CELEX: 31991R1654
Language: en
Date: 1991-06-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1654/91 of 14 June 1991 fixing the amount of aid for peas, field beans and sweet lupins

15 . 6 . 91                                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 151 /29
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1654/91
                                                           of 14 June 1991
                               fixing the amount of aid for peas, field beans and sweet lupins
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas the abatement of the subsidy which arises, where
                                                                      appropriate, from the system of maximum guaranteed
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                quantities for the 1990/91 year, has been fixed by
 Economic Community,                                                   Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2510/90 (9);
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
 Portugal,
                                                                      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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /82                 1755/90 of 27 June 1990 establishing the activating thre­
 of 18 May 1982 laying down special measures for peas,                shold price for aid, the guide price and the minimum
 field beans and sweet lupins ('), as last amended by Regu­           price for peas, field beans and sweet lupins fixed in ecus
 lation (EEC) No 1624/91 (2), and in particular Article 3 (6)         by the Council and reduced as a result of the monetary
 (a) thereof,                                                         realignment of 5 January 1990 (10) ;
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 3540/85 of 5 December 1985 laying down detailed rules                'Whereas, owing to the lack of an activating threshold
 for the application of the special measures for peas, field          price, a guide price for peas, field beans and sweet lupins
 beans and sweet lupins (3), as last amended by Regulation            and of the adjustment in the rate of aid resulting from the
 (EEC) No 1579/91 (4), and in particular Article 26a (7)              maximum guaranteed quantity arrangements for the
 thereof,                                                              1991 /92 marketing year, the amount of the aid fixed in
                                                                      advance for this marketing year has only been able to be
 Whereas, as provided for in Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation             calculated provisionally conforming to the Commission's
 (EEC) No 1431 /82, aid is granted for peas, field beans and          price proposals to the Council ; whereas this amount
 sweet lupins harvested in the Community and used in the              should, therefore, only be applied provisionally and
 manufacture of feedingstuffs where the world market                  should be confirmed or replaced once the prices and
 price of soya cake is lower than the activating price ;              related measures and the consequences of the maximum
 whereas this aid is equal to a proportion of the difference          guaranteed quantity arrangements for the 1991 /92 marke­
 between these prices ; whereas this proportion of the price          ting year are known
 difference was fixed in Article 3a of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 2036/82 (*), as last amended by Regulation                   Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No
(EEC) No 2206/90 («) ; '                                               1431 /82, the world market price for soya cake must be
                                                                      determined on the basis of the most favourable purchase
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (2) of Regulation               possibilities, excepting offers and quotations which
(EEC) No 1431 /82, aid is granted for peas and field beans            cannot be considered representative of the real market
harvested in the Community where the world market                     trend ; whereas account must be taken both of all offers
price for these products is lower than the guide price ;              on the world market and of the prices quoted on
whereas this aid is equal to the difference between the               exchanges that are important for international trade ;
two prices ;
Whereas the threshold price activating the aid for peas,              Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Commission Regulation
field beans and sweet lupins for the 1990/91 marketing                (EEC) No 2049/82 ("), as last amended by Regulation
year was fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) No                         (EEC) No 1238/87 (12), the price must be determined per
 1 1 89/90 f); whereas, as provided for in Article 2a of              100 kilograms of bulk soya cake of the standard quality
Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /82, the activating price for the            defined in Article 1 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
aid for peas, field beans and sweet lupins is increased               1464/86 (13) delivered to Rotterdam ; whereas the neces­
monthly as from the beginning of the third month of the               sary adjustments, notably those referred to in Article 2 of
marketing year ; whereas the amount of the monthly                    Regulation (EEC) No 2049/82, must be made for offers
increases in the threshold price was fixed by Council                 and quotations not of the type referred to above ;
Regulation (EEC) No 1 191 /90 (8);
                                                                      Whereas, if the aid system is to operate normally, refunds
(')  OJ  No  L 162,  12.  6. 1982, p. 28.                             should be calculated on the following basis :
0    OJ  No  L 150,  15.  6. 1991 , p. 10.
(3)  OJ  No  L 342,  19.  12. 1985, p. 1 .
