CELEX: 31973R0263
Language: en
Date: 1973-02-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 263/73 of the Commission of 31 January 1973 fixing the export refund on oil seeds

No L 30/46                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             1 . 2. 73
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 263/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 31 January 1973
                                               fixing the export refund on oil seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 142/67/EEC pro­
COMMUNITIES ,                                                        vides that when the refund is being calculated ac­
                                                                     count must be taken of prices ruling on the various
                                                                     Community markets which are representative from
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                   the point of view of processing and exportation ; the
pean Economic Community ;                                            most favourable quotations recorded on the various
                                                                     markets of importing third countries and Greece,
                                                                     and costs incurred in placing the goods on the world
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/
                                                                     market ; whereas, when the amount of the refund is
EEC (*) of 22 September 1966 on the establishment
of a common organization of the market in oils and                   being fixed, account must also be taken of the level
                                                                     of market prices within the Community for the oil
fats, as last amended by the Act (2) annexed to the                  seeds referred to in Article 21 of Regulation No 136/
Treaty (3) on the Accession of new Member States to
                                                                      66/EEC and the future trend of these prices ;
the European Economic Community and the Euro­                         whereas, furthermore, account should be taken of the
pean Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels                      economic aspect of the proposed exports and the
on 22 January 1972 ;                                                  situation in the Community regarding the supply of
                                                                      and demand for these seeds :
Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/
EEC (4) of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats
between the Community and Greece ;                                   Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     No 651 /71 (7) of 29 March 1971 on certain detailed
                                                                      rules for the application of export refunds on oil
Having regard to Council Regulation No 142/67/                        seeds provides that the amount of the refund must
EEC (5) of 21 June 1967 on export refunds on colza,                   be calculated on the basis of the weight of exported
rape and sunflower seeds, as last amended by Regu­                    seeds ; whereas this weight must be adjusted to take
lation (EEC) No 2429/72 (6), and in particular the                    account of any differences between the percentages'
first sentence of Article 2 (3 ) thereof ;                            of moisture and impurities found to exist and those
                                                                      used to define the standard quality for which the tar­
Whereas Article 28 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                        get price is fixed ; whereas, when this adjustment is
provides that a refund may be granted on exports to                   being made, the weight of the exported seeds must be
third countries of oil seeds harvested within the                     increased by the amount of the difference between
 Community ; whereas the amount of this refund                        the actual moisture and impurities content and that
may not exceed the difference between prices within                   used to define the standard quality if the former is
the Community and prices on the world market                          lower than the latter ; whereas, if the opposite
 where the former are higher than the latter ; whereas                applies, the weight of the exported seeds must be
 Article 21 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC pro­                          reduced by the same amount ;
 vides that, at present, Article 28 of that Regulation
 applies only to colza, rape and sunflower seeds ;
                                                                       Whereas the standard quality referred to above is
                                                                       defined in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 Whereas Article 8 of Regulation No 162/66/EEC pro­                    1331 /72 (8) of 27 June 1972 fixing the target prices
 vides that Article 28 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                     and basic intervention prices for oil seeds for the
 and measures taken in application thereof apply, sub­                 1972/73 marketing year ;
 ject to the provisions of the Agreement establishing
 an Association between the European Economic
 Community and Greece, to trade between the Com­
 munity and Greece ;                                                  Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 142/67/EEC pro­
                                                                      vides that the refund may be varied according to des­
                                                                       tination where the world market situation or the spe­
 (!)  OJ No  172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
 (2)  OJ No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14.
 (3)  OJ No  L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 5 .
  (4) OJ No  197, 29. 10. 1966, p. 3393/66.
  (5) OJ No  125, 26. 6. 1967, p. 2461/67.                              H OJ No L 75, 30. 3. 1971, p. 16.
  (6) OJ No  L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p . 1 .                             (8) OJ No L 147, 29 . 6 . 1972 , p . 1 .
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cific requirements of certain markets make this neces­             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
sary ;
                                                                                         Article 1
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and cri­
teria to the present situation on the market in oil
seeds, and in particular to quotations or prices for               The refunds on the products referred to in Article 21
these products within the Community and on the                     of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, exported to third
markets of third countries and Greece, that the re­                countries and Greece, are hereby fixed as shown in
fund should be fixed at the amounts shown in the                   the Annex to this Regulation .
Annex to this Regulation for those products for
which the marketing year has already begun ;                                             Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­
tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Man­                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
agement Committee for Oils and Fats ;                              1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 31 January 1973 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                          Member of the Commission
                                                         ANNEX
                                    Refund applicable to oil seeds from 1 February 1973
                                                                                                   'u.aJIQO k.2
                CCT heading                                                                        Refund
                    No                               Description of goods
              ex 12.01          1 . Colza and rape seed, other than for sowing                      2-500