CELEX: 31987R0577
Language: en
Date: 1987-02-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 577/87 of 26 February 1987 fixing the amount of the subsidy on oil seeds

No L 57/38                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                27. 2. 87
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 577/87
                                                        of 26 February 1987
                                         fixing the amount of the subsidy on oil seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          fore, be applied on a temporary basis and should be
                                                                     confirmed or replaced when the indicative price of the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               1987/88 marketing year is known ;
 Economic Community,
                                                                     Whereas estimated production of colza and rape seed for
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                   the 1987/88 marketing year has not been fixed ; whereas
Portugal,                                                            the amount, where appropriate, to be deducted from the
                                                                     subsidy in compliance with the system of maximum
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of                 guaranteed quantities referred to in Article 27a of Regula­
                                                                     tion No 136/66/EEC could therefore not be determined ;
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common
organization of the market in oils and fats (') as last              whereas the amounts of the subsidy should therefore only
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1454/86 (2) and in                    be applied on a temporary basis and should be confirmed
                                                                     or replaced once the effects of the system of maximum
particular Article 27 (4) thereof,
                                                                     guaranteed quantities for colza and rape seed are known ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1678/85 (3) fixing the conversion rates to be applied in            Whereas a supplement to the target price for 'double zero'
agriculture, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                  colza and rape seed was fixed in Regulation (EEC) No
409/87 (4),                                                          1457/86 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72
of 20 July 1972 laying down special measures for colza,              Whereas, under the system of maximum guaranteed
rape and sunflower seed (*), as last amended by Regulation           quantities, the amount of the aid is subject to the reduc­
(EEC) No 1474/84 (*), and in particular Article 2 (3)                tion provided for in Commission Regulation (EEC) No
thereof,                                                             2482/86 (9) as regards colza and rape seed, and in
                                                                     Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2478/86 (10) as regards
                                                                     sunflower seed ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
Whereas Article 27 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                       Whereas Article 29 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
provides that a subsidy should be granted in respect of oil          provides that the world market price, calculated for a
seeds harvested and processed within the Community                   Community frontier crossing point, is to be determined
when the target price for a species of seed is higher than           on the basis of the most favourable purchasing opportuni­
the price on the world market ; whereas these provisions             ties, quotations being adjusted where necessary to take
at present apply only in respect of colza, rape and                  account of quotations for competing products ;
sunflower seeds ;
Whereas the subsidy on oil seeds should, theoretically, be           Whereas Article 4 of Council Regulation No 115/67/EEC
                                                                     of 6 June 1967 laying down criteria for determining
equal to the difference between those two prices ;                   world market prices for oil seeds and fixing the frontier
Whereas the target price and the monthly increments in               crossing point (n), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     No 1983/82 (12), fixed the said crossing point at
the target price of colza, rape and sunflower seed for the           Rotterdam ; whereas Article 1 of that Regulation provides
 1986/87 marketing year have been fixed in Council Regu­             that when the world market price is being determined
lations (EEC) No 1457/86 O and (EEC) No 1458/86 (8) ;                account should be taken of all offers on the world market
Whereas, in the absence of the target price for the                  known to the Commission and of quotations on those
 1987/88 marketing year for colza and rape seed, the                 exchanges which are significant for international trade ;
                                                                     whereas Article 2 of Commission Regulation No 225/
amount of the subsidy in the case of advance fixing for              67/EEC of 28 June 1967 on detailed rules for determi­
July 1987 for colza and rape seed has been obtainable                ning the world market price for oil seeds (13), as last
only provisionally on the basis of the target price for the          amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2284/86 (H), provides
marketing year 1987/88 ; whereas this amount may, there­             that offers and quotations which do not relate to ship­
                                                                     ments to be effected within 30 days following the date on
(') OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/86.
(2) OJ No L 133, 21 . 5. 1986, p. 8 .
(3) OJ No   L 132, 21 . 5. 1983, p . 33 .                            O OJ No L 212, 2. 8 . 1986, p. 23 .
O   OJ No   L 44, 13. 2. 1987, p. 1 .                                (10) OJ No L 212, 2. 8. 1986, p. 16.
0   OJ No   L 167, 25. 7. 1972, p. 9 .                               (") OJ No 111 , 10. 6. 1967, p. 2196/67.
(«) OJ No   L 143, 30. 5. 1984, p. 4.                                H OJ No L 215, 23. 7. 1982, p. 6.
