CELEX: 31979R1314
Language: en
Date: 1979-06-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1314/79 of 29 June 1979 fixing the export refunds on oil seeds

No L 162/ 52                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            30 . 6 . 79
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1314/79
                                                          of 29 June 1979
                                             fixing the export refunds 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 th < 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/
590/79 (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 (EEC) No                        Community regarding the supply of and demand for
2749/78 of 23 November 1978 on trade in oils and                    these seeds ;
fats between 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 ta 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 was
                                                                     defined in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     1294/79 of 25 June 1979 fixing the target prices and
Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2749/78                     basic intervention prices for colza and rape seed and
 provides that Article 28 of Regulation No 136/                      sunflower seed for the 1979/80 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 78, 30 . 3 . 19 79, p. 1 .                             necessary ;
(3) OJ   No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 1 .
(4) 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) See page 13 of this Official Journal .
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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 indent ;                                         The refund on the products referred to in Article 21
                                                                      of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, exported to third coun­
Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules                 tries and Greece, shall be as set out in the Annex
to the present situation on the market in oil seeds,                  hereto .
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 should                                        Article 2
be as set out in the Annex hereto for those products
for which the marketing year has already begun ;                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1979.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 29 June 1979 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                   Vice-President
                                                          ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 29 June 1979 fixing the export refunds on oil seeds
                                                                                                      (ECU / 100 kg)
                    CCT
                   heading                                 Description                                  Refund
                     No
               ex 12.01        Colza and rape seed , other than for sowing                              11.00
               ex 12.01        Sunflower seed, other than for sowing                                     —