CELEX: 31988R1895
Language: en
Date: 1988-07-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1895/88 of 30 June 1988 fixing the rate of the aid for dried fodder

1 . 7. 88                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 168 /73
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1895/88
                                                      of 30 June 1988
                                       fixing the rate of the aid for dried fodder
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      Whereas the average world market price is determined for
                                                                 a bulk pelleted product, delivered to Rotterdam, of the
                                                                 standard quality for which the guide price has been fixed ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 5 and
1 55 thereof,                                                    Whereas, under Council Regulation (EEC) No 1417/78 of
                                                                  19 June 1978 on the aid system for dried fodder (3), as last
                                                                 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1173/87 (4), the average
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and               world market price for the products described in the first
Portugal,                                                        and third indents of Article 1 (b) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  1117/78 is to be determined on the basis of the most
                                                                 favourable actual purchase possibilities excepting those
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78             which cannot be considered representative of the real
of 22 May 1978 on the common organization of the                 market trend ; whereas offers and quotations recorded
market in dried fodder ('), as last amended by Regulation        during the first 25 days of the month in question for
(EEC) No 3996/87 (2), and in particular Article 5 (3)            quantities that can be delivered during the following
thereof,                                                         calendar month are to be used ; whereas the average world
                                                                  market price thus determined is used to fix the aid rate
                                                                 applicable on the following month ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
Whereas, under Article 5 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No             Whereas the necessary adjustments must be made in the
 1117/78, when the guide price is higher than the average         case of offers and quotations not of the type referred to
world market price, aid is granted for dried fodder as            above ; whereas these adjustments were defined in Article
described under Article 1 (b) and (c) of that Regulation          3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1528/78 of 30
obtained from fodder plants harvested in the Commu­              June 1978 -laying down detailed rules for the application
nity ; whereas that aid takes account of a percentage of          of the system of aid for dried fodder ^, as last amended
the difference between these two prices ;                         by Regulation (EEC) No 2334/87 (6) ;
Whereas the Council has not yet adopted the guide price           Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation
for the 1988/89 marketing year which begins on 1 July             (EEC) No 1417/78, when no offer or quotation can be
 1988 ; whereas the Commission, in virtue of the powers           used to determine the average world market price, that
conferred on it by the Treaty, must take the necessary            price is determined on the basis of he sum of the value of
measures to ensure that the common agricultural policy            competing products ; whereas those products are defined
continues to operate in the dried fodder sector and, in           in Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1528/78 ;
particular, that the abovementioned aid continues to be
granted ;
                                                                  Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  1417/78, when forward prices differ from that applying in
Whereas the Council has not, to date, adopted the prices          the month when the application is lodged, the aid rate is
 for the 1988/89 marketing year, which commences on 1             adjusted by a correcting amount calculated from the trend
July 1988 ; whereas, by virtue of the powers conferred on         of forward prices ;
 it by the Treaty, the Commission must adopt the
measures essential to ensure that the common agricultural
policy continues to operate in the dried fodder sector and        Whereas, where the average world market price is deter­
in particular to ensure that the abovementioned aid conti­        mined in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)
nues to be granted ;                                              No 1417/78, the corrective amount must be equal to the
                                                                  difference between the average world market price and
                                                                  the average forward world market price determined by
Whereas, in order to determine the amount of the aid,
                                                                  applying the criteria laid down in Article 3 (3) of Regula­
account should be taken among the calculation factors of          tion (EEC) No 1528/78 and valid for delivery during a
 the latest Commission proposals to the Council on prices
and related measures :
                                                                  (3) OJ No L 171 , 28 . 6. 1978, p. 1 .
                                                                  (4) OJ No L 113, 30 . 4. 1987, p. 13.
(') OJ No L 142, 30. 5. 1978, p. 1 .                              0 OJ No L 179, 1 . 7. 1987, p. 10.
(2) OJ No L 377, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 35.                            h) OJ No L 210, 1 . 8. 1987, p. 63.
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month other than that in which the aid is introduced,             common price in accordance with the method laid down
adjusted by the percentage fixed under Article 5 (2) of           in Article 70 of that Act ;
Regulation (EEC) No 1 1 17/78 ; whereas where the average
forward world market price for one or. more months                Whereas, pursuant to Articles 120 (2) and 306 (2) of the
cannot be determined by applying the criteria laid down           Act of Accession, the additional aid applicable in these
in Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1528/78, the              two Member States is to be adjusted by an amount equal
corrective amount must be fixed for the month or months           to the amount of customs duties on imports of these
in question at a level such that the aid is equal to zero ;       products from third countries ; whereas, in addition, in
                                                                  Spain the amount is to be adjusted by the difference,
Whereas it has not yet been possible to fix the fixed             multiplied by the percentage referred to in Article 5 (2) of
amount referred to in the second subparagraph of Article          Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78, between the guide price
3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1528/78 as regards barley            applied in Spain and the common guide price ;
for the 1988/89 marketing year ;
                                                                  Whereas, as the result of the applications of all these
Whereas, if the aid system is to operate normally, refunds        provisions to the offers and quotations which the
should be calculated on the following basis ;                     Commission has recorded, the rate of the additional aid
                                                                  for dried fodder must be fixed as indicated in the table
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band         annexed to this Regulation,
     of 2,25 % , a conversion rate based on their central
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
     tion (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regula­                                  Article 1
     tion (EEC) No 1636/87 (2),
— for other currencies a conversion rate based on the             1 . The rate of the aid referred to in Article 5 (3) of
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of          Regulation . (EEC) No 1117/78 shall be as fixed in the
     these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­       Annex to this Regulation.
     tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
     previous indent and on the aforesaid corrective factor ;
                                                                  2.    The amounts of aid shall be confirmed or replaced
                                                                  with effect from 1 July 1988 to take account of the
Whereas the rate of the additional aid must be fixed once         Council decisions applicable for the 1988/89 marketing
per month so as to ensure application of the aid from the         year.
fjrst day of the month following the date of its fixing ;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas, pursuant to Article 120 (1 ) of the 1985 Act of
Accession, the Spanish price must be aligned with the             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1988.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 30 June 1988 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                Vice-President
(') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                                        ANNEX
                      to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 1988 fixing .the rate of the aid for dried fodder
                                                 Aid applicable from 1 July 1988 to dried fodder
                                                                                                                                 (ECU/tonne)
                                                   Fodder dehydrated by artificial heat-drying            Fodder otherwise dried
                                                              Protein concentrates
                                                                                        Other                                     Other
                                                    Spain           Portugal          Member     Spain           Portugal        Member
                                                                                        States                                    States
Aid                                               30,657 (')       45,858 (')        48,307 (') 0,000 (■)        2,858 0)        5,307 (')
Aid in case of advance fixing for the month of :
                                                                                                                                  (ECU/tonne^
August 1988 (')                                    30,719            45,921            48,369    0,000            2,921            5,369
September 1988 (')                                 32,399            47,633            50,049    0,000            4,633            7,049
October 1988 (')                                   34,601 '          49,876            52,251    0,000            6,876            9,251
November 1988 (')                                  35,223            50,510            52,873    0,000            7,510            9,873
December 1988 (')                                  35,551            50,844            53,201    0,000            7,844          10,201
January 1989 (')                                   35,653            50,948            53,303    0,000            7,948          10,303
February 1989 (2)                                   0,000             0,000             0,000    0,000            0,000            0,000
March 1989 0                                        0,000             0,000             0,000    0,000            0,000            0,000
(') Subject to the adoption of prices arid related measures for the 1988/89 marketing year.
0 In accordance with Article 6 (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1528/78.