O   OJ No   L 133, 21 . 5. 1986, p. 12.                              H OJ No 136, 30. 6. 1967, p. 2919/67.
 8  OJ No   L 133, 21 . 5. 1986, p. 14.                              M OJ No L 200, 23. 7. 1986, p. 16.
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which the world market price is determined should be             be determined in accordance with Article 6 of that
disregarded ; 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 1 1 5/67/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 1 1 5/67/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               margin, as calculated in accordance with that Article,
lowest ; whereas, finally, offers and quotations for delivery    where that margin may affect the normal disposal of seeds
cif Rotterdam should be increased by 0,242 ECU ;                 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 532/87 (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 54, 24. 2. 1987, p. 8.
225/67/EEC ; whereas the value of those quantities should        b) OJ No L 54, 24. 2. 1987, p. 8.
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and 5 of Regulation No 115/67/EEC ; whereas, if no offer                     currency of the Member State concerned and the
and no price can be used for such determination, the                         central rate of each of the currencies of the
method of calculation provided for in Article 37 of Regu­                    Member States referred to in (a), and
lation (EEC) No 2681 /83 should be used ; whereas the
abovementioned difference may be adjusted in accordance                   — the spot market rate for the currency of the
with Article 38 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83, account                     Member State in question in relation to each of
                                                                             the currencies of the Member States referred to in
being taken of the prices of the main competing cereals ;
                                                                             (a), as recorded over a period to be determined ;
Whereas the aid for colza, rape or sunflower seed
                                                                     Whereas, however, pursuant to Article 2a of Regulation
harvested or processed in Spain or Portugal is to be
                                                                     (EEC) No 1 569/7 2, the monetary disparity for the marke­
advised as provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No               ting years 1984/85 to 1986/87 will be calculated by a
478/86 (') ; whereas pursuant to Article 95 (2) and 293 (2)
                                                                     method which takes into account a coefficient applied to
of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal this aid is
                                                                     the conversion rate resulting from the central rate ;
to be introduced at the beginning of the 1986/87 marke­
                                                                     whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2503/86 (*)
ting year for seed harvested in these two Member States ;            fixed the coefficient ;
Whereas, in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1813/84 specifies the spot
475/86 (2) and Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No             and forward exchange rates and the period to be used for
476/86 (3) of 25 February 1986 laying down general rules             calculating the differential amounts ; whereas in cases
for the mechanism for controlling the prices and the                 where, for one or more months, quotations of forward
quantities of certain products in the oils and fats sector           exchange rates are not available, the rates adopted for the
released for consumption in Spain and Portugal respecti­             previous months or the following months, as the case may
vely, provision is made for the granting of compensatory             be, must be used ;
aid, subject to certain conditions ; whereas compensatory
aid should be fixed for sunflower seeds harvested in Spain
and Portugal ;                                                       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
Whereas Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83                   the subsidy may be altered whenever it becomes obvious
provides for the publication of the amount of the final              that such alteration is necessary ;
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           Whereas it follows from applying these provisions to the
rential amount ; whereas Article 1 of Commission Regula­             offers and quotations known to the Commission that,
tion (EEC) No 1813/84 (4), as last amended by Regulation             pursuant to Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83
(EEC) No 3826/85 (*), defined the elements which deter­              the amount of the subsidy in ECU and the amount of the
mine the differential amounts ; whereas these elements               subsidy in each of the national currencies must be fixed
are equal to the incidence on the target price or the                in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation ;
subsidy of the coefficient derived from the percentage               whereas, pursuant to the same Article, the spot and
referred to in Article 2 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                 forward exchange rates for the ECU in national currencies
 1 569/72 ; whereas, according to these provisions, this             determined in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation
percentage represents :                                              (EEC) No 1813/84 must also be published,
(a) for those Member States whose currencies are main­
     tained as between themselves within a spread at any
     given moment of 2,25 % , the difference between :
     — the conversion rate used under the common
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
         agricultural policy, and
     — the conversion rate resulting from the central rate,
(b) for the other Member States, the difference between :                                       Article 1
     — the relationship between the conversion rate used
         under the common agricultural policy for the
                                                                      1 . The amounts of the subsidy and the exchange rates
(') OJ  No  L  53, 1 . 3. 1986, p. 55.                                referred to in Article 33 (2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC)
(2) OJ  No  L  53, 1 . 3. 1986, p. 47.                                No 2681 /83 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(3) OJ   No L  53, 1 . 3.  1986, p. 51 .