0    OJ  No  L 147,  12.  6. 1991 , p. 9.                             0 OJ No L 237,     1 . 9. 1990, p. 8 .
0    OJ  No  L 219,  28 . 7. 1982, p. 1 .                             (,0) OJ No L 162,   28. 6. 1990, p. 18 .
(6)  OJ  No  L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 11 .                            (") OJ No L 219,    28. 7. 1982, p. 36.
0    OJ  No  L 119,  11 . 5. 1990, p. 37.                             (,2) OJ No L 117,   5. 5. 1987, p. 9.
(8)  OJ  No  L 119,  11 . 5 . 1990 , p. 40.                           H OJ No L 133,      21 . 5. 1986, p. 21 .
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— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­         Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /82 shall be
     tion to each other at any moment within a band of            weighted by the differential amount referred to in Article
     2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central rate,      12a of Regulation (EEC) No 2036/82 and then converted
     multiplied by the correcting factor provided for in          into the final aid in the currency of the Member State in
     Article 6 (1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No                which the products are harvested using the agricultural
     1 677/85 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No         conversion rate of that Member State,
     2205/90 (2),
— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
     average of the ecu rates published in the Official           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
     a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
                                                                                           Article 1
     cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
Whereas pursuant to Articles 121 (2) and 307 (2) of te Act        1 . The amounts of aid provided for in Article 3 (1 ) of
of Accession the amount of the aid for products harvested         Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /82 is indicated in the Annexes
and processed in either of these Member States should be          hereto.
reduced by the customs duty charged on importation of
products from third countries ;                                   2.    However, the amount of the aid fixed in advance for
                                                                  the 1991 /92 marketing year for peas, field beans and
Whereas the world market price for peas and field beans           sweet lupins shall be confirmed or replaced with effect
and the amount of aid referred to in Article 3 (2) of Regu­       from 16 June 1991 to take account of the prices and
lation (EEC) No 1431 /82 were fixed by Commission                 related measures for the 1991 /92 marketing year and of
Regulation (EEC) No 1834/90 (3); whereas in terms of              the consequences of the maximum guaranted quantity
Article 2a of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /82 the guide              arrangements.
price is increased monthly as from the beginning of the
third month of the marketing year ;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas, pursuant to Article 26a of Regulation (EEC) No
3540/85, the gross aid expressed in ecus that results from        This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 June 1991 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 14 June 1991 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 6.
O OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
(4 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
                                      6            70            8 (')     90         10 o         110            12 0
Peas used :                                                                                   I
— in Spain                          6,681         4,537         4,537      4,695      4,853        5,011          5,169
— in Portugal                       6,699         4,555         4,555      4,713      4,871        5,029          5,187
— in antother Member State          6,834         4,690         4,690      4,848      5,006        5,164          5,322
Field beans used :                                                                            I
— in Spain                          6,834         4,690         4,690      4,848      5,006        5,164          5,322
— in Portugal                       6,699         4,555         4,555      4,713      4,871        5,029          5,187
— in another Member State           6,834         4,690         4,690      4,848      5,006        5,164          5,322
Products used in animal feed :
                                                                                                           (ECU per 100 kg)
                                   Current     1st period    2nd period 3rd period 4th period   5th period     6th period
                                      6           70            80         90         io o         110            12 0
A. Peas used :                               I             I                                  I
    — in Spain                      8,894         6,248         6,292      6,449      6,607        6,550          6,707
    — in Portugal                   8,947         6,308         6,351      6,508      6,666        6,611          6,768
    — in another Member State       8,947         6,308         6,351      6,508      6,666        6,611          6,768
B. Field beans used :                        I             I                                  I              I
