CELEX: 31991R0496
Language: en
Date: 1991-03-01
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 496/91 of 28 February 1991 fixing the amount of aid for peas, field beans and sweet lupins

No L 55/56                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 1 . 3 . 91
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 496/91
                                                        of 28 February 1991
                              fixing the amount of aid for peas, field beans and sweet lupins
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /82, the activating price for the
                                                                     aid for peas, field beans and sweet lupins is increased
                                                                     monthly as from the beginning of the third month of the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                marketing year ; whereas the amount of the monthly
Economic Community,                                                  increases in the threshold price was fixed by Council
                                                                     Regulation (EEC) No 1191 /90 (8);
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,
                                                                     Whereas the abatement of the subsidy which arises, where
                                                                     appropriate, from the system of maximum guaranteed
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /82                 quantities for the 1990/91 year, has been fixed by
of 18 May 1982 laying down special measures for peas,                 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2510/90H ;
field beans and sweet lupins ('), as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 3 (6)
(a) thereof,
                                                                     Whereas the threshold price activating the aid and the
                                                                      minimum price fixed by the Council are to be reduced in
                                                                      accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                       1755/90 of 27 June 1990 establishing the activating thre­
3540/85 of 5 December 1985 laying down detailed rules                 shold price for aid, the guide price and the minimum
for the application of the special measures for peas, field           price for peas, field beans and sweet lupins fixed in ecus
beans and sweet lupins (3), as last amended by Regulation             by the Council and reduced as a result of the monetary
(EEC) No 2249/90 (4), and in particular Article 26a (7)               realignment of 5 January 1990 (10) ;
thereof,
Whereas, as provided for in Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation              Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No
(EEC) No 1431 /82, aid is granted for peas, field beans and           1431 /82, the world market price for soya cake must be
sweet lupins harvested in the Community and used in the               determined on the basis of the most favourable purchase
manufacture of feedingstuffs where the world market                   possibilities, excepting offers and quotations which
price of soya cake is lower than the activating price ;               cannot be considered representative of the real market
whereas this aid is equal to a proportion of the difference           trend ; whereas account must be taken both of all offers
between these prices ; whereas this proportion of the price           on the world market and of the prices quoted on
difference was fixed in Article 3a of Council Regulation              exchanges that are important for international trade ;
(EEC) No 2036/82 (*), as last amended by Regulation
  EEC) No 2206/90 (6) ;
                                                                      Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Commission Regulation
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (2) of Regulation               (EEC) No 2049/82 ("), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 1431 /82, aid is granted for peas and field beans            (EEC) No 1238/87 (12), the price must be determined per
harvested in the Community where the world market                     100 kilograms of bulk soya cake of the standard quality
price for these products is lower than the guide price ;              defined in Article 1 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
whereas this aid is equal to the difference between the               1464/86 (,3) delivered to Rotterdam ; whereas the neces­
two prices ;                                                          sary adjustments, notably those referred to in Article 2 of
                                                                      Regulation (EEC) No 2049/82, must be made for offers
                                                                      and quotations not of the type referred to above ;
Whereas the threshold price activating the aid for peas,
field beans and sweet lupins for the 1990/91 marketing
year was fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1 1 89/90 0 ; whereas, as provided for in Article 2a of              Whereas, if the aid system is to operate normally, refunds
                                                                      should be calculated on the following basis :
(')  OJ  No L  162,  12. 6. 1982, p. 28 .
(2)  OJ  No L  353,  17. 12. 1990, p. 23.                             (8) OJ  No  L 119 , 11 . 5. 1990, p. 40.
0    OJ  No L  342,  19 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .                            0 OJ    No  L 237,  1 . 9 . 1990 , p. 8 .
(4)  OJ  No L  203,  1 . 8 . 1990, p. 56.                             (10) OJ No   L 162,  28 . 6. 1990, p. 18 .