(4) OJ   No L  170, 29.   6. 1984, p. 41 .
0   OJ   No L  371 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .                            («) OJ No L 219, 6. 8 . 1986, p. 9.
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2. The amount of the compensatory aid referred to in            4. However, the amount of the subsidy in the case of
Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 475/86 and Article 12         advance fixing for July 1987 for colza and rape will be
of Regulation (EEC) No 476/86 shall be as shown in              confirmed or replaced as from 27 February 1987 to take
Annex II to this Regulation for sunflower seed harvested        into account, where appropriate, the effects of the applica­
in Spain and Portugal.                                          tion of the system of maximum guaranteed quantities for
                                                                colza and rape seed.
3. The amount of the subsidy in the case of advance
fixing for July 1987 for colza and rape seed will, however,
be confirmed or replaced as from 27 February 1987 to                                    Article 2
take into account the indicative price, and like measures,
which is fixed for these products for the 1987/88 marke­        This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 February
ting year.                                                      1987.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 26 February 1987.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                             Vice-President
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                                                                         ANNEX I
                                              Aids to colza and rape seed other than 'double zero'
                                                                                                                               (amounts per 100 kilograms)
                                                       Current
                                                                       2nd month        3rd month          4th month       5th month        6th month (')
                                                       month
1 . Gross aids (ECU) :                            I                                  I                                  \
    — Spain                                                0,610             0,610           0,610              0,610            0,610             0,100
    — Portugal                                             0,000             0,000           0,000              0,000            0,000             0,000
    — Other Member States                                36,336            36,832           37,170             37,011           36,853            31,477
2. Final aids :
    (a) Seed harvested and processed in :                                                                               l
        — Federal Republic of Germany
            (DM)                                         87,55             88,74            89,56              89,28            88,91             76,37
        — Netherlands (Fl)                               98,65             99,98           100,91             100,58          100,17              86,00
        — BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                            1 697,12          1 720,36         1 736,13           1 728,08        1 720,60           1 464,49
        — France (FF)                                   249,20            252,72           254,81             253,19          251,95             214,25
        — Denmark (Dkr)                                 306,44            310,67           313,51             312,11          310,71             264,46
        — Ireland (£ Irl)                                27,355             27,743          27,993             27,720           27,581            23,280
        — United Kingdom (£)                             20,192             20,503          20,684             20,552           20,422            16,915
        — Italy (Lit)                                54 521            55 283           55 678           - 55 526         55 266             46 764
        — Greece (Dr)                                 3 545,95          3 584,43         3 591,98           3 552,46        3 524,98           2 814,37
    (b) Seed harvested        in   Spain    and
        processed :
        — in Spain (Pta)                                 88,94              88,94           88,94              88,94            88,94             14,58
        — in another Member State (Pta)               4 264,79          4 337,10         4 383,62           4 332,32         4 306,22          3 622,95
    (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)               5 159,14          5 230,12         5 248,48           5 210,47        5 181,66           4 322,02
(') Subject to the amount to be deducted in accordance with the system of guaranteed maximum quantities and the Council Decision regarding prices and related
    measures for the 1987/88 marketing year.
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                                                                        ANNEX II
                                                     Aids to colza and rape seed 'double zero'
                                                                                                                               (amounts per 100 kilograms)
                                                       Current
                                                                       2nd month         3rd month        4th month        5th month        6th month (')
                                                       month
1 . Gross aids (ECU) :                                              I                I                I
    — Spain                                                1,860             1,860            1,860            1,860             1,860             2,600
    — Portugal                                             1,250             1,250            1,250            1,250             1,250             2,500
    — Other Member States                                37,586             38,082           38,420           38,261            38,103            33,977
2. Final aids :                                                     l                \                                  \
    (a) Seed harvested and processed in :         \                 I                I                I                 I
        — Federal Republic of Germany
             (DM)                                        90,54              91,72            92,55            92,27             91,90             82,34
        — Netherlands (Fl)                              102,02             103,35           104,27           103,94           103,53              92,72
        — BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                            1 755,71          1 778,96          1 794,73         1 786,67         1 779,19           1 581,67
        —    France (FF)                                258,08            261,60            263,69           262,07           260,83             232,00
        —    Denmark (Dkr)                              317,12            321,35            324,19           322,79           321,39             285,82
        —    Ireland (£ Irl)                             28,334             28,722           28,971           28,698            28,560            25,237
        —    United Kingdom (£)                          20,976             21,287           21,468           21,337            21,206            18,483
        —    Italy (Lit)                             56 445            57 207           57 603           57 450           57 190             50 612
        —    Greece (Dr)                              3 691,80          3 730,27          3 737,83         3 698,31         3 670,82           3 106,06
    (b) Seed      harvested
        processed :
                              in   Spain    and
                                                                    I                       271,19           271,19           271,19             271,19
        — in Spain (Pta)                                271,19            271,19
        — in another Member State (Pta)               4 447,04          4 519,35          4 565,87         4 514,57          4 488,47          3 987,44
    (c) Seed harvested in Portugal and
        processed :
        — in Portugal (Esc)                             189,77             189,77           189,77           189,77            189,77            379,54
        — in another Member State (Esc)               5 348,91          5 419,89          5 438,25         5 400,24         5 371,43           4 701,56
(') Subject to the amount to be deducted in accordance with the system of guaranteed maximum quantities and the Council Decision regarding prices and related
    measures for the 1987/88 marketing year.
