CELEX: 31987R4018
Language: en
Date: 1987-12-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4018/87 of 30 December 1987 fixing the amount of the subsidy on oil seeds

31 . 12. 87                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 378 /27
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 4018/87
                                                     of 30 December 1987
                                       fixing the amount of the subsidy on oil seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas a supplement to the target price for 'double zero
                                                                   colza and rape seed was fixed in Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    1917/87 :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,                                                          Whereas the abatement of the subsidy which arises, where
                                                                   appropriate, from the system of maximum guaranteed
                                                                   quantities for the 1987/88 marketing year, has been fixed
                                                                   by Commission Regulations (EEC) No 2292/87 (*) and
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of              (EEC) No 2295/87 (10) ;
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common
organization of the market in oils and fats (') as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3994/87 (2) and in
particular Article 27 (4) thereof,
                                                                   Whereas the standard quality for sunflower seed has been
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      changed by the Council for the 1987/88 marketing year ;
 1678/85 (3) fixing the conversion rates to be applied in          whereas the coefficients of equivalence applied to the
agriculture, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                prices of sunflower seed from third countries have been
3882/87 (4),                                                       fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2869/87 (") ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72
of- 20 July 1972 laying down special measures for colza,
rape and sunflower seed (*), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 1869/87 (^ and in particular Article 2 (3)                Whereas Article 29 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
thereof,                                                           provides that the world market price, calculated for a
                                                                   Community frontier crossing point, is to be determined
                                                                   on the basis of the most favourable purchasing opportuni­
                                                                   ties, quotations being adjusted where necessary to take
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,            account of quotations for competing products ;
Whereas Article 27 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
provides that a subsidy should be granted in respect of oil
seeds harvested and processed within the Community
when the target price for a species of seed is higher than         Whereas Article 4 of Council Regulation No 115/67/EEC
the price on the world market ; whereas these provisions           of 6 June 1967 laying down criteria for determining
at present apply only in respect of colza, rape and                world market prices for oil seeds and fixing the frontier
sunflower seeds ;                                                  crossing point (l2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                   No 1983/82 (13), fixed the said crossing point at
                                                                   Rotterdam ; whereas Article 1 of that Regulation provides
Whereas the subsidy on oil seeds should, theoretically, be         that when the world market price is being determined
equal to the difference between those two prices ;                 account should be taken of all offers on the world market
                                                                   known to the Commission and of quotations on those
                                                                   exchanges which are significant for international ' trade ;
Whereas the target price and the monthly increases in the          whereas Article 2 of Commission Regulation No 225/
target price for colza, rape and sunflower seed for the            67/EEC of 28 June 1967 on detailed rules for determi­
 1987/88 marketing year were fixed by Regulations (EEC)            ning the world market price for oil seeds (14), as last
No 1917/87 0 and (EEC) No 1918/87 (8)                              amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2869/87, provides that
                                                                   offers and quotations which do not relate to shipments to
                                                                   be effected within 30 days following the date on which
(') OJ No   172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ No   L 377, 31 . 12. 1987.
(3) OJ No   L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 11 .                            0 OJ No L 209, 31 . 7. 1987, p. 40.
(4) OJ No   L 365, 24. 12. 1987, p. 13.                            H OJ No L 209, 31 . 7. 1987, p. 43.
0   OJ No   L 167, 25. 7. 1972, p. 9.                              (") OJ No L 273, 26. 9. 1987, p. 16.
(«) OJ No   L 176, 1 . 7. 1987, p. 30.                             H OJ No 111 , 10. 6. 1967, p. 2196/67.
0   OJ No   L 183, 3. 7. 1987, p. 14.                              (,3) OJ No L 215, 23. 7. 1982, p. 6.
(8) OJ No   L 183, 3. 7. 1987, p. 16.                              H OJ No 136, 30. 6. 1967, p. 2919/67.
