CELEX: 31991R0768
Language: en
Date: 1991-03-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 768/91 of 27 March 1991 fixing the amount of aid for peas, field beans and sweet lupins

28 . 3 . 91                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 81 /49
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 768/91
                                                          of 27 March 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 f);
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                   Whereas the threshold price activating the aid and the
 Portugal,                                                             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 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 3 (6)         by the Council and reduced as a result of the monetary
(a) thereof,                                                           realignment of 5 January 1 990 (l0) ;
 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 2249/90 (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 on the basis of 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 (6);                                                  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 (^ ; 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 (s) ;
                                                                      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 :
(2)  OJ  No  L  353,  17. 12. 1990, p. 22
(3)  OJ  No  L  342,  19. 12. 1985, p. 1 .
(<)  OJ  No  L  203,  1 . 8 . 1990, p. 56.                            0 OJ    No L 237,   1 . 9. 1990, p. 8 .
0    OJ  No  L  219,  28 . 7. 1982, p. 1 .                            (10) 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.
O    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 .                           (I3) 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
     1677/85 ('), 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 1 april 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 1 834/90 (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 1 April 1991 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 27 March 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.
O 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
                                      4             5             6         7 (')      8 (')      90            10 0
Peas used :
— in Spain                          6,681         6,681         6,681      4,537      4,537      4,695          4,853
— in Portugal                       6,699         6,699         6,699      4,555      4,555      4,713          4,871
— in antother Member State          6,834         6,834         6,834      4,690      4,690      4,848          5,006
Field beans used :
— in Spain                          6,834         6,834         6,834      4,690      4,690      4,848          5,006
— in Portugal                       6,699         6,699         6,699      4,555      4,555      4,713          4,871
— in another Member State           6,834         6,834         6,834      4,690      4,690      4,848          5,006
Products used in animal feed :
                                                                                                         (ECU per 100 kg)
                                   Current     1st period    2nd period 3rd period 4th period 5th period     6th period
                                      4             5             6         70         80         90            10 o
A. Peas used :
    — in Spain                      9,765         9,765         9,700      7,189      7,189      7,347          7,504
    — in Portugal                   9,811         9,811         9,747      7,241      7,241      7,399          7,556
    — in another Member State       9,811         9,811         9,747      7,241      7,241      7,399          7,556
B. Field beans used :
    — in Spain                      9,765         9,765         9,700      7,189      7,189      7,347          7,504
    — in Portugal                   9,811         9,811         9,747      7,241      7,241      7,399          7,556
    — in another Member State       9,811         9,811         9,747      7,241      7,241      7,399          7,556
C. Sweet lupins harvested in Spain
    and used :
    — in Spain                     11,667       11,667         11,580      9,943      9,943      9,943          9,943
    — in Portugal                  11,728       11,728         11,642     10,012     10,012     10,012         10,012
    — in another Member State      11,728       11,728         11,642     10,012     10,012     10,012         10,012
D. Sweet    lupins  harvested   in
    another   Member    State and
    used :
    — in Spain                     11,667       11,667         11,580      9,943      9,943      9,943          9,943
    — in Portugal                  11,728       11,728         11,642     10,012     10,012     10,012         10,012
    — in another Member State      11,728       11,728         11,642    10,012      10,012     10,012        10,012
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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
                                         4              5               6             7 (')          8 (')             9 (')         10 (1)
Products harvested in :                                                                                                         I
— BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                     331,83         331,83          331,83         227,73         227,73            235,40         243,07
— Denmark (Dkr)                         61,37          61,37           61,37           42,12          42,12             43,53         44,95
— Federal Republic of Germany \                 \                              \               \                                I
    (DM)                                16,09          16,09           16,09           11,04          11,04             11,41          11,79
— Greece (Dr)                        1 215,39       1 215,39        1 215,39         735,08         735,08            770,48         805,88
— Spain (Pta)                        1 049,01       1 049,01        1 049,01         719,91         719,91            744,16         768,41
— France (FF)                           53,96          53,96           53,96           37,03          37,03             38,28         39,53
— Ireland (£ Irl)                         6,006          6,006           6,006          4,121          4,121             4,260          4,399
