CELEX: 31984R3045
Language: en
Date: 1984-11-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3045/84 of 31 October 1984 fixing the export refunds on oil seeds

1 . 11 . 84                             Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 288/ 19
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3045/84
                                                      of 31 October 1984
                                           fixing the export refunds on oil seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     favourable quotations recorded on the various markets
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      of importing third countries and costs incurred in
                                                                   placing the goods on the world market ; whereas,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             when the amount of the refund is being fixed, account
 Economic Community,                                               must also be taken of the level of market prices within
                                                                   the Community for the oil seeds referred to in Article
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC                 21 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC and the future trend
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                     of these prices ; whereas, furthermore, account should
 common organization of the market in oils and fats ('),           be taken of the economic aspect of the proposed
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2260/84 (2),                exports and the situation in the Community regarding
                                                                   the supply of and demand for these seeds ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 142/67/EEC
of 21 June 1967 on export refunds on colza, rape and
sunflower seeds (3), as last amended by Regulation                 Whereas Article , 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
                                                                   No 651 /71 of 29 March 1971 on certain detailed rules
(EEC) No 2429/72 (4), and in particular the first
sentence of Article 2 (3) thereof,                                 for the application of export refunds on oil seeds ('), as
                                                                   last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1815/84 (10),
                                                                   provides that the amount of the refund must be calcu­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      lated on the basis of the weight of exported seeds ;
 1223/83 of 20 May 1983 on the exchange rates to be
                                                                   whereas this weight must be adjusted to take account
applied in agriculture (5), as last amended by Regula­             of any differences between the percentages of moisture
tion (EEC) No 855/84 (6),                                          and impurities found to exist and those used to define
                                                                   the standard quality for which the target price is fixed ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      whereas, when this adjustment is being made, the
 1569/72 of 20 July 1972 laying down special measures              weight of the exported seeds must be increased by the
for colza, rape and sunflower seed Q, as last amended              amount of the difference between the actual moisture
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 474/84 (8), and in particular             and impurities content and that used to define the
Article 2 (3) thereof,                                             standard quality if the former is lower than the latter ;
                                                                   whereas, if the opposite applies, the weight of the
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                      exported seeds must be reduced by the 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                  1102/84 (");
Community ; whereas the amount of this refund may
 not exceed the difference between prices within the
Community and prices on the world market where the                 Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 142/67/EEC
former are higher than the latter ; whereas Article 21             provides that the refund may be varied according to
                                                                   destination where the world market situation or the
of Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides that, at
present, Article 28 of that Regulation applies only to ,           specific requirements of certain markets make this
colza, rape and sunflower seeds ;                                  necessary ;
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 142/67/EEC                      Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 651 /71
provides that when the refund is being calculated                  provides for the publication of the amount of the final
account must be taken of prices ruling on the various              refund obtained from the conversion into each of the
Community markets which are representative from the                national currencies of the amount of the refund in
point of view of processing and exportation ; the most             ECU plus or minus the differential amount ; whereas
                                                                   Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1813/84 (l2) defined
(')  OJ   No 172, 30. 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66.                        the    elements   which    determine   the    differential
0    OJ   No L 208, 3 . 8 . 1984, p. 1 .                           amounts ; whereas these elements are equal to the
(')  OJ   No 125, 26. 6. 1967, p. 2461 /67.
(<)  OJ   No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p. 1 .
0    OJ   No L 132, 21 . 5. 1983, p. 33.                           0 OJ No L 75, 30. 3. 1971 , p. 16.
(6)  OJ  No  L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .                             ('") OJ No L 170, 29. 6. 1984, p. 46.
O OJ No L 167, 25. 7. 1972, p. 9.                                  (") OJ No L 113, 28. 4. 1984, p. 8.
H OJ No L 143, 30. 5. 1984, p. 4.                                  (1J) OJ No L 170, 29. 6. 1984, p. 41 .
