CELEX: 31988R0550
Language: en
Date: 1988-03-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 550/88 of 29 February 1988 fixing the amount of aid for peas, field beans and sweet lupins

No L 54/28                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  1 . 3 . 88
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 550/88
                                                      of 29 February 1988
                           fixing the amount of aid for peas, field beans and sweet lupins
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /82 the activating price for the
                                                                   aid for peas, field beans and sweet lupins is increased
                                                                   monthly as from the beginning on the third ftionth of the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              marketing year ; whereas the amount of the monthly
Economic Community,                                                increases in the threshold price was fixed by Council
                                                                   Regulation (EEC) No 1 959/87 (*);
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,
                                                                   Whereas, under Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    1431 /82, the world market price for soya cake must be
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /82              determined on the basis of the most favourable purchase
of 18 May 1982 laying down special measures for peas,              possibilities, excepting offers and quotations which
field beans and sweet lupins ('), as last amended by Regu­         cannot be considered representative of the real market
lation (EEC) No 4004/87 (2), and in particular Article 3 (6)       trend ; whereas account must be taken both of all offers
point (a) thereof,                                                 on the world market and of the prices quoted on
                                                                   exchanges that are important for international trade ;
                                                                   whereas this price may be adjusted under the conditions
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                    and in the manner specified in Article 1 (2) of Regulation
3540/85 of 5 December 1985 laying down detailed rules              (EEC) No 2036/82, in order to take account of the prices
for the application of the special measures for peas, field        of competing products ;
beans and sweet lupins (3), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 3741 /87 (4), and in particular Article 26a (7)
thereof,
                                                                   Whereas, under Article 1 of Commission Regulation
                                                                    (EEC) No 2049/82 (9), as last amended by Regulation
Whereas, as provided for in Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation           (EEC) No 1238/87 (10), the price must be determined per
(EEC) No 1431 /82, aid is granted for peas, field beans and         100 kilograms of bulk soya cake of the standard quality
sweet lupins harvested in the Community and used in the             defined in Article 1 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
manufacture of feedingstuffs where the world market                 1464/86 (") delivered to Rotterdam ; whereas the neces­
price of soya cake is lower than the activating price ;             sary adjustments, notably those referred to in Article 2 of
whereas this aid is equal to a proportion of the difference         Regulation (EEC) No 2049/82, must be made for offers
between these prices ; whereas this proportion of the price         and quotations not of the type referred to above ;
difference was fixed in Article 3a of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 2036/82 0, as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 1958/87 («);
                                                                    Whereas, if the aid system is to operate normally, refunds
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (2) of Regulation             should be calculated on the following basis :
(EEC) No 1431 /82, aid is granted for peas and field beans
harvested in the Community when the world market
                                                                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
price for these products is lower than the guide price ;
whereas this aid is equal to the difference between the                  tion to each other at any moment within a band of
two prices ;                                                             2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate,
                                                                         multiplied by the correcting factor provided for in the
                                                                         last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
Whereas the threshold price activating the aid for peas,                 tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (u), as last amended by Regu­
field beans and sweet lupins for the 1987/88 marketing                   lation (EEC) No 1636/87 (13),
year was fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1957/87 P) ; whereas, as provided for in Article 2a of             — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                         arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
(') OJ No  L  162, 12. 6. 1982, p. 28.
0   OJ No  L  377, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 46.                            (8) OJ No L 184, 3. 7. 1987, p. 5.
