CELEX: 31992R0500
Language: en
Date: 1992-02-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 500/92 of 28 February 1992 fixing the rate of the aid for dried fodder

29 . 2. 92                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 55/63
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 500/92
                                                      of 28 February 1992
                                         fixing the rate of the aid for dried fodder
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        above ; whereas these adjustments were defined in Article
                                                                   3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1528/78 of 30
                                                                   June 1978 laying down detailed rules for the application
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              of the system of aid for dried fodder (6), as last amended
Economic Community,                                                by Regulation (EEC) No 1757/90 0 ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,
                                                                   Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation
                                                                   (EEC) No 1417/78, when no offer or quotation can be
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78               used to determine the average world market price, that
of 22 May 1978 on the common organization of the                   price is determined on the basis of the sum of the value
market in dried fodder ('), as last amended by Regulation          of competing products ; whereas those products are
(EEC) No 2275/89 (2), and in particular Article 5 (3)              defined in Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1528/78 ;
 thereof,
Whereas, under Article 5 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No               Whereas, pursuant to Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No
 1117/78, when the guide price is higher than the average           1417/78 , when forward prices differ from that applying in
world market price, aid is granted for dried fodder as             the month when the application is lodged, the aid rate is
described under Article 1 (b) and (c) of that Regulation           adjusted by a correcting amount calculated from the trend
and obtained from fodder plants harvested in the                   of forward prices ;
 Community ; whereas that aid takes account of a
 percentage of the difference between these two prices ;
                                                                   Whereas, where the average world market price is deter­
Whereas this percentage and the guide price were fixed             mined in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)
by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1627/91 (3) for the                  No 1417/78 , the corrective amount must be equal to the
 1991 /92 marketing year ;                                         difference between the average world market price and
                                                                   the average forward world market price determined by
Whereas the average world market price is determined for           applying the criteria laid down in Article 3 (3) of Regula­
a bulk pelleted product, delivered to Rotterdam, of the             tion (EEC) No 1528/78 and valid for delivery during a
                                                                    month other than that in which the aid is introduced,
standard quality for which the guide price has been fixed ;        adjusted by the percentage fixed under Article 5 (2) of
                                                                   Regulation (EEC) No 1 1 17/78 ; whereas where the average
Whereas, under Council Regulation (EEC) No 1417/78 of              forward world market price for one or more months
 19 June 1978 on the aid system for dried fodder (4), as last      cannot be determined by applying the criteria laid down
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1110/89 (*), the average            in Article 3(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1528 /78 , the
world market price for the products described in the first         corrective amount must be fixed for the month or months
and third indents of Article 1 (b) of Regulation (EEC) No          in question at a level such that the aid is equal to zero ;
 1117/78 is to be determined on the basis of the most
favourable actual purchase possibilities excepting those
which cannot be considered representative of the real
market trend ; whereas offers and quotations recorded              Whereas, if the aid system is to operate normally, refunds
during the first 25 days of the month in question for              should be calculated on the following basis ;
quantities that can be delivered during the following
calendar month are to be used ; whereas the average world          — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
market price thus determined is used to fix the aid rate
                                                                        tion to each other at any given moment within a band
applicable on the following month ;                                     of 2,25 %, a conversion rate based on their central
                                                                        rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
Whereas the necessary adjustments must be made in the                   the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
case of offers and quotations not of the type referred to               tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (8), as last amended by Regula­
                                                                        tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (9),
(') OJ  No L 142,  30.  5. 1978,  p. 1.
O   OJ  No L 218,  28.  7. 1989,  p. 1.                            (*) OJ  No  L  179,  1 . 7. 1978, p. 10 .
(3) OJ  No L 150,  15.  6. 1991 , p. 15.                           0   OJ  No  L  162,  28 . 6. 1990 , p. 21 .
(4) OJ  No L 171 , 28.  6. 1978,  p. 1.                            (8) OJ  No  L  164,  24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No L 118,  29 . 4. 1989,  p. 1.                            0   OJ  No  L  201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9 .
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— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an         Commission has recorded, the rate of the additional aid
     average of the ecu rates published in the Official          for dried fodder must be fixed as indicated in the table
    Journal of the European Communities, C series, over          annexed to this Regulation,
     a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
     cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
Whereas the rate of the additional aid must be fixed once
per month so as to ensure application of the aid from the        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
first day of the month following the date of its fixing ;
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 120 (2) and 306 (2) of the
Act of Accession, the additional aid applicable in these                                 Article 1
two Member States is to be adjusted by an amount equal
to the amount of customs duties on imports of these              The rate of the aid referred to in Article 5 (3) of Regula­
products from third countries ; whereas, in addition, in         tion (EEC) No 1117/78 is fixed in the Annex to this
Spain the amount is to be adjusted by the difference,            Regulation.
multiplied by the percentage referred to in Article 5 (2) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78, between the guide price
applied in Spain and the common guide price ;                                             Article 2
Whereas, as the result of the applications of all these
provisions to the offers and quotations which the                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1992.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 28 February 1992.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                      Member of the Commission
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                                                                      ANNEX
                   to die Commission Regulation of 28 February 1992 fixing the rate of the aid for dried fodder
Aid applicable from 1st March 1992 to dried fodder :
                                                                                                                              (ECU/tonne)
                                                 Fodder dehydrated by artificial heat drying       Fodder otherwise dried
                                                           Protein concentrates
                                                                                      Other                              Other
                                                   Spain          Portugal           Member  Portugal                  Member
                                                                                      States                             States
 Aid                                              74,056          73,730             74,056  40,790                     41,116
Aid in case of advance fixing for the month of :
                                                                                                                              fECU/tonne)
April 1992                                       74,105           73,780             74,105  40,840                     41,165
May 1992 (>)                                       0,000           0,000              0,000   0,000                      0,000
June 1992 (')                                      0,000           0,000              0,000   0,000                      0,000
July 1992 (')                                      0,000           0,000              0,000   0,000                      0,000
August 1992 (')                                    0,000           0,000              0,000   0,000                      0,000
September 1992 (')                                 0,000           0,000              0,000   0,000                      0,000
October 1992 (')                                   0,000           0,000              0,000   0,000                      0,000
(') In accordance with Article 6 (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1528/78.