   — in Spain                       8,894         6,248         6,292      6,449      6,607        6,550       .  6,707
   — in Portugal                    8,947         6,308         6,351      6,508      6,666        6,611          6,768
   — in another Member State        8,947         6,308         6,351      6,508      6,666        6,611          6,768
C. Sweet lupins harvested in Spain
    and used :                               I             I                                  I              I
   — in Spain                      10,505         8,688         8,745      8,745      8,745        8,460          8,460
   — in Portugal                   10,576         8,767         8,824      8,824      8,824        8,541          8,541
   — in another Member State       10,576         8,767         8,824      8,824      8,824        8,541          8,541
D. Sweet    lupins  harvested   in
   another    Member    State and
   used :
   — in Spain                      10,505         8,688         8,745      8,745      8,745        8,460          8,460
   — in Portugal                   10,576         8,767         8,824      8,824      8,824        8,541          8,541
   — in another Member State       10,576         8,767         8,824      8,824      8,824        8,541          8,541
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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
                                         6             ?(')            8 (')          9 (')           io o              110            ,12 0
Products harvested in :
— BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                     331,83         227,73          227,73         235,40          243,07            250,74          258,42
— Denmark (Dkr)                         61,37          42,12            42,12          43,53           44,95             46,37           47,79
— Federal Republic of Germany \                  IlIl                                           IlI
    (DM)                                16,09           11,04           11,04          11,41           11,79             12,16           12,53
— Greece (Dr)                        1 134,91         653,97          653,97         689,41          724,86            760,30          795,74
— Spain (Pta)                        1 050,01         720,92          720,92         745,17          769,43            793,68          817,93
— France (FF)                           53,96          37,03            37,03          38,28           39,53             40,77           42,02
— Ireland (£ Irl)                         6,006          4,121           4,121          4,260           4,399             4,538           4,677
— Italy (Lit)                       12 038         8 261            8 261          8 540           8 818            9 096           9 374
— Netherlands (Fl)                      18,13           12,44           12,44          12,86     -     13,28             13,70           14,12
— Portugal (Esc)                     1 426,09         978,69          978,69       1 011,66        1 044,63          1 077,60       1 110,57
— United Kingdom (£)                      5,327          3,656           3,656          3,779           3,902             4,026           4,149
                                                                                                           r
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
                                         6             70              8 (')          9 (')          io o              110             12 (')
Products harvested in :
— BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                     434,43         306,29          308,38         316,00          323,68            321,01          328,63
— Denmark (Dkr)                         80,34          56,65            57,03          58,44           59,86            59,37            60,78
— Federal Republic of Germany     ||Il                                         \              I                  I
    (DM)                                21,06          14,85            14,95          15,32           15,69             15,56           15,93
— Greece (Dr)                        1 655,62      1 052,70         1 063,30       1 098,49        1 133,93          1 116,89       1 152,08
— Spain (Pta)                        1 374,23        969,18           975,78         999,88        1 024,13          1 015,70       1 039,80
— France (FF)                           70,64          49,81           50,15          51,38            52,63            52,20            53,44
— Ireland (£ Irl)                        7,862           5,543           5,581          5,719           5,858             5,810           5,948
— Italy (Lit)                       15 760        11 111          1 1 187        11 464         11 742             11 645         11 921
— Netherlands (Fl)                      23,73          16,73            16,85          17,26           17,68             17,54           17,95
— Portugal (Esc)                     1 867,02      1 316,33         1 325,30       1 358,06        1 391,03          1 379,56       1 412,32
— United Kingdom (£)                     6,975           4,917           4,951          5,073           5,197             5,154           5,276
Amounts to be deducted in the     l             l               \                                                I
case of use :                     \             \               I              \              I                  \
