CELEX: 31987R2217
Language: en
Date: 1987-07-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2217/87 of 24 July 1987 fixing the amount of the subsidy on oil seeds

25 . 7. 87                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 204/61
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2217/87
                                                         of 24 July 1987
                                       fixing the amount of the subsidy on oil seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         1987/88 marketing year were fixed by Regulations (EEC)
                                                                    No 1917/87 (9) and (EEC) No 1918/87 (10) ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Whereas a supplement to the target price for 'double zero'
Economic Community,                                                 colza and rape seed was fixed in Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    1917/87 ;
                                                                    Whereas, under the system of maximum guaranteed
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                  quantities, the amount of the aid is subject to the reduc­
Portugal,                                                           tion provided for in Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    2478/86 (u) as regards sunflower seed ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of               Whereas the abatement of the subsidy which arises, where
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common                  appropriate, from the system of maximum guaranteed
organization of the market in oils and fats 0 as last               quantities for the 1987/88 marketing year, has not, to
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1915/87 (2) and in                   date, been fixed following the latest change in this system
particular Article 27 (4) thereof,                                  by the Council ; whereas the amount of the subsidy for
                                                                    the 1987/88 marketing year has been provisionally calcu­
                                                                    lated on the basis of an abatement of 4,502 ECU per 100
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        kg for colza and rape seed and on the basis of an abate­
1678/85 (3) fixing the conversion rates to be applied in            ment of 5,835 ECU per 100 kg for sunflower seed ;
agriculture, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
1 890/87 (4),                                                       Whereas the standard quality for sunflower seed has been
                                                                    changed by the Council for the 1987/88 marketing year ;
                                                                    whereas the coefficients of equivalence applied to the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72                prices of sunflower seed from third countries should be
of 20 July 1972 laying down special measures for colza,             adjusted accordingly and have not yet been fixed ;
rape and sunflower seed 0, as last amended by Regulation            whereas the amount of the subsidy for sunflower seed for
(EEC) No 1 869/87 (6), and in particular Article 2 (3)              the 1987/88 marketing year was calulcated on the basis of
thereof,                                                            coefficients of equivalence adapted to the new standard
                                                                    quality ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,            Whereas Article 29 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
                                                                    provides that the world market price, calculated for a
Whereas Article 27 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                      Community frontier crossing point, is to be determined
provides that a subsidy should be granted in respect of oil         on the basis of the most favourable purchasing opportuni­
seeds harvested and processed within the Community                  ties, quotations being adjusted where necessary to take
when the target price for a species of seed is higher than          account of quotations for competing products ;
the price on the world market ; whereas these provisions            Whereas Article 4 of Council Regulation No 115/67/EEC
at present apply only in respect of colza, rape and                 of 6 June 1967 laying down criteria for determining
sunflower seeds ;
                                                                    world market prices for oil seeds and fixing the frontier
                                                                    crossing point (12), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
Whereas the subsidy on oil seeds should, theoretically, be          No 1983/82 (13), fixed the said crossing point at
equal to the difference between those two prices ;                  Rotterdam ; whereas Article 1 of that Regulation provides
                                                                    that when the world market price is being determined
                                                                    account should be taken of all offers on the world market
Whereas the target price and the monthly increments in              known to the Commission and of quotations on those
the target price of sunflower seed for the 1986/87 marke­           exchanges which are significant for international trade ;
ting year have been fixed in Council Regulations (EEC)              whereas Article 2 of Commission Regulation No 225/
No 1457/86 0 and (EEC) No 1458/86 (8) ;                             67/EEC of 28 June 1967 on detailed rules for determi­
                                                                    ning the world market price for oil seeds (H), as last
Whereas the target price and the monthly increases in the           amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2284/86 (15), provides
target price for colza, rape and sunflower seed for the             that offers and quotations which do not relate to ship­
                                                                    ments to be effected within 30 days following the date on
(') OJ  No  172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/86.
(2) OJ  No  L 183, 3 . 7. 1987.                                     (») OJ No L 183, 3 . 7. 1987.
(3) OJ  No  L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 11 .                             (10) OJ No L 183, 3. 7. 1987.
(«) OJ  No  L 182, 3 . 7. 1987.                                     (") OJ No L 212, 2. 8 . 1986, p. 16.
0   OJ  No  L 167, 25. 7. 1972, p. 9.                               (12) OJ No 111 , 10. 6. 1967, p. 2196/67.
(«) OJ  No  L 176, 1 . 7. 1987, p. 30.                              (13) OJ No L 215, 23 . 7. 1982, p. 6.
