CELEX: 31976R3213
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3213/76 of 30 December 1976 fixing the export refund on oil seeds

31 . 12. 76                                Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 362/23
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3213/76
                                                        of 30 December 1976
                                              fixing the export refund on oil seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 142/67/EEC
COMMUNITIES,                                                         provides that when the refund i§^ being calculated
                                                                     account must be taken of prices'ruling on the various
                                                                     Community markets which are representative from
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                the point of view of processing and exportation ; the
Economic Community,                                                  most favourable quotations recorded on the various
                                                                     markets of importing third countries and Greece, and
                                                                     costs incurred in placing the goods on the world
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC                     market ; whereas, when the amount of the refund is
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                       being fixed, account must also be taken of the level of
common organization of the market in oils and                        market prices within the Community for the oil seeds
fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                      referred to in Article 21 of Regulation No 136/
 1707/73 (2),                                                         66/EEC and the future trend of these prices ; whereas,
                                                                     furthermore, account should be taken of the economic
                                                                     aspect of the proposed exports and the situation in the
Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/EEC                     Community regarding the supply of and demand for
of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats between                  these seeds ;
the Community and Greece (3),
Having regard to Council Regulation No 142/67/EEC                    Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
of 21 June 1967 on export refunds on colza, rape and                  No 651 /71 of 29 March 1971 on certain detailed rules
sunflower seeds (4), as last amended by Regulation                    for the application of export refunds on oil seeds (6),
(EEC) No 2429/72 (5), and in particular the first                     provides that the amount of the refund must be calcu­
sentence of Article 2(3) thereof,                                     lated on the basis of the weight of exported seeds ;
                                                                      whereas this weight must be adjusted to take account
                                                                      of any differences between the percentages of mois­
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                         ture and impurities found to exist and those used to
 Committee,                                                           define the standard quality for which the target price
                                                                      is fixed ; whereas, when this adjustment is being
                                                                      made, the weight of the exported seeds must be
Whereas Article 28 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                        increased by the amount of the difference between the
 provides that a refund may be granted on exports to                  actual moisture and impurities content and that used
 third countries of oil        seeds     harvested within    the      to define the standard quality if the former is lower
 Community ; whereas the amount of this refund may                    than the latter ; whereas, if the opposite applies, the
 not exceed the difference between prices within the                 weight of the exported seeds must be reduced by the
Community and prices on the world market where                        same amount ;
the former are higher than the latter ; whereas Article
21 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides that, at
 present, Article 28 of that Regulation applies only to
colza, rape and sunflower seeds ;                                     Whereas the standard quality referred to above is
                                                                      defined in Annex III of Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      833/76 of 6 April 1976 fixing certain prices and other
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation No 162/66/ EEC                        amounts applicable in agriculture for the 1976/77
 provides that Article 28 of Regulation No 136/                       marketing year (7) ;
 66/EEC and measures taken in application thereof
apply, subject to the provisions of the Agreement esta­
blishing an Association between the European                          Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 142/67/EEC
 Economic Community and Greece, to trade between                      provides that the refund may be varied according to
the Community and Greece ;                                            destination where the world market situation or the
                                                                      specific requirements of certain markets make this
(•) OJ   No 172, 30. 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ   No L 175, 29 . 6 . 1973 , p . 5 .                            necessary ;
(3) OJ   No 197, 29. 10. 1966, p . 3393/66 .
(«) OJ   No 125, 26. 6 . 1967, p. 2461 /67 .                         (') OJ No L 75, 30 . 3 . 1971 , p. 16.
(») OJ   No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1 972, p. 1 .                           (7 OJ No L 100, 14. 4. 1976, p. 12.
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Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,                  whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
refunds should be calculated on the following basis :                  are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                    ment Committee for Oils and Fats,
    relation to each other, at any given moment,
    within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
    on their effective parity ;                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                                             Article 1
    of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
     relation to the Community currencies referred to
    in the previous subparagraph ;                                     The refunds on the products referred to in Article 21
                                                                       of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, exported to third coun­
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and                       tries and Greece, are hereby fixed as shown in the
criteria to the present situation on the market in oil                 Annex to this Regulation .
seeds, and in particular to quotations or prices for
these products within the Community and on the
markets of third countries and Greece, that the refund                                       Article 2
should be fixed at the amounts shown in the Annex
to this Regulation for those products for which the                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
marketing year has already begun ;                                     1977.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 30 December 1976 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                             Member of the Commission
                                                           ANNEX
                                  Refund applicable to oil seeds from 1 January 1977
                                                                                                       (u.aJiOO kfi)
                     CCT
                    heading                             Description of goods                           Refund
                      No
               ex 12.01         Colza and rape seed , other than for sowing                            700
               ex 12.01         Sunflower seed, other than for sowing