CELEX: 31986R1679
Language: en
Date: 1986-05-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1679/86 of 30 May 1986 fixing the export refunds on oil seeds

No L 146/ 18                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                31 . 5. 86
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1679/86
                                                         of 30 May 1986
                                           fixing the export refunds on oil seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        136/66/EEC provides that, at present, Article 28 of that
                                                                   Regulation applies only to colza, rape and sunflower
                                                                   seeds :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 Whereas the refund for colza and rape seeds produced in
Portugal,                                                          Spain or Portugal is adjusted in accordance with Council
                                                                   Regulation (EEC) No 478/86 (u) ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common
organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last           Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 142/67/EEC provides
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (2),                        that when the refund is being calculated account must be
                                                                   taken of prices ruling on the various Community markets
Having regard to Council Regulation No 142/67/EEC of               which are representative from the point of view of proces­
21 June 1967 on export refunds on colza, rape and                  sing and exportation ; the most favourable quotations
sunflower seeds (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           recorded on the various markets of importing third coun­
No 2429/72 (4), and in particular the first sentence of            tries and costs incurred in placing the goods on the world
Article 2 (3) thereof,                                             market ; whereas, when the amount of the refund is being
                                                                   fixed, account must also be taken of the level of market
                                                                   prices within the Community for the oil seeds referred to
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1678/85               in Article 21 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC and the
of 11 June 1985 fixing the conversion rates to be applied          future trend of these prices ; whereas, furthermore,
in agriculture (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No         account should be taken of the economic aspect of the
1333/86 (%                                                         proposed exports and the situation in the Community
                                                                   regarding the supply of and demand for these seeds ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72
of 20 July 1972 laying down special measures for colza,
rape and sunflower seed Q, as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 1474/84 (8), and in particular Article 2 (3)              Whereas in the absence of a target price for colza and
thereof,                                                           rape seed for the 1985/86 marketing year and of an
                                                                   amount for the monthly increases applicable in June
                                                                   1986 for colza and rape seed, in cases of advance fixing
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,            for the month of June 1986 of the refund on these
                                                                   products it has been possible only to make a provisional
Whereas the target price and the monthly increases in the          calculation using the target price and monthly increase
target price for colza, rape and sunflower seed for the            proposed by the Commission to the Council for the
1986/87 marketing year were fixed by Regulations (EEC)             1985/86 marketing year ; whereas therefore such refund
No 1457/86 (9) and (EEC) No 1458/86 (10) ;                         amounts must be applied only provisionally and
                                                                   confirmed or altered when the target price for the
                                                                   1985/86 marketing year is known ;
Whereas Article 28 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
provides that a refund may be granted on exports to third
countries of oil seeds harvested within the Community ;
whereas the amount of this refund may not exceed the               Whereas the estimated production of rape seed for the
difference between prices within the Community and                  1986/87 marketing year has not been fixed ; whereas the
prices on the world market where the former are higher             amount to be deducted where appropriate, from the
than the latter ; whereas Article 21 of Regulation No              subsidy in compliance with the system of maximum
                                                                   guaranteed quantities referred to in Article 27a of Regula­
 ') OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/ 66.                         tion No 136/ 66/ EEC and its effect on the amount of the
 2) OJ No  L 362, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 8 .                            refund could therefore not be determined ; whereas the
 3) OJ No  125, 26. 6. 1967, p. 2461 /67.                          amounts of the refund should therefore only be applied
 4) OJ No  L 264, 23. 11 . 1972, p. 1 .                            on a temporary basis and should be confirmed or replaced
 5) OJ No  L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p . 11 .
 «) OJ No  L 119, 8 . 5. 1986, p . 1 .                             once the effects of the system of maximum guaranteed
 ^ OJ No L 167, 25. 7. 1972, p. 9.                                 quantities for rape seed are known ;
 8) OJ No L 143 , 30 . 5. 1984, p . 4.
 ») OJ No L 133, 21 . 5 . 1986, p. 12.
 I0) OJ No L 133, 21 . 5 . 1986, p. 14.                            (*') OJ No L 53, 1 . 3 . 1986, p. 55.
