CELEX: 31987R2945
Language: en
Date: 1987-10-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2945/87 of 30 September 1987 fixing the amount of the subsidy on oil seeds

1 . 10 . 87                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 278 /69
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2945/87
                                                      of 30 September 1987
                                        fixing the amount of the subsidy on oil seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas a supplement to the target price for 'double zero
                                                                    colza and rape seed was fixed in Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     1917/87 :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                  Whereas the abatement of the subsidy which arises, where
Portugal,                                                           appropriate, from the system of maximum guaranteed
                                                                    quantities for the 1987/88 marketing year, has been fixed
                                                                    by Regulations (EEC) No 2292/87 Q and (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEG of                 2295/ 87 (10) ;
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common
organization of the market in oils and fats (') as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1915/87 (2) and in
particular Article 27 (4) thereof,
                                                                     Whereas the standard quality for sunflower seed has been
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         changed by the -Council for the 1987/88 marketing year ;
 1678 /85 (3) fixing the conversion rates to be applied in           whereas the ' coefficients of equivalence applied to the
agriculture, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                  prices of sunflower seed from third countries have been
 1890/87 (4),                                                        fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 2869 /87 ■(») ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72
of 20 July 1972 laying down special measures for colza,
rape and sunflower seed (*), as last amended by Regulation           Whereas Article 29 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
(EEC) No 1869/87 (e), and in particular Article 2 (3)                provides that the world market price, calculated for a
thereof,
                                                                     Community frontier crossing point, is to be determined
                                                                     on the basis of the most favourable purchasing opportuni­
                                                                     ties, quotations being adjusted where necessary to take
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,             account of quotations for competing products ;
Whereas Article 27 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
 provides that a subsidy should be granted in respect of oil
 seeds harvested and processed within the Community
 when the target price for a species of seed is higher than          Whereas Article 4 of Council Regulation No 115/67/ EEC
 the price on the world market ; whereas these provisions            of 6 June 1967 laying down criteria for determining
 at present apply only in respect of colza, rape and                 world market prices for oil seeds and fixing the frontier
 sunflower seeds ;                                                   crossing point (12), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     No 1983/82 (13), fixed the said crossing point at
                                                                     Rotterdam ; whereas Article 1 of that Regulation provides
 Whereas the subsidy on oil seeds should, theoretically, be          that when the world market price is being determined
 equal to the difference between those two prices ;                  account should be taken of all offers on the world market
                                                                      known to the Commission and of quotations on those
                                                                      exchanges which are significant for international trade ;
 Whereas the target price arid the monthly increases in the          whereas Article 2 of Commission Regulation No 225/
 target price for colza, rape and sunflower seed for the              67/EEC of 28 June 1967 on detailed rules for determi­
 1987/88 marketing year were fixed by Regulations (EEC)               ning the world market price for oil seeds (14), as last
 No 1917/87 0 and (EEC) No 1918 /87 (8)                               amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2 869/87, provides that
                                                                      offers and quotations which do not relate to shipments to
                                                                      be effected within 30 days following the date on which
 (') OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/ 86 .
 (2) OJ No L 183 , 3 . 7 . 1987, p. 7.
 (j OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 11 .                                 (9) OJ No L 209, 31 . 7 . 1987, p. 40 .
 (") OJ No L 182, 3 . 7 . 1987 .                                      (10) OJ No L 2€9, 31 . 7. 1987, p. 43 . .
 Is) OJ No L 167, 25. 7. 1972, p. 9.                                  (") OJ No L 273, 26 . 9 : 1987, p . 16.
 (*) OJ No L 176, 1 . 7 . 1987, p. 30 .                               (12) OJ No 111 , 10 . 6. 1967, p. 2196/67.
 0 OJ No L 183 , 3 . 7. 1987, p. 14.                                  H OJ No L 215, 23 . 7. 1982, p . 6 .
 (8) OJ No L 183 , 3 . 7. 1987, p. 16 .                               (14) OJ No 136, 30. . 6. 1967, p. 2919/67.