0   OJ  No  L 133, 21 . 5. 1986, p. 12.                             (»4) OJ No 136, 30. 6. 1967, p. 2919/67.
(8) OJ  No  L 133, 21 . 5 . 1986, p. 14.                            (1S) OJ No L 200, 23 . 7. 1986, p. 16.
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which the world market price is determined should be             be determined in accordance with Article 6 of that
disregarded ; whereas offers and quotations which the            Regulation ;
Commission believes, in view of general price movements
or information available to it, not to be representative of
the real trend of the market must also be disregarded ;          Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 115/67/EEC provides
whereas offers and quotations relating to quantities of less     that, where no offer or quotation can be used as a basis
than 500 tonnes and offers relating to seed of a quality         for determining the world market price and where it is,
other than that normally acceptable on the world market          moreover, impossible to establish the value of the oil or
must also be disregarded ;                                       oil cake processed from such seed, the world market price
                                                                 should be determined on the basis of the most recent
                                                                 known value for oil or oil cake, adjusted to take account
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 225/67/EEC provides           of the trend of world prices for competing products by
that of the offers and quotations taken into consideration,      applying to that value the rules set out in Article 2 of
those for delivery c and f should be increased by 0,2 % ;        Regulation No 115/67/EEC ; whereas Article 7 of Regula­
whereas offers and quotations for delivery fas, fob or           tion No 225/67/EEC defines competing products as those
othefwise should be increased, as appropriate, by loading,       oils or oil cakes, as the case may be, which appear to have
transport and insurance costs from the point of shipment         been offered in the largest quantities on the world market
or loading to the frontier crossing point ; whereas cif          during the period under consideration ;
offers and quotations for frontier crossing points other
than Rotterdam should be adjusted to allow for the diffe­
rence in transport and insurance costs as compared with a
product delivered cif Rotterdam ; whereas the Commis­            Whereas, under Article 6 of Regulation No 1 1 5/67/EEC,
sion should take account only of the loading, transport          the price determined for colza, rape and sunflower seeds
and insurance costs which to its knowledge are the               must also be adjusted by an amount not exceeding the
lowest ; whereas, finally, offers and quotations for delivery    margin, as calculated in accordance with that Article,
cif Rotterdam should be increased by 0,242 ECU ;                 where that margin may affect the normal disposal of seeds
                                                                 harvested in the Community ;
Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 115/67/EEC provides
that the world market price should be determined for             Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1594/83 of 14
seed of the standard quality for which the target price has      June 1983 on the subsidy for oil seeds ('), as amended by
been fixed, delivered in bulk ;                                  Regulation (EEC) No 935/86 (2), laid down rules for gran­
                                                                 ting the .subsidy on oil seeds ; whereas, under that Regula­
                                                                 tion, where the subsidy to be granted is fixed in advance,
                                                                 the amount of such subsidy must be equal to the amount
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 225/67/EEC provides           applicable on the day on which the application for
that offers and quotations relating to products presented        advance fixing was lodged, adjusted by the difference
otherwise than in bulk should be adjusted by deducting           between the target price valid on that day and the target
the additional value resulting from that presentation ;          price valid on the day on which the seeds are placed
whereas offers and quotations relating to a quality other        under control at an oil or feed mill and, where appro­
than the standard quality for which the target price was         priate, a corrective amount ; whereas Article 35 of
fixed should be adjusted on the basis of the coefficients of     Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83 of 21
equivalence shown in the Annex to that Regulation ;              September 1983 laying down detailed rules for the appli­
whereas, in the case of offers on the world market for           cation of the subsidy system for oil seeds (3), as last
qualities of colza and rape seed other than those listed in      amended by Regulation (EEC) No 21 57/87 (4), provides
that Annex, coefficients of equivalence derived from those       that such adjustment should involve increasing or redu­
listed in that Annex may, pursuant to Article 4 of Regula­        cing the amount of subsidy applicable on the day on
tion No 225/67/EEC, be applied ; whereas, when derived           which the application was lodged by the corrective
coefficients are being calculated, account must be taken of      amount and the difference between the target prices
the differences between prices for the qualities of seed in       mentioned in Article 35 of Regulation (EEC) No
question and prices for the qualities listed in that Annex,       2681 /83 ;
and of the characteristics of these various seeds :
                                                                 Whereas Article 37 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 115/67/EEC provides            provides that the corrective amount must be equal to the
that, where no offer or quotation can be used as a basis          difference between the world market price for colza, rape
for determining the world market price, that price should        and sunflower seeds and the forward price for those seeds
be determined on the basis of the value of the average           valid for a shipment effected during the month in which
quantities of oil and oil cake resulting from the proces­         the seeds were placed under control at an oil mill, those
sing of 100 kilograms of seed within the Community less           prices being determined in accordance with Articles 1 , 4
an amount corresponding to the cost of processing these
seeds into oil and oil cake ; whereas the quantities and         (')  OJ No  L  163, 22. 6. 1983, p. 44.
costs to be taken into consideration for the purposes of         (2)  OJ No  L 87, 2. 4.  1986, p. 5.
the calculation are fixed in Article 5 of Regulation No           (3) OJ No  L 266, 28.  9. 19£3, p. 1 .
