31973R1448

31 . 5 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 144/61

REGULATION (EEC) No 1448/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 30 May 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, Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/ and costs incurred in placing the goods on the world EEC (*) of 22 September 1966 on the establishment market; whereas, when the amount of the refund is of a common organization of the market in oils and being fixed, account must also be taken of the level fats, as last amended by the Act (2) annexed to the of market prices within the Community for the oil Treaty (3) on the Accession of new Member States to seeds referred to in Article 21 of Regulation No 136/ the European Economic Community and the Euro­ 66/EEC and the future trend of these prices ; pean Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels whereas, furthermore, account should be taken of the on 22 January 1972 ; economic aspect of the proposed exports and the 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 Having regard to Council Regulation No 142/67/ EEC (5) of 21 June 1967 on export refunds on colza, rules for the application of export refunds on oil seeds provides that the amount of the refund must rape and sunflower seeds, as last amended by Regu­ be calculated on the basis of the weight of exported lation (EEC) No 2429/72 (6), and in particular the first sentence of Article 2 (3 ) thereof ; seeds ; whereas this weight must be adjusted to take account of any differences between the percentages' of moisture and impurities found to exist and those Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary used to define the standard quality for which the tar­ Committee ; get 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 provides that a refund may be granted on exports to the actual moisture and impurities content and that third countries of oil seeds harvested within the used to define the standard quality if the former is Community ; whereas the amount of this refund lower than the latter ; whereas, if the opposite may not exceed the difference between prices within applies, the weight of the exported seeds must be the Community and prices on the world market reduced by the same amount ; where the former are higher than the latter ; whereas Article 21 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC pro­ vides that, at present, Article 28 of that Regulation Whereas the standard quality referred to above is applies only to colza, rape and sunflower seeds ; defined in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1331 /72 (8) of 27 June 1972 fixing the target prices Whereas Article 8 of Regulation No 162/66/EEC pro­ and basic intervention prices for oil seeds for the vides that Article 28 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC 1972/73 marketing year ; and measures taken in application thereof apply, sub­ ject to the provisions of the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Greece, to trade between the Com­ Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 142/67/EEC pro­ vides that the refund may be varied according to des­ munity and Greece ; 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. (8) OJ No 125 , 26. 6. 1967, p. 2461/67. ( 7 ) OJ No L 75 , 30. 3 . 1971 , p. 16 . («) 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 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­ sary ; tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Man­ agement Committee for Oils and Fats ; Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, refunds should be calculated on the basis of an HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies which are floating or whose central rate differs from Article 1 the official parity, on the effective rate or the central rate of these currencies and, in the case of the US dollar, on the change in parity announced The refunds on the products referred to in Article 21 on 13 February 1973 ; of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, exported to third countries and Greece, are hereby fixed as shown in Whereas it follows from applying these rules and cri­ the Annex to this Regulation. teria to the present situation on the market in oil seeds, and in particular to quotations or prices for these products within the Community and on the Article 2 markets of third countries and Greece, that the re­ fund should be fixed at the amounts shown in the Annex to this Regulation for those products for This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June which the marketing year has already begun ; 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 30 May 1973 . For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Refund applicable to oil seeds from 1 June 1973

(u.a. / 100 kg)

CCT heading No Description of goods Refund

ex 12.01 I. Colza and rape seed, other than for sowing 3·000