CELEX: 31981R1763
Language: en
Date: 1981-07-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1763/81 of 30 June 1981 fixing the export refunds on oil seeds

1 . 7. 81                             Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 175/41
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1763/81
                                                       of 30 June 1981
                                          fixing the export refunds on oil seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Community regarding the supply of and demand for
COMMUNITIES,                                                     these seeds :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
Economic Community,                                              No 651 /71 of 29 March 1971 on certain detailed rules
                                                                 for the application of export refunds on oil seeds (5), as
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC                amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1480/79 (6),
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                   provides that the amount of the refund must be calcu­
common organization of the market in oils and                    lated on the basis of the weight of exported seeds ;
fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                 whereas this weight must be adjusted to take account
3454/80 (2),                                                     of any differences between the percentages of mois­
                                                                 ture and impurities found to exist and those used to
                                                                 define the standard quality for which the target price
Having regard to Council Regulation No 142/67/EEC                is fixed ; whereas, when this adjustment is being
of 21 June 1967 on export refunds on colza, rape and             made, the weight of the exported seeds must be
sunflower seeds (3), as last amended by Regulation               increased by the amount of the difference between the
(EEC) No 2429/72 (4), and in particular the first                actual moisture and impurities content and that used
sentence of Article 2 (3) thereof,                               to define the standard quality if the former is lower
                                                                 than the latter ; whereas, if the opposite applies, the
                                                                 weight of the exported seeds must be reduced by the
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                     same amount ;
Committee,
Whereas Article 28 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                   Whereas the standard quality referred to above was
provides that a refund may be granted on exports to              defined in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
third countries of oil seeds harvested within the                1586/80 of 24 June 1980 fixing the target prices and
Community ; whereas the amount of this refund may                basic intervention prices for colza and rape seed and
not exceed the difference between prices within the              sunflower seed for the 1980/81 marketing year (7);
Community and prices on the world market where
the former are higher than the latter ; whereas Article          Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 142/67/EEC
21 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides that, at                 provides that the refund may be varied according to
present, Article 28 of that Regulation applies only to           destination where the world market situation or the
colza, rape and sunflower seeds ;                                specific requirements of certain markets make this
                                                                 necessary ;
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 142/67/EEC
provides that when the refund is being calculated
account must be taken of prices ruling on the various            Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Community markets which are representative from                  refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
the point of view of processing and exportation ; the
most favourable quotations recorded on the various               — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
markets of importing third countries and costs                       relation to each other at any given moment within
incurred in placing the goods on the world market ;                  a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
whereas, when the amount of the refund is being                      their effective parity,
fixed, account must also be taken of the level of
market prices within the Community for the oil seeds
referred to in Article 21 of Regulation No 136/                  — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
66/EEC and the future trend of these prices ; whereas,               arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
furthermore, account should be taken of the economic                 of these currencies recorded for a given period in
aspect of the proposed exports and the situation in the               relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                      in the previous indent ;
(»)  OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2)  OJ No L 360, 31 . 12. 1980, p. 16.                          (5) OJ No L 75, 30. 3. 1971 , p. 16.
(3)  OJ No 125, 26. 6. 1967, p. 2461 /67.                        (6) OJ No L 180, 17. 7. 1979, p. 13 .
(4)  OJ No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p. 1 .                         (7) OJ No L 160, 26. 6. 1980 , p. 4.
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Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
to the present situation on the market in oil seeds,
and in particular to quotations or prices for these                                     Article 1
products within the Community and on the markets
of third countries that the refund should be as set out           The refund on the products referred to in Article 21
in the Annex hereto for those products for which the              of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be as set out in
                                                                  the Annex hereto .
marketing year has already begun ;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                                    Article 2
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Oils and Fats,                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1981 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 30 June 1981 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                               The President
                                                                              Gaston THORN
                                                         ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 1981 fixing the export refunds on oil seeds
                                                                                                (ECU / 100 kg)
                   CCT
                 heading                            Description of goods                           Refund
                    No
             ex 12.01         Colza and rape seed, other than for sowing                           1200
             ex 12.01         Sunflower seed, other than for sowing                                  —