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incidence on the target price or the refund of the coef­       Whereas where, for one or more months, forward
ficient derived from the percentage referred to in             exchange rates are not available, the rate adopted for
Article 2 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72 ;                the previous month or the following month, as the
whereas, according to these provisions, this percentage        case may be, is to be used ;
represents :
                                                               Whereas, for the period 24 to 30 October 1984, for
(a) for those Member States whose currencies are               certain currencies :
     maintained as between themselves within a spread          — for the current month, the difference referred to in
     at any given moment of 2,25 %, the difference
     between :                                                     Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72
                                                                   differs by more than one point from the percen­
     — the conversion rate used under the common                   tage adopted for the previous fixing,
         agricultural policy, and                              — for certain following months the difference
     — the conversion rate resulting from the central              referred to in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
         rate,                                                     1569/72 exceeds 0,5 % ; whereas this difference in
                                                                   the case of certain forward differential amounts
(b) for Italy, the United Kingdom and Greece, the
     difference between :                                          differs by more than one point from the percen­
                                                                   tage adopted for the previous fixing ;
     — the relationship between the conversion rate
         used under the common agricultural policy for         Whereas it follows from applying these provisions to
                                                               the current situation of the oil-seeds market and to the
         the currency of the Member State concerned
         and the central rate of each of the currencies of     rates or prices of these products that, pursuant to
         the Member States referred to in (a), and             Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 651 /71 , the amount
                                                               of the refund in ECU and the amount of the final
     — the spot market rate for the currency of the            refund in each of the national currencies must, in the
         Member State in question in relation to each of       case of colza and rape seed, be fixed in accordance
         the currencies of the Member States referred to
                                                               with the Annex to this Regulation ; whereas it is not
         in (a), as recorded over a period to be deter­        necessary to fix a refund for sunflower seed ;
         mined ;
                                                               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Whereas, however, pursuant to Article 2a of Regula­            are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
tion (EEC) No 1569/72, the monetary disparity for the          Committee for Oils and Fats,
marketing years 1984/85 to 1986/87 will be calculated
by a method which takes into account a coefficient
applied to the conversion rate resulting from the              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
central rate ; whereas the said Article 2a fixed the coef­
ficient for the beginning of the 1984/85 marketing                                     Article 1
year ; whereas account should be taken thereof in
respect of colza and rape seed with effect from 1 July         In the case of colza and rape seed, the amounts of the
 1 984, and in respect of sunflower seed with effect from      refund referred to in Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
 1 August 1 984 ;                                              No 651 /71 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
Whereas pursuant to Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC)          No refund is fixed for sunflower seed.
No 1569/72 forward differential amounts are to be
determined where the forward exchange rate for one                                     Article 2
or more currencies differs from the spot rate by at least
a given percentage ; whereas this percentage has been          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
fixed at 0,5 by Regulation (EEC) No 1813/84 ;                   1984.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 31 October 1984.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                            Poul DALSAGER
                                                                     Methber of the Commission
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                                                               ANNEX
                        to the Commission Regulation of 31 October 1984 fixing the export refunds on colza
                                                          and rape seed
                                                                                                        (amounts per 100 kilograms)
                                              Current
                                                            1st month   2nd month     3rd month     4th month        5th month
                                               month
1 . Gross refunds (ECU)                           9,000          9,520      10,040         10,560        11,080          1 1,600
2. Final refunds                          l
    Seeds harvested and exported from :   l
    —   Federal Republic of Germany (DM)        30,49           31,79       26,69          28,17         29,41           31,42
    —   Netherlands (Fl)                         28,32          29,73       30,t)3         31,70         33,09           35,26
    —   BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                       417,71          441,84      465,97        488,55        512,69           525,15
    —   France (FF)                             52,37           55,94       58,92          61,37         64,95           68,53
    —   Denmark (Dkr)                           75,73           80,11       84,49          88,86         93,24           96,79
    —   Ireland (£ Irl)                           6,751          7,141       7,525          7,843         8,233            8,419
    —   United Kingdom (£)                        5,281          5,603       5,924          6,246         6,568            6,890
    — Italy (Lit)                           12 888         13 628       14 072        14 527 t      15 271           15 101
    — Greece (Dr)                              630,79          677,86      724,94         772,01       819,09           866,16