CELEX: 31976R0272
Language: en
Date: 1976-02-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 272/76 of 6 February 1976 fixing the components used to calculate the differential amounts for colza and rape seed

9. 2. 76                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 34/25
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 272/76
                                                    of 6 February 1976
               fixing the components used to calculate the differential amounts for colza and rape seed
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas under Article 2 ( 1 ) (b) of the aforementioned
COMMUNITIES,                                                     Regulation the differential amounts for France, Italy,
                                                                 Ireland and the United Kingdom are to be determined
                                                                 by taking into account the incidence on the price of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                     the average percentage difference between :
European Economic Community,
                                                                 — the ratio between the conversion rate used for
                                                                     purposes of the common agricultural policy for
Having regard to Council Regulation No                                the currency of the relevant Member State and
136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the                                the actual parity of each of the currencies of the
establishment of a common organization of the                         Member States which keep their exchange rates at
market in oils and fats (*), as last amended by                      any given moment within a band of 2-25 % , and
Regulation (EEC) No 1707/73 (2),
                                                                 — the spot market rate recorded over a given period
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         for the currency of the relevant Member State
1569/72 of 20 July 1972 laying down special                          against each of the currencies of the Member
measures for colza and rape seed (3), as last amended                States specified above ;
by Regulation (EEC) No 3477/73 (4), and in
particular Article 2 (2) thereof,
                                                                Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2300/73 (5), as last
                                                                 amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No               541 /75 (6), lays down detailed rules for the
1569/72 provides that the differential amounts for              application of Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72;
those Member States which keep their exchange rates
at any given moment within a band of 2-25 % must
be determined by taking into account the incidence              Whereas, however, it has not been possible, since 21
on prices of the percentage difference between :                 January to establish spot exchange rates for the
                                                                 Italian lira on the Rome and Milan exchanges;
                                                                 whereas notwithstanding Article 4 of Commission
— the conversion rate used for the purposes of the               Regulation (EEC) No 2300/73 , the spot market rates
    common agricultural policy, and                              for the Italian lira against each of the currencies of
                                                                 those Member States which keep their exchange rates
— the conversion rate resulting from the central                 within a spread at any given moment of 2-25 %
    rate ;                                                       should be calculated from quotations for the Italian
                                                                 lira recorded on the exchanges in these Member
                                                                States ;
Whereas this leads to the fixing of differential
amounts which remain constant as long as the items
used to calculate them remain unchanged;                        Whereas this method of determining the lira rate
                                                                 should be used until official average rates are once
                                                                 again available on the Rome and Milan exchanges;
Whereas, applying the method of calculating
differential amounts to Denmark, no such amounts
should be fixed for seeds harvested in that State and           Whereas in view of the lack of official quotations and
processed in or exported from that State;                        of the uncertainty as to future trends in the Italian
                                                                 economy in general and as to the trend of the lira in
                                                                 particular, the greatest caution should be shown;
(*) OJ  No  172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(*) OJ  No L 175, 29. 6. 1973, p. 5.
(3) OJ  No L 167, 25. 7. 1972, p. 9.                             (5) OJ No L 236, 24. 8. 1973, p. 28.
(4) OJ  No L 357, 28. 12. 1973, p. 6.                            («) OJ No L 57, 3. 3 . 1975, p. 37.
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Whereas, accordingly, for the new establishment of           (EEC) No 1569/72 shall be as specified in the Annex
the differential components, a period longer than that       hereto.
normally to be taken under Article 3 of Regulation
(EEC) No 2300/73 should be referred to ; whereas for
this purpose the period diosen should be that from                                    Article 2
21 January to 3 February 1976;
                                                             Notwithstanding Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas, moreover, the period during which the               2300/73, until such time as official average rates fixed
differential components thus established are applied         each working day during official dealings on the
should be relatively long in order to facilitate             Rome and Milan foreign exchange markets are once
stabilization of the situation; whereas this period          again available, the spot market rates against each of
should be set at two weeks provided that the lira            the currencies of the Member States which keep their
does not rise to any appreciable extent;                     exchange rates within a spread at any given moment
                                                             of 2-25 % shall be the mean of the average rates fixed
Whereas, applying the rules and criteria set out             each working day on the foreign exchange markets of
above, the components used to calculate the                  these Member States.
