CELEX: 31976R1876
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1876/76 of 30 July 1976 fixing the export refund on oil seeds

No L 206/38                              Official Journal of the European Con-munities                            31 . 7. 76
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1876/76
                                                           of 30 July 1976
                                                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 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                     referred to in Article 21 of Regulation No 136/
  1707/73 (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 No 162/66/EEC                    Community regarding the supply of and demand for
 of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats between                 these seeds ;
 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,                                                           definfe 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 is
                                                                      defined in Annex III of Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      833/76 of 6 April 1976 fixing certain prices and other
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation No 162/66/ EEC                       amounts applicable in agriculture for the 1976/77
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 175, 29 . 6 . 1973 , p. 5.
(3)  OJ   No 197, 29 . 10 . 1966, p . 3393/66.
(4)  OJ   No 125, 26 . 6. 1967, p. 2461 / 67 .                       (*) OJ No L 75, 30 . 3 . 1971 , p . 16.
 5   OJ   No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p . 1 .                          O OJ No L 100, 14 . 4 . 1976, p . 12.
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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 refunds 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, are 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 August
   marketing year has already begun ;                                       1976 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 30 July 1976.
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                       P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
                                                                 ANNEX
                                       Refund applicable to oil seeds from 1 August 1976
                                                                                                            (u.a. /100 kg)
                                                                                              1
                       CCT
                      heading                                Description of goods                           Refund
                        No
                  ex 12.01          Colza and rape seed, other than for sowing                                0
                  ex 12.01          Sunflower seed , other than for sowing