CELEX: 31994R3325
Language: en
Date: 1994-12-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 3325/94 of 30 December 1994 fixing the rate of the aid for dried fodder

No L 350/38                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                 31 . 12. 94
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3325/94
                                                      of 30 December 1994
                                          fixing the rate of the aid for dried fodder
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         and quotations recorded during the first 25 days of the
                                                                     month in question for quantities that can be delivered
                                                                     during the following calendar month are to be used ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               whereas the average world market price thus determined
 Community,                                                          is used to fix the aid rate applicable on the following
                                                                     month :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78
 of 22 May 1978 on the common organization of the
 market in dried fodder ('), as last amended by Commis­             Whereas the necessary adjustments must be made in the
 sion Regulation (EC) No 3496/93 (2), and in particular              case of offers and quotations not of the type referred to
 Article 5 (3) thereof,                                              above ; whereas these adjustments were defined in Article
                                                                     3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1528/78 of 30
                                                                    June 1978 laying down detailed rules for the application
 whereas, pursuant to Article 5 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No          of the system of aid for dried fodder (8), as last amended
 1117/78, when the guide price is higher than the average           by Regulation (EEC) No 1069/93 (9) ;
 world market price, aid is granted for dried fodder as
 described under Article 1 (b) and (c) of that Regulation
 and obtained from fodder plants harvested in the
 Community ; whereas that aid takes account of a                    Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation
 percentage of the difference between these two prices ;            (EEC) No 1417/78, when no offer or quotation can be
                                                                    used to determine the average world market price, that
                                                                    price is determined on the basis of the sum of the value
 Whereas the guide price in the dried fodder sector was             of competing products ; whereas those products are
 fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1288/93 (3) and               defined in Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1528/78 ;
 Commission Regulation (EC) No 538/94 (4);
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2065/92 Q, as                  Whereas, pursuant to Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1288/93, sets the                    1417/78, when forward prices differ from that applying in
 percentage referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC)            the month when the application is lodged, the aid rate is
 No 1117/78 for the 1994/95 marketing year at 70% ;                 adjusted by a correcting amount calculated from the trend
                                                                    of forward prices ;
Whereas the average world market price is determined for
 a bulk pelleted product, delivered to Rotterdam, of the
 standard quality for which the guide price has been fixed ;        Whereas, where the average world market price is deter­
                                                                    mined in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                    No 1417/78, the corrective amount must be equal to the
Whereas, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    difference between the average world market price and
 1417/78 of 19 June 1978 on the aid system for dried                the average forward world market price determined by
fodder ^, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                    applying the criteria laid down in Article 3 (3) of Regula­
 1 1 10/89 Q, the average world market price for the                tion (EEC) No 1528/78 and valid for delivery during a
products described in the first and third indents of Article        month other than that in which the aid is introduced,
 1 (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 111 7/78 is to be determined          adjusted by the percentage fixed pursuant to Article 5 (2)
on the basis of the most favourable actual purchase possi­          of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 ; whereas where the
bilities excepting those which cannot be considered                 average forward world market price for one or more
representative of the real market trend ; whereas offers            months cannot be determined by applying the criteria
                                                                    laid down in Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    1528/78, the corrective amount must be fixed for the
(')  OJ  No L 142, 30. 5. 1978, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ  No L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 17.                            month or months in question at a level such that the aid
(3)  OJ  No L 132, 29. 5. 1993, p. 1 .                              is equal to zero ;
(4)  OJ  No L 68, 11 . 3. 1994, p. 20.
0    OJ  No L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 48.
(*)  OJ  No L 171 , 28. 6. 1978, p. 1 .                             (8) OJ No L 179, 1 . 7. 1978, p. 10.
O    OJ  No L 118, 29. 4. 1989, p. 1 .                              0 OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 114.
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Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article       Whereas, given that the new arrangements referred to
1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 ('), as                 above are due to apply from 1 April 1995, the aid paid
amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (2), are used to           under the current arrangements for the period 1 April to
convert amounts expressed in third country currencies            31 October 1995 should be fixed at zero ;
and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;              Whereas, as the result of the applications of all these
whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­         provisions to the offers and quotations which the
tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­           Commission has recorded, the rate of the additional aid
lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (3), as amended by Regulation            for dried fodder must be fixed as indicated in the table
(EC) No 547/94 (4);                                              annexed to this Regulation,
Whereas the rate of the additional aid must be fixed once
per month so as to ensure application of the aid from the
first day of the month following the date of its fixing ;        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, when adopting the Decision on the reform of
the common agricultural policy in 1992, the Council                                       Article 1
announced its intention of introducing new aid arrange­
ments for the production of dried fodder based on aid            The rate of the aid referred to in Article 5 (3) of Regula­
fixed per tonne ; whereas, during the negotiations on the        tion (EEC) No 1117/78 is fixed in the Annex to this
agricultural prices for the 1994/95 marketing year, this         Regulation.
was confirmed and a proposal for a Regulation has been
submitted to the Council providing for the establishment
of a new organization of the market in the sector in ques­                                Article 2
tion to take effect from 1 April 1995 based on fixed-rate
aid per tonne for specified maximum quantities ;                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1995.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 30 December 1994.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                             Rene STEICHEN
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32.
(3) OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(4) OJ No L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 .
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                                                         ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 30 December 1994 fixing the rate of the aid for dried fodder
          Aid applicable from 1 January 1995 to dried fodder :
                                                                                                     (ECU/tonne)
                                             Fodder dehydrated by artificial heat
                                                           drying                 Fodder otherwise dried
                                                    Protein concentrates
          January 1995                                     62,119                        37,439
          Aid in case of advance fixing for the month of :
                                                                                                    (ECU/tonne)
          February 1995                                . 61,925                          37,245
          March 1995                                      61,892                         37,212
          April 1995                                        0,000                         0,000
          May 1995                                          0,000                         0,000
          June 1995                                         0,000                         0,000
          July 1995                                         0,000                         0,000
          August 1995                                       0,000                         0,000
          September 1995                                    0,000                         0,000
          October 1995                                      0,000                         0,000