CELEX: 31985R1781
Language: en
Date: 1985-06-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1781/85 of 28 June 1985 fixing the export refunds on oil seeds

No L 169/ 16                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             29 . 6. 85
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1781/85
                                                       of 28 June 1985
                                          fixing the export refunds on oil seeds
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    former are higher than the latter ; whereas Article 21
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      of Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides that, at
                                                                   present, Article 28 of that Regulation applies only to
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             colza, rape and sunflower seeds ;
 Economic Community,
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC                Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 142/67/EEC
 of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                    provides that when the refund is being calculated
 common organization of the market in oils and fats ('),           account must be taken of prices ruling on the various
 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 231 / 85 (2),              Community markets which are representative from the
                                                                   point of view of processing and exportation ; the most
                                                                   favourable quotations recorded on the various markets
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 142/67/EEC                of importing third countries and costs incurred in
 of 21 June 1967 on export refunds on colza, rape and              placing the goods on the world market ; whereas,
 sunflower seeds (3), as last amended by Regulation               when the amount of the refund is being fixed, account
(EEC) No 2429/72 (4), and in particular the first                  must also be taken of the level of market prices within
 sentence of Article 2 (3) thereof,                                the Community for the oil seeds referred to in Article
                                                                  21 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC and the future trend
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      of these prices ; whereas, furthermore, account should
 1223/83 of 20 May 1983 on the exchange rates to be               be taken of the economic aspect of the proposed
 applied in agriculture (% as last amended by Regula­             exports and the situation in the Community regarding
tion (EEC) No 1297/85 (6),                                        the supply of and demand for these seeds ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1569/72 of 20 July 1972 laying down special measures             Whereas, in the absence of the target price for the
for colza, rape and sunflower seed Q, as last amended              1985/86 marketing year for colza and rape seed and in
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 474/84 (8), and in particular            the absence of the amount of the monthly increase for
Article 2 (3) thereof,                                            September, October, November and December 1985
                                                                  for colza and rape seed, the amount of the refunds in
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                      the case of advance fixing for July, August, September,
Committee,                                                        October, November and December 1985 for colza and
                                                                  rape seed has been obtainable only provisionally on
                                                                  the basis of the target price and the monthly increase
Whereas the target price and the monthly increases in             proposed by the Commission to the Council for the
the target price for sunflower seed for the 1985/ 86              marketing year 1985/86 ; whereas this amount may,
marketing year were fixed by Regulations (EEC) No                 therefore, be applied on a temporary basis and should
 1489/85 (9) and (EEC) No 1490/85 (10) ;                          be confirmed or replaced when the indicative price of
                                                                  the 1985/86 marketing year is known ;
Whereas Article 28 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
provides that a refund may be granted on exports to
third countries of oil seeds harvested within the
                                                                  Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
Community ; whereas the amount of this refund may                 No 651 /71 of 29 March 1971 on certain detailed rules
not exceed the difference between prices within the               for the application of export refunds on oil seeds (n), as
Community and prices on the world market where the                last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1815/84 (12),
                                                                  provides that the amount of the refund must be calcu­
(■) OJ  No  172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                         lated on the basis of the weight of exported seeds ;
(2) OJ  No  L 26, 31 . 1 . 1985, p. 12.                           whereas this weight must be adjusted to take account
(3) OJ  No  125, 26. 6. 1967, p. 2461 /67.                        of any differences between the percentages of moisture
(4) OJ  No  L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p. 1 .
0 OJ    No  L 132, 21 . 5. 1983, p. 33 .                          and impurities found to exist and those used to define
O OJ    No  L 137, 27. 5. 1985, p. 1 .                            the standard quality for which the target price is fixed ;
O OJ    No  L 167, 25. 7. 1972, p. 9 .
(8) OJ  No  L 143, 30. 5 . 1984, p. 4.
O OJ    No  L 151 , 10 . 6. 1985, p. 13 .                         (■') OJ No L 75, 30. 3. 1971 , p. 16.
H OJ    No   L 151 , 10 . 6. 1985, p. 14.                         H OJ No L 170, 29 . 6. 1984, p. 46.