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the world market price is determined should be disre­             be determined in accordance with Article 6 of that
garded ; whereas offers and quotations which the                  Regulation ;
Commission believes, in view of general price movements
or information available to it, not to be representative of
the real trend of the market must also be disregarded ;           Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 115/67/EEC provides
whereas offers and quotations relating to quantities of less      that, where no offer or quotation can be used as a basis
than 500 tonnes and offers relating to seed of a quality          for determining the world market price and where it is,
other than that normally acceptable on the world market           moreover, impossible to establish the value of the oil or
must also be disregarded ;                                         oil cake processed from such seed, the world market price
                                                                   should be determined on the basis of the most recent
                                                                   known value for oil or oil cake, adjusted to take account
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 225/67/EEC provides             of the trend of world prices for competing products by
 that of the offers and quotations taken into consideration,       applying to that value the rules set out in Article 2 of
 those for delivery c and f should be increased by 0,2 % ;         Regulation No 115/67/EEC ; whereas Article 7 of Regula­
whereas offers and quotations for delivery fas, fob or             tion No 225/67/EEC defines competing products as those
 othefwise should be increased, as appropriate, by loading,        oils or oil cakes, as the case may be, which appear to have
 transport and insurance costs from the point of shipment          been offered in the largest quantities on the world market
 or loading to the frontier crossing point ; whereas cif           during the period under consideration ;
 offers and quotations for frontier crossing points other
 than Rotterdam should be adjusted to allow for the diffe­
 rence in transport and insurance costs as compared with a         Whereas, under Article 6 of Regulation No 115/67/EEC,
 product delivered cif Rotterdam ; whereas the Commis­             the price determined for colza, rape and sunflower seeds
 sion should take account only of the loading, transport           must also be adjusted by an amount not exceeding the
 and insurance costs which to its knowledge are the
 lowest ; whereas, finally, offers and quotations for delivery     margin, as calculated in accordance with that Article,
 cif Rotterdam should be increased by 0,242 ECU ;                  where that margin may affect the normal disposal of seeds
                                                                   harvested in the Community ;
 Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 115/67/EEC provides            Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1594/83 of 14
  that the world market price should be determined for             June 1983 on the subsidy for oil seeds ('), as amended by
 seed of the standard quality for which the target price has        Regulation (EEC) No 935/86 (2), laid down rules for gran­
 been fixed, delivered in bulk ;
                                                                    ting the subsidy on oil seeds ; whereas, under that Regula­
                                                                    tion, where the subsidy to be granted is fixed in advance,
                                                                    the amount of such subsidy must be equal to the amount
  Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 225/67/EEC provides            applicable on the day on which the application for
  that offers and quotations relating to products presented         advance fixing was lodged, adjusted by the difference
  otherwise than in bulk should be adjusted by deducting            between the target price valid on that day and the target
  the additional value resulting from that presentation ;           price valid on the day on which the seeds are placed
  whereas offers and quotations relating to a quality other         under control at an oil or feed mill and, where appro­
  than the standard quality for which the target price was          priate, a corrective amount ; whereas Article 35 of
  fixed should be adjusted on the basis of the coefficients of      Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83 of 21
  equivalence shown in the Annex to that Regulation ;               September 1983 laying down detailed rules for the appli­
  whereas, in the case of offers on the world market for            cation of the subsidy system for oil seeds (3), as last
  qualities of colza and rape seed other than those listed in       amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3857/87 (4), provides
  that Annex, coefficients of equivalence derived from those        that such adjustment should involve increasing or redu­
  listed in that Annex may, pursuant to Article 4 of Regula­        cing the amount of subsidy applicable on the day on
  tion No 225/67/EEC, be applied ; whereas, when derived            which the application was lodged by the corrective
  coefficients are being calculated, account must be taken of       amount and the difference between the target prices
   the differences between prices for the qualities of seed in       mentioned in Article 35 of Regulation (EEC) No
   question and prices for the qualities listed in that Annex,       2681 / 83 :
   and of the characteristics of these various seeds ;
                                                                     Whereas Article 37 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83
  Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 115/67/EEC provides             provides that the corrective amount must be equal to the
   that, where no offer or quotation can be used as a basis          difference between the world market price for colza, rape
   for determining the world market price, that price should         and sunflower seeds and the forward price for those seeds
   be determined on the basis of the value of the average            valid for a shipment effected during the month in which
   quantities of oil and oil cake resulting from the proces­         the seeds were placed under control at an oil mill, those
   sing of 100 kilograms of seed within the Community less           prices being determined in accordance with Articles 1 , 4
   an amount corresponding to the cost of processing these
   seeds into oil and oil cake ; whereas the quantities and          (>) OJ  No  L 163, 22.  6. 1983, p. 44.
   costs to be taken into consideration for the purposes of          (2) OJ  No  L 87, 2. 4.  1986, p. 5.
   the calculation are fixed in Article 5 of Regulation No           (3) OJ  No  L 266, 28.  9. 1983, p. 1 .