differential amounts should be fixed in accordance
with the table annexed to this Regulation ;
                                                                                      Article 3
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the
Management Committee for Oils and Fats,                       1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on
                                                             9 February 1976.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                             2. During the period up to 22 February 1976 the
                                                             differential components for Italy shall be changed
                       Article 1                             only if the difference referred to in Article 2 ( 1 ) of
                                                             Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72 is at least one point
The components used to calculate the differential            lower than the percentage taken as a basis for the
amounts provided for in Article 1 of Regulation              preceding determination.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 6 February 1976.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                          Member of the Commission
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                                                           ANNEX
                                                           Target price    Subsidy or refund
                                                            corrective         corrective     Differential component (coefficient to be
                                                        (coefficient to be (coefficient to be       applied to the target price) (')
                                                             applied)           applied)
 1 . Colza and rape seed, processed for oil
      production in Germany or exported                    + 0-1003          — 0-1003                 +                       —
      from that country :
      — harvested in Germany
      — harvested in the BLEU or in the
          Netherlands                                                                                                      0-0832
      — harvested in France                                                                                                0-0875
      — harvested in Denmark                                                                                               0-1003
      — harvested in Ireland                                                                          —                    0-1516
      — harvested in the United Kingdom                                                                                    0-1644
      — harvested in Italy                                                                                                 0-1631
2. Colza and rape seed, processed for oil
      production in the BLEU and in the                    + 0-0198          — 0-0198                 +                       —
      Netherlands or re-exported from that
      country :
      — harvested in Germany                                                                       0-0908
      — harvested in the BLEU or in the
         Netherlands
      — harvested in France                                                                                                0-0047
      — harvested in Denmark                                                                                               0-0198
      — harvested in Ireland                                                                                               0-0746
      — harvested in the United Kingdom                                                                                    0-0886
      — harvested in Italy                                                                                                 0-0871
3 . Colza and rape seed, processed for oil
      production in Denmark or exported                        Nil                Nil                 +                       —
      from that country:
      — harvested in Germany                                                                       0-1115
      — harvested in the BLEU or in the
         Netherlands                                                                              0-0202
     — harvested in France                                                                        0-0142
     — harvested in Denmark
     — harvested in Ireland                                                                                                0-0571
     — harvested in the United Kingdom                                                                                     0-0713
     — harvested in Italy                                                                                                  0-0698
4. Colza and rape seed, processed for oil
    production in France or exported from                 + 0-0140          — 0-0140                 +                       —
     that country :
    — harvested in Germany                                                                       0-0959
    — harvested in the BLEU or in the
         Netherlands                                                                             0-0047
    ■— harvested in France
    — harvested in Denmark                                                                                                0-0140
    — harvested in Ireland                                                                                                0-0703
    — harvested in the United Kingdom                                                                                    0-0843
    — harvested in Italy                                                                                                 0-0828
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                                                                 Target price      Subsidy or refund
                                                      >
                                                                   corrective          corrective       Differential component (coefficient to be
                                                               (coefficient to be   (coefficient to be       applied to the target price) (l)
                                                                    applied)            applied)
5. Colza and rape seed, processed for oil
    production in the United Kingdom or                          — 0-0767              + 0-0767                 +                      —
    exported from that country:
    — harvested in Germany                                                                                   0-1968
    — harvested in the BLEU or in the
        Netherlands                                                                                          0-0972                    —
    — harvested in France                                                                                    0-0921                    —
    — harvested in Denmark                                                                                   0-0767
    — harvested in Ireland                                                                                   0-0153
    — harvested in the United Kingdom
    — harvested in Italy                                                                                     0-0016                    —
6. Colza and rape seed, processed for oil
    production in Ireland or exported from                       — 0-0605              + 0-0605                 +                      —
    that country:
    — harvested in Germany                                                                                  0-1787
    — harvested in the BLEU or in the
        Netherlands                                                                                         0-0806                     —
    — harvested in France                                                                                   0-0756                     —
    — harvested in Denmark                                                                                  0-0605
    — harvested in Ireland
    — harvested in the United Kingdom                                                                                               0-0151
    — harvested in Italy                                                                                       —                    0-0135
7. Colza and rape seed, processed for oil
    production in Italy or exported from                         — 0-0750             + 0-0750                 +                       —
    that country:
    — harvested in Germany                                                                                  0-1948
    — harvested in the BLEU or in the
        Netherlands                                                                                         0-0954                    *—
    — harvested in France                                                                                   0-0903                     —
    — harvested in Denmark                                                                                  0-0750                    —
    — harvested in Ireland                                                                                  0-0137
    — harvested in die United Kingdom                                                                          __                   0-0016
    — harvested in Italy                                                                                       —                      —
(l) For seed harvested in the United Kingdom and Denmark, the accession compensatory amount shall be deducted from the target price.