0    OJ  No L  219,  28 . 7. 1982, p. 1 .                             (") OJ  No   L 219,  28 . 7. 1982, p. 36.
(6)  OJ  No L  201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 11 .                            (I2) OJ No   L 117,  5. 5. 1987, p. 9 .
0    OJ  No L  119,  11 . 5. 1990, p. 37.                             (u) OJ  No   L 133,  21 . 5 . 1986, p. 21 .
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 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­        Whereas, pursuant to Article 26a of Regulation (EEC) No
      tion to each other at any moment within a band of           3540/85, the gross aid expressed in ecus that results from
      2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate,    Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /82 shall be
      multiplied by the correcting factor provided for in         weighted by the differential amount referred to in Article
      Article 6 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No              12a of Regulation (EEC) No 2036/82 and then converted
      1677/85 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No         into the final aid in the currency of the Member State in
      2205/90 (2),                                                which the products are harvested using the agricultural
 — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an         conversion rate of that Member State,
      average of the ecu rates published in the Official
      Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
      a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
      cient referred to in the preceding indent ;                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas pursuant to Articles 121 (2) and 307 (2) of te Act
 of Accession the amount of the aid for products harvested
 and processed in either of these Member States should be                                  Article 1
 reduced by the customs duty charged on importation of
 products from third countries ;                                  The amounts of aid provided for in Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regu­
 Whereas the world market price for peas and field beans          lation (EEC) No 1431 /82 is indicated in the Annexes
                                                                  hereto.
 and the amount of aid referred to in Article 3 (2) of Regu­
 lation (EEC) No 1431 /82 were fixed by Commission
 Regulation (EEC) No 1 834/90 (3) ; whereas in terms of
 Article 2a of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /82 the guide                                      Article 2
 price is increased monthly as from the beginning of the
 third month of the marketing year ;                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1991 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                    Done at Brussels, 28 February 1991 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 6.
0 OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
(3) OJ No L 167, 30. 6. 1990, p. 94.
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                                                            ANNEX I
                                                            Gross aid
  Products intended for human consumption :
                                                                                                             (ECU per 100 kg)
                                     Current     1st period    2nd period 3rd period 4th period   5th period     6th period
                                        3             4             5          6         7            8                9
  Peas used :                                                                                   I
  — in Spain                          6,523         6,681         6,681      6,681       —            —          ■   —
  — in Portugal                       6,541         6,699         6,699      6,699       —            —              —
  — in antother Member State          6,676         6,834         6,834      6,834       —            —              —
  Field beans used :                                                                            I
  — in Spain                          6,676         6,834         6,834      6,834       —            —              —
  — in Portugal                       6,541         6,699         6,699      6,699       —            —              —
  — in another Member State           6,676         6,834         6,834      6,834       —            —              —
  Products used in animal feed :
                                                                                                             (ECU per 100 kg)
I                                    Current
                                        3
                                                 1st period
                                                      4
                                                               2nd period
                                                                    5
                                                                          3rd period
                                                                               6
                                                                                     4th period
                                                                                         7
                                                                                                  5th period
                                                                                                      8
                                                                                                                 6th period
                                                                                                                       9
  A. Peas used :
      — in Spain                      9,858         9,986        10,045      9,986       —            —              —
      — in Portugal                   9,902       10,030         10,089     10,030       —            —              —
      — in another Member State       9,902       10,030         10,089     10,030       —            —              —