225/67/EEC ; whereas the value of those quantities should          4  OJ No  L 202, 23.  7. 1987, p. 27.
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and 5 of Regulation No 115/67/EEC ; whereas, if no offer          (a) for those Member States whose currencies are main­
and no price can be used for such determination, the                   tained as between themselves within a spread at any
method of calculation provided for in Article 37 of Regu­              given moment of 2,25 % , the difference between :
lation (EEC) No 2681 /83 should be used ; whereas the
                                                                       — the conversion rate used under the common
abovementioned difference may be adjusted in accordance
with Article 38 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83, account                   agricultural policy, and
being taken of the prices of the main competing cereals ;              — the conversion rate resulting from the central rate,
                                                                  (b) for the other Member States, the difference between :
                                                                       — the relationship between the conversion rate used
                                                                           under the common agricultural policy for the
Whereas the aid for colza, rape or sunflower seed                          currency of the Member State concerned and the
harvested or processed in Spain or Portugal is to be                       central rate , of each of the currencies of the
advised as provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No                     Member States referred to in (a), and
478/86 (') ; whereas pursuant to Article 95 (2) and 293 (2)
of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal this aid is              — the spot market rate for the currency of the
to be introduced at the beginning of the 1986/87 marke­                    Member State in question in relation to each of
ting year for seed harvested in these two Member States ;                  the currencies of the Member States referred to in
                                                                           (a), as recorded over a period to be determined ;
                                                                  Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1813/84 specifies the spot
                                                                  and forward exchange rates and the period to be used for
Whereas, in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No             calculating the differential amounts ; whereas in cases
475/86 (2) of 25 February 1986 laying down general rules          where, for one or more months, quotations of forward
for the mechanism for controlling the prices and the              exchange rates are not available, the rates adopted for the
quantities of certain products in the oils and fats sector         previous months or the following months, as the case may
released for consumption in Spain provision is made for           be, must be used ;
the granting of compensatory aid, subject to certain
conditions ; whereas compensatory aid should be fixed for
sunflower seeds harvested in Spain ;                              Whereas the subsidy should be fixed whenever the
                                                                   market situation makes it necessary and in such a way as
                                                                   to ensure its being applied at least once a week ; whereas
                                                                   the subsidy may be altered whenever it becomes obvious
                                                                   that such alteration is necessary ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1920/87 (3),
provides for the granting of a special subsidy for                Whereas it follows from applying these provisions to the
sunflower seed harvested and processed in Portugal ;              offers and quotations known to the Commission that,
whereas the amount of this subsidy should be fixed ;               pursuant to Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83
                                                                   the amount of the subsidy in ECU and the amount of the
                                                                   subsidy in each of the national currencies , must be fixed
                                                                   in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation ;
                                                                  whereas, pursuant to the same Article, the spot and
                                                                   forward exchange rates for the ECU in national currencies
Whereas Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83                determined in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation
provides for the publication of the amount of the final           (EEC) No 1813/84 must also be published,
subsidy obtained from the conversion into each of the
national currencies of the amount in ECU resulting from
the calculation referred to above plus or minus the diffe­
rential amount ; whereas Article 1 of Commission Regula­
tion (EEC) No 1813/84 (4), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 2138/87 (*), defined the elements which deter­
mine the differential amounts ; whereas these elements             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
are equal to the incidence on the target price less 7,5 %
or the subsidy of the coefficient derived from the percen­
tage referred to in Article 2 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
1569/72 ; whereas, according to these provisions, this
percentage represents :                                                                       Article 1
(') OJ No   L 53, 1 . 3. 1986, p. 55.
0   OJ No   L 53, 1 . 3. 1986, p. 47.
0   OJ No   L 183, 3. 7. 1987.                                     1 . The amounts of the subsidy and the exchange rates
(4) OJ No   L 170, 29. 6. 1984, p. 41 .                            referred to in Article 33 (2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC)
0   OJ No   L 200, 21 . 7. 1987, p. 9.                             No 2681 /83 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
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2. The amount of the compensatory aid referred to in          take account, where appropriate, of the consequences of
Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 475/86 shall be as          the application of the system of maximum guaranteed
shown in Annex III to this Regulation for sunflower seed      quantities and of the effect of the change in the standard
harvested in Spain.                                           quality for sunflower seed.
