CELEX: 31976R2652
Language: en
Date: 1976-10-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2652/76 of 29 October 1976 fixing the export refund on oil seeds

30 . 10 . 76                           Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 300/43
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2652/76
                                                      of 29 October 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 is 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.
                                                                   necessary ;
(2) OJ No L 175, 29 . 6. 1973 , p. 5 .
(}) OJ No 197, 29 . 10 . 1966, p. 3393/ 66.
M OJ No 125, 26. 6. 1967, p. 2461 /67.                            (6) OJ No L 75, 30 . 3 . 1971 , p . 16 .
(5) OJ No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, 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
    of these currencies recorded for a given period, in                                       Article 1
    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 November
marketing year has already begun ;                                      1976.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 29 October 1976.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                              Member of the Commission
                                                             ANNEX
                                 Refund applicable to oil seeds from 1 November 1976
                                                                                                          (IUIJIOO kg)
                    CCT
                  heading                                Description of goods                            Refund
                     No
              ex 12.01          Colza and rape seed, other than for sowing                               6-500
              ex 1 2.0 1        Sunflower seed , other than for sowing