CELEX: 31984R2985
Language: en
Date: 1984-10-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2985/84 of 25 October 1984 fixing the amount of the subsidy on oil seeds

No L 282/ 18                          Official Journal of the European Communities                            26. 10. 84
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2985/84
                                                   of 25 October 1984
                                   fixing the amount of the subsidy on oil seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  lation No 136/66/EEC provides that the world market
COMMUNITIES,                                                    price, calculated for a Community frontier crossing
                                                                point, is to be determined on the basis of the most
                                                                favourable purchasing opportunities, quotations being
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           adjusted where necessary to take account of quotations
Economic Community,                                             for competing products ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                  Whereas Article 4 of Council Regulation No 115/
common organization of the market in oils and fats ('),         67/EEC of 6 June 1967 laying down criteria for deter­
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 556/84 0,              mining world market prices for oil seeds and fixing
and in particular Article 27 (4) thereof,                       the frontier crossing point ('), as last amended by
                                                                Regulation (EEC) No 1983/82 (I0), fixed the said cros­
                                                                sing point at Rotterdam ; whereas Article 1 of that
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    Regulation provides that when the world market price
1223/83 of 20 May 1983 on the exchange rates to be              is being determined account should be taken of all
applied in agriculture (3), as last amended by Regula­          offers on the world market known to the Commission
tion (EEC) No 855/84 C),                                        and of quotations on those exchanges which are signi­
                                                                ficant for international trade ; whereas Article 2 of
                                                                Commission Regulation No 225/67/EEC of 28 June
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    1967 on detailed rules for determining the world
1569/72 of 20 July 1972 laying down special measures            market price for oil seeds ("), as last amended by
for colza, rape and sunflower seed (*), as last amended         Regulation (EEC) No 2940/84 (u), provides that offers
by Regulation (EEC) No 1474/84 (*), and in particular           and quotations which do not relate to shipments to be
Article 2 (3) thereof,                                          effected within 30 days following the date on which
                                                                the world market price is determined should be disre­
                                                                garded ; whereas offers and quotations which the
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                    Commission believes, in view of general price move­
Committee,                                                      ments Or information available to it, not to be repre­
                                                                sentative of the real trend of the market must also be
                                                                disregarded ; whereas offers and quotations relating to
Whereas Article 27 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                  quantities of less than 500 tonnes and offers relating to
provides that a subsidy should be granted in respect of         seed of a quality other than that normally acceptable
oil seeds harvested and processed within the Commu­             on the world market must also be disregarded ;
nity when the target price for a species of seed is
higher than the price on the world market ; whereas
these provisions at present apply only in respect of
colza, rape and sunflower seeds ;                               Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 225/67/EEC
                                                                provides that of the offers and quotations taken into
                                                                consideration, those for delivery c and f should be
Whereas the subsidy on oil seeds should, theoretically,         increased by 0,2 % ; whereas offers and quotations for
be equal to the difference between those two prices ;           delivery fas, fob or otherwise should be increased, as
                                                                appropriate, by loading, transport and insurance costs
                                                                from the point of shipment or loading to the frontier
Whereas the target price and the monthly increases in           crossing point ; whereas cif offers and quotations for
the target price for oil seeds for the 1984/85 marketing        frontier crossing points other than Rotterdam should
year were fixed by Regulations (EEC) No 1102/84 f)              be adjusted to allow for the difference in transport and
and (EEC) No 1103/84 (8) ; whereas Article 29 of Regu           insurance costs as compared with a product delivered
                                                                cif Rotterdam ; whereas the Commission should take
(') OJ  No  172, 30. 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66.                      account only of the loading, transport and insurance
(*) OJ No   L 150, 6. 6. 1984, p. 5.                            costs which to its knowledge are the lowest ; whereas,
0   OJ  No  L 132, 21 . 5. 1983, p. 33.
(4) OJ  No  L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L 167, 25. 7. 1972, p. 9.                           O OJ    No 111 , 10. 6. 1967, p. 2196/67.
