31973R0263

No L 30/46 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 2 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 263 /73 OF THE COMMISSION

of 31 January 1973

fixing the export refund on oil seeds

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 142/67/EEC pro­ COMMUNITIES , vides that when the refund is being calculated ac­ count must be taken of prices ruling on the various Community markets which are representative from Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ the point of view of processing and exportation ; the pean 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/ market ; whereas, when the amount of the refund is EEC (*) of 22 September 1966 on the establishment being fixed, account must also be taken of the level of a common organization of the market in oils and of market prices within the Community for the oil fats, as last amended by the Act (2) annexed to the seeds referred to in Article 21 of Regulation No 136/ Treaty (3) on the Accession of new Member States to 66/EEC and the future trend of these prices ; the European Economic Community and the Euro­ whereas, furthermore, account should be taken of the pean Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels economic aspect of the proposed exports and the on 22 January 1972 ; situation in the Community regarding the supply of and demand for these seeds :

Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/ EEC (4) of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats between the Community and Greece ; Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC )

No 651 /71 (7) of 29 March 1971 on certain detailed rules for the application of export refunds on oil Having regard to Council Regulation No 142/67/ seeds provides that the amount of the refund must EEC (5) of 21 June 1967 on export refunds on colza, be calculated on the basis of the weight of exported rape and sunflower seeds, as last amended by Regu­ seeds ; whereas this weight must be adjusted to take lation (EEC) No 2429/72 (6), and in particular the account of any differences between the percentages' first sentence of Article 2 (3 ) thereof ; of moisture and impurities found to exist and those used to define the standard quality for which the tar­ get price is fixed ; whereas, when this adjustment is Whereas Article 28 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC being made, the weight of the exported seeds must be provides that a refund may be granted on exports to third countries of oil seeds harvested within the increased by the amount of the difference between the actual moisture and impurities content and that Community ; whereas the amount of this refund used to define the standard quality if the former is may not exceed the difference between prices within lower than the latter ; whereas , if the opposite the Community and prices on the world market applies, the weight of the exported seeds must be where the former are higher than the latter ; whereas reduced by the same amount ; Article 21 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC pro­ vides 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 Whereas Article 8 of Regulation No 162/66/EEC pro­ 1331 /72 (8) of 27 June 1972 fixing the target prices vides that Article 28 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC and basic intervention prices for oil seeds for the and measures taken in application thereof apply, sub­ 1972/73 marketing year ; ject to the provisions of the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Greece, to trade between the Com­ munity and Greece ; Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 142/67/EEC pro­ vides that the refund may be varied according to des­ tination where the world market situation or the spe­

(!) OJ No 172, 30. 9 . 1966, p . 3025/66. (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14. (3) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972 , p . 5 . (4) OJ No 197, 29. 10. 1966, p. 3393/66. (5) OJ No 125, 26. 6. 1967, p. 2461 /67. H OJ No L 75 , 30. 3 . 1971 , p . 16. (6) OJ No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p . 1 . (8) OJ No L 147, 29 . 6 . 1972 , p . 1 .

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cific requirements of certain markets make this neces­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

sary ; Article 1 Whereas it follows from applying these rules and cri­ teria to the present situation on the market in oil The refunds on the products referred to in Article 21 seeds, and in particular to quotations or prices for of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, exported to third these products within the Community and on the countries and Greece, are hereby fixed as shown in markets of third countries and Greece, that the re­ the Annex to this Regulation . fund should be fixed at the amounts shown in the Annex to this Regulation for those products for which the marketing year has already begun ; Article 2

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­ tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Man­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February agement Committee for Oils and Fats ; 1973 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 31 January 1973 .

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Refund applicable to oil seeds from 1 February 1973

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CCT heading No Description of goods Refund

ex 12.01 1 . Colza and rape seed , other than for sowing 2-500