CELEX: 31977R0201
Language: en
Date: 1977-02-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 201/77 of 31 January 1977 fixing the export refund on oil seeds

No L 28 / 20                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              1 . 2 . 77
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 201 /77
                                                           of 31 January 1977
                                                 fixing the export refund on oil seeds
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 142/ 67/ EEC
  COMMUNITIES,                                                         provides that when the refund is being calculated
                                                                       account must be taken of prices ruling on the various
                                                                       Community markets which are representative from
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                the point of view of processing and exportation ; the
  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/ EEC                   market ; whereas, when the amount of the refund is
  of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                       being fixed, account must also be taken of the level of
  common organization of the market in oils and                        market prices within the Community for the oil seeds
  fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                     referred to in Article 21 of Regulation No 136/
   1707/73 (2),                                                        66/ EEC and the future trend of these prices ; whereas,
                                                                       furthermore, account should be taken of the economic
                                                                       aspect of the proposed exports and the situation in the
  Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/EEC                    Community regarding the supply of and demand for
  of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats between                 these seeds ;
  the Community and Greece (3),
  Having regard to Council Regulation No 142/67/ EEC                   Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation ( EEC)
  of 21 June 1967 on export refunds on colza, rape and                 No 651 / 71 of 29 March 1971 on certain detailed rules
  sunflower seeds (4), as last amended by Regulation                   for the application of export refunds on oil seeds (6),
  (EEC) No 2429/72 (5), and in particular the first                    provides that the amount of the refund must be calcu­
  sentence of Article 2 (3) thereof,                                   lated on the basis of the weight of exported seeds ;
                                                                       whereas this weight must be adjusted to take account
                                                                       of any differences between the percentages of mois­
  Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                         ture and impurities found to exist and those used to
  Committee,                                                           define the standard quality for which the target price
                                                                       is fixed ; whereas, when this adjustment is being
                                                                       made, the weight of the exported seeds must be
  Whereas Article 28 of Regulation No 136/66/ EEC                      increased by the amount of the difference between the
  provides that a refund may be granted on exports to                  actual moisture and impurities content and that used
  third    countries of oil      seeds    harvested within     the     to define the standard quality if the former is lower
  Community ; whereas the amount of this refund may                    than the latter ; whereas, if the opposite applies, the
  not exceed the difference between prices within the                  weight of the exported seeds must be reduced by the
  Community and prices on the world market where                       same amount ;
  the former are higher than the latter ; whereas Article
  21 of Regulation No 136/66/ EEC provides 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 Annex III to Council Regulation ( EEC) No
                                                                       833/76 of 6 April 1976 fixing certain prices and other
  Whereas Article 8 of Regulation No 162/66/ EEC                       amounts applicable in agriculture for the 1976/77
  provides that Article 28 of Regulation No 136/                       marketing year (7) ;
  66/ EEC and measures taken in application thereof
  apply, subject to the provisions of the Agreement esta­
  blishing an       Association       between       the  European      Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 142/67/ EEC
  Economic Community and Greece, to trade between
                                                                       provides that the refund may be varied according to
' the Community and Greece ;                                           destination where the world market situation or the
                                                                       specific requirements of certain markets make this
  (')  OJ  No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p . 3025/ 66 .
  (2 ) OJ  No L 175, 29 . 6 . 1973 , p. 5 .                            necessary ;
  (3 ) OJ  No 197, 29 . 10 . 1966, p . 3393 / 66 .
  (•♦) OJ  No 125, 26. 6 . 1967, p . 2461 / 67 .                       (6) OJ No L 75, 30 . 3 . 1971 , p. 16 .
  (5 ) OJ  No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p . 1 .                           ( 7) OJ No L 100 , 14 . 4. 1976, p. 12 .
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Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
refunds should be calculated on the following basis :                   are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                     ment Committee for Oils and Fats,
     relation to each other, at any given moment,
     within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
     on their effective parity ;                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                                               Article 1
     of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
     relation to the Community currencies referred to
     in the previous subparagraph ;                                     The refunds on the products referred to in Article 21
                                                                        of Regulation No 136/66/ EEC, exported to third coun­
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and                        tries and Greece, are hereby fixed as shown in the
criteria to the present situation on the market in oil                  Annex to this Regulation .
seeds, and in particular to quotations or prices for
these products within the Community and on the
markets of third countries and Greece, that the refund                                         Article 2
should be fixed at the amounts shown in the Annex
to this Regulation for those products for which the                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
marketing year has already begun ;                                       1977 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 31 January 1977.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                     Vice-President
                                                              ANNEX
                                   Refund applicable to oil seeds from 1 February 1977
                                                                                                         (u.a./100 kg)
                     CCT
                    heading                               Description of goods                           Refund
                       No
               ex 12.01          Colza and rape seed , other than for sowing                             600
               ex 12.01          Sunflower seed , other than for sowing