(6) OJ No L 143, 30. 5. 1984, p. 4.                             (,0) OJ No  L 215, 23. 7. 1982, p. 6.
f) OJ No L 113, 28. 4. 1984, p. 8.                              (") OJ  No  136, 30. 6. 1967, p. 2919/67.
(8) OJ No L 113, 28 . 4. 1984, p. 10 .                          (12) OJ No  L 277, 20. 10. 1984, p. 7.
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finally, offers and quotations for delivery cif Rotterdam     Whereas, under Article 6 of Regulation No 115/
should be increased by 0,242 ECU ;                            67/EEC, the price determined for colza, rape and
                                                              sunflower seeds must also be adjusted by an amount
                                                              not exceeding the margin, as calculated in accordance
Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 115/67/EEC                 with that Article, where that margin may affect the
provides that the world market price should be deter­         normal disposal of seeds harvested in the Community ;
mined for seed of the standard quality for which the
target price has been fixed, delivered in bulk ;              Whereas the factors to be taken into consideration for
                                                              the purpose of determining that margin are defined in
                                                              Article 8 of Regulation No 225/67/EEC ; whereas no
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 225/67/EEC                 adjustment should be made where the margin is found
provides that offers and quotations relating to products      to be less than 0,604 ECU ;
presented otherwise than in bulk should be adjusted
by deducting the additional value resulting from that
presentation ; whereas offers and quotations relating to      Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1594/83 of 14
a quality other than the standard quality for which the       June 1983 on the subsidy for oil seeds (') laid down
target price was fixed should be adjusted on the basis        rules for granting the subsidy on oil seeds ; whereas,
of the coefficients of equivalence shown in the Annex         under that Regulation, where the subsidy to be granted
to that Regulation ; whereas, in the case of offers on        is fixed in advance, the amount of such subsidy must
the world market for qualities of colza and rape seed         be equal to the amount applicable on the day on
other than those listed in that Annex, coefficients of        which the application for advance fixing was lodged,
equivalence derived from those listed in that Annex           adjusted by the difference between the target price
may, pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation No 225/              valid on that day and the target price valid on the day
67/EEC, be applied ; whereas, when derived coef­              on which the seeds are placed under control at an oil
ficients are being calculated, account must be taken of       or feed mill and, where appropriate, a corrective
the differences between prices for the qualities of seed      amount ; whereas Article 35 of Commission Regula­
in question and prices for the qualities listed in that       tion (EEC) No 2681 /83 of 21 September 1983 laying
Annex, and of the characteristics of these various            down detailed rules for the application of the subsidy
seeds ;                                                       system for oil seeds (2), as amended by Regulation
                                                              (EEC) No 1814/84 (3), provides that such adjustment
                                                              should involve increasing or reducing the amount of
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 115/67/EEC                 subsidy applicable on the day on which the applica­
provides that, where no offer or quotation can be used        tion was lodged by the corrective amount and the
as a basis for determining the world market price, that       difference between the target prices mentioned in
price should be determined on the basis of the value          Article 35 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83 ;
of the average quantities of oil and oil cake resulting
from the processing of 100 kilograms of seed within
the Community less an amount corresponding to the             Whereas Article 37 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83
cost of processing these seeds into oil and oil cake ;        provides that the corrective amount must be equal to
whereas the quantities and costs to be taken into             the difference between the world market price for
consideration for the purposes of the calculation are         colza, rape and sunflower seeds and the forward price
fixed in Article 5 of Regulation No 225/67/EEC ;              for those seeds valid for a shipment effected during
whereas the value of those quantities should be deter­        the month in which the seeds were placed under
mined in accordance with Article 6 of that Regula­            control at an oil mill, those prices being determined in
tion :                                                        accordance with Articles 1 , 4 and 5 of Regulation No
                                                              115/67/EEC ; whereas, if no offer and no price can be
                                                              used for such determination, the method of calculation
                                                              provided for in Article 37 of Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 115/67/EEC                 2681 /83 should be used ; whereas the abovementioned
provides that, where no offer or quotation can be used        difference may be adjusted in accordance with Article
as a basis for determining the world market price and
where it is, moreover, impossible to establish the value      38 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83, account being
of the oil or oil cake processed from such seed, the          taken of the prices of the main competing cereals ;
world market price should be determined on the basis
of the most recent known value for oil or oil cake,           Whereas Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83
adjusted to take account of the trend of world prices         provides for the publication of the amount of the final
for competing products by applying to that value the          subsidy obtained from the conversion into each of the
rules set out in Article 2 of Regulation No 115/              national currencies of the amount in ECU resulting
67/EEC ; whereas Article 7 of Regulation No 225/              from the calculation referred to above plus or minus
67/EEC defines competing products as those oils or
oil cakes, as the case may be, which appear to have           (') OJ No L 163, 22. 6. 1983, p. 44.