  B. Field beans used :
      — in Spain                      9,858         9,986        10,045      9,986       —   '        —              —
      — in Portugal                   9,902       10,030         10,089     10,030       —            —              —
     — in another Member State        9,902       10,030         10,089     10,030       —            —              —
  C. Sweet lupins harvested in Spain
      and used :
     — in Spain                      12,000       11,961         12,039     11,961       —            —              —
     — in Portugal                   12,059       12,021         12,098     12,021       —            —              —     •
     — in another Member State       12,059       12,021         12,098     12,021     ■ —            —              —
  D. Sweet    lupins  harvested   in
      another   Member    State and        '
      used :
     — in Spain                      12,000       1 1,961        12,039     11,961       —           —               —
     — in Portugal                   12,059       12,021         12,098     12,021       —           —               —
     — in another Member State       12,059       12,021         12,098     12,021       —           —               —
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                                                              ANNEX II
                                                               Final aid
Products intended for human consumption :
                                                                                                       (in national currency per 100 kg)
                                      Current      1st period      2nd period   3rd period  4th period      5th period      6th period
                                         3              4               5            6          7                8              9
Products harvested in :
— BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                     324,16         331,83          331,83       331,83       —               —               —
— Denmark (Dkr)                         59,95          61,37           61,37        61,37       —               —               —
— Federal Republic of Germany
    (DM)                                15,72          16,09           16,09         16,09      _               __
— Greece (Dr)                        1 193,30      1 228,69         1 228,69     1 228,69       —               —               —
— Spain (Pta)                        1 024,75      1 049,01         1 049,01     1 049,01       —               —               —
— France (FF)                           52,71          53,96           53,96        53,96       —               —               —
— Ireland (£ Irl)                         5,867          6,006           6,006        6,006     —               —               —
— Italy (Lit)                       11 759        12 038           12 038      12 038           —               —               —
— Netherlands (Fl)                       17,71         18,13           18,13        18,13       —               —               —
— Portugal (Esc)                     1 393,12      1 426,09         1 426,09     1 426,09       —               —               —
— United Kingdom (£)                      5,204          5,327           5,327        5,327     —               —               —
Amounts to be deducted in the case of :
— Peas used in Spain (Pta) : 23,49,
— Peas, and field beans used in Portugal (Esc): 28,17.
                                                             ANNEX III
                                                              Partial aids
Peas intended for animal feed :
                                                                                                       (in national currency per 100 kg)
                                      Current      1st period      2nd period   3rd period  4th period      5th period      6th period
                                         3              4               5            6          7                8              9
Products harvested in :
— BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                     480,80        487,02           489,88       487,02       —               —
— Denmark (Dkr)                         88,92          90,07           90,60        90,07       —               —
— Federal Republic of Germany
    (DM)                                23,31          23,61           23,75        23,61
— Greece (Dr)                        1 969,96      1 998,13         2 012,33     1 998,13       —               —              —,
— Spain (Pta)                        1 519,94      1 539,58 ■       1 548,64     1 539,58       —               —              —
— France (FF)                           78,18          79,19           79,66        79,19      —                —              —
— Ireland (£ Irl)                         8,702          8,814          8,866         8,814    —                —              —
— Italy (Lit)                       17 442       17 667           17 771       17 667          —                —              —
— Netherlands (Fl)                      26,27          26,61           26,76        26,61      —                —              —
— Portugal (Esc)                     2 066,31      2 093,02         2 105,33    2 093,02       —                —              —
— United Kingdom (£)                      7,719         7,819           7,865        7,819     —                —              —
Amounts to be deducted in the
case of use :
— Spain (Pta)                             6,75          6,75            6,75         6,75      —                —              —
— Portugal (Esc)                          0,00          0,00            0,00         0,00      —                —              —
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                                                                 ANNEX IV
                              Corrective amount to be added to the amounts in Annex III
                                                                                                                      (in national currency per 100 kg)
