CELEX: 31979R1068
Language: en
Date: 1979-06-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1068/79 of 31 May 1979 fixing the export refunds on oil seeds

No L 135/24                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              1 . 6 . 79
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1068/79
                                                             of 31 May 1979
                                                fixing the export refunds 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 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                      referred to in Article 21 of Regulation No 136/
 590/79 (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 (EEC) No                          Community regarding the supply of and demand for
 2749 /78 of 23 November 1978 on trade in oils and                     these seeds ;
 fats between 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 was
                                                                       defined in Article 2 of Council Regulation ( EEC) No
                                                                        1291 /78 of 6 June 1978 fixing the target prices and
 Whereas Article 9 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2749/78                     basic intervention prices for oil seeds for the 1978/79
 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 ;
P)   OJ   No L 78 , 30 . 3 . 1 979, p. 1 .
(J ) OJ   No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 1 .
(*)  OJ   No 125, 26. 6. 1967, p. 2461 /67.                            (") OJ No L 75, 30 . 3 . 1971 , p . 16.
(»)  OJ   No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p. 1 .                              7) OJ No L 160, 17 . 6. 1978 , p . 1 .
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 Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,                  products within the Community and on the markets
 refunds should be calculated on the following basis :                  of third countries and Greece, that the refund should
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                     be as set out in the Annex hereto for those products
       relation to each other at any given moment within                for which the marketing year has already begun ;
       a band of 2.25 % , a rate of exchange based on                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
       their effective parity ;                                         are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the                   ment Committee for Oils and Fats,
       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
       of these currencies recorded for a given period in               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
       relation to the Community currencies referred to
       in the previous indent ;                                                                Article 1
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 652/79 of 29                       The refund on the products referred to in Article 21
 March 1979 (') laid down the coefficient for                           of Regulation No 136/66/ EEC, exported to third coun­
 expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in                      tries and Greece, shall be as set out in the Annex
 ECU ;                                                                  hereto .
Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules                                          Article 2
 to the present situation on the market in oil seeds,
and in particular to quotations or prices for these                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1979 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 31 May 1979.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                     Vice-President
(') OJ No L 84, 4 . 4. 1979 , p. 1 .
                                                             ANNEX
                   to the Commission Regulation of 31 May 1979 fixing the export refunds on oil seeds
                                                                                                        (ECU / 100 l ")
                       CCT
                     heading                                 Description                                  Refund
                        No
                 ex 1 2.0 1      Colza and rape seed, other than for sowing                               14.50
                 ex 12.01        Sunflower seed , other than for sowing                                    —