been offered in the largest quantities oh the world           (2) OJ No L 266, 28. 9. 1983, p. 1 .
market during the period under consideration ;                (3) OJ No L 170, 29. 6. 1984, p. 44.
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the differential amount ; whereas Article 1 of Regula­        the previous month or the following month, as the
tion (EEC) No 1813/84 (') defined the elements which          case may be, is to be used ;
determine the differential amounts ; whereas these
elements are equal to the incidence on the target price
or the subsidy of the coefficient derived from the            Whereas, for the period 17 to 23 October 1984, for
                                                              certain currencies :
percentage referred to in Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation
(EEC) No 1 569/72 ; whereas, according to these provi­
sions, this percentage represents :                           — for the current month, the difference referred to in
                                                                  Article 2 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72
                                                                  differs by more than one point from the percen­
(a) for those Member States whose currencies are                  tage adopted for the previous fixing,
     maintained as between themselves within a spread
     at any given moment of 2,25 % , the difference           — for certain following months the difference
     between :                                                    referred to in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  1 569/72 exceeds 0,5 % ; whereas this difference in
     — the conversion rate used under the common                  the case of certain forward differential amounts
         agricultural policy, and                                 differs by more than one point from the percen­
                                                                  tage adopted for the previous fixing ;
     — the conversion rate resulting from the central
         rate,
                                                              Whereas the subsidy should be fixed whenever the
                                                              market situation makes it necessary and in such a way
(b) for Italy, the United Kingdom and Greece, the             as to ensure its being applied at least once a week ;
     difference between :
                                                              whereas the subsidy may be altered whenever it
     — the relationship between the conversion rate           becomes obvious that such alteration is necessary ;
         used under the common agricultural policy for
         the currency of the Member State concerned           Whereas it follows from applying these provisions to
         and the central rate of each of the currencies of    the offers and quotations known to the Commission
         the Member States referred to in (a), and            that, pursuant to Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No
     — the spot market rate for the currency of the
                                                              2681 /83 the amount of the subsidy in ECU and the
                                                              amount of the subsidy in each of the national curren­
         Member State in question in relation to each of      cies must be fixed in accordance with the Annex to
         the currencies of the Member States referred to
                                                              this Regulation ; whereas, pursuant to the same Article,
         in (a), as recorded over a period to be deter­       the spot and forward exchange rates for the ECU in
         mined ;
                                                              national currencies determined in accordance with
                                                              Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1813/84 must also
                                                              be published,
Whereas, however, pursuant to Article 2a of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 1 569/72, the monetary disparity for the
marketing years 1984/85 to 1986/87 will be calculated
by a method which takes into account a coefficient
applied to the conversion rate resulting from the
central rate ; whereas the said Article 2a fixed the coef­    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ficient for the beginning of the 1984/85 marketing
year ; whereas account should be taken thereof in
respect of colza and rape seed with effect from 1 July
 1984 and for sunflower seed with effect from 1 August                                Article 1
 1984 ;
                                                              The amounts of the subsidy and the exchange rates
Whereas pursuant to Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC)         referred to in Article 33 (2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                              No 2681 /83 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
No 1569/72 forward differential amounts are to be
determined where the forward exchange rate for one
or more currencies differs from the spot rate by at least
a given percentage ; whereas this percentage has been
fixed at 0,5 by Regulation (EEC) No 1813/84 ;
Whereas where, for one or more months, forward                                        Article 2
exchange rates are not available, the rate adopted for
                                                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 October
(') OJ No L 170, 29. 6. 1984, p. 41 .                         1984 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 25 October 1984.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Poul DALSAGER
                                                              Member of the Commission
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                                                                       ANNEX I
