CELEX: 31979R0179
Language: en
Date: 1979-02-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 179/79 of 31 January 1979 fixing the export refund on oil seeds

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                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 179/79
                                                     of 31 January 1979
                                          fixing the export refund on oil seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 142/67/EEC
COMMUNITIES,                                                     provides that when the refund is being calculated
                                                                 account must be taken of prices ruling on the various
                                                                 Community markets which are representative from
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           the point of view of processing and exportation ; the
 Economic Community,                                             most favourable quotations recorded on the various
                                                                 markets of importing third countries and Greece, and
                                                                 costs incurred in placing the goods on the world
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC                market ; whereas, when the amount of the refund is
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                   being fixed, account must also be taken of the level of
common organization of the market in oils and                    market prices within the Community for the oil seeds
fats ( 1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                referred to in Article 21 of Regulation No 136/
 1562/78 (2),                                                    66/EEC and the future trend of these prices ; whereas,
                                                                 furthermore, account should be taken of the economic
                                                                 aspect of the proposed exports and the situation in the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     Community regarding the supply of and demand for
2749/78 of 23 November 1978 on trade in oils and                 these seeds ;
fats between the Community and Greece (3),
Having regard to Council Regulation No 142/67/EEC                Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
of 21 June 1967 on export refunds on colza, rape and             No 651 /71 of 29 March 1971 on certain detailed rules
sunflower seeds (4), as last amended by Regulation               for the application of export refunds on oil seeds (6),
(EEC) No 2429/72 (5), and in particular the first                provides that the amount of the refund must be calcu­
sentence of Article 2(3) thereof,                                lated on the basis of the weight of exported seeds ;
                                                                 whereas this weight must be adjusted to take account
                                                                 of any differences between the percentages of mois­
Having regard to the . opinion of the Monetary                   ture and impurities found to exist and those used to
Committee,                                                       define the standard quality for which the target price
                                                                 is fixed ; whereas, when this adjustment is being
                                                                 made, the weight of the exported seeds must be
Whereas Article 28 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                   increased by the amount of the difference between the
provides that a refund may be granted on exports to              actual moisture and impurities content and that used
third countries of oil seeds harvested within the                to define the standard quality if the former is lower
Community ; whereas the amount of this refund may                than the latter ; whereas, if the opposite applies, the
not exceed the difference between prices within the              weight of the exported seeds must be reduced by the
Community and prices on the world market where                   same amount ;
the former are higher than the latter whereas Article
21 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides that, at
present, Article 28 of that Regulation applies only to
colza, rape and sunflower seeds ;                                Whereas the standard quality referred to above was
                                                                 defined in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  1291 /78 of 6 June 1978 fixing the target prices and
Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2749/78                 basic intervention prices for oil seeds for the 1978/79
provides that Article 28 of Regulation No 136/                   marketing year (7) ;
66/EEC and measures taken in application thereof
apply, subject to the provisions of the Agreement esta­
blishing an Association between the European                     Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 142/67/EEC
Economic Community and Greece, to trade between                  provides that the refund may be varied according to
the Community and Greece ;                                       destination where the world market situation or the
                                                                 specific requirements of certain markets make this
(') OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                          necessary ;
(2) OJ No L 185, 7. 7. 1978, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978, p. 1 .
(«) OJ No 125, 26. 6. 1967, p. 2461 /67.                         (6) OJ No L 75, 30. 3 . 1971 , p. 16.
(5) OJ No L 264, 23. 11 . 1972, p. 1 .                           (7) OJ No L 160, 17. 6. 1978, p. 1 .
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   Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,                 whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
  refunds should be calculated on the following basis :                 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
. — in the case of currencies which are maintained in                   ment Committee for Oils and Fats,
        relation to each other at any given moment 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
       in the previous subparagraph ;                                   The refund on the products referred to in Article 21
                                                                        of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, exported to third coun­
  Whereas it follows from applying these rules and                      tries and Greece, is hereby fixed as shown in the
  criteria to the present situation on the market in oil                Annex to this Regulation .
  seeds, and in particular to quotations or prices for
  these products within the Community and on the
  markets of third countries and Greece, that the refund                                       Article 2
  should be fixed at the amounts shown in the Annex
  to this Regulation for those products for which the                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
  marketing year has already begun ;                                    1979 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 31 January 1979 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                     Vice-President
                                                            ANNEX
                                Export refund applicable to oil seeds from 1 February 1979
                                                                                                         (u.aJWO kg)
                       CCT
                      heading                                Description                                 Refund
                         No
                  ex 12 .01       Colza and rape seed, other than for sowing                             1200
                  ex 12 .01       Sunflower seed, other than for sowing