, 
laid down  the  rules for  carrying  out  registration  of  crude oil imports in 
the Community  provided  for in Regulation  (EEC) No 1893/79; 

Whereas the Member  States and the Commission  must be kept  regularly  informed 
of  crude oiI supply costs; 

Whereas  it is necessary  to adapt  the  reporting  requirements under  Regulation 
(EEC) No 2592/79 to accord  with the  changed  trading  conditions prevailing  in 
international oil markets, to relieve operators of the obligation  to report 
certain data no  longer  relevant  to analysing  the supply  costs of the  Community, 
and  as far as possible  to bring  reporting  requirements  into  line with those of 
national  administrations  and  international organizations; 

HAS ADOPTED THIS  REGULATION: 

Regulation  (EEC) No 2592/79 shall be amended  as follows: 

Article 1 

10J  No L 220, 30.8.1979, p. 1. 

20J  No L 367, 31.12.1988, p. 7. 

30J  No L 297, 24.11.1979, p. 1. 

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1.  Article 2 shall be replaced  by the  following: 

"Article 2 

For  the purposes of Article  1 of Regulation  (EEC) No 1893/79, the 
characteristics  of  each  import  of  crude oil into a Member  State 
shall include: 

- the designation  of the crude oil, including  the API gravity, 

-  the quantity  in barrels, 

-  the  cif price paid per barrel." 

2.  Article 4 shall be  replaced  by the following: 

"Article  4 

The  information  which Member  States are obliged  to communicate  to 
the Commission  pursuant  to Article 2 of Regulation  (EEC) No 1893/79 
shall be forwarded  within one month of the end of each month  referred 
to in Article  3 of  this Regulation.  This information  shall  consist, 
for each type of  crude oil, of  an aggregation  of the data  which the 
Member  States  receive from persons and undertakings.  For each  type 
of  crude oil, the information  shall  comprise: 

-  the designation  of  the crude oil, including  the average API gravity, 

- the quantity  in barrels, 

- the average  cif  price, 

-  the number  of companies  reporting." 

Article 2 

This Regulation  shall enter  into force on the day of  its publication  in the 
Official  Journal of the European  Communities. 

This Regulation  shall be binding  in its entirety and directly applicable in 
all Member  States. 

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 

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