CELEX: 31984R3360
Language: en
Date: 1984-12-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3360/84 of 30 November 1984 fixing the export refunds on oil seeds

1 . 12. 84                               Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 313/25
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3360/84
                                                     of 30 November 1984
                                           fixing the export refunds on oil seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     favourable quotations recorded on the various markets
COMMUNITIES,                                                       of importing third countries and costs incurred in
                                                                   placing the goods on the world market ; whereas,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              when the amount of the refund is being fixed, account
Economic Community,                                                must also be taken of the level of market prices within
                                                                   the Community for the oil seeds referred to in Article
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC                  21 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC and the future trend
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                     of these prices ; whereas, furthermore, account should
common organization of the market in oils and fats ('),            be taken of the economic aspect of the proposed
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2260/84 (2),                exports and the situation in the Community regarding
                                                                   the supply of and demand for these seeds ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 142/67/EEC
of 21 June 1967 on export refunds on colza, rape and
                                                                   Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
sunflower seeds (3), as last amended by Regulation                 No 651 /71 of 29 March 1971 on certain detailed rules
(EEC) No 2429/72 (4), and in particular the first
sentence of Article 2 (3) thereof,                                 for the application of export refunds on oil seeds (9), as
                                                                   last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 181 5/84 ( 10),
                                                                   provides that the amount of the refund must be calcu­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       lated on the basis of the weight of exported seeds ;
1223/83 of 20 May 1983 on the exchange rates to be                 whereas this weight must be adjusted to take account
applied in agriculture (*), as last amended by Regula­             of any differences between the percentages of moisture
tion (EEC) No 855/84 (6),                                          and impurities found to exist and those used to define
                                                                   the standard quality for which the target price is fixed ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       whereas, when this adjustment is being made, the
1 569/72 of 20 July 1 972 laying down special measures             weight of the exported seeds must be increased by the
for colza, rape and sunflower seed Q, as last amended              amount of the difference between the actual moisture
by Regulation (EEC) No 1474/84 (8), and in particular              and impurities content and that used to define the
Article 2 (3) thereof,                                             standard quality if the former is lower than the latter ;
                                                                   whereas, if the opposite applies, the weight of the
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                       exported seeds must be reduced by the same amount ;
Committee,
Whereas Article 28 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                     Whereas the standard quality referred to above was
provides that a refund may be granted on exports to                defined in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
third countries of oil seeds harvested within the                   1102/84 (");
Community ; whereas the amount of this refund may
not exceed the difference between prices within the
Community and prices on the world market where the                 Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 142/67/EEC
former are higher than the latter ; whereas Article 21             provides that the refund may be varied according to
                                                                   destination where the world market situation or the
of Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides that, at
present, Article 28 of that Regulation applies only to             specific requirements of certain markets make this
                                                                   necessary ;
colza, rape and sunflower seeds ;
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 142/67/EEC                      Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 651 /71
provides that when the refund is being calculated                  provides for the publication of the amount of the final
account must be taken of prices ruling on the various              refund obtained from the conversion into each of the
Community markets which are representative from the                national currencies of the amount of the refund in
point of view of processing and exportation ; the most             ECU plus or minus the differential amount ; whereas
                                                                   Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1813/84 (u) defined
                                                                   the    elements   which    determine    the   differential
(') OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ  No  L 208 , 3 . 8 . 1984, p. 1 .                           amounts ; whereas these elements are equal to the
(3) OJ  No  125, 26. 6. 1967, p. 2461 /67.
(<) OJ  No  L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p. 1 .
(*) OJ  No  L 132, 21 . 5. 1983, p. 33.                            0 OJ No L 75, 30 . 3 . 1971 , p. 16.
(*) OJ  No  L 90 , 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .                             (I0) OJ No L 170, 29 . 6. 1984, p . 46.
f)  OJ  No  L 167, 25. 7. 1972, p. 9 .                             (") OJ No L 113, 28 . 4. 1984, p. 8 .
(8) OJ  No  L 143, 30. 5. 1984, p. 4.                              H OJ No L 170, 29. 6. 1984, p. 41 .