— Italy (Lit)                       12 038        12 038          12 038           8 261          8 261            8 540           8 818
— Netherlands (Fl)                      18,13          18,13           18,13           12,44          12,44              12,86          13,28
— Portugal (Esc)                     1 426,09       1 426,09        1 426,09         978,69         978,69           1011,66       1 044,63
— United Kingdom (£)                      5,327          5,327           5,327          3,656          3,656             3,779          3,902
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
                                         4              5               6             70             80                90            10 o
Products harvested in :
— BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                     476,39         476,39          473,28         351,60         351,60            359,27         366,89
— Denmark (Dkr)                         88,10          88,10           87,53           65,02          65,02             66,44          67,85
— Federal Republic of Germany
    (DM)                                23,10          23,10           22,95           17,05          17,05             17,42          17,79
— Greece (Dr)                        1 934,51       1 934,51        1 919,05       1 351,30       1 351,30          1 386,69       1 421,85
— Spain (Pta)                        1 505,97       1 505,97        1 496,15       1 111,48       1 111,48          1 135,73       1 159,83
— France (FF)                           77,46          77,46           76,96           57,17          57,17             58,42          59,66
— Ireland (£ Irl)                         8,622          8,622           8,565           6,363          6,363             6,502          6,640
— Italy (Lit)                       17 282        17 282          17 169         12 755          12 755           13 033          13310
— Netherlands (Fl)                      26,02          26,02           25,85           19,21          19,21             19,63          20,04
— Portugal (Esc)                     2 047,32      2 047,32         2 033,96       1 511,02       1 511,02          1 543,99       1 576,76
— United Kingdom (£)                      7,648          7,648           7,598           5,645          5,645             5,768          5,890
Amounts to be deducted in the
case of use :                     I             \               \
— Spain (Pta)                             7,06           7,06            7,21            7,98           7,98              7,98          7,98
— 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         33,02       0,00      0,00     0,00      0,00       0,00        0,00        0,00
— Denmark (Dkr)                    0,00        0,00      0,00           6,11      0,00      0,00     0,00      0,00       0,00        0,00        0,00
— Federal Republic of Germany                                                           \                                \\
    (DM)                           0,00        0,00      0,00           1,60      0,00      0,00     0,00      0,00       0,00        0,00        0,00
— Greece (Dr)                      0,00        0,00      0,00        164,27       0,00      0,00     0,00      0,00       0,00        0,00        0,00
— Spain (Pta)                      0,00        0,00      0,00        104,39       0,00      0,00     0,00      0,00       0,00        0,00         0,00
— France (FF)                      0,00        0,00      0,00           5,37      0,00      0,00     0,00      0,00       0,00        0,00        0,00
— Ireland (£ Irl)                  0,000       0,000     0,000          0,598     0,000     0,000    0,000     0,000      0,000       0,000        0,000
— Italy (Lit)                      0           0         0        1 198           0         0        0         0          0           0           0
— Netherlands (Fl)                 0,00        0,00      0,00           1,80      0,00      0,00     0,00      0,00       0,00        0,00        0,00
— Portugal (Esc)                   0,00        0,00      0,00        141,91       0,00      0,00     0,00      0,00       0,00        0,00        0,00
— United Kingdom (£)               0,000       0,000     0,000         0,530      0,000     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
                                          4                5                 6               7 (')          80                9 (')          10 (')
Products harvested in :
— BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                      476,39          476,39            473,28            351,60         351,60            359,27          366,89
— Denmark (Dkr)                          88,10            88,10             87,53             65,02         65,02              66,44          67,85
— Federal Republic of Germany
    (DM)                                 23,10            23,10             22,95             17,05         17,05              17,42          17,79
— Greece (Dr)                        1 934,51         1 934,51          1 919,05          1 351,30       1 351,30          1 386,69        1 421,85
— Spain (Pta)                        1 505,97         1 505,97          1 496,15          1 111,48       1 111,48          1 13^,73        1 159,83
— France (FF)                            77,46            77,46             76,96             57,17         57,17             58,42           59,66
— Ireland (£ Irl)                          8,622           8,622             8,565             6,363         6,363              6,502          6,640
— Italy (Lit)                      17 282            17 282           17 169           12 755          12 755            13 033          13310
— Netherlands (Fl)                       26,02            26,02             25,85             19,21         19,21              19,63          20,04
— Portugal (Esc)                     2 047,32         2 047,32          2 033,96         1 511,02        1 511,02         1 543,99         1 576,76
— United Kingdom (£)                       7,648           7,648             7,598             5,645         5,645              5,768          5,890
Amounts to be deducted in the                                                                                          \
case of use :                                                      l                                                   I
— Spain (Pta)                             7,06             7,06              7,21              7,98          7,98               7,98           7,98