3 . The amount of the special subsidy provided for by
Regulation (EEC) 1920/87 for sunflower seed harvested
and processed in Portugal is fixed in Annex III.
                                                                                       Article 2
4. However, the amount of the subsidy for the 1987/88
marketing year for colza, rape and sunflower seed will be
confirmed or replaced with effect from 25 July 1987 to        This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 July 1987.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 24 July 1987.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                        Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                           Vice-President
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                                                                      ANNEX I
                                            Aids to colza and rape seed other than 'double zero'
                                                                                                                           (amounts per 100 kilograms)
                                                    Current (')     1st period (')   2nd period (')   3rd period (')   4th period (')  5th period (')
                                                        7                 8               9                10               11              12
1 . Gross aids (ECU):
    — Spain                                              0,000             0,000           0,000            0,000            0,000           0,000
    — Portugal                                           0,000             0,000           0,000            0,000            0,000           0,000
    — Other Member States                              25,205            25,314           25,215           24,337           24,677          25,074
2. Final aids :                                                  l                 l                l                l
    (a) Seed harvested and processed in :                        I                 I                I                I
        — Federal Republic of Germany           ||l                                l
            (DM)                                       60,95             61,20            60,99            59,03            59,85           61,04
        — Netherlands (Fl)                             67,84             68,12            67,86            65,64            66,55           67,86
        — BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                          1 205,71          1 214,05         1 209,27         1 166,34         1 182,67        1 197,78
        — France (FF)                                 183,81            184,67           183,69           176,38           178,91          182,48
        — Denmark (Dkr)                               218,52            219,49           218,61           210,77           213,74          215,74
        — Ireland (£ Irl)                              20,433            20,528           20,440           19,645           19,927          20,191
        — United Kingdom (£)                            14,920           15,005           14,927           14,236           14,455          14,614
        — Italy (Lit)                              39 009            39 192           38 921           37 534           38 075          38 502
        — Greece (Dr)                               2 649,27          2 648,57         2 607,23         2 436,55         2 478,76        2 471,66
    (b) Seed harvested       in  Spain    and
        processed :
        — in Spain (Pta)                                  0,00              0,00           0,00             0,00              0,00            0,00
        — in another Member State (Pta)             3 754,16          3 771,80         3 733,81         3 579,97         3 632,12        3 647,92
    (c) Seed harvested in Portugal and
        processed :
        — in Portugal (Esc)                               0,00              0,00            0,00             0,00             0,00            0,00
        — in another Member State (Esc)             4 963,39          4 978,94         4 931,57         4 758,27         4 816,25        4 845,47
(*) Subject to the amount to be deducted in accordance with the system of guaranteed maximum quantities.
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                                                                       ANNEX II
                                                   Aids to colza and rape seed 'double zero'
                                                                                                                       (amounts per 100 kilograms)
                                                    Current (')      1st period (') 2nd period (')  3rd period (') 4th period (')  5th period (')
                                                        7                  8             9                10            11              12
1 . Gross aids (ECU) :
    — Spain                                              2,500              2,500         2,500            2,500         2,500           2,500
    — Portugal                                           2,500              2,500         2,500            2,500         2,500           2,500
    — Other Member States                              27,705              27,814        27,715           26,837        27,177          27,574
2. Final aids :
    (a) Seed harvested and processed in :
        — Federal Republic of Germany
            (DM)                                       66,91               67,17         66,95            65,00         65,81           67,01
        —   Netherlands (Fl)                           74,52             ' 74,81         74,55            72,32         73,23           74,54
        —   BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                        1 325,88           1 334,21       1 329,43         1 286,50      1 302,84        1 317,94
        —   France (FF)                               202,50              203,36        202,38           195,07        197,60          201,17
        —    Denmark (Dkr)                            240,41              241,38        240,50           232,66        235,63          237,62
        —   Ireland (£ Irl)                            22,51 1             22,607        22,518           21,724        22,005          22,270
        —   United Kingdom (£)                          16,560             16,646        16,568           15,876        16,095          16,254
        —    Italy (Lit)                           43 001           . 43 185         42 913          41 527         42 067          42 494
        —   Greece (Dr)                             2 970,12           2 969,42       2 928,08         2 757,40      2799,61         2 792,51
    (b) Seed harvested in Spain and
        processed :
        — in Spain (Pta)                              385,53              385,53        385,53           385,53        385,53          385,53
        — in another Member State (Pta)             4 139,70           4 157,33       4 119,34         3 965,50      4 017,66        4 033,45
    (c) Seed harvested in Portugal and
        processed :
        — in Portugal (Esc)                           429,31              429,31        429,31           429,31        429,31          429,31
        — in another Member State (Esc)             5 392,70           5 408,25       5 360,88         5 187,58      5 245,56        5 274,78
(') Subject to the amount to be deducted in accordance with the system of guaranteed maximum quantities.