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Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No                          currency of the Member State concerned and the
651 /71 of 29 March 1971 on certain detailed rules for the                   central rate of each of the currencies of the
application of export refunds on oil seeds (') as last                      Member States referred to in (a), and
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1815/84 (2), provides
that the amount of the refund must be calculated on the                  — the spot market rate for the currency of the
basis of the weight of exported seeds ; whereas this weight                 Member State in question in relation to each of
                                                                            the currencies of the Member States referred to in
must be adjusted to take account of any differences
between the percentages of moisture and impurities found                    (a), as recorded over a period to be determined ;
to exist and those used to define the standard quality for
which the target price is fixed ; whereas, when this adjust­        Whereas, however, pursuant to Article 2a of Regulation
ment is being made, the weight of the exported seeds                (EEC) No 1569/72, the monetary disparity for the marke­
must be increased by the amount of the difference                   ting years 1984/85 to 1986/87 will be calculated by a
between the actual moisture and impurities content and              method which takes into account a coefficient applied to
that used to define the standard quality if the former is           the conversion rate resulting from the central rate ;
lower than the latter ; whereas, if the opposite applies, the       whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1014/86 (^ fixed the coeffi­
weight of the exported seeds must be reduced by the                 cient ;
same amount :
                                                                    Whereas pursuant to Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    1569/72 forward differential amounts are to be deter­
Whereas the standard quality referred to above was                  mined where the forward exchange rate for one or more
defined in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                 currencies differs from the spot rate by at least a given
 1 102/84 (3) ;                                                     percentage ; whereas this percentage has been fixed at 0,5
                                                                    by Regulation (EEC) No 1813/84 ;
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 142/67/EEC provides              Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1813/84 specifies the spot
that the refund may be varied according to destination              and forward exchange rates and the period to be used for
where the world market situation or the specific require­           calculating the differential amounts ; whereas in cases
ments of certain markets make this necessary ;                      where, for one or more months, quotations of forward
                                                                    exchange rates are not available, the rates adopted for the
                                                                    previous months or the following months, as the case may
Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 651 /71                    be, must be used ;
provides for the publication of the amount of the final
refund obtained from the conversion into each of the
national currencies of the amount of the refund in ECU              Whereas it follows from applying these provisions to the
                                                                    current situation of the oil-seeds market and to the rates
plus or minus the differential amount ; whereas Article 1           or prices of these products that, pursuant to Article 4 of
of Regulation (EEC) No 1813/84 (4) defined the elements
which determine the differential amounts ; whereas these            Regulation (EEC) No 651 /71 , the amount of the refund in
                                                                    ECU and the amount of the final refund in each of the
elements are equal to the incidence on the target price or
the refund of the coefficient derived from the percentage           national currencies must, in the case of colza and rape
                                                                    seed, be fixed in accordance with the Annex to this Regu­
referred to in Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    lation ; whereas it is not necessary to fix a refund for
 1 569/72 ; whereas, according to these provisions, this            sunflower seed ;
percentage represents :
                                                                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
(a) for those Member States whose currencies are main­              in accordance with the opinion of the Management
     tained as between themselves within a spread at any            Committee for Oils and Fats,
     given moment of 2,25% , the difference between :
     — the conversion rate used under the common agri­
         cultural policy, and                       s
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     — the conversion rate resulting from the central rate,
(b) for Italy, the United Kingdom and Greece, the diffe­
     rence between :                                                                          Article 1
     — the relationship between the conversion rate used
         under the common agricultural policy for the               1 . In the case of colza and rape seed, the amounts of
                                                                    the refund referred to in Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
(•) OJ  No   L  75, 30. 3. 1971 , p. 16.                            No 651 /71 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(2) OJ  No   L  170, 29. 6. 1984, p. 46.
(3) OJ  No   L  113, 28. 4. 1984, p. 8 .
(<) OJ  No   L  170, 29. 6. 1984, p. 41 .                           n OJ No L 94, 9. 4. 1986, p. 19 .
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     2. In cases of advance fixing of the refund on colza and               or altered with effect from 1 June 1986 to take account,
     rape seed for the month June 1986 the amount will                     where appropriate, of the effects of the application of the
     however be confirmed or altered with effect from 1 June                system of maximum guaranteed quantities for rape seed.
     1986 on the basis of the target price set for these products
     for the 1985/86 marketing year and of the amount for the              4.     There shall be no refund on sunflower seed.
     monthly increases applicable in June 1986 on colza and
     rape seed .
     3 . In cases of advance fixing of the refund on rape seed                                         Article 2
     for the months of July, August, September, October and
     November 1986 the amount shall however be confirmed                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1986.
                        This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                        States.
                        Done at Brussels, 30 May 1986.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                       Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                          Vice-President
                                                                   ANNEX
                          to the Commission Regulation of 30 May 1986 fixing the export refunds on colza
                                                               and rape seed
                                                                                                                      (amounts per 100 kilograms)
                                                 Current
                                                              2nd month (')     3rd month (2)   4th month (2)    5th month (2)    6th month (2)
                                                month (')
1 . Gross refunds (ECU) :
    — Spain                                        20,870           17,320            17,320          17,816           18,312           18,808
    — Portugal                                     27,000           22,840            22,840          23,336           23,832           24,328
    — other Member States                          27,000           22,840            22,840          23,336           23,832           24,328
2 . Final refunds :                                                           \                               \
    Seeds harvested and exported from :
    — Federal Republic of Germany (DM)             66,00            56,08             56,10           57,43            58,61            60,25
    — Netherlands (Fl)                             74,37            63,19             63,19           64,68            66,01            67,80
    — BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                          1 231,45         1 059,70          1 059,70        1 082,02         1 105,27         1 121,54
    —   France (FF)                               176,19           151,65            151,28          154,12           157,65           162,16
    —   Denmark (Dkr)                             223,28           194,10            194,10          198,34           202,57           206,31
    —   Ireland (£ Irl)                            19,722           17,117            17,113          17,450           17,828           18,135
    —   United Kingdom (£)                         14,926           12,739            12,739          13,050           13,361           13,511
                                               37 230           33 708           33 516          34 095           34 858           35 406
    —   Italy (Lit)
    — Greece (Dr)                               1 719,35         1 958,56          1 918,30        1 940,98         1 998,85         1 957,21
    — Spain (Pta)                               2 931,30         2 442,43          2 442,43        2 514,75         2 587,06         2 608,61
    — Portugal (Esc)                            3 940,51         3 302,40          3 288,36        3 305,68         3 380,98         3 369,26
(') On the basis of the Commission's proposal concerning the indicative price for the 1985/86 marketing year and subject to confirmation by the
    Council's decision .
(2) Subject to the amount to be deducted in compliance with the system of maximum guaranteed quantities.