         Use of the products       BLEU         DK         DE          EL          ESP        FR      IRL          IT         NL       PT           UK
Products harvested in :                      I                                 I                     I I                                     I
— BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                 0,00        0,00      0,00         31,70        0,00     0,00      0,00      0,00        0,00       0,00          0,00
— Denmark (Dkr)                    0,00        0,00      0,00           5,86       0,00     0,00      0,00      0,00        0,00       0,00          0,00
— Federal Republic of Germany
    (DM)                           0,00        0,00      0,00           1,54       0,00     0,00      0,00      0,00        0,00       0,00          0,00
— Greece (Dr)                      0,00        0,00      0,00        157,18        0,00     0,00      0,00      0,00        0,00       0,00          0,00
—   Spain (Pta)                    0,00        0,00      0,00        100,21        0,00     0,00      0,00      0,00        0,00       0,00          0,00
—   France (FF)                    0,00        0,00      0,00           5,15       0,00     0,00      0,00      0,00        0,00       0,00          0,00
—   Ireland (£ Irl)                0,000       0,000     0,000          0,574      0,000    0,000     0,000     0,000       0,000      0,000         0,000
—   Italy (Lit)                    0           0         0        1 150            0        0         0         0           0          0             0
—   Netherlands (Fl)               0,00        0,00      0,00           1,73       0,00     0,00      0,00      0,00        0,00       0,00          0,00
—   Portugal (Esc)                 0,00        0,00      0,00        136,24        0,00     0,00      0,00      0,00        0,00       0,00          0,00
—   United Kingdom (£)             0,000       0,000     0,000          0,509      0,000    0,000     0,000     0,000       0,000      0,000         0,000
                                                                 ANNEX V
                                                                 Partial aids
Field beans intended for animal feed :
                                                                                                                      (in national currency per 100 kg)
                                       Current        1st period       2nd period        3rd period      4th period        5th period      6th period
                                          3                4                 5                 6             7                  8                 9
Products harvested in :                                            I
— BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                      480,80          487,02             489,88           487,02           —                 —                 —
— Denmark (Dkr)                          88,92            90,07             90,60             90,07          —                 —                 —
— Federal Republic of Germany
    (DM)                                 23,31            23,61             23,75             23,61
— Greece (Dr)                        1 969,96         1 998,13          2 012,33          1 998,13           —                 —                 —
— Spain (Pta)                        1 519,94         1 539,58           1 548,64         1 539,58           —                 —                 —
— France (FF)                            78,18            79,19             79,-66            79,19          —                 —                 —
— Ireland (£ Irl)                          8,702            8,814             8,866             8,814        —                 —                 —
— Italy (Lit)                      17 442            17 667            17 771           17 667               —                 —                 —
:— Netherlands (Fl)                      26,27            26,61             26,76             26,61          —                 —                 —
— Portugal (Esc)                     2 066,31         2 093,02          2 105,33         2 093,02            —   ■             —
                                                                                                                                               . —
— United Kingdom (£)                       7,719            7,819             7,865             7,819        —                 —                 —
Amounts to be deducted in the
case of use :                                                      I                                                     I
— Spain (Pta)                              6,75             6,75              6,75              6,75         —                 —                 —
— Portugal (Esc)                           0,00             0,00              0,00              0,00         —                 —                 —
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                                                                ANNEX VI
                               Corrective amount to be added to the Amounts in Annex V
                                                                                                                    (in national currency per 100 kg)
          Use of the products      BLEU         DK         DE           EL         ESP        FR     IRL         IT           NL     PT        UK
Products harvested in :                                          I                                                      I
— BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                 0,00       0,00       0,00          31,70       0,00     0,00     0,00      0,00       0,00       0,00       0,00
— Denmark (Dkr)                    0,00       0,00       0,00           5,86       0,00     0,00     0,00      0,00       0,00       0,00       0,00
— Federal Republic of Germany
    (DM)                           0,00       0,00       0,00            1,54      0,00     0,00     0,00      0,00       0,00       0,00       0,00