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the world market price is determined should be disre­            be determined in accordance with Article 6 of that
garded ; whereas offers and quotations which the                 Regulation ;
Commission believes, in view of general price movements
or information available to it, not to be representative of
the real trend of the market must also be disregarded ;
whereas offers and quotations relating to quantities of less     Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 1 1 5/67/ EEC provides
than 500 tonnes and offers relating to seed of a quality         that, where no offer or quotation can be used as a basis
other than that normally acceptable on the world market          for determining the world market price and where it is,
must also be disregarded ;                                       moreover, impossible to establish the -value of the oil or
                                                                 oil cake processed from such seed, the world market price
                                                                 should be determined on the basis of the most recent
                                                                 known value for oil or oil cake, adjusted to take account
 whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 225/ 67/EEC provides         of the trend of world prices for competing products by
that of the offers and quotations taken into consideration,      applying to that value the rules set out in Article 2 of
those for delivery c and f should be increased by 0,2 % ;        Regulation No 115/67/EEC ; whereas Article 7 of Regula­
whereas offers and quotations - for delivery fas, fob or         tion No 225/67/EEC defines competing products as those
othefwise should be increased, as appropriate, by loading,       oils or oil cakes, as the case may be, which appear to have
transport and insurance costs from the point of shipment         been offered in the largest quantities on the world market
or loading to the frontier crossing point ; whereas cif          during the period under consideration ;
offers and quotations for frontier crossing points other
than Rotterdam should be adjusted to allow for the diffe­
rence in transport and insurance costs as compared with a
product delivered cif Rotterdam ; whereas the Commis­            Whereas, under Article 6 of Regulation No 115/67/EEC,
sion should take account only of the " loading, transport        the price determined for colza, rape and sunflower seeds
and insurance costs which to its knowledge are the               must also be adjusted by an amount not exceeding the
lowest ; whereas, finally, offers and quotations for delivery    margin, as calculated in accordance with that Article,
cif Rotterdam should be increased by 0,242 ECU ;■                where that margin may affect the normal disposal of seeds
                                                                 harvested in the Community ;
Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 115/67/EEC provides
that the world market price should be determined for             Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1594/83 of 14
seed of the standard quality for which the target price has      June 1983 on the subsidy for oil seeds (!), as amended by
been fixed, delivered in bulk ;                                  Regulation (EEC) No 935/86 (2), laid down rules for gran­
                                                                 ting the subsidy on oil seeds ; whereas, under that Regula­
                                                                 tion, where the subsidy to be granted is fixed in advance,
                                                                 the amount of such subsidy must be equal to the amount
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 225/67/ EEC provides          applicable on the day on which the application for
that offers and quotations relating to products presented        advance fixing was lodged, adjusted by the difference
otherwise than in bulk should be adjusted by deducting           between the target price valid on that day and the target
the additional value resulting from that presentation ;          price valid on the day on which the seeds are placed
whereas offers and quotations relating to a quality other        under control at an oil or feed mill and, where appro­
than the standard quality for which the target price was         priate, a corrective amount ; whereas Article 35 of
fixed should be adjusted on the basis of the coefficients of     Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83 of 21
equivalence shown in the Annex to that Regulation ;              September 1983 laying down detailed rules for the appli­
whereas, in the case of offers on the world market for           cation of the subsidy system for oil seeds (3), as last
qualities of colza and rape seed other than those listed in      amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2294/87 (4), provides
that Annex, coefficients of equivalence derived from those       that such adjustment should involve increasing or redu­
listed in that Annex may, pursuant to Article 4 of Regula­       cing the amount of subsidy applicable on the day on
tion No 225/67/EEC, be applied ; whereas, when derived           which the application was lodged by the corrective
coefficients are being calculated, account must be taken of      amount and the difference between the target prices
the differences between prices for the qualities of seed in      mentioned in Article 35 of Regulation (EEC) No
question and prices for the qualities listed in that Annex,      2681 / 83 ;
and of the characteristics of these various seeds ;
                                                                 Whereas Article 37 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 115/67/EEC provides           provides that the corrective amount must be equal to the
that, where no offer or quotation can be used as 'a basis        difference between the world market price for colza, rape
for determining the world market price, that price should        and sunflower seeds and the forward price for those seeds
be determined on the basis of the value of the average           valid for a shipment , effected during the month in which
quantities of oil and oil cake resulting from the proces­        the seeds were placed under control at an oil mill, those
sing of 100 kilograms of seed within the Community less          prices being determined in accordance with Articles 1 , 4
an amount corresponding to the cost of processing these
seeds into oil and oil cake ; whereas the quantities and
costs to be taken into consideration for the purposes of         (') OJ  No  L  163 , 22. 6 . 1983,  p. 44.
                                                                 (2) OJ  No  L 87, 2. 4.   1986, p .  5.
the calculation are fixed in Article 5 of Regulation No          0   OJ  No  L 266, 28 .  9 . 1983 , p. 1 .