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                                                                          ANNEX III
                                                                   Aids to sunflower seed
                                                                                                                                    (amounts per 100 kilograms)
                                                           Current
                                                                             2nd month              3rd month            4th month               5th month
                                                           month
1 . Gross aids (ECU):
    — Spain                                                   1,720                1,720                  1,720                 1,720                   1,720
    — Portugal                                                0,000               0,000                   0,000                 0,000                  0,000
    — Other Member States                                    41,722              42,363                 41,942                42,021                  42,100
2. Final aids :                                    \
    (a) Seed harvested and processed in (') :                                                I                      \
        — Federal Republic of Germany
            (DM)                                            100,76              102,17                 101,21                101,50                  101,68
        — Netherlands (Fl)                                  113,53              115,12                 114,02                114,34                  114,55
        — BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                                1 950,27            1 977,97               1 958,04             1 961,11                1 964,86
        — France (FF)                                       285,40              289,60                 286,06                286,18                  286,80
        — Denmark (Dkr)                                     351,80              356,85                 353,13                353,83                  354,52
        — Ireland (£ Irl)                                    31,315              31,777                 31,410                 31,307                 31,376
        — United Kingdom (£)                                 22,893              23,263                 22,916                 22,981                 23,046
        — Italy (Lit)                                   62 504               63 412                 62 580              62 851                   62 981
        — Greece (Dr)                                     3 990,74            4 035,00               3 932,90             3 931,34                3 945,09
    (b) Seed harvested         in  Spain     and
        processed :
        — in Spain (Pta)                                    250,77              250,77                 250,77                250,77                  250,77
        — in another Member State (Pta)                   3 962,51            4 048,67               3 979,93             3 960,69                3 973,74
    (c) Seed harvested in Portugal and
        processed :
        — in Portugal (Esc)                                   0,00                0,00                    0,00                  0,00                   0,00
        — in Spain (Esc)                                  6 542,12            6 629,16               6 512,96             6 515,83                6 530,71
        — in another Member State (Esc)                   6 329,83            6 414,04               6 301,62             6 304,39                6 318,80
3. Compensatory aids :
     — in Spain (Pta)                                     3 909,45            4 000,83               3 932,09             3 915,01                3 928,06
    — in Portugal (Esc)                                   6 297,06            6 384,49               6 272,07             6 276,18                6 290,58
(') 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 1,0335380.
                                                                          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                               3rd month            4th month          5th month             6th month
                                                                  2nd month
                                                month
DM                                              2,065510             2,060310           2,054560             2,049370            2,049370             2,034470
Fl                                              2,328150             2,324710           2,321070             2,317200            2,317200             2,306620
Bfrs/Lfrs                                      42,993500            43,007800          43,034000            43,050100          43,050100             43,104900
FF                                              6,876610             6,884760           6,895200             6,905390            6,905390             6,937440
Dkr                                             7,790740             7,812130           7,834260             7,854450            7,854450             7,914690
£ Irl                                           0,775519             0,779479           0,784085             0,787998            0,787998             0,797162
£                                               0,73441 1            0,736447           0,738421             0,740051            0,740051             0,744871
 Lit                                        1 467,24             1 470,57          1 474,34             1 478,48           1 478,48              1 488,66
 Dr                                           151,64800            153,77500         155,86100             158,04000          158,04000            165,59900
 Esc                                          159,69800            161,17700         162,50700             163,88500          163,88500            167,36600
 Pta                                          145,21900            145,82300          146,46300            147,08400          147,08400             148,83500