— Spain (Pta)                            8,14            9,21            9,06           9,06            9,06              9,36            9^6
— Portugal (Esc)                         0,00            0,00            0,00           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 :
— BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                  0,00       0,00       0,00         40,83       0,17     0,00     0,00        0,00        0,00       0,00         0,00
— Denmark (Dkr)                     0,00       0,00       0,00          7,55       0,03     0,00     0,00        0,00        0,00       0,00         0,00
— Federal Republic of Germany     l                    \                       III. \                        Illlll
    (DM)                            0,00       0,00       0,00           1,98      0,01     0,00     0,00        0,00        0,00       0,00         0,00 ,
— Greece (Dr)                       0,00       0,00       0,00        207,20       0,86     0,00     0,00        0,00        0,00       0,00         0,00
— Spain (Pta)                       0,00       0,00       0,00        129,01       0,54     0,00     0,00        0,00        0,00       0,00         0,00
— France (FF)                       0,00       0,00       0,00          6,64       0,03     0,00     0,00        0,00        0,00       0,00         0,00
— Ireland (£ Irl)                   0,000      0,000      0,000         0,739      0,003    0,000    0,000       0,000       0,000      0,000        0,000
— Italy (Lit)                       0          0          0        1481            6        0        0           0           0          0           0
— Netherlands (Fl)                  0,00       0,00       0,00          2,23       0,01     0,00     0,00        0,00        0,00       0,00         0,00
— Portugal (Esc)                    0,00       0,00       0,00        175,46       0,73     0,00     0,00        0,00        0,00       0,00         0,00
— United Kingdom (£)                0,000      0,000      0,000         0,655      0,003    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
                                          6                 7               80               9 (>)         io (>)               ll (')         12 (')
Products harvested in :
— BLEU (Bfrs/ Lfrs)                     434,43           306,29            308,38           316,00         323,68              321,01          328,63
— Denmark (Dkr)                          80,34             56,65             57,03            58,44         59,86                59,37          60,78
— Federal Republic of Germany
    (DM)                                 21,06             14,85             14,95            15,32         15,69                15,56          15,93
— Greece (Dr)                         1 655,62        1 052,70           1 063,30         1 098,49       1 133,93            1 116,89        1 152,08
— Spain (Pta)                         1 374,23           969,18            975,78           999,88       1 024,13            1 015,70        1 039,80
— France (FF)                            70,64            49,81             50,15             51,38         52,63                52,20          53,44
— Ireland (£ Irl)                          7,862             5,543            5,581            5,719         5,858                5,810          5,948
— Italy (Lit)                       15 760           11 111            11 187           11 464         11 742              11 645          11 921
— Netherlands (Fl)                       23,73             16,73             16,85            17,26         17,68                17,54          17,95
— Portugal (Esc)                      1 867,02        1 316,33           1 325,30         1 358,06       1 391,03            1 379,56        1 412,32
— United Kingdom (£)                       6,975            4,917             4,951            5,073         5,197                5,154          5,276
Amounts to be deducted in the
case of use :                     \                                 \                                                    \
— Spain (Pta)                              8,14              9,21             9,06             9,06          9,06                 9,36           9,36
— Portugal (Esc)                          0,00               0,00             0,00             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 :
— BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                 0,00       0,00       0,00        40,83       0,17     0,00     0,00        0,00        0,00       0,00       0,00
— Denmark (Dkr)                    0,00       0,00       0,00         7,55 .     0,03     0,00     0,00        0,00        0,00       0,00       0,00
— Federal Republic of Germany     IlI                 I                       \                            I                       I
    (DM)                           0,00       0,00       0,00          1,98      0,01     0,00     0,00        0,00        0,00       0,00       0,00
— Greece (Dr)                      0,00       0,00       0,00       207,20       0,86     0,00     0,00        0,00        0,00       0,00       0,00
— Spain (Pta)                      0,00       0,00       0,00       129,01       0,54     0,00     0,00        0,00        0,00       0,00       0,00
— France (FF)                      0,00       0,00       0,00         6,64       0,03     0,00     0,00        0,00        0,00       0,00       0,00