225/67/EEC ; whereas the value of those quantities should        (4) OJ  No  L 209 , 31 . 7. 1987,   p. 42.
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and 5 of Regulation No 115/67/EEC ; whereas, if no offer                (a) for those Member States whose currencies are main­
and no price can be used for such determination, the                         tained as between themselves within a spread at any
method of calculation provided for in Article 37 of Regu­                    given moment of 2,25 % , the difference between :
lation (EEC) No 2681 /83 should be used ; whereas the
                                                                             — the      conversion  rate  used  under   the  common
abovementioned difference may be adjusted in accordance
with Article 38 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83 , account                        agricultural policy, and
being taken of the prices of the main competing cereals ;                    — the conversion rate resulting from the central rate,
                                                                        (b) for the other Member States, the difference between :
                                                                             — the relationship between the conversion rate used
                                                                                 under the common agricultural policy for the
Whereas the aid for colza, rape or sunflower seed                                currency of the- Member State concerned and the
harvested or processed in Spain or Portugal is to be                             central   rate  of each of the    currencies of the
advised as provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No                           Member States referred to in (a), and
478 /86 ('); whereas pursuant to Article 95(2) and 293(2)
of the Act of Accession of ,Spain and Portugal this aid is .                 — the spot market rate for the currency of the
to be introduced at the beginning of the 1986/87 marke­                          Member State in question in relation to each of
ting year for seed harvested in these two Member States ;                        the currencies of the Member States referred to in
                                                                                 (a), as recorded over a period to be determined ;
                                                                        Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1813 /84 specifies the spot
                                                                         and forward exchange rates and the period to be used for
Whereas, in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                    calculating the differential ' amounts ; whereas in cases
475/86 (2) of 25 February 1986 laying down general rules                 where, for one or more months, quotations of forward
for the mechanism for controlling the prices- and the                    exchange rates are not available, the rates adopted for the
quantities of certain products in the oils and fats sector               previous months or the following months, as the -case may
 released for consumption in Spain provision is made for                 be , must be used ;
 the granting of compensatory aid, subject to certain
 conditions ; whereas compensatory aid should be fixed for
 sunflower seeds harvested in Spain ;                                    Whereas the subsidy should , be fixed whenever the
                                                                         market situation makes it necessary and in such a way as
                                                                         to ensure its being applied at least once a week ; whereas
                                                                         the subsidy may be altered whenever it becomes obvious
                                                                         that such alteration is necessary ;
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1920/ 87 (3),
 provides for the granting of a special subsidy , for                    Whereas it follows from applying these provisions to the
 sunflower seed harvested and processed in Portugal ;                    offers and quotations known to the Commission that,
 whereas the amount of this subsidy should be fixed ;                    pursuant to Article 33, of Regulation (EE.C) No 26&1 /83
                                                                         the amount of the subsidy in ECU and the amount of the
                                                                         subsidy in each of the national currencies must be fixed
                                                                         in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation ;
                                                                         whereas, pursuant to the same Article, the spot and
                                                                         forward exchange rates for the ECU in national currencies
 Whereas Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83                      determined in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation
 provides for the publication of the amount of the final                 (EEC) No 1813/84 must also be published,
 subsidy obtained from the conversion into each of the
 national currencies of the amount in ECU resulting from
 the calculation referred to above plus or minus the diffe­
 rential amount ; whereas Article 1 of Commission Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 1813/84 (4), as last amended by Regulation
 (EEC) No 2138 /87 (*), defined the elements which deter­
 mine the differential amounts ; whereas these elements                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  are equal to the incidence on the target price less 7,5 %
  or - the subsidy of the coefficient derived from the percen­
  tage referred to in Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
  1569/72 ; whereas, according to these provisions, this
  percentage represents :                                                                            Article 1
 (')   OJ  No L  53, 1 . 3 . 1986, p.   55.
 (2)   OJ  No L  53 , 1 . 3 . 1986, p.  47.                               1 . The amounts of the subsidy and the exchange rates
 (J)   OJ  No L  183, 3 . 7. 1987.
 (4)   OJ  No L  170, 29 . 6. 1984,    p. 41                              referred to in Article 33 (2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC)
 0     OJ  No L  200 , 21 . 7 . 1987,  p. 9 .                             No 2681 / 83 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
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     2. The amount of the compensatory aid referred to in                 harvested and processed in Portugal is fixed in Annex III .
     Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 475/86 shall be as
     shown in Annex III to this Regulation for sunflower seed
     harvested in Spain .                                                                            Article 2
     3 . The amount- of - the special subsidy provided
     for by Regulation (EEC) 1920/87 for sunflower seed                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1987.
                         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                         States .
                         Done at Brussels, 30 September 1987 .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                        Vice-President
                                                                 ANNEX I
                                          Aids to colza and rape seed other than 'double zero'
                                                                                                                  (amounts per 100 kilograms)
                                                  Current -    1st period      2nd period      3rd period      4th period       5th period
                                                    10             11              12               1               2                 3
1 . Gross aids (ECU):                                                                                       I
    — Spain                                           0,000         0,000           0,000             0,000          0,000             0,000
    — Portugal                                        0,000         0,000           0,000             0,000          0,000             0,000
    — Other Member States -                         24,350         24,460          24,-134         24,41 1         24,512            24,909
2 . Final aids v
    (a) Seed harvested and processed in :                                                                   I
        — Federal Republic of Germany                                                                       l
            (DM)                                    58,97          59,25           58,54           59,29           59,56             60,78
        — Netherlands (Fl)                          65,58          65,89           65,04           65,88           66,16             67,51
        — BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                       1 167,50       1 172,72        1 156,89        1 169,60        1 174,38          1 189,05
        — France (FF)                              177,10         177,82          174,88          176,47          177,10            180,71
        — Denmark (Dkr)                            210,88         211,80          208,82          211,22          212,05            213,88
        — Ireland (£ Irl)                           19,686         19,765          19,461          19,657          19,728            19,984
        — United Kingdom (£)                        14,246         14,280          13,971          14,137       -  14,164            14,307
        — Italy (Lit)                           37 556        37 701           36 988          37 262          37 388           37 836
        — Greece (Dr)                            2 476,98       2 455,00        2 368,94        2 364,03        2 361,03          2 368,68
    (b) Seed     harvested    in  Spain and  IlI                            ||||                                            l
        processed :                          I
        — in Spain (Pta)                              0,00          0,00            0,00              0,00           0,00              0,00
        — in another Member State (Pta)          3 681,11       3 697,33        3 619,85        3 650,94'       3 664,99          3 698,20
    (c) Seed harvested in Portugal and                      1
        processed :                                                         ||IIIII
        — in Portugal (Esc)                           0,00          0,00            0,00              0,00           0,00              0,00
        — in another Member State (Esc)          4 806,68       4 817,35        4 718,96        4 754,05        4 766,90          4 791,32
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                                                               ANNEX II
                                              Aids to colza and rape seed 'double zero '
                                                                                                             (amounts per 100 kilograms)
                                                Current       1st period    2nd period     3rd period    4th period       5th period
                                                   10             11              12             1             2               3
1 . Gross aids (ECU) :                                     \              \              \
    — Spain                                         2,500           2,500          2,500           2,500        2,500           2,500
    — Portugal                                      2,500           2,500          2,500           2,500        2,500           2,500
    — Other Member States                          26,850         26,960          26,634        26,911        27,012           27,409
2 . Final aids :                                           I                             I
    (a) Seed harvested and processed in :                                                \
        — Federal Republic of - Germany    \               I              I              I
            (DM)                                   64,13 "        65,21           64,50         65,26         65,52            66,75
        — Netherlands (Fl)                         72,27          72,57      -    71,73         72,57 -       72,85            74,19
        — BLEU (Bfrs/ Lfrs)                     1 287,66       1 292,89        1 277,06     1 289,77      1 294,55         1 309,21
        — France (FF)                             195,79         19^,51          193,57        195,16        195,79           199,40
        — Denmark (Dkr)                           232,77         233,6.8­     . 230,70         233,1 1 -     233,94           235,77
        — Ireland (£ Irl)                          21,764         21,843          21,539        21,735        21,806 ;         22,062
        — United Kingdom (£)                       15,886          15,921         15,611        15,777        15,804           15,948
        — Italy (Lit)                         41 549         41 694         40 981         41 255        41 380           41 829
            Greece (Dr)                        2 797,83        2 775,85        2 689,79     2 684,88      2 681,88         2 689,53
    (b) Seed harvested    in = Spain   and                 \              \
        processed :                                        l                             |               ||
        — in Spain (Pta)                          385,53         385,53          385,53        385,53        385,53           385,53
        — in another Member State (Pta)        4 066,65        4 082,86        4 005,38     4 036,48      4 050,52         4 083,73
    (c) Seed harvested in Portugal and                     \                             \
        processed :                                        I                             II