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whereas, when this adjustment is being made, the                         the currencies of the Member States referred to
weight of the exported seeds must be increased by the                    in (a), as recorded over a period to be deter­
 amount of the difference between the actual moisture                    mined :
 and impurities content and that used to define the
standard quality if the former is lower than the latter ;
whereas, if the opposite applies, the weight of the             Whereas, however, pursuant to Article 2a of Regula­
 exported seeds must be reduced by the same amount ;            tion (EEC) No 1569/72, the monetary disparity for the
                                                                marketing years 1984/85 to 1986/87 will be calculated
                                                                by a method which takes into account a coefficient
Whereas the standard quality referred to above was              applied to the conversion rate resulting from the
 defined in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No            central rate ; whereas the said Article 2a fixed the coef­
 1102/84 (»);                                                   ficient for the beginning of the 1984/85 marketing
                                                                year ; whereas account should be taken thereof in
                                                                respect of colza and rape seed with effect from 1 July
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 142/67/EEC                   1984, and in respect of sunflower seed with effect from
 provides that the refund may be varied according to            1 August 1984 ;
destination where the world market situation or the
specific requirements of certain markets make this
necessary ;
                                                                Whereas pursuant to Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                No 1569/72 forward differential amounts are to be
                                                                determined where the forward exchange rate for one
                                                                or more currencies differs from the spot rate by at least
Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 651 /71                a given percentage ; whereas this percentage has been
provides for the publication of the amount of the final         fixed at 0,5 by Regulation (EEC) No 1813/84 ;
refund obtained from the conversion into each of the
national currencies of the amount of the refund in
 ECU plus or minus the differential amount ; whereas            Whereas where, for one or more months, forward
Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1813/84 (2) defined            exchange rates are not available, the rate adopted for
the     elements     which   determine     the   differential
                                                                the previous month or the following month, as the
amounts ; whereas these elements are equal to the               case may be, is to be used ;
incidence on the target price or the refund of the coef­
ficient derived from the percentage referred to in
Article 2 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72 ;                 Whereas, for the period 19 to 25 June 1985, for
whereas, according to these provisions, this percentage         certain currencies :
represents :
                                                                — for the current month, the difference referred to in
(a) for those Member States whose currencies are                    Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72
      maintained as between themselves within a spread              differs by more than one point from the percen­
     at any given moment of 2,25 % , the difference                 tage adopted for the previous fixing,
     between :
                                                                — for certain following months the difference
     — the conversion rate used under the common
                                                                    referred to in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    1569/72 exceeds 0,5 % ; whereas this difference in
          agricultural policy, and                                  the case of certain forward differential amounts
                                              /
     — the conversion rate resulting from the central               differs by more than one point from the percen­
          rate,                                                     tage adopted for the previous fixing ;
(b) for Italy, the United Kingdom and Greece, the               Whereas it follows from applying these provisions to
     difference between :                                       the current situation of the oil-seeds market and to the
                                                                rates or prices of these products that, pursuant to
     — the relationship between the conversion rate             Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 651 /71 , the amount
         used under the common agricultural policy for          of the refund in ECU and the amount of the final
          the currency of the Member State concerned            refund in each of the national currencies must, in the
          and the ccntral rate of each of the currencies of     case of colza and rape seed, be fixed in accordance
         the Member States referred to in (a), and              with the Annex to this Regulation ; whereas it is not
                                                                necessary to fix a refund for sunflower seed ;
     — the spot market rate for the currency of the
         Member State in question in relation to each of
                                                                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
(') OJ No L 113, 28 . 4. 1984, p. 8 .                           are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
(2) OJ No L 170, 29 . 6. 1984, p. 41 .                          Committee for Oils and Fats,
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         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                         seed will, however, be confirmed or replaced as from 1
                                                                              July 1985 to take into account the indicative price
                                Article 1                                     which is fixed for these products for the 1985/86
                                                                               marketing year, and the amount of the monthly
                                                                               increase for September, October, November and
         In the case of colza and rape seed, the amounts of the                December 1985 for colza and rape seed.
         refund referred to in Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
         No 651 /71 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.                   No refund is fixed for sunflower seed.
        The amount of the refunds in the case of advance
                                                                                                        Article 2
         fixing for July, August, September, October,
         November and December 1985 for colza and rape                        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1985.
                       This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                       States.
                       Done at Brussels, 28 June 1985.
                                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                                          Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                             Vice-President
                                                                    ANNEX
                         to the Commission Regulation of 28 June 1985 fixing the export refunds on colza
                                                                and rape seed
                                                                                                                        (amounts per 100 kilograms)
                                                   Current
                                                                 1st month          2nd month       3rd month       4th month           5th month
                                                   month
1 . Gross refunds (ECU)                              9,000 (')       9,000 (')          9,520 (■)      10,040 (')      10,560 (')          11,080 (')
2. Final refunds
    Seeds harvested and exported from :
    —  Federal Republic of Germany (DM)             24,01 (■)       24,01 (')          25,28 (')       26,75 (')       27,99 (>)           29,96 (■)
    —  Netherlands (Fl)                             27,05 (■)       27,05 (')          28,45 (')       30,10 (')       31,49 (')           33,62 (')
    —  BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                           417,71 (')      417,71 (')         441,84 (')      464,51 (>)      488,65 (')          501,82 (')
    —  France (FF)                                  59,08 (•)       59,08 (>)          62,15 (')       64,72 (')       68,36 (')           72,02 (')
    —  Denmark (Dkr)                                75,73 (')       75,73 (')          80,11 (')       84,49 (')       88,86 (')           92,46 (')
    —  Ireland (£ Irl)                               6,751 (')       6,751 (')          7,135 (')       7,458 (')        7,848 (')          8,074 (')
    —  United Kingdom (£)                            6,630 (')       6,630 (')          6,952 (')       7,273 (')        7,595 (')          7,664 (')
    —  Italy (Lit)                             13 203      (■) 13 199      (■)    13 677      (■) 14 166      (') 14 936       (')   15 376       (')
    —  Greece (Dr)                                912,34 (')      912,34 (■)         965,56 (■)    1 018,78 (')    1 072,00 (')        1 125,22 (')
(') On the basis of the Commission's last proposal concerning the indicative price and subject to confirmation by the Council s decision.