0   OJ No  L  342, 19. 12. 1985, p. 1 .                             0 OJ No L 219, 28. 7. 1982, p. 36.
0   OJ No  L  352, 15. 12. 1987, p. 26.                             (,0) OJ No L 117, 5. 5. 1987, p. 9 .
0   OJ No  L  219, 28 . 7. 1982, p. 1 .                             (") OJ No L 133, 21 . 5. 1986, p. 21 .
    OJ No  L  184, 3. 7. 1987, p. 3.                                H OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 184, 3. 7." 1987, p. 1 .                                  H OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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     these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­      bieans and sweet lupins or intervention price for barley,
     tion to the Community currencies referred to in the         the amount of the subsidy in the case of advance fixing
     previous indent, and the aforesaid correcting factor ;      for this marketing year for peas, field beans and sweet
                                                                 lupins has only been calculated provisionally on the basis
Whereas pursuant to Articles 121 (2) and 307 (2) of the          of the prices valid for the 1987/88 marketing year ;
Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal the amount of the         whereas that amount must be applied provisionally only
aid for products harvested and processed in either of these      and will have to be confirmed or replaced when the
Member States should be reduced by the customs duty              prices and - related measures for the 1988/89 marketing
charged on importation of products from third countries ;        year are known,
whereas, moreover, in the case of sweet lupins harvested
in Spain it must be reduced by the difference between the
activating threshold price applied in Spain and the
common price ;                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the world market price for peas and field beans
and the amount of aid referred to in Article 3 (2) of Regu­                                  Article 1
lation (EEC) No 1431 /82 were fixed by Regulation (EEC)
No 1935/87 (') ; whereas in terms of Article 2a of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 1431 /82 the guide price is increased               1.      The amounts of aid provided for in Article 3 of
monthly as from the beginning of the third month of the           Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /82 is indicated in the Annexes
                                                                  hereto.
marketing year ; whereas the amount of the monthly
increases in the threshold price was fixed by Council
Regulation (EEC) No 1959/87 ;                                     2. However, the amount of the subsidy in the case of
                                                                  advance fixing for the 1988/89 marketing year for peas,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 26a of Regulation (EEC) No           field beans and sweet lupins will be confirmed or replaced
3540/85, the gross aid expressed in ECU that results from         as from 1 March 1988 to take into account, where appro­
Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /82 shall be                priate, the effects of the application of the activating price
weighted by the differential amount referred to in Article        for these products for the 1988/89 marketing year and,
 12a of Regulation (EEC) No 2036/82 and then converted            particularly those concerning maximum guaranteed quan­
into the final aid in the currency of the Member State in         tities .
which the products are harvested using the agricultural
conversion rate of that Member State ;
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas, since there are no valid activating threshold or
guide prices for the 1988/89 marketing year for peas, field       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1988.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 29 February 1988.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                 Vice-President
 (') OJ No L 185, 4. 7. 1987, p. 21 .
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                                                               ANNEX I
                                              Gross aid in ECU per 100 kilograms
Products intended for human consumption
                                      Current      1st period    2nd period       3rd period     4th period    5th period     6th period
                                         3              4             5                6             7 (')         80             90
Peas used :                                                                  \\\\ll
— in Spain                            13,419         13,599        13,599           13,599         12,159        12,159         12,339
— in Portugal                         13,461         13,641        13,641           13,641         12,201        1231           12,381
— in another Member State             13,780         13,960        13,960 .<        13,960         12,520        12,520         12,700
Feild beans used :                  IlIIIlII\\                                                                             l
— in Spain                            13,780         13,960        13,960           13,960         12,520        12,520         12,700
— in Portugal                         13,461         13,641        13,641           13,641         12,201        12^201         12,381
— in another Member State             13,780         13,960        13,960      .    13,960         12,520        12,520         12,700
Products used in animal feed
                                      Current      1st period    2nd period       3rd period     4th period    5th period     6th period
                                         3              4             5                6             7 (')         80             90
A. Peas and field beans used :                  ll                                            l      .\
    — in Spain                        13,409         13,649        14,237           14,237         12,797        12,797         12,977
    — in Portugal                     13,111         13,353        13,963           13,963         12,523        12,523         12,703
    — in another Member State         13,512         13,752        14,332        , 14,332          12,892        12,892         13,072
B. Sweet lupins harvested in Spain
    and used :                                                               I                                             I
    — in Spain                        13,601         13,681        14,464           14,464         14,464        14,464         14,464