   225/67/EEC ; whereas the value of those quantities should         (4) OJ  No  L 363, 23.  12. 1987, p. 26.
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and 5 of Regulation No 115/67/EEC ; whereas, if no offer           (a) for those Member States whose currencies are main­
and no price can be used for such determination, the                     tained as between themselves within a spread at any
method of calculation provided for in Article 37 of Regu­                given moment of 2,25 %, the difference between :
lation (EEC) No 2681 /83 should be used ; whereas the                    — the conversion rate used under the common
abovementioned difference may be adjusted in accordance
with Article 38 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83, account                     agricultural policy, and
being taken of the prices of the main competing cereals ;                — the conversion rate resulting from the central rate,
                                                                    (b) for the other Member States, the difference between :
                                                                         — the relationship between the conversion rate used
                                                                             under the common agricultural policy for the
Whereas the aid for colza, rape or sunflower seed                            currency of the Member State concerned and the
harvested or processed in Spain or Portugal is to be                         central rate of each of the currencies of the
advised as provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No                       Member States referred to in (a), and
478/86 (') ; whereas pursuant to Article 95 (2) and 293 (2)
of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal this aid is                — the spot market rate for the currency of the
to be introduced at the beginning of the 1986/87 marke­                      Member State in question in relation to each of
ting year for seed harvested in these two Member States ;                    the currencies of the Member States referred to in
                                                                             (a), as recorded over a period to be determined ;
                                                                    Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1813/84 specifies the spot
                                                                    and forward exchange rates and the period to be used for
Whereas, in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No               calculating the differential amounts ; whereas in cases
475/86 (2) of 25 February 1986 laying down general rules            where, for one or more months, quotations of forward
 for the mechanism for controlling the prices and the               exchange rates are not available, the rates adopted for the
quantities of certain products in the oils and fats sector           previous months or the following months, as the case may
released for consumption in Spain provision is made for              be, must be used ;
 the granting of compensatory aid, subject to certain
 conditions ; whereas compensatory aid should be fixed for
 sunflower seeds harvested in Spain ;                                Whereas the subsidy should be fixed whenever the
                                                                     market situation makes it necessary and in such a way as
                                                                     to ensure its being applied at least once a week ; whereas
                                                                     the subsidy may be altered whenever it becomes obvious
                                                                     that such alteration is necessary ;
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1920/87 (3),
 provides for the granting of a special subsidy for                  Whereas it follows from applying these provisions to the
 sunflower seed harvested and processed in Portugal ;                offers and quotations known to the Commission that,
 whereas the amount of this subsidy should be fixed ;                pursuant to Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83
                                                                     the amount of the subsidy in ECU and the amount of the
                                                                     subsidy in each of the national currencies must be fixed
                                                                     in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation ;
                                                                     whereas, pursuant to the same Article, the spot and
                                                                     forward exchange rates for the ECU in national currencies
 Whereas Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83                  determined in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation
 provides for the publication of the amount of the final             (EEC) No 1813/84 must also be published,
 subsidy obtained from the conversion into each of the
 national currencies of the amount in ECU resulting from
 the calculation referred to above plus or minus the diffe­
 rential amount ; whereas Article 1 of Commission Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 1813/84 (4), as last amended by Regulation
 (EEC) No 2138/87 (*), defined the elements which deter­
 mine the differential amounts ; whereas these elements              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 are equal to the incidence on the target price less 7,5 %
 or the subsidy of the coefficient derived from the percen­
 tage referred to in Article 2 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
  1 569/72 ; whereas, according to these provisions, this
  percentage represents :                                                                       Article 1
 0    OJ No  L 53, 1 . 3. 1986, p. 55.
 0    OJ No  L 53, 1 . 3. 1986, p. 47.                                1 . The amounts of the subsidy and the exchange rates
 0    OJ No  L 183, 3. 7. 1987.                                      referred to in Article 33 (2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC)
   4) OJ No  L 170, 29. 6. 1984, p. 41 .
 $ OJ No L 200, 21 . 7. 1987, p. 9.                                   No 2681 /83 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
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    2.     The amount of the compensatory aid referred to in               harvested and processed in Portugal is fixed in Annex III.
    Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 475/86 shall be as
    shown in Annex III to this Regulation for sunflower seed
    harvested in Spain.                                                                               Article 2
    3.     The amount of the special subsidy provided
    for by Regulation (EEC) 1920/87 for sunflower seed                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1988.
                        This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                        States .
                        Done at Brussels, 30 December 1987.
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                      Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                          Vice-President
                                                                ANNEX I
                                           Aids to colza and rape seed other than 'double zero*
                                                                                                                    (amounts per 100 kilograms)
                                                  Current      1st period        2nd period      3rd period     4th period        5th period
                                                      1             2                 3               4               5                6
1 . Gross aids (ECU) :
    — Spain                                            0,000         0,000             0,000           0,000           0,000            0,000
     — Portugal                                        0,000         0,000             0,000           0,000           0,000            0,000
     — Other Member States                           21,937         22,373            23,047          23,444         24,106            24,106
2. Final aids :                                                               \                               \
     (a) Seed harvested and processed in :
          — Federal Republic of Germany
             (DM)                                    53,46          54,50             56,10           57,15           58,71            59,02
          — Netherlands (Fl)                         59,26          60,42             62,22           63,39           65,15            65,46
          — BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                      1 050,72      1 071,69          1 104,14         1 122,56       1 154,45          1 149,55
          — France (FF)                             157,71         160,98            165,86          168,32         173,39            174,10
          — Denmark (Dkr)                           189,13         192,95            198,90          202,38         208,22            206,39
          — Ireland (£ Irl)                          17,526         17,890            18,460          18,757          19,319           19,236
          — United Kingdom (£)                       12,312         12,603            13,080          13,340          13,808           13,678
                                                 33 338        34 036            35 002           35 457        36 546            36 340
          — Italy (Lit)
          — Greece (Dr)                           1 905,33      1 936,1 1         2 029,60         2 045,35       2 145,87          2 073,95
     (b) Seed harvested       in Spain  and    *
          processed :
          — in Spain (Pta)                              0,00          0,00              0,00            0,00            0,00             0,00
          — in another Member State (Pta)         3 303,41      3 370,74           3 445,94        3 494,39       3 597,78          3 566,70
      (c) Seed harvested in Portugal and
          processed :
          — in Portugal (Esc)                           0,00          0,00              0,00            0,00            0,00             0,00
          — in another Member State (Esc)         4 239,69      4 309,15           4 426,53        4 476,28       4 595,28          4 549,46
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                                                                ANNEX II
                                                Aids to colza and rape seed 'double zero'
                                                                                                            (amounts per 100 kilograms)
\                                                 Current       1st period    2nd period   3rd period    4th period      5th period
                                                      1              2            3             4             5               6
  1 . Gross aids (ECU) :                                     I                                         \
      — Spain                                          2,500          2,500        2,500         2,500         2,500           2,500
      — Portugal                                       2,500          2,500        2,500         2,500         2,500           2,500
      — Other Member States                          24,437         24,873        25,547       25,944        26,606          26,606
  2. Final aids :                                            l              l                          l
      (a) Seed harvested and processed in :                  I              I            I             I
          — Federal Republic of Germany
              (DM)                                   59,42          60,46         62,06        63,11         64,67           64,98
          — Netherlands (Fl)                         65,94          67,11         68,90        70,07         71,83           72,14
          — BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                      1 170,88       1 191,85      1 224,31     1 242,72      1 274,61        1 269,71
          — France (FF)                             176,40         179,67        184,55       187,01        192,07          192,79
          — Denmark (Dkr)                           211,01         214,84        220,79       224,26        230,11          228,28
          — Ireland (£ Irl)                          19,605         19,969        20,538       20,835        21,397          21,315
          — United Kingdom (£)                       13,953          14,244       14,720       14,981         15,448         15,318
          — Italy (Lit)                         37 330         38 028         38 994       39 450        40 539          40 333
          — Greece (Dr)                           2 226,18       2 256,96      2 350,45     2 366,20      2 466,72        2 394,80
      (b) Seed harvested
          processed :
                            in   Spain   and
                                                             I              I                          I
          — in Spain (Pta)                          385,53         385,53        385,53       385,53        385,53          385,53
          — in another Member State (Pta)         3 688,95       3 756,28      3 831,47     3 879,92      3 983,32        3 952,24
      (c) Seed harvested in Portugal and
          processed :
          — in Portugal (Esc)                       429,31
                                                             I     429,31