        — in Portugal (Esc)                       429,31         429,31          429,31        429,31        429,31           429,31 -
        — in another Member State (Esc)         5 235,99       5 246,66        5 148,27      5 183,36      5 196,22         5 220,63
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                                                                             ANNEX III
                                                                   Aids to sunflower seed
                                                                                                                                      (amounts per 100 kilograms)
                                                           Current             1st period            2nd period           3rd period              4th period
                                                             10                     11                    12                    1                        2 '
1 . Gross aids (ECU) :                             I
     — Spain                                                  3,440 .                3,440                  3,440              ■ 3,440                    3,440
     — Portugal                                               0,000                  0,000               . 0,000                 0,000                    0,000
     — Other Member States                                   34,894                35,213                34,713                35,032 -               35,351
2 . Final aids :                                   l                       |                                            |
     (a) Seed harvested and processed in (') :     l
         — Federal Republic of Germany
             (DM)                                            84,16                 84,93                 83,81                 84,68                  85,45
         — Netherlands (Fl)                                  93,79                 94,65                 93,35                 94,31                  95,17
         — BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                               1 674,18              1 689,48              1 665,23             1 679,93                1 695,22
         — France (FF)                                      255,72                258,05                253,70                255,57                 257,89 -
         — Denmark (Dkr)                                    303,10                305,87                301,32                304,08                 306,85
         — Ireland (£ Irl)                                   28,428                28,687 :              28,227                28,455                 28,714
         — United Kingdom (£)                                21,091                21,280                20,824                21,013                 21,202
         — Italy (Lit)                                   54 339                54 831                53 809               54 139                 54 630
         — Greece (Dr)                                    3 802,89              3 813,61              3 692,12             3 689,15                3 721,79
     (b) Seed harvested in Spain and               I                       \                    Il
         processed :                               I
         — in Spain (Pta)                                   530,49                530,49                530,49                530,49                 530,49
         — in another Member State (Pta)                  4 115,67              4 164,47              4 057,27 "           4 093,70                4 142,09
     (c) Seed   harvested     in Portugal    and   l                                                                    I
         processed : .                             I                                                                    I
         — in Portugal (Esc)                                  0,00                   0,00                   0,00                 0,00                     0,00
         — in Spain (Esc)                              1 7 070,45               7 120,03              6 982,94             7 025,67                7 079,87
         — in another Member State (Esc)                  6 841,01              6 888,99              6 756,35             6 797,69                6 850,13
3 . -Compensatory aids :                           l                                               ,
     — in Spain (Pta)                                     4 052,87              4 101,66              3 994,46             4 036,71 -              4 085,11
4 . Special aid :                                  l
     — in Portugal (Esc)                                  6 841,01              6 888,99              6 756,35             6 797,69                6 850,13
(') For seed harvested in the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 and processed in Spain, the amounts shown in 2 (a) to be multiplied by 1,0335380 .
                                                                             ANNEX IV
                        ~ Exchange rate of the ECU to be used for converting final aids into the currency of the
                           processing country when the latter is a country other than the country of production
                                                                                                                                                (value of 1 ECU)
                                               Current             1st period          2nd period          3rd period         4th period           5th period
                                                  10                    11                  12                    1                 2                     3
DM                                              2,076920              2,071480            2,066680              2,060450          2,060450            2,048340
Fl                                              2,337080              2,333170            2,329620              2,325610          2,325610            2,315510
Bfrs / Lfrs                                    43,099400            43,069100            43,047300            43,002600         43,002600            42,948400
FF                                              6,921510              6,925400 ,          6,931070              6,934970          6,934970            6,959480
Dkr                                           • 7,983390              7,997570            8,013290           • 8,024880           8,024880            8,067830
£ Irl                                           0,774295              0,775047            0,776085            ' 0,7770 14         0,777014'           0,781352
£                                               0,695164              0,696547            0,698189              0,699564          0,699564            0,704622
Lit                                        •1 498,11            1 508,55          ■ 1 515,23            1 529,28            1 529,28             1 540,55
Dr                                            158,64300            160,69100            162,69500          .164,55000         164,55000             169,71900
Esc                                           163,57100            164,72300            165,58900           167,31700         167,31700             1^9,84400
Pta                                           138,44200            139,01000            139,77700 '         140,56300         140,56300             143,11600