    — in Portugal                     13,203         13,286        14,099           14,099         14,099        14,099         14,099
    — in another Member State         13,738         13,817        14,591           14,591         14,591        14,591         14,591
C. Sweet    lupins    harvested  in
    another   Member     State  and
    used :
    — in Spain                        15,173         15,253        16,036           16,036         16,036        16,036         16,036
    — in Portugal                     14,775         14,858        15,671           15,671         15,671        15,671         15,671
    — in another Member State         15,310         15,389        16,163           16,163         16,163        16,163         16,163
                                                              ANNEX II
                                      Final aid in national currency per 100 kilograms
Products intended for human consumption
                                      Current      1st period    2nd period       3rd period     4th period    5th period     6th period
                                         3              4             5                6             70            8 (')          90
Products harvest in :
— BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                     662,35         671,00        671,00           671,00         601,78        601,78         610,44
— Denmark (Dkr)                        120,64         122,22        122,22           122,22         109,61        109,61         111,19
— Federal Republic of Germany
    (DM)                                32,87          33,30         33,30            33,30           29,56         29,56         29,99
— Greece (Dr)                        1 002,86       1 026,51      1 026,51         1 026,51         837,34        837,34         860,98
— Spain (Pta)                        2 125,06      2 152,81       2 152,81         2 152,81       1 930,75      1 930,75       1 958,51
— France (FF)                          102,98         104,33        104,33           104,33           93,56        93,56          94,91
— Ireland (£ Irl)                       11,442         11,592        11,592           11,592           10,394       10,394         10,544
— Italy (Lit)                       22 156        22 446         22 446          22 446         20 123        20 123         20 414
— Netherlands (Fl)                      36,85          37,33         37,33            37,33           33,14         33,14         33,62
— " Portugal (Esc)                   2 218,71       2 249,72      2 249,72         2 249,72       2 001,60      2 001,60       2 032,61
— United Kingdom (£)                      7,621          7,741         7,741            7,741           6,788        6,788          6,907
Amounts to be deducted in the case of :
— peas used in Spain (Pta) 55,67
— . peas and field beans used in Portugal (Esc) 54,78
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                                                                ANNEX III
                                  Partial aids in the national currency per 100 kilograms
Peas and field beans intended for animal feed
                                       Current        1st period       2nd period      3rd period      4th period         5th period         6th period
                                          3                4                5               6              7 (')              8 (')              90
                                                                                                                       '
Products harvested in :
— BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)             »        649,47           661,00           688,88          688,88          619,66             619,66             628,32
— Denmark (Dkr)                         118,30           120,40           125,48          125,48          112,87             112,87             114,44
— Federal Republic of Germany
    (DM)                                 32,23            32,80            34,18           34,18           30,44              30,44              30,86
— Greece (Dr)                           954,93           989,31         1 093,05        1 093,05          903,88             903,88             927,52
— Spain (Pta)                         2 083,73        2120,74           2 210,18        2 210,18        1 988,11           1 988,11           2 015,87
— France (FF)                           100,98           102,77           107,11          107,11            96,35             96,35              97,69
— Ireland (£ Irl)                        11,219            11,418          11,901           11,901          10,704             10,704            10,854
— Italy (Lit)                       21 722           22110            23 048          23 048          20 725             20 725             21 015
— Netherlands (Fl)                       36,13             36,77           38,32           38,32            34,13             34,13              34,60
— Portugal (Esc)                      2170,07         2 211,98          2 317,23        2 317,23        2 069,10           2 069,10           2 100,12
— United Kingdom (£)                       7,421            7,585            8,020           8,020           7,067              7,067              7,186
Amounts to be deducted in the
case of use :                                                                                                                             l
— Spain (Pta)                            15,88             15,88            14,65           14,65           14,65              14,65              14,65
— Portugal (Esc)                         68,86             68,52           63,37            63,37           63,37              63,37             63,37
                                                                  ANNEX IV.
         Corrective amount in national currency to be added to the amounts in Annex III, per 100 kilograms (')
         Use of the products :      BLEU        DK          DE         EL        ESP        FR      IRL           IT         NL          PT         UK
Products harvested in :           I                                                                                    \            I
— BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                  0,00       0,00       0,00       127,31     0,00      0,13      0,52         1,31      0,00        24,20        56,33
— Denmark (Dkr)                     0,00       0,00       0,00        23,19     0,00      0,02      0,09         0,24      0,00         4,41        10,26
— Federal Republic of Germany
    (DM)                            0,00       0,00       0,00          6,32    0,00      0,01      0,03         0,06      0,00          1,20        2,80
