CELEX: 31981R0516
Language: en
Date: 1981-02-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 516/81 of 27 February 1981 fixing the export refunds on oil seeds

28 . 2. 81                                Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 54/23
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 516/81
                                                       of 27 February 1981
                                             fixing the export refunds on oil seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Community regarding the supply of and demand for
COMMUNITIES,                                                        these seeds :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
Economic Community, .                                               No 651 /71 of 29 March 1971 on certain detailed rules
                                                                    for the application of export refunds on oil seeds (5), as
                                                                    amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1480/79 (6),
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC                   provides that the amount of the refund must be calcu­
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                      lated on the basis of the weight of exported seeds ;
common organization of the market in oils and                       whereas this, weight must be adjusted to take account
fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                    of any differences between the percentages of mois­
3454/80 (2),                                                        ture and impurities found to exist and those used to
                                                                    define- the standard quality for which the target price
                                                                    is fixed ; whereas, when this adjustment is being
Having regard to Council Regulation . No 142/67/EEC                 made, the weight of the exported seeds must be
of 21 June 1967 on export refunds on colza, rape and                increased by the amount of the difference between the
sunflower seeds (3), as last amended by Regulation                  actual moisture and impurities content and that used
(EEC) No 2429/72 (4), and in particular the first                   to define the standard quality if the former is lower
sentence of Article 2 (3) thereof,                                  than the latter ; whereas, if the opposite applies, the
                                                                    weight of the exported seeds must be reduced by the
                                                                    same amount :
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee,
                                                                    Whereas the standard quality referred to above was
Whereas Article 28 of Regulation ' No 136/66/EEC                    defined in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
provides that a refund may be granted on exports to                  1586/80 of 24 June 1980 fixing the target prices and
third    countries   of oil     seeds   harvested within    the     basic intervention prices for colza and rape seed and
Community ; whereas the amount of this refund may                   sunflower seed for the 1980/81 marketing year (7);
not exceed the difference between prices within the
Community and prices on the world market where
the former are higher than the latter ; whereas Article             Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 142/67/EEC
21 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides that, at                    provides that the refund may be varied according to
                                                                    destination where the world market situation or the
present, Article 28 of that Regulation applies only to
                                                                    specific requirements of certain markets make this
colza, rape and sunflower seeds ;
                                                                    necessary ;
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 142/67/EEC
provides that when the refund is being calculated                   Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
account must be taken of prices ruling on the various               refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Community markets which are representative from
the point of view , of processing and exportation ; the
most favourable quotations recorded on the various                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
markets of importing third countries and costs                           relation to each other at any given moment within
incurred in placing the goods on the world market ;                      a band of 2-25 %, a rate of exchange based on
whereas, when the amount of the refund is being                          their effective parity ;
fixed, account must also be taken of the level of
market prices within the Community for the oil seeds
referred to in Article 21 of Regulation No 136/                     — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
66/EEC and the future trend of these prices ; whereas,                   arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
furthermore, account should be taken of the economic                     of these currencies recorded for a given period in
aspect of the proposed exports and the situation in the                  relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                         in the previous indent ;
(•) OJ   No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ   No L 360, 31 .   12. 1980, p. 16.                          (5) OJ No L 75, 30 . 3 . 1971 , p. 16.
(3) OJ   No 125, 26 . 6.  1967, p. 2461 /67.                        (6) OJ No L 180, 17. 7. 1979, p. 13.
(4) OJ   No L 264, 23.    11 . 1972, p. 1 .                         (7) OJ No L 160, 26. 6. 1980, p. 4.
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Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
to the present situation on the market in oil seeds,
and in particular to quotations or prices for these                                    Article 1
products within the Community and on the markets                  The refund on the products referred to in Article 21
of third countries that the refund should be as set out
                                                                  of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be as set out in
in the Annex hereto for those products for which the              the Annex hereto .
marketing year has already begun ;
                                                                                       Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March
ment Committee for Oils and Fats,,                                1981 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 27 February 1981 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                             Poul DALSAGER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
                                                         ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 27 February 1981 fixing the export refunds on oil seeds
                                                                                              (ECU / 100 kg)
                   CCT
                                                    Description of goods                         Refund
                 heading
                    No
             ex 12.01         Colza and rape seed, other than for sowing                         16-00
             ex 12.01         Sunflower seed, other than for sowing