                                                                            I    429,31       429,31
                                                                                                       I    429,31          429,31
          — in another Member State (Esc)         4 669,00       4 738,46      4 855,84     4 905,59      5 024,59        4 978,77
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No L 378 /32
                                                                              ANNEX III
                                                                      Aids to sunflower seed
                                                                                                                                        (amounts per 100 kilograms)
                                                           Current                1st period            2nd period           3rd period             4th period
                                                                1                       2                     3                    4                       5
1 . Gross aids (ECU) :
                                                                  3,440                  3,440                  3,440               3,440                   3,440
     — Spain
                                                                  0,000                  0,000                  0,000               0,000                   0,000
     — Portugal
     — Other Member States                                     33,967                   34,090                34,423               34,756                 35,159
2. Final aids :
     (a) Seed harvested and processed in (') :
          — Federal Republic of Germany
             (DM)                                              82,10                    82,42                 83,24                84,15                  85,11
          — Netherlands (Fl)                                   91,40                    91,74                 92,64                93,64                  94,73
          — BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                               1 629,1 1                1 634,94              1 650,92             1 666,22               1 685,57
          — France (FF)                                      247,91                    248,69               250,86               252,79                  255,77
          — Denmark (Dkr)                                    294,57                    295,59                298.48              301,37                  304,89
          — Ireland (£ Irl)                                    27,558                   27,645                27,913               28,150                 28,482
          — United Kingdom (£)                                 20,293                   20,331                20,532               20,733                  20,988
                                                          52 621                  52 780                53 158               53 493                 54 128
          — Italy (Lit)
          — Greece (Dr)                                    3 487,59                 3 457,56              3 483,87             3 482,98               3 530,59
     (b) Seed     harvested     in Spain       and
          processed :
          — in Spain (Pta)                                    530,49                   530,49                530.49               530,49                 530,49
          — in another Member State (Pta)                  3 970,38                 3 988,51              4 008,92             4 046,28               4 108,08
      (c) Seed harvested in Portugal and
          processed :
          — in Portugal (Esc)                                     0,00                    0,00                   0,00                0,00                    0,00
          — in Spain (Esc)                                 6 744,42                 6 753,41              6 805,95             6 842,97                6 912,79
          — in another Member State (Esc)                  6 549,20                 6 557,94               6 608,96            6 644,91                6 712,71
 3. Compensatory aids :
                                                           3 921,61                  3 939,75              3 961,95             3 999,32               4 062,92
      — in Spain (Pta)
 4. Special aid :
                                                            6 549,20                 6 557,94              6 608,96             6 644,91               6 712,71
      -— in Portugal (Esc)
 (') For seed harvested in the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 and processed in Spain, the amounts shown in 2 (a) to be multiplied by 1,029807.
                                                                               ANNEX IV
                           Exchange rate of the ECU to be used for converting final aids into the currency of the
                            processing country when the latter is a country other than the country of production
                                                                                                                                                    (value of 1 ECU)
                                                  Current              1st period           2nd period           3rd period        4th period           5th period
                                                     1                      2                    3                    4                  5                    6
  DM                                         ,     2,064870               2,059500             2,054110             2,049060          2,049060              2,033820
  Fl                                               2,321810               2,317270             2,313300             2,309760          2,309760              2,298000
  Bfrs/Lfrs                                       43,176700             43,169700             43,171100            43,167900         43,167900            43,161000
  FF                                               6,987310               7,001830             7,016130             7,028200          7,028200              7,070720
  Dkr                                              7,957360               7,972270             7,989900             8,010760          8,010760              8,069730
  £ Irl                                            0,777525               0,778392             0,779554             0,780692          0,780692              0,784848
  £                                                0,691816               0,693042             0,694133             0,695179          0,695179              0,698347
  Lit                                          1 518,18              1 524,30              1 530,31            1 536,45          1 536,45            1 553,93
  Dr                                             163,53500             165,68900             167,72600            169,55200         169,55200            175,61200
  Esc                                            168,70500             169,92600             171,11000            172,46800         172,46800            175,43400
                                                 140,08500             140,63600             141,19900            141,84300         141,84300            143,82100
  Pta