CELEX: 31973R1745
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-30 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1745/73 of the Commission of 29 June 1973 fixing the export refund on oil seeds

No L 176/56                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            30. 6. 73
                           REGULATION (EEC) No 1745/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 29 June 1973
                                            fixing the export refund on oil seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    count must be taken of prices ruling on the various
COMMUNITIES,                                                      Community markets which are representative from
                                                                  the point of view of processing and exportation ; the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                most favourable quotations recorded on the various
pean Economic Community ;                                         markets of importing third countries and Greece,
                                                                  and costs incurred in placing the goods on the world
                                                                  market; whereas, when the amount of the refund is
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/                    being fixed, account must also be taken of the level
EEC (*) of 22 September 1966 on the establishment                 of market prices within the Community for the oil
of a common organization of the market in oils and                seeds referred to in Article 21 of Regulation No 136/
fats, as last amended by the Act (2) annexed to the               66/EEC and the future trend of these prices ;
Treaty (*) on the Accession of new Member States to               whereas, furthermore, account should be taken of the
the European Economic Community and the Euro­                     economic aspect of the proposed exports and the
pean Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels                  situation in the Community regarding the supply of
on 22 January 1972 ;                                              and demand for these seeds :
Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/
EEC (4) of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats
between the Community and Greece ;                                Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
                                                                  No 651 /71 (7) of 29 March 1971 on certain detailed
                                                                  rules for the application of export refunds on oil
Having regard to Council Regulation No 142/67/                    seeds provides that the amount of the refund must
EEC (5) of 21 June 1967 on export refunds on colza,               be calculated on the basis of the weight of exported
rape and sunflower seeds, as last amended by Regu­                seeds ; whereas this weight must be adjusted to take
lation (EEC) No 2429/72 (6), and in particular the                account of any differences between the percentages1
first sentence of Article 2 (3 ) thereof ;                        of moisture and impurities found to exist and those
                                                                  used to define the standard quality for which the tar­
Whereas Article 28 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                    get price is fixed ; whereas, when this adjustment is
provides that a refund may be granted on exports to               being made, the weight of the exported seeds must be
third countries of oil seeds harvested within the                 increased by the amount of the difference between
Community ; whereas the amount of this refund                     the actual moisture and impurities content and that
may not exceed the difference between prices within               used to define the standard quality if the former is
the Community and prices on the world market                      lower than the latter ; whereas, if the opposite
where the former are higher than the latter; whereas              applies, the weight of the exported seeds must be
Article 21 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC pro­                       reduced by the same amount ;
vides that, at present, Article 28 of that Regulation
applies only to colza, rape and sunflower seeds ;
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation No 162/66/EEC pro­                Whereas the standard quality referred to above is
vides that Article 28 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                 defined in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
and measures taken in application thereof apply, sub­             1360/73 (8) of 15 May 1973 fixing the target prices
ject to the provisions of the Agreement establishing              and basic intervention prices for oil seeds for the
an Association between the European Economic                      1973 /74 marketing year ;
Community and Greece, to trade between the Com­
munity and Greece ;
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 142/67/EEC pro­                Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 142/67/EEC pro­
vides that when the refund is being calculated ac­                vides that the refund may be varied according to des­
                                                                  tination where the world market situation or the spe­
 ») OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
 ') OJ No L 73 , 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.
 ») OJ No L 73 , 27. 3. 1972, p . 5 .
 *) OJ No 197, 29. 10. 1966, p. 3393/66.
 ») OJ No 125, 26. 6. 1967, p. 2461/67.                            (7) OJ No L 75 , 30. 3 . 1971 , p. 16 .
 •) OJ No L 264, 23. 11 . 1972, p. 1 .                             (8) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 3:
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cific requirements of certain markets make this neces­               fund should be fixed at the amounts shown in the
sary ;                                                               Annex to this Regulation for those products for
                                                                     which the marketing year has already begun ;
Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
refunds should be calculated on the following basis :                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                  tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Man­
     relation to each other, at any given moment,                    agement Committee for Oils and Fats ;
    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                 The refunds on the products referred to in Article 21
    in the previous subparagraph ;                                   of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, exported to third
Whereas the Opinion of the Monetary Committee                        countries and Greece, are hereby fixed as shown in
was requested ;                                                      the Annex to this Regulation.
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and cri­
teria to the present situation on the market in oil                                        Article 2
seeds, and in particular to quotations or prices for
these products within the Community and on the                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July
markets of third countries and Greece, that the re­                  1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
               Done at Brussels, 29 June 1973 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                           Member of the Commission
                                                           ANNEX
                                      Refund applicable to oil seeds from 1 July 1973
                                                                                                     !u.a.1100 kg i
                CCT heading                                                                          Refund
                     No                               Description of goods
              ex 12:01           Colza and rape seed                                                    —
              ex 12.01           Sunflower seed , other than for sowing