CELEX: 31974R2468
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2468/74 of the Commission of 30 September 1974 fixing the export refund on oil seeds

1 . 10 . 74                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 264/ 51
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 2468 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 30 September 1974
                                                  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/                             market ; whereas, when the amount of the -refund is
66/ EEC (') of 22 September 1966 on the establish­                      being fixed, account must also be taken of the level of
ment of a common organization of the market in oils                     market prices within the Community for the oil seeds
and 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/                             Community regarding the supply of and demand for
66/ EEC (3 ) of 27 October L966 on trade in oils and                    these seeds ;
fats between the Community and Greece ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 142/                             Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation ( EEC)
67/ EEC (4) of 21 June 1967 on export refunds on                        No 651 /71 (6) of 29 March 1971 on certain detailed
colza, rape and sunflower seeds, as last amended by                     rules for the application of export refunds on oil seeds
Regulation ( EEC) No 2429/72 (5 ), and in particular the                provides that the amount of the refund must be calcu­
first 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 is
                                                                        defined in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                         1 1 22/74 ( 7) of 29 April 1974 fixing the target prices
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation No 162/ 66/ EEC                         and basic intervention prices for oil seeds for the
provides that Article 28 of Regulation No 136/                           1974/ 1975 marketing year ;
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 ot 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 ;
(-)  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 .        1971 , p. 16 .
(5 ) OJ   No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p . 1 .                             ( 7 ) OJ No L 128 , 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 8 .
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Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,             whereas the measures provided tor 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 2 !
                                                                  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 October
marketing year has already begun ;                                 1974 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 30 September 1974.
                                                                            For the Com miss ion
                                                                              P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                          Member of the Commission
                                                         ANNEX
                                 Refund applicable to oil seeds from 1 October 1974
                                                                                                   (u.a.1100 kg)
                CCT heading
                     No                             Description of goods                            Refund
               ex 12.01         Colza and rape seed, other than for sowing
               ex 12.01         Sunflower seed, other than for sowing                                 —