— 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          33,02        0,00     0,00       0,00          0,00      0,00        0,00       0,00
— Denmark (Dkr)                    0,00       0,00      0,00           6,11        0,00     0,00       0,00          0,00      0,00        0,00        0,00
— Federal Republic of Germany    I          \         l                                              \          \
    (DM)                           0,00       0,00      0,00            1,60       0,00     0,00       0,00          0,00      0,00        0,00        0,00
— Greece (Dr)                      0,00       0,00      0,00         164,27        0,00     0,00       0,00          0,00      0,00        0,00        0,00
— Spain (Pta)                      0,00       0,00      0,00         104,39        0,00     0,00       0,00          0,00      0,00        0,00        0,00
— France (FF)                      0,00       0,00      0,00            5,37       0,00     0,00       0,00          0,00      0,00        0,00        0,00
— Ireland (£ Irl)                  0,000      0,000     0,000           0,598      0,000    0,000      0,000         0,000     0,000       0,000       0,000
— Italy (Lit)                      0          0         0        1 198             0        0          0             0         0           0           0
— Netherlands (Fl)                 0,00       0,00      0,00            1,80       0,00     0,00       0,00          0,00      0,00        0,00        0,00
— Portugal (Esc)                   0,00       0,00      0,00         141,91        0,00     0,00       0,00          0,00      0,00        0,00        0,00
— United Kingdom (£)               0,000      0,000     0,000           0,530      0,000    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
                                         4                5                  6                 7               8 (')               9 (')          10 o
Products harvested in :
— BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                     569,47           569,47             565,29           486,15           486,15               486,15          486,15
— Denmark (Dkr)                        105,32           105,32             104,54             89,91            89,91                89,91          89,91
— Federal Republic of Germany
    (DM)                                27,61            27,61              27,41             23,57          , 23,57               23,57           23,57
— Greece (Dr)                        2 375,90        2 375,90           2 355,13          1 978,57         1 978,57             1 978,57        1 978,57
— Spain (Pta)                        1 800,22        1 800,22            1 787,02         1 536,82         1 536,82             1 536,82        1 536,82
— France (FF)                           92,60            92,60              91,92             79,05            79,05               79,05           79,05
— Ireland (£ Irl)                       10,306           10,306             10,231              8,798             8,798              8,798           8,798
— Italy (Lit)                      20 658           20 658            20 507            17 636           17 636               17 636          17 636
— Netherlands (Fl)                      31,11            31,11              30,88             26,56            26,56               26,56           26,56
—: Portugal (Esc)                    2 447,35        2 447,35           2 429,41          2 089,26         2 089,26            2 089,26         2 089,26
— United Kingdom (£)                      9,143            9,143              9,076             7,80S             7,805              7,805           7,805
Amounts to be deducted in the                                      1                  \
case of use in :                 \                I                I                                                        \
— Spain (Pta)                             9,36             9,36               9,52            10,59             10,59               10,59          10,59
— 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
                                                                       I
Products harvested in :
— BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                          0,00     0,00      0,00        24,01      0,00        0,00        0,00      0,00       0,00      0,00       0,00
— Denmark (Dkr)                             0,00     0,00      0,00          4,44     0,00        0,00        0,00      0,00       0,00      0,00        0,00
— Federal Republic of Germany            l         IlI                 Il                      IlliIl\                                    Il
     (DM)                                   0,00     0,00      0,00          1,16     0,00        0,00        0,00      0,00       0,00      0,00        0,00
— Greece (Dr)                               0,00     0,00      0,00       119,47      0,00        0,00        0,00      0,00       0,00      0,00       0,00
— Spain (Pta)                               0,00     0,00      0,00        75,92      0,00        0,00        0,00      0,00       0,00      0,00       0,00
— France (FF)                               0,00     0,00      0,00          3,90     0,00        0,00        0,00      0,00       0,00      0,00       0,00
— Ireland (£ Irl)                           0,000    0,000     0,000         0,435    0,000       0,000       0,000     0,000      0,000     0,000      0,000
— Italy (Lit)                               0        0         0          871         0           0           0         0         0          0          0
— Netherlands (Fl)                          0,00     0,00      0,00          1,31     0,00        0,00        0,00      0,00       0,00      0,00       0,00
— Portugal (Esc)                            0,00     0,00      0,00       103,21      0,00        0,00        0,00      0,00       0,00      0,00        0,00
— United Kingdom (£)                        0,000    0,000     0,000         0,386    0,000       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 220,680 128,629 6,89509 0,767417 1 538,24 2,31643 178,629 0,700084
(') 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, on the basis in particular :
    — of the Commission's proposals for the 1991 /92 marketing year as regards the target price, the activating threshold prices and the monthly increases ;
    — of the adjustment resulting from the maximum guaranteed quantity arrangements and of the agricultural conversion rates applied for the 1990/91
       marketing year.