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                                                                           ANNEX III
                                                                   Aids to sunflower seed
                                                                                                                                      (amounts per 100 kilograms)
                                                           Current            1st period (')        2nd period (')       3rd period (')          4th period (')
                                                              7                     8                     9                     10                     11
1 . Gross aids (ECU):
     — Spain                                                   1,720                 3,440                 3,440                  3,440                 3,440
     — Portugal                                                0,000                 0,000                 0,000                  0,000                 0,000
     — Other Member States                                   41,261                 34,741                34,741                34,741                 35,609
2. Final aids :
     (a) Seed harvested and processed in (2) :     I                                                                                        I
         — Federal Republic of Germany
             (DM)                                            99,62                  84,07                 84,09                 84,20                  86,24
         — Netherlands (Fl)                                 111,77                  93,53                 93,53                 93,65                  95,96
         — BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                               1 908,87               1 661,48             1 665,92              1 665,20                1 707,03
         — France (FF)                                      279,61                 253,04               252,75                252,21                  258,86
         — Denmark (Dkr)                                    345,50                 301,04               301,04                301,04                  308,71
         — Ireland (£ Irl)                                   30,666                 28,127                28,124                28,088                 28,827
         — United Kingdom (£)                                23,017                 20,451                20,451                20,451                 21,073
         — Italy (Lit)                                  60 678                 53 678                53 528               53 680                  55 106
         — Greece (Dr)                                    3 762,15              3 581,69              3 547,27             3 529,72                3 661,77
     (b) Seed harvested in Spain and
         processed :
         — in Spain (Pta)                                   250,77                 530,49               530,49                 530,49                 530,49
         — in another Member State (Pta)                  3 895,23              3 994,76          x   3 962,97             3 949,16                4 087,01
     (c) Seed harvested in Portugal and
         processed :
         — in Portugal (Esc)                                   0,00                  0,00                  0,00                   0,00                  0,00
         — in Spain (Esc)                                 6 355,44              6 982,27              6 937,32              6 923,13                7 083,37
         — in another Member State (Esc)                  6 149,21              6 755,70              6 712,21              6 698,47                6 853,52
3. Compensatory aids :
     — in Spain (Pta)                                     3 844,98              3 941,61              3 909,81              3 896,00               4 043,47
4. Special aid :
     — in Portugal (Esc)                                  6 149,21              6 755,70              6 712,21              6 698,47                6 853,52
(') Subject to the amount to be deducted under the system of maximum guaranteed quantities and the effect of the new standard quality on the coefficients of equiva­
    lence.
(*) For seed harvested in the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 and processed in Spain, the amounts shown in 2 (a) to be multiplied by 1,0335380.
                                                                           ANNEX IV
                          Exchange rate of the ECU to be used for converting final aids into the currency of the
                           processing country when the latter is a country other than the country of production
                                                                                                                                                 (value of 1 ECU)
                                                Current            1st period          2nd period          3rd period          4th period           5th period
                                                   7                    8                    9                  10                   11                  12
DM                                               2,077590             2,072710            2,067970            2,063100             2,063100            2,048690
Fl                                               2,339550             2,337070            2,334440            2,331560             2,331560            2,322430
Bfrs/Lfrs                                      43,052500            43,045100            43,037300           43,034000           43,034000            43,020700
FF                                               6,912500             6,919160            6,926690            6,935010             6,935010            6,961790
Dkr                                              7,880280             7,898330            7,919710            7,943200             7,943200            8,029200
£ Irl                                            0,775363             0,777011            0,778851            0,780482             0,780482            0,786140
£                                                0,696780             0,698216            0,699532            0,700894             0,700894            0,704606
 Lit                                        1 502,00             1 507,21            1 512,10            1 516,96            1 516,96             1 531,36
Dr                                            157,00800            159,08000            161,11300          163,16900           163,16900             169,94500     '
Esc                                           161,99100            163,15300            164,44000          165,68300            165,68300            169,00000
Pta                                           142,47900            143,94200            145,09100          146,27300            146,27300            148,89700