CELEX: 31983R2461
Language: en
Date: 1983-09-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2461/83 of 31 August 1983 fixing the export refunds on oil seeds

No L 243/26                        Official Journal of the European Communities                              1 . 9 . 83
                               COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2461 /83
                                                 of 31 August 1983
                                       fixing the export refunds on oil seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                               exports and the situation in the Community regarding
COMMUNITIES,                                                 the supply of and demand for 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 (*), as
                                                             amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1480/79 (®), provides
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC            that the amount of the refund must be calculated on
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a               the basis of the weight of exported seeds ; whereas this
common organization of the market in oils and fats ('),      weight must be adjusted to take account of any differ­
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1413/82 (2),          ences between the percentages of moisture and impur­
                                                             ities found to exist and those used to define the stan­
                                                             dard quality for which the target price is fixed ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 142/67/EEC            whereas, when this adjustment is being made, the
of 21 June 1967 on export refunds on colza, rape and         weight of the exported seeds must be increased by the
sunflower seeds (3), as last amended by Regulation           amount of the difference between the actual moisture
(EEC) No 2429/72 (4), and in particular the first            and impurities content and that used to define the
sentence of Article 2 (3) thereof,                           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 same amount ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee,
                                                             Whereas the standard quality referred to above was
Whereas Article 28 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC               defined in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
provides that a refund may be granted on exports to          1591 /83 of 14 June 1983 fixing the target prices and
third countries of oil seeds harvested within the            intervention prices for colza and rape seed and
Community ; whereas the amount of this refund may            sunflower seed for the 1983/84 marketing yearP);
not exceed the difference between prices within the
Community and prices on the world market where the
former are higher than the latter ; whereas Article 21       Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 142/67/EEC
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            Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
account must be taken of prices ruling on the various        refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Community markets which are representative from the
point of view of processing and exportation ; the most
favourable quotations recorded on the various markets        — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
of importing third countries and costs incurred in                relation to each other at any given moment within
placing the goods on the world market ; whereas,                  a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
when the amount of the refund is being fixed, account             their central rate,
must also be taken of the level of market prices within
the Community for the oil seeds referred to in Article       — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
21 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC and the future trend               arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
of these prices ; whereas, furthermore, account should            these currencies recorded for a given period in
be taken of the economic aspect of the proposed                   relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                  in the previous indent ;
(') OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
I1) OJ No L 162, 12. 6. 1982, p. 6.                          0 OJ No L 75, 30. 3. 1971 , p. 16.
O OJ No 125, 26. 6. 1967, p. 2461 /67.                       (6) OJ No L 180, 17. 7. 1979, p. 13.
(<) OJ No L 264, 23. 11 . 1972, p. 1 .                       P) OJ No L 163, 22. 6. 1983 , p . 40 .
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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 products                                Article 1
within the Community and on the markets of third
countries that the refund should be as set out in the             The refund on the products referred to in Article 21 of
Annex hereto for those products for which the market­             Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be as set out in the
ing year has already begun ;                                      Annex hereto.
                                                                                        Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Management              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
Committee for Oils and Fats,                                      1983 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 31 August 1983.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             Poul DALSAGER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
                                                        ANNEX
                 to the Commission Regulation of 31 August 1983 fixing the export refunds on oil seeds
                                                                                                (ECU / 100 kg)
                    CCT
                  heading                               Description                                Refund
                     No
              ex 12.01        Colza and rape seed, other than for sowing                            9,00
              ex 12.01        Sunflower seed, other than for sowing                                  —