—   Greece (Dr)                     0,00       0,00       0,00       473,74 ,   0,00      0,49      1,93         4,87      0,00        90,06      209,61
—   Spain (Pta)                     0,00       0,00       0,00       408,44     0,00      0,42      1,66         4,20      0,00        77,64       180,72
—   France (FF)                     0,00       0,00       0,00        19,81     0,00      0,02      0,08         0,20      0,00          3,76        8,76
—   Ireland (£ Irl)                 0,000      0,000      0,000 ,       2,204   0,000     0,002     0,009        0,023     0,000        0,419        0,975
—   Italy (Lit)                     0          0          0        4 285        0         4        17          44          0          814       1 896
—   Netherlands (Fl)                0,00       0,00       0,00          7,08    0,00      0,01      0,03         0,07      0,00          1,35        3,13
—   Portugal (Esc)                  0,00       0,00       0,00       480,63     0,00      0,49      1,95         4,94      0,00        91,36       212,66
—   United Kingdom (£)              0,000      0,000      0,000         1,986   0,000     0,002     0,008        0,020     0,000         0,378       0,879
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                                                                        ANNEX V
                                            Partial aid in national currency per 100 kilograms
Sweet lupins intended for use in animal feed
                                             Current        1st period      2nd period      3rd period     4th period       5th period      6th period
                                                3                 4               5              6              7                8               9
                                                                                                                        I
Products harvested in :
— BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                            735,89            739,68          776,89         776,89         776,89           776,89          776,89
— Denmark (Dkr)                               134,04            134,73          141,51         141,51         141,51           141,51          141,51
— Federal Republic of Germany
    (DM)                                       36,52             36,71           38,55          38,55          38,16            38,16           38,16
— Greece (Dr)                               1 187,71         1 201,85         1 340,29       1 340,29       1 340,29         1 340,29        1 340,29
— Spain (Pta)(')                            2 361,00        2 373,18          2 492,54       2 492,54       2 492,54         2 492,54        2 492,54
— France (FF)                                 114,42            115,01          120,80         120,80         120,80           120,80          120,80
— Ireland (£ Irl)                              12,714             12,779         13,424          13,424        13,424           13,424          13,424
— Italy (Lit)                             24 623           24 751           26 003          26 003         26 003          26 003          26 003
— Netherlands (Fl)                             40,94             41,15           43,22           43,22         42,78            42,78            42,78
— Portugal (Esc)                            2 479,23        2 493,56          2 634,02       2 634,02       2 634,02         2 634,02        2 634,02
— United Kingdom (£)                             8,604             8,663           9,244          9,244          9,244            9,244           9,244
Amounts to be deducted in the
case of use in :
— Spain (Pta)                                  21,13              20,97          19,59           19,59         19,59            19,59            19,59
— Portugal (Esc)                               91,87              91,19          84,49           84,49         84,49            84,49            84,49
                                                                        ANNEX VI
           Corrective amount in the national currency to be added to amounts in Annex V, per 100 kilograms (')
            Use of products :             BLEU        DK           DE       EL         ESP       FR ,    IRL        IT         NL       PT         UK
Products harvested in :                            \          I                                                           1
— BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                        0,00       0,00        0,00       92,59     0,00     0,10      0,38      0,95      0,00      17,60       40,97
— Denmark (Dkr)                           0,00       0,00        0,00       16,86     0,00     0,02      0,07      0,17      0,00       3,21        7,46
— Federal Republic of Germany
     (DM)                                 0,00       0,00        0,00        4,59     0,00     0,00      0,02      0,05      0,00       0,87        2,03
— Greece (Dr)                             0,00       0,00        0,00      344,54     0,00     0,35      1,40      3,54      0,00      65,49      152,44
— Spain (Pta)                             0,00       0,00        0,00      297,05     0,00     0,30      1,21      3,06      0,00      56,47      131,43
— France (FF)                             0,00       0,00        0,00       14,40     0,00     0,01      0,06      0,15      0,00       2,74        6,37
— Ireland (£ Irl)                         0,000      0,000       Q,000        1,603   0,000    0,002     0,007     0,016     0,000      0305        0,709
— Italy (Lit)                             0          0           0       3 116        0        3        13        32         0        592       1379
— Netherlands (Fl)                        0,00       0,00        0,00         5,15    0,00     0,01      0,02      0,05      0,00       0,98        2,28
— Portugal (Esc)                          0,00       0,00        0,00      349,55     0,00     0,36      1,42      3,60      0,00      66,45      154,66
— United Kingdom (£)                      0,000      0,000       0,000        1,444   0,000    0,001     0,006     0,015     0,000      0,275       0,639
                                                                       ANNEX VII
                                                     Exchange rate of the ECU to be used
                                          BLEU         DK          DE        EL        ESP       FR      IRL        IT         NL        PT         UK
In national currency, 1 ECU =            42,4582 7,85212 2,05853 162,919 138,037 6,90403 0,768411 1 499,45 231943 167324 0,686328
(') Subject in the case of advance fixing for the 1988/89 marketing year to the adoption of prices and related measures for that marketing year.