— Ireland (£ Irl)                  0,000      0,000      0,000        0,739      0,003    0,000    0,000       0,000       0,000      0,000      0,000
— Italy (Lit)                      0          0          0       1481            6        0        0           0          0           0          0
— Netherlands (Fl)                 0,00       0,00       0,00         2,23       0,01     0,00     0,00        0,00        0,00       0,00       0,00
— Portugal (Esc)                   0,00       0,00       0,00       175,46       0,73     0,00     0,00        0,00        0,00       0,00       0,00
— United Kingdom (£)               0,000      0,000      0,000        0,655      0,003    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
                                         6               70               80               90            10(1)                110            12 0
Products harvested in :
— BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                     513,53           425,69           428,46           428,46         428,46              414,72          414,72
— Denmark (Dkr)                         94,97             78,73            79,24            79,24         79,24                76,70          76,70
— Federal Republic of Germany
    (DM)                                24,90             20,64            20,77            20,77         20,77                20,11          20,11
— Greece (Dr)                        2 029,72        1 605,60          1 619,65         1 619,65       1 619,65            1 549,90        1 549,90
— Spain (Pta)                        1 624,25        1 346,62          1 355,37         1 355,37       1 355,37            1 311,95        1 311,95
— France (FF)                           83,50            69,22             69,67            69,67         69,67                67,44          67,44
— Ireland (£ Irl)                         9,294            7,704             7,754           7,754           7,754              7,506          7,506
— Italy (Lit)                      18 629           15 443           15 543           15 543         15 543              15 045          15 045
— Netherlands (Fl)                      28,05            23,25            23,41             23,41         23,41                22,66          22,66
— Portugal (Esc)                     2 206,96        1 829,46          1 841,36         1 841,36       1 841,36            1 782,30        1 782,30
— United Kingdom (£)                      8,245            6,834             6,879           6,879           6,879              6,658          6,658
Amounts to be deducted in the                                     \
case of use in :                                 \                \                 l                                  \
— Spain (Pta)                           10,90             12,13            12,13            12,13         12,13                12,43          12,43
—- Portugal (Esc)                        0,00              0,00             0,00             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
— BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                         0,00      0,00      0,00        29,69      0,12        0,00        0,00      0,00      0,00       0,00       0,00
— Denmark (Dkr)                            0,00      0,00      0,00          5,49     0,02        0,00        0,00      0,00      0,00       0,00       0,00
— Federal Republic of Germany            llI                           I                       Il\                   ll
     (DM)                                  0,00      0,00      0,00          1,44     0,01        0,00        0,00      0,00      0,00       0,00       0,00
— Greece (Dr)                              0,00      0,00      0,00       150,69      0,63        0,00        0,00      0,00      0,00       0,00       0,00
— Spain (Pta)                              0,00      0,00      0,00        93,83      0,39        0,00        0,00      0,00      0,00       0,00       0,00
— France (FF)                              0,00      0,00      0,00          4,83     0,02        0,00        0,00      0,00      0,00       0,00       0,00
— Ireland (£ Irl)                          0,000     0,000     0,000         0,537    0,002       0,000       0,000     0,000     0,000      0,000      0,000
— Italy (Lit)                              0         0         0         1077         4           0           0         0         0          0          0
— Netherlands (Fl)                         0,00      0,00      0,00          1,62     0,01        0,00        0,00      0,00      0,00       0,00       0,00
— Portugal (Esc)                           0,00      0,00      0,00       127,61      0,53        0,00        0,00      0,00      0,00       0,00       0,00
— United Kingdom (£)                       0,000     0,000     0,000         0,477    0,002       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 224,937 127,291 6,89509 0,767417 1 538,24 2,31643 179,602 0,696754
(') Amount fixed provisionally, pending and subject to the setting of the prices and related measures and of the application of the maximum guaranteed
    quantity arrangements for the 1991 /92 marketing year, conforming in particular :
    — to the Commission's proposals for the 1991 /92 marketing year as regards the target price, the activating threshold prices and the monthly increases ;
    — to the adjustment resulting from the maximum guaranteed quantity arrangements and that of the agricultural conversion rates applied for the 1990/91
       marketing year.