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incidence on the target price or the refund of the coef­       Whereas where, for one or more months, forward
ficient derived from the percentage referred to in             exchange rates are not available, the rate adopted for
Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72 ;               the previous month or the following month, as the
whereas, according to these provisions, this percentage        case may be, is to be used ;
represents :
                                                               Whereas, for the period 21 to 27 November 1984, for
(a) for those Member States whose currencies are               certain currencies :
     maintained as between themselves within a spread          — for the current month, the difference referred to in
     at any given moment of 2,25 % , the difference
     between :
                                                                   Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72
                                                                   differs by more than one point from the percen­
    — the conversion rate used under the common                    tage adopted for the previous fixing,
         agricultural policy, and                              — for certain following months the difference
    — the conversion rate resulting from the central               referred to in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
         rate ,                                                    1569/72 exceeds 0,5 % ; whereas this difference in
                                                                   the case of certain forward differential amounts
(b) for Italy, the United Kingdom and Greece, the
     difference between :
                                                                   differs by more than one point from the percen­
                                                                   tage adopted for the previous fixing ;
    — the relationship between the conversion rate
         used under the common agricultural policy for         Whereas it follows from applying these provisions to
                                                               the current situation of the oil-seeds market and to the
         the currency of the Member State concerned
         and the central rate of each of the currencies of     rates or prices of these products that, pursuant to
         the Member States referred to in (a), and             Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 651 /71 , the amount
                                                               of the refund in ECU and the amount of the final
     — the spot market rate for the currency of the            refund in each of the national currencies must, in the
         Member State in question in relation to each of       case of colza and rape seed, be fixed in accordance
         the currencies of the Member States referred to
                                                               with the Annex to this Regulation ; whereas it is not
         in (a), as recorded over a period to be deter­        necessary to fix a refund for sunflower seed ;
         mined ;
                                                               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Whereas, however, pursuant to Article 2a of Regula­            are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
tion (EEC) No 1569/72, the monetary disparity for the          Committee for Oils and Fats ,
marketing years 1984/ 85 to 1986/87 will be calculated
by a method which takes into account a coefficient
applied to the conversion rate resulting from the              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
central rate ; whereas the said Article 2a fixed the coef­
ficient for the beginning of the 1984/85 marketing                                     Article 1
year ; whereas account should be taken thereof in
respect of colza and rape seed with effect from 1 July         In the case of colza and rape seed, the amounts of the
 1984, and in respect of sunflower seed with effect from       refund referred to in Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
 1 August 1 984 ;                                              No 651 /71 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
Whereas pursuant to Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC)          No refund is fixed for sunflower seed .
No 1569 /72 forward differential amounts are to be
determined where the forward exchange rate for one                                     Article 2
or more currencies differs from the spot rate by at least
a given percentage ; whereas this percentage has been          This Regulation shall enter into forCe on 1 December
fixed at 0,5 by Regulation (EEC) No 1813/ 84 ;                 1984 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 30 November 1984.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           Poul DALSAGER
                                                                     Member of the Commission
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                                                               ANNEX
                       to die Commission Regulation of 30 November 1984 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)                         12,300          12,820      13,340        13,860       14,380          14,380
2. Final refunds                                                                                                l
    Seeds harvested and exported from :                                                                         l
    — Federal Republic of Germany (DM)          38,24           33,09       34,37         35,84        37,08           37,79
    —  Netherlands ( Fl)                        36,99           37,29       38,69         40,33        41,73           42,45
    —  BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                        570,87          595,00      619,13       641,82        665,95          655,10
    —  France (FF)                              75,70           79,27       82,28         84,82        88,39           88,40
    —  Denmark (Dkr)                           103,50          107,88      112,26        116,63       121,01          120,24
    —  Ireland (£ Irl)                           9,226           9,616      10,001        10,324       10,714          10,225
    —  United Kingdom (£)                         7,343          7,664       7,986         8,308        8,629           8,629
    —  Italy (Lit)                          17614          18 354       18819        19 294       20 039           19 187
    —  Greece (Dr)                             942,37          989,45    1 036,52      1 083,60     1 130,67        1 130,67