— Greece (Dr)                      0,00       0,00       0,00         157,18       0,00     0,00     0,00      0,00       0,00       0,00       0,00
— Spain (Pta)                      0,00       0,00       0,00         100,21       0,00     0,00     0,00      0,00       0,00       0,00       0,00
— France (FF)                      0,00       0,00       0,00            5,15      0,00     0,00     0,00      0,00       0,00       0,00       0,00
— Ireland (£ Irl)                  0,000      0,000      0,000          0,574      0,000    0,000    0,000     0,000      0,000      0,000      0,000
— Italy (Lit)                      0          0          0         1 150           0        0        0         0          0          0          0
— Netherlands (Fl)                 0,00       0,00       0,00            1,73      0,00     0,00     0,00      0,00       0,00       0,00       0,00
— Portugal (Esc)                   0,00       0,00       0,00         136,24       0,00     0,00     0,00      0,00       0,00       0,00       0,00
— United Kingdom (£)               0,000      0,000      0,000          0,509      0,000    0,000    0,000     0,000       0,000     0,000      0,000
                                                                ANNEX VII
                                                                 Partial aid
Sweet lupins intended for use in animal feed :
                                                                                                                    (in national currency per 100 kg)
                                      Current        1st period         2nd period       3rd period     4th period        5th period     6th period
                                         3                 4                  5                6            7                   8            9
Products harvested in :                                             I
— BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                     585,54           583,70             587,43           583,70          —                  —             —
— Denmark (Dkr)                        108,29           107,95              108,64          107,95          —                  —             —    ■
— Federal Republic of Germany
    (DM)                                28,39             28,30              28,48            28,30
— Greece (Dr)                        2 465,88        2 456,73            2 475,27        2 456,73           —               ■  —            —
— Spain (Pta)                        1 851,03         1 845,20           1 857,02         1 845,20         —                   —            —
— France (FF)                           95,21             94,91              95,52            94,91        —                   —            —
— Ireland (£ Irl)                       10,597            10,564             10,631           10,564       —                   —            —
— Italy (Lit)                      21 241           21 174             21 310           21 174             —                   —            —
— Netherlands (Fl)                      31,99            31,89               32,09            31,89        —                   —            —
— Portugal (Esc)                     2 516,42        2 508,49            2 524,56        2 508,49          —                   —            —
— United Kingdom (£)                      9,401            9,371              9,431            9,371       —                   —            —
Amounts to be deducted in the
case of use in :
— Spain (Pta)                            9,06              9,21               9,06             9,21        —                   —            —
— Portugal (Esc)                         0,00              0,00               0,00             0,00        —                   —            —
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                                                      ANNEX VIII
                              Corrective amount to be added to amounts in Annex VII
                                                                                               (in national currency per 100 kg)
         Use of products :      BLEU       DK      DE      EL       ES      FR    IRL       IT         NL       PT         UK
Products harvested in :                        I                        I                          I
— BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)              0,00     0,00    0,00     23,06   0,00    0,00    0,00    0,00       0,00      0,00         0,00
— Denmark (Dkr)                 0,00     0,00    0,00       4,26  0,00    0,00    0,00    0,00       0,00      0,00         0,00
— Federal Republic of Germany
   (DM)                         0,00     0,00    0,00       1,12  0,00    0,00    0,00    0,00       0,00      0,00         0,00
— Greece (Dr)                   0,00     0,00    0,00    114,31   0,00    0,00    0,00    0,00       0,00      0,00         0,00
— Spain (Pta)                   0,00     0,00    0,00     72,88   0,00    0,00    0,00    0,00       0,00      0,00         0,00
— France (FF)                   0,00     0,00    0,00       3,75  0,00    0,00    0,00    0,00       0,00      0,00         0,00
— Ireland (£ Irl)               0,000    0,000   0,000      0,417 0,000   0,000   0,000   0,000      0,000     0,000        0,000
— Italy (Lit)                   0        0       0       836      0       0       0       0          0         0            0
— Netherlands (Fl)              0,00     0,00    0,00       1,26  0,00    0,00    0,00    0,00       0,00      0,00         0,00
— Portugal (Esc)                0,00     0,00    0,00     99,08   0,00    0,00    0,00    0,00       0,00      0,00         0,00
— United Kingdom (£)            0,000    0,000   0,000      0,370 0,000   0,000   0,000   0,000      0,000     0,000        0,000
                                                       ANNEX IX
                                         Exchange rate of the ecu to be used
                                BLEU       DK      DE      EL       ES      FR    IRL       IT         NL        PT        UK
In national currency, ECU 1 =  42,4032 7,84195 2,05586 219,976 128,629 6,89509 0,767417 1 538,24 2,31643 181,500 0,700084