                                                           Aids to colza and rape seed
                                                                                                                                 (amounts per 100 kilograms)
                                                    Current
                                                                      1st month          2nd month         3rd month         4th month          5th month
                                                    month
 1 . Gross aids (ECU)                                   9,167               9,687            12,216            11,709             12,212            12,382
2. Final aids
     Seeds harvested and processed in :
     — Federal Republic of Germany (DM)                30,77              32,08              38,08             30,79              31,99             33,17
     — Netherlands (Fl)                                28,71              30,12              36,77             34,64              36,00             37,23
     — BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                              425,46              449,59             566,97            541,94            565,29             561,88
     — France (FF)                                     53,68              57,25              74,54             69,73              73,18             74,27
     — Denmark (Dkr)                                   77,14              81,52             102,80             98,53            102,76             103,39
     — Ireland (£ Irl)                                  6,876               7,266             9,158             8,708              9,085             9,015
     — United Kingdom (£)                               5,389               5,711             7,290             6,969              7,280             7,383
     — Italy (Lit)                                13 127             13 867              17 208            16 197            16917             16 270
     — Greece (Dr)                                   649,08              696,15             934,38            883,74            929,20             942,97
                                                                      ANNEX II
                                                               Aids to sunflower seed
                                                                                                                                 (amounts per 100 kilograms)
                                                      Current
                                                                            1st month            2nd month            3rd month              4th month
                                                      month
1 . Gross aids (ECU)                                     15,121                 15,736                16,351               17,310                 18,293
2. Final aids
     Seeds harvested and processed in :        l
     — Federal Republic of Germany (DM)                 46,65                   48,19                 49,78                44,54                  46,86
     — Netherlands (Fl)                                 45,30                   46,96                 48,63                50,13                  52,74
     — BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs)                                701,79                  730,34                758,88               801,69                 847,33
     — France (FF)                                      93,49                   97,71                101,28               106,74                 113,60
     — Denmark (Dkr)                                   127,24                  132,42                137,59               145,66                 153,94
     — Ireland (£ Irl)                                   11,342                 11,804                12,258               12,899                 13,637
     — United Kingdom (£)                                 9,040                  9,420                 9,801               10,396                 11,007
   v — Italy (Lit)                                 21 455                  22 529                23 079               24 140                25 553
     — Greece (Dr)                                   1 166,92                1 222,59              1 278,27            1 366,67               1 45736
                                                                     ANNEX III
                       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 month            2nd month           3rd month          4th month           5th month
                                            month
DM                                          2,229990             2,222950             2,216410            2,211090           2,211090             2,192530
Fl                                          2,515730             2,512060             2,503000            2,496280           2,496280             2,477590
Bfrs/Lfrs                                  45,073400           45, 132300           45,200800           45,243600          45,243600            45,390900
FF                                          6,841810             6,851160             6,862680            6,873710           6,873710             6,916310
Dkr                                         8,058440             8,068320             8,082400            8,091900           8,091900             8,121080
£ Irl                                       0,718681             0,720627             0,723012            0,724773           0,724773             0,730987
£                                           0,602916             0,603569             0,604371            0,604913           0,604913             0,606458
Lit                                     1 380,57            1 388,23             1 396,19            1 402,71           1 402,71            1 423,61
Dr                                         91,243000           91,340200            91